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The followingLists of Palestinians are lists ofnotable people with either a self-designation (endonym) or a foreign appellation (exonym) as "Palestinian", or who were born in the region ofPalestine.
Approximately 12 million people today identify asPalestinians,[1] as defined in thePalestinian National Charter of 1968.[2]
The first list "Mandate period and after" consists of people who identify as "Palestinians" since the creation ofMandatory Palestine in 1920. The list does not include thosePalestinian Jews or other Israeli citizens[3] who are native to the geographic region of Palestine, unless they self-identify as "Palestinians".[4][5]
| Name | Field | Speciality | Place of birth | Year of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farah Baker | Social media | Reporter | Gaza strip | 1998 |
| Abeer Abu Ghaith | Business | technology entrepreneur, and social activist | Jordan | c. 1985 |
| Khaled Al-Hassan | Politics (Fatah) | political theorist, author, Fatah & PLO leader | Haifa | 1928 |
| Lila Abu Lughod | Academia | professor, anthropology, women and gender studies | USA | 1950s |
| Salman Abu Sitta | Academia | Beersheba | 1938 | |
| Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad | Academia | academic | USA | 1948 |
| Mai al-Kaila | Politics | health minister, ambassador | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Awad Saud Awad | Journalism, Academia | Author on Palestinian folklore, journalist | Jubb Yusuf | 1943 |
| Izzat Darwaza | Academia | historian, politician, educator | Nablus | 1888 |
| Samih Farsoun | Academia | sociologist | Haifa | 1937 |
| Ismail al-Faruqi | Academia | philosopher and comparative religions professor | Jaffa | 1921 |
| Leila Farsakh | Academia | Middle East, politics | Jordan | 1967 |
| Sami Hadawi | Academia | land specialist and researcher | Jerusalem | 1904 |
| Nemah Hasan | Music | Singer-songwriter | Toronto | 1994 |
| Ameer Idreis | Literature | Writer, playwright, urbanist | Dubai | 1999 |
| Wasif Jawhariyyeh | Music | Oud composer | Jerusalem | 1897 |
| Rashid Khalidi | Academia | historian | USA | 1948 |
| Walid Khalidi | Academia | historian | Jerusalem | 1925 |
| Salem Hanna Khamis | Academia | economic statistician | Nazareth | 1919 |
| Laila Al-Marayati | Medicine | gynecologist | USA | 1962 |
| Khaled Mardam-Bey | Academia | programmer | Jordan | 1968 |
| Nur Masalha | Academia | academic, historian, editor | Galilee | 1957 |
| Joseph Massad | Academia | academic | Jordan | 1963 |
| Basheer Nafi | Academia | academic | 1952 | |
| Ali H. Nayfeh | Academia | mathematician, mechanical engineer, physicist | Tulkarm | 1933 |
| Sari Nusseibeh | Academia | philosopher, diplomat | Syria | 1949 |
| Edward Said | Academia | professor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist | Jerusalem | 1935 |
| Nadia Abu El Haj | Academia | professor, anthropologist | USA | 1962 |
| Rosemarie Said Zahlan | Academia | historian | Egypt | 1937 |
| Anis Sayigh | Academia | historian | Tiberias | 1931 |
| Yezid Sayigh | Academia | historian | USA | 1955 |
| Zuhair Al-Karmi | Academia, Natural science | author, scientific programs presenter on TV | Damascus | 1922 |
| Hashem El-Serag | Medicine | doctor and medical researcher | Libya | 1966 |
| Reem Kassis | Literature | cookbook author | Jerusalem | 1987 |
| Hisham Sharabi | Academia | intellectual | Jaffa | 1927 |
| Qustandi Shomali | Academia | professor, historian, critic, researcher | Beit Sahour | 1946 |
| Khalil Suleiman | Medicine | medical doctor | Jenin | 1943 |
| Helga Tawil Souri | Academia | professor, media scholar and researcher, filmmaker | Kuwait | 1969 |
| Ahmad Teebi | Academia | geneticist and dysmorphologist | Beirut | 1949 |
| Ali Abunimah | Literature | author, journalist | USA | 1971 |
| Said K. Aburish | Literature | author, journalist | Jerusalem | 1935 |
| Susan Abulhawa | Literature | author, journalist | Kuwait | 1970 |
| Mourid Barghouti | Literature | poet | Ramallah | 1944 |
| Khalil Beidas | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1874 |
| Huzama Habayeb | Literature | author | Kuwait | 1965 |
| Jamal Dajani | Literature | author, journalist, producer | Jerusalem | 1957 |
| Mahmoud Darwish | Literature | poet | Al-Birwa | 1941 |
| Khaled Ennasra | poet | journalist | Jenin | 1927 |
| Najwa Kawar Farah | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1923 |
| Rashida Tlaib | Politician | congresswoman | USA | 1976[6] |
| Emile Habibi | Literature | author | Haifa | 1922 |
| Bella Hadid | Fashion | model | USA | 1996[7] |
| Gigi Hadid | Fashion | model | USA | 1995[7] |
| Mohamed Hadid | Business | businessman | Nazareth | 1948 |
| Suheir Hammad | Literature | poet | Jordan | 1973 |
| Nadia Hijab | Literature | author, journalist | Syria | 1950s |
| Jabra Ibrahim Jabra | Literature | poet, novelist, translator and literary critic | Bethlehem | 1919 |
| Emily Jacir | Artist | professor, filmmaker | Bethlehem | 1975 |
| Sabri Jiryis | Literature | author | Fassuta | 1938 |
| Ghassan Kanafani | Literature | author | Acre | 1938 |
| Hasan Karmi | Literature | linguist and author | Tulkarm | 1905 |
| Ghada Karmi | Literature | author | Jerusalem | 1939 |
| Sayed Kashua | Literature | author and journalist | Tira | 1975 |
| Widad Kawar | Literature | author and collector | Tulkarm | 1932 |
| Sahar Khalifa | Literature | novelist | Nablus | 1942 |
| Daoud Kuttab | Literature | journalist, author | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Taha Muhammad Ali | Literature | poet | Saffuriyya | 1931 |
| Salman Masalha | Literature | poet, writer, essayist and translator | Maghar | 1953 |
| Kamal Nasser | Literature | poet, activist | Gaza | 1925 |
| Mohammed Omer | Literature | journalist | Rafah | 1984 |
| Samih al-Qasim | Literature | poet | Jordan | 1939 |
| Nahid al-Rayyis | Literature | poet | Gaza | 1937 |
| Abu Salma | Literature | poet | Tulkarm | 1906 |
| Khalil al-Sakakini | Literature | author | Jerusalem | 1878 |
| Naomi Shihab Nye | Literature | poet | USA | 1952 |
| Serene Husseini Shahid | Literature | author, philanthropist, researcher and collector ofPalestinian costumes | Jerusalem | 1920 |
| Khaled Abu Toameh | Literature | journalist | Tulkarm | 1963 |
| Fadwa Toukan | Literature | poet | Nablus | 1917 |
| Ibrahim Touqan | Literature | poet, writer of the poemMawtini, the current national anthem ofIraq | Nablus | 1905 |
| Samir El Youssef | Literature | writer and critic | Lebanon | 1965 |
| May Ziadeh | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1886 |
| Mustafa Abu Ali | Film | film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight films | Malha | 1940 |
| Hany Abu-Assad | Film | film director | Nazareth | 1961 |
| Muhammad Bakri | Film | film director | Bi'ina | 1953 |
| Cherien Dabis | Film | film director, writer | USA | 1976 |
| Annemarie Jacir | Film | film director, writer | Bethlehem | 1974 |
| Michel Khleifi | Film | film director (Wedding in Galilee) | Nazareth | 1950 |
| Lexi Alexander | Film | film director | Mannheim | 1974 |
| Clara Khoury | Film | actress | Haifa | 1976 |
| Makram Khoury | Film | actor, first Arab to win (Israel Prize – 1987) | Jerusalem | 1945 |
| Rashid Masharawi | Film | film director | Gaza | 1962 |
| Mai Masri | Film | film director | Beirut | 1959 |
| Elia Suleiman | Film | film director (Divine Intervention) | Nazareth | 1960 |
| Hiam Abbass | Film | actress | Nazareth | 1960 |
| Anwar Jibawi | Film | comedian | USA | 1991 |
| Nasri Tony Atweh | Music | lead singer of the bandMAGIC! & singer/songwriter/record producer | Toronto | 1981 |
| Ramzi Aburedwan | Music | composer, viola player | Bethlehem | 1979 |
| Charlie Bisharat | Music | Grammy-winning violinist | USA | 1963[8] |
| Yacoub Shaheen (fr:Yacoub Shaheen) | Music | Winner of thefourth season ofArab Idol | Bethlehem | 1994[9] |
| Mohammed Assaf | Music | Winner of thesecond season ofArab Idol | Gaza | 1989[10] |
| Belly | Music | rapper | Jenin | 1984 |
| Rim Banna | Music | singer/songwriter | Nazareth | 1966 |
| Ammar Hasan | Music | singer | Salfit | 1976 |
| Wissam Joubran | Music | composer and Oud player | Nazareth | 1983 |
| Reem Kelani | Music | singer/composer/musicologist | UK | 1963 |
| Shadia Mansour | Music | rapper/singer | UK | 1980s |
| Amal Murkus | Music | singer | Galilee | 1970s |
| Mohsen Subhi | Music | composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player | Ramallah | 1963 |
| DJ Khaled | Music | hip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJ | USA | 1975 |
| Simon Shaheen | Music | oud and violin virtuoso, composer | Galilee | 1955 |
| Massiv | Music | rapper | Germany | 1982 |
| Habib Hassan Touma | Music | composer | Nazareth | 1934 |
| Fred Wreck | Music | hip-hop producer | USA | 1972 |
| Tamer Nafar | Music | rapper of DAM fame | Lod | 1979 |
| Bashar Murad | Music | singer, songwriter, visual artist | Jerusalen | 1993 |
| Sameh Zakout | Music | rapper | Ramle | 1980s |
| Laila Bagge Wahlgren | Music | manager and songwriter | Sweden | 1972 |
| Tarééc | Music | German singer | Germany | 1978 |
| Dalal Abu Amneh | Music | singer and producer | Nazareth | 1983 |
| DAM (band) | Music | Palestinian rap group | Lod | 1970s |
| Fouad Awad | Art | theater director | Nazareth | 1956 |
| Alaa Minawi | Art | multidisciplinary artist, lecturer | Beirut | 1982 |
| Naji al-Ali | Art | cartoonist | al-Shajara | 1938 |
| Iman Al Sayed | Art | artist | Sharjah | 1984 |
| Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan | Art | artist | Jericho | 1941 |
| Mustafa Al-Hallaj | Art | artist | Jaffa | 1938 |
| Mona Hatoum | Art | sculptor | Beirut | 1952 |
| Nabil Anani | Art | artist | Halhoul | 1943 |
| Hasan Hourani | Art | painter | Hebron | 1974 |
| Emily Jacir | Art | painter and photographer, artist | Bethlehem | 1970 |
| Hanna Jubran | Art | sculptor | Galilee | 1952 |
| Sliman Mansour | Art | painter | Birzeit | 1947 |
| Sama Raena Alshaibi | Art | photographer, artist | Iraq | 1973 |
| Ahlam Shibli | Art | photographer | Galilee | 1970 |
| Jafar Tukan | Art | architect | Jerusalem | 1938 |
| Hisham Zreiq | Art | artist and film director (The Sons of Eialboun) | Nazareth | 1968 |
| Rami Kashou | Fashion | fashion designer | Ramallah | 1977 |
| Jaffa Phonix (band) | Music | band | Kuwait | 1980s |
| Yousef Beidas | Business | Intra Bank | Jerusalem | 1912 |
| Munib al-Masri | Business | PADICO[11] | Nablus | 1934 |
| Hasib Sabbagh | Business | Consolidated Contractors International Company | Tiberias | 1920 |
| Naim Attallah | Business | Asprey, Quartet Publishing | Haifa | 1931 |
| Talal Abu-Ghazaleh | Business | Jaffa | 1938 | |
| Sam Bahour | Business | West bank businessman | USA | 1964 |
| Yasser Elshantaf | Business | CEO of PhoenixBird Diversity Management GmbH | Gaza | 1983 |
| Tarab Abdul Hadi | Politics | activist | Jenin | 1910 |
| Fu'ad Nassar | Politics (PCP) | co-foundedNational Liberation League in Palestine | Nazareth | 1914 |
| Nabil Amr | Politics (Fatah) | presidential aide and negotiator | 1947 | |
| Yasser Arafat | Politics (Fatah) | first President of the PNA | Cairo | 1929 |
| Hakam Balawi | Politics (Fatah) | former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and Algeria | Tulkarm | 1939 |
| Marwan Barghouti | Politics (Fatah) | founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figure | Kobar | 1959 |
| Mohammed Dahlan | Politics (Fatah) | Head ofPreventive Security Service in Gaza | Gaza | 1961 |
| Saeb Erekat | Politics (Fatah) | presidential aide and senior negotiator | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Qadura Fares | Politics (Fatah) | PNA minister and aide of Barghouti | ||
| Rawhi Fattuh | Politics (Fatah) | former interim President of the PNA | Barqa | 1949 |
| Faisal Husseini | Politics (Fatah) | former head of Jerusalem affairs | Baghdad | 1940 |
| Farouk Kaddoumi | Politics (Fatah) | former head of Fatah | Jinsafut | 1931 |
| Salah Khalaf | Politics (Fatah) | former top aide of Arafat | Jaffa | 1933 |
| Ahmed Qurei | Politics (Fatah) | formerPrime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | Jerusalem | 1937 |
| Ali Hassan Salameh | Politics (PLO) | Qula | 1940 | |
| Nabil Shaath | Politics (Fatah) | former Foreign Affairs Minister | Safed | 1938 |
| Khalil al-Wazir | Politics (PLO) | former PLO military leader and top aide | Ramleh | 1934 |
| Mohammad Shtayyeh | Politics/Fatah | economist/academic/minister | Nablus | 1958 |
| Muhammad Abu Tir | Politics (Hamas) | Directed terrorist activities, including the attempted poisoning in the early 1990s of Israel's water supplies and the activities of Hamas's military arm | Umm Tuba | 1951 |
| Mohammad Barghouti | Politics (Hamas) | |||
| Mohammed Deif | Politics (Hamas) | Leader of Hamas' military wing. Directly involved in terrorist attacks such as the killings of IDF soldiers, suicide bombings and kidnappings. Deemed aSpecially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States' Department of State | Khan Younis | 1965 |
| Ismail Haniyeh | Politics (Hamas) | Gaza | 1963 | |
| Mousa Abu Marzook | Politics (Hamas) | Fundraiser for terrorist activities | Rafah | 1951 |
| Ahmed al-Ja'abari | Politics (Hamas) | Gaza | 1960 | |
| Wasfi Kabha | Politics (Hamas) | Prisoners' Affairs Minister | ||
| Khaled Meshaal | Politics (Hamas) | Secretary-General of Hamas | Silwad | 1956 |
| Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi | Politics (Hamas) | founder and former Secretary-General of Hamas | Yibna | 1947 |
| Ahmed Yassin | Politics (Hamas) | founder and spiritual leader | Al-Jura | 1937 |
| Mahmoud al-Zahar | Politics (Hamas) | formerForeign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign minister | Jerusalem | 1945 |
| Salah Shehade | Politics (Hamas) | leader of military wing of the Hamas organization | Gaza | 1953 |
| Yahya Ayyash | Politics (Hamas) | chief bomb maker planner of theHadera bus station suicide bombing | Jerusalem | 1966 |
| Bassam Abu Sharif | Politics (PFLP) | former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO | 1946 | |
| George Habash | Politics (PFLP) | founder and former Secretary-General of PFLP | Lod | 1926 |
| Abu Ali Mustafa | Politics (PFLP) | former Secretary-General of PFLP | Jenin | 1938 |
| Leila Khaled | Politics (PFLP) | former PFLP militant and activist | Haifa | 1944 |
| Ahmed Saadat | Politics (PFLP) | current Secretary-General of PFLP | al-Bireh | 1953 |
| Riyad al-Malki | Politics (PFLP) | current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA | 1955 | |
| Wadie Haddad | Politics (PFLP) | former PFLP militant and founder | Safed | 1927 |
| Abu Qatada | Politics | al-Qaeda Muslim religious preacher and militant | Bethlehem | 1959 |
| Abu Muthana | Politics | spokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam | ||
| Awni Abd al-Hadi | Politics | Palestinian political figure | Nablus | 1889 |
| Haidar Abdel-Shafi | Politics | independent, head of Palestinian delegation toMadrid Peace Conference of 1991 | Gaza | 1919 |
| Salah Abdel-Shafi | Politics | independent, economist, Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden, Germany, Austria, and UNOV | Gaza | 1962 |
| Muhammad Zaidan | Politics | PLF | Syria | 1948 |
| Musa Alami | Politics | Jerusalem | 1897 | |
| Hanan Ashrawi | Politics | Third Way | Nablus | 1946 |
| Mustafa Barghouti | Politics | doctor and leader of thePalestinian National Initiative | Jerusalem | 1954 |
| Nayef Hawatmeh | Politics | DFLP | Jordan | 1935 |
| Ahmed Jibril | Politics | PFLP-GC | Jaffa | 1938 |
| Karimeh Abbud | Art | photographer | Shefa 'Amr | 1896 |
| Nimr al-Khatib | Politics | political leader, Haifa | Haifa | 1918 |
| Jabra Nicola | Politics | Trotskyist leader | Haifa | 1912 |
| Abu Nidal | Politics | Abu Nidal Organization | Jaffa | 1937 |
| Nahid al-Rayyis | Politics | Justice Minister of thePalestinian National Authority | Gaza | 1937 |
| Afif Safieh | Politics | Palestine's Ambassador to the Russian Federation | jerusalem | 1950 |
| Hasan Tahboub | Politics | former Head of the Supreme Islamic Council | Hebron | 1923 |
| Ruhi al-Khatib | Politics (local) | mayor ofEast Jerusalem from 1957 to 1994; titular | Jerusalem | 1914 |
| Fahmi al-Abboushi | Politics (local) | appointed mayor ofJenin in 1935 | Jenin | 1895 |
| Hussein Al-Araj | Politics (local) | former mayor ofNablus | ||
| Ramiz Jaraisy | Politics (local) | mayor ofNazareth | 1951 | |
| Omar Hammayil | Politics (local) | mayor ofal-Bireh | 1976 | |
| Mohammed Milhim | Politics (local) | former mayor ofHalhul | 1929 | |
| Hadem Rida | Politics (local) | mayor ofJenin | ||
| Bassam Shaka | Politics (local) | former mayor ofNablus | 1930 | |
| Ghassan Shakaa | Politics (local) | former mayor ofNablus | 1943 | |
| Adly Yaish | Politics (local) | mayor of Nablus | ||
| Adel Zawati | Politics (local) | former mayor of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, Ramleh | Nablus | 1920 |
| Ahmad Tibi | Politics (Israel) | member of Israeli Knesset from theTa'al party, former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat | Tayibe | 1958 |
| Azmi Bishara | Politics (Israel) | former member of IsraeliKnesset, from theBalad party | Nazareth | 1956 |
| Jamal Zahalka | Politics (Israel) | member of IsraeliKnesset, from theBalad party | Kafr Qara | 1955 |
| Hana Sweid | Politics (Israel) | member of IsraeliKnesset withHadash and mayor ofEilabun | Eilabun | 1955 |
| Tawfiq Ziad | Politics (PCP) | a poet, a former mayor ofNazareth and a formerHadash member of IsraeliKnesset | Nazareth | 1929 |
| Ibrahim Sarsur | Politics (Israel) | Knesset memberIsrael from theUnited Arab List party | Kafr Qara | 1959 |
| Taleb el-Sana | Politics (Israel) | Knesset memberIsrael from theUnited Arab List party | Tel Arad | 1960 |
| Mohammad Barakeh | Politics (Israel) | member of IsraeliKnesset, fromHadash party | Shefa-'Amr | 1955 |
| Haneen Zoabi | Politics (Israel) | firstArab woman elected to theKnesset on an Arab party | Nazareth | 1969 |
| Rania of Jordan | Politics (Foreign) | Queen of Jordan, wife ofKing Abdullah II | Kuwait | 1970 |
| Alia al Hussein | Politics (Foreign) | late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife ofKing Hussein | Cairo | 1948 |
| Antonio Saca | Politics (Foreign) | former president ofEl Salvador | El Salvador | 1965 |
| Shafik Handal | Politics (Foreign) | El Salvador politician | El Salvador | 1930 |
| Nayib Bukele | Politics (Foreign) | president ofEl Salvador | El Salvador | 1981 |
| Carlos Flores Facussé | Politics (Foreign) | former president ofHonduras | Honduras | 1950 |
| Said Musa | Politics (Foreign) | former Prime Minister ofBelize | Belize | 1944 |
| Pierre de Bané | Politics (Foreign) | Canadian | Haifa | 1938 |
| Naser Khader | Politics (Foreign) | member of the Parliament ofDenmark | Syria | 1963 |
| Joe Hockey | Politics (Foreign) | Australian cabinet minister | Australia | 1965 |
| John H. Sununu | Politics (Foreign) | former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration | Cuba | 1939 |
| John E. Sununu | Politics (Foreign) | Senator from New Hampshire | USA | 1964 |
| Huwaida Arraf | Politics | co-founder ofISM | USA | 1976 |
| Mubarak Awad | Politics | advocate of nonviolent resistance | Jerusalem | 1943 |
| Abdullah Yusuf Azzam | Religion (Islam) | Islamist scholar and activist | Jenin | 1941 |
| Bulus Farah | Politics | trade unionist | Haifa | 1910 |
| Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni | Politics | nationalist leader | Jerusalem | 1907 |
| Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia | Religion (Christianity) | current archbishop of Sebastia for theGreek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem | Galilee | 1965 |
| Riah Abu Assal | Religion (Christianity) | currentAnglican Bishop of Jerusalem | Nazareth | 1937 |
| Naim Ateek | Religion (Christianity) | founder ofSabeel | Beit She'an | 1937 |
| Elias Chacour | Religion (Christianity) | Archbishop ofGalilee, of theMelkite Greek Catholic Church | Galilee | 1939 |
| Michel Sabah | Religion (Christianity) | currentLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem | Nazareth | 1933 |
| Munib Younan | Religion (Christianity) | Lutheran bishop | Jerusalem | 1950 |
| Rifat Odeh Kassis | Politics | human rights and community activist | Beit Sahour | |
| Mitri Raheb | Religion (Christianity) | Lutheran minister and author | Bethlehem | 1962 |
| Benny Hinn | Religion (Christianity) | evangelical preacher | Jaffa | 1952 |
| Anis Shorrosh | Religion (Christianity) | evangelical preacher and debater | Nazareth | 1930s |
| Amin al-Husayni | Politics | formerMufti of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | 1895 |
| Ekrima Sa'id Sabri | Religion (Islam) | former Mufti of Jerusalem | ||
| Ahmad Abu Laban | Religion (Islam) | Imam in Denmark | Jaffa | 1946 |
| Raed Salah | Religion (Islam) | leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement | 1958 | |
| Sheikh Taissir Tamimi | Religion (Islam) | Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territories | Hebron | |
| Omar Sheika | Sport | Professional Boxer | USA | 1977 |
| Salim Tuama | Sport | soccer player | Lod | 1979 |
| Ramsey Nijem | Sport | MMA fighter,The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos runner up | USA | 1988 |
| Walid Badir | Sport | soccer player, Israeli team, Captain ofHapoel Tel Aviv | Kafr Qasim | 1974 |
| Muhammad al-Durrah | Other | 12-year-old boy shot underdisputed circumstances | Gaza | 1988 |
| Faris Odeh | Other | teenage boy shot while throwing stones | Gaza | 1985 |
| Rana Raslan | Other | 1999Miss Israel contest winner | Haifa | 1977 |
| Mahmoud Abbas | Politics (Fatah) | President of the PNA | Safed | 1935 |
| Tawfiq Canaan | Academic | doctor and academic | Beit Jala | 1881 |
| Ahmad Shukeiri | Politics (PLO) | first chairman of the PLO | Lebanon | 1908 |
| Omar Barghouti | Politics | political activist and analystPACBI | Qatar | 1964 |
| Asma Agbarieh | Politics, journalism | journalist, leader ofOrganization for Democratic Action | Jaffa | 1974 |
| Muin Bseiso | Literature | Poet | Gaza | 1926 |
| Eyad al-Sarraj | Medicine | psychiatrist and human rights activist | Beersheba | 1944 |
| Fadi Elsalameen | Politics | political commentator and analyst | USA | 1983 |
| Layla Moran | Politics | BritishLiberal DemocratMember of Parliament forOxford West and Abingdon | UK | 1982 |
| Michael Malarkey | Film | actor and musician | Beirut | 1983 |
| May Calamawy | Film | actress | Bahrain | 1986[12][13] |
| Mayssoun Azzam | Media | TV anchor, news presenter, media instructor, and activist[14] | 1972 |
The second list "Pre-Mandate" consists of people with roots in the region ofPalestine prior to the modern identity politics resulting from the creation of Mandatory Palestine and theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict. As well as native Palestinian Muslims and Christians, the list includes thoseJews,Samaritans,Druze, andDom who were native to the geographic region of Palestine. The list also include some famous names and titles asexonyms, prior tonationalism andnational identity becoming commonplace in the modern era.
Chronologically or byfloruit and regnal succession:
| Name | Field | Speciality | Place of birth | Year of Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herod the Great | Politics | King of Judea (37–4 BCE), tried to kill Jesus | Idumea | c.72 BCE |
| Salome I | Politics | Queen regnant,toparchy ofIamnia,Azotus,Phasaelis (4 BCE–c.10 CE) | c.65 BCE | |
| Philip the Tetrarch | Politics | Tetrarch over the northeast part of Herod's kingdom (4 BCE–34 CE) | c.26 BCE | |
| Herod Archelaus | Politics | Ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea (4 BCE–6 CE) | 23 BCE | |
| Herod Antipas | Politics | Tetrarch over Galilee and Perea (4 BCE – 39 CE), hadJohn the Baptist executed | before 20 BCE | |
| Herod Agrippa | Politics | King of Judea (41–44) | 11 BCE | |
| Herod Agrippa II | Politics | King over parts of Judea (53–66) | 27/28 CE | |
| Jesus[15] | Religion (Judaism) | Founder ofChristianity | c.4 BCE | |
| Mary, mother of Jesus | Religion (Judaism) | Mother of Jesus of Nazareth | c.18 BCE | |
| Saint Joseph | Religion (Judaism) | Husband of Mary, legal father of Jesus | 1st century BCE | |
| James, brother of Jesus | Religion (Judaism) | Brother of Jesus, first bishop of Jerusalem | early 1st century | |
| Saint Peter | Religion (Judaism) | Apostle of Jesus,primus inter pares among the Twelve Apostles | 1st century BCE | |
| John the Baptist | Religion (Judaism) | Cousin of Jesus, known for baptising him | A town in the Judaean mountains | late 1st century BCE |
| Elizabeth | Religion (Judaism) | Mother of John the Baptist, aunt of Jesus | 1st century BCE | |
| Zechariah | Religion (Judaism) | Father of John the Baptist, uncle-in-law of Jesus | 1st century BCE | |
| Judas Iscariot | Religion (Judaism) | Apostle of Jesus Christ, known for betraying Jesus | ||
| Yohanan ben Zakkai | Religion (Judaism) | Jewish sage, a primary contributor to the Mishnah | 1st century CE | |
| Pope Evaristus | Religion (Christianity) | Pope | Bethlehem | c.50 |
| Rabbi Akiva | Religion (Judaism) | Jewish scholar andtanna sage | Lod (Lydda) | c.60 |
| Simon bar Kokhba | Politics | LedJewish revolt | late 1st century(?) | |
| Aristo of Pella | Religion (Christianity) | Early chronicler | Pella | c.100 |
| Justin Martyr | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Nablus | c.100 |
| Rabbi Meir | Religion (Judaism) | Jewishtanna sage | Asia Minor | 2nd century |
| Hegesippus (chronicler) | Religion (Christianity) | Early chronicler | Jerusalem | c.110 |
| Meleager of Gadara | Literature | Poet | Gadara | c.120 BCE |
| Antiochus of Ascalon | Academia | Philosophy | Ascalon | c.125 BCE |
| Judah the Prince | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | 135 | |
| Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Bishop | Caesarea Palestinae | c.150 |
| Shimon ben Lakish | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Bosra | c.200 |
| Rav Zeira | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Babylonia | c.220 |
| Rabbi Jochanan | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Sepphoris | c.220[16] |
| Saint Reparata | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Caesarea Palestinae | c.250 |
| Eusebius | Academia and Religion (Christianity) | "Father of Church History" | Caesarea Palestinae | c.263 |
| Rabbi Assi | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Babylonia | c.270 |
| Saint Agapius of Palestine | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Gaza | c.270 |
| Procopius of Scythopolis | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Jerusalem | c.270 |
| Romanus of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Caesarea Palestinae | c.270 |
| Agapius of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Bishop | Caesarea Palestinae | c.270 |
| Peter Apselamus | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Eleutheropolis | c.280 |
| Joseph of Tiberias | Religion (Christianity) | Christian convert from Judaism venerated as Saint Joseph of Palestine | Tiberias | c.285 |
| Hilarion | Religion (Christianity) | Monk | Gaza | c.291 |
| Rabbi Isaac the smith | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Galilee | 3rd–4th century |
| Saint George | Religion (Christianity) | Christian martyr | Lydda | c.300 |
| Zayya | Religion (Christianity) | Preaching | c.309 | |
| Acacius of Caesarea | Academia | Philosophy and theArian controversy | Caesarea Palestinae | c.310 |
| Epiphanius of Salamis | Religion (Christianity) | Church father | Eleutheropolis | c.310 |
| Cyril of Jerusalem | Religion (Christianity) | Early Christian writings | Caesarea Palestinae | c.313 |
| Gelasius of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Bishop | Caesarea Palestinae | c.340 |
| Eleazar ben Pedat | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | c.350 | |
| Sozomen | Academia | Historian | Gaza | c.400 |
| Hesychius of Jerusalem | Religion (Christianity) | Biblical exegesis | Jerusalem | c.400 |
| Aelia Eudocia | Religion (Christianity) | Byzantine empress; in Jerusalem 438–39, 443–460 | Athens | c.401 |
| Timotheus of Gaza | Academia | Grammarian | Gaza | c.460 |
| Choricius of Gaza | Academia | Philosophy | Gaza | c.460 |
| Aeneas of Gaza | Academia | Philosophy | Gaza | c.460 |
| Procopius of Gaza | Academia | Philosophy | Gaza | c.465 |
| Eutocius of Ascalon | Academia | Mathematics | Ascalon | c.480 |
| Procopius of Caesarea | Academia | Historian | Caesarea Palaestina | c.500 |
| Barsanuphius of Gaza | Religion (Christianity) | Hermit | (fl. c. 520–543) | |
| John the Prophet | Religion (Christianity) | Hermit | (fl. c. 520–543) | |
| Seridus of Gaza | Religion (Christianity) | Abbot | Gaza | (fl. c. 520–543) |
| Dorotheus of Gaza | Religion (Christianity) | Saint | Gaza | c.505 |
| Vitalis of Gaza | Religion (Christianity) | Monk | Gaza | c.550 |
| Maximus the Confessor | Religion (Christianity) | Monk, theologian, scholar | c.580 | |
| Benjamin of Tiberias | Politics | Tiberian leader inJewish revolt against Heraclius | 7th century CE | |
| Pope Theodore I | Religion (Christianity) | Pope | Jerusalem | c.642 |
| Stephen the Sabaite | Religion (Christianity) | Monk | Gaza | c.725 |
| Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i | Religion (Islam) | founder of theShafifiqh ofSunni Islam | Gaza | c.767 |
| Theodorus and Theophanes | Religion (Christianity) | Monks | Jerusalem | c.775 |
| Ben Naphtali | Religion (Judaism) | rabbi andMasorete | Tiberias (?) | (fl. c. 890–940) |
| Aaron ben Moses ben Asher | Religion (Judaism) | Jewish scribe,Masorete | Tiberias | c. early 10th century |
| Sulayman al-Ghazzi | Religion (Christianity) | Bishop andpoet | Gaza | c.940 |
| al-Muqaddasi | Academia | medieval geographer | Jerusalem | c.946 |
| Daniel ben Azariah | Religion (Judaism) | Gaon of theLand of Israel (1051–1062) | 11th century | |
| Godfrey of Bouillon | Politics | First ruler of theKingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1100) | 1060 | |
| Arnulf | Politics | FirstLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1099, 1112–1118) | ||
| Baldwin I | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1100–1118) | 1060s | |
| Baldwin II | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1118–1131) | c.1075 | |
| Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem | Politics | Queen of Jerusalem (1131–1153) | c.1105 | |
| Ioveta of Bethany | Politics | Princess of Jerusalem andAbbess of Bethany | c.1120 | |
| Fulk | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1131–1143) | Angers | c. 1089/92 |
| Baldwin III | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1143–1163) | Jerusalem | 1130 |
| Amalric | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1163–1174) | 1136 | |
| Baldwin IV "the Leper" | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1174–1185) | 1161 | |
| Raymond III, Count of Tripoli | Politics | Regent (1174–76, 1185–86) | 1140 | |
| Sibylla | Politics | Queen of Jerusalem (1186–1190) | c.1060 | |
| Balian of Ibelin | Politics | Lord of Ibelin (1170–1193), surrendered Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 | c.1143 | |
| Guy of Lusignan | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1186–1192), lost Jerusalem to Saladin (1187) | 1150 | |
| Isabella I | Politics | Queen regnant of Jerusalem (1190–1205) | 1172 | |
| Conrad of Montferrat | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1190–1192) | c. 1145/47 | |
| Ibn Qudamah | Religion (Islam) | Hanbali jurist | c.1147 | |
| Henry I | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1192–1197) | 1166 | |
| Aimery of Cyprus | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1197–1205) | before 1155 | |
| Humphrey IV of Toron | Politics | Leading baron in theKingdom of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | c.1166 |
| Angelus of Jerusalem | Religion (Christianity) | Saint | Jerusalem | c.1185 |
| Maria of Montferrat | Politics | Queen of Jerusalem (1205–1212) | 1192 | |
| John of Brienne | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1210–1225) | c.1170 | |
| John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut | Politics | Influential member of theIbelin family | c.1179 | |
| Hugh III of Cyprus | Politics | King of Jerusalem (1268–1284) | 1235 | |
| Henry II | Politics | LastKing of Jerusalem (1285–1291, empty title after1291) | 1270 | |
| Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi | History of Palestine | historian | Jerusalem | c.1456 |
| Levi ibn Habib | Religion (Judaism) | Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (1525-c.1545) | c.1480 | |
| Joseph Karo | Religion (Judaism) | Codification of Jewish lawShulchan Aruch;Safed andBiriyya | Toledo | 1488 |
| Moses ben Joseph di Trani | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi of Safed (1525-c.1580) | 1500 | 1500 |
| Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz | Religion (Judaism) | Kabbalist and poet of Safed | Salonica | c.1500 |
| Moshe Alshich | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi andexegete, Safed | 1508 | |
| Moses ben Jacob Cordovero | Religion (Judaism) | Kabbalist, leader of mystical school in Safed | Safed (?) | 1522 |
| Joseph Nasi | Politics | Resettled Jews in Tiberias and Safed in 1561 | Portugal | 1524 |
| Isaac Luria | Leading rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed | Jerusalem | 1534 | |
| Hayyim ben Joseph Vital | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi in Safed | Safed | 1542 |
| Israel ben Moses Najara | Religion (Judaism) | Liturgical poet, exegete, rabbi of Gaza | Safed | c.1555 |
| Yom Tov Tzahalon | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi, author ofresponsa, at Safed | c.1559 | |
| Khayr al-Din al-Ramli | Religion (Islam) | Hanbali jurist | c.1585 | |
| Abraham Amigo | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi | c.1610 | |
| Nathan of Gaza | Religion (Judaism) | Prophet for "false messiah"Sabbatai Zevi | Jerusalem | 1643/4 |
| Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia | Judaism & politics | Rabbi, restored the Jewish community in Tiberias (1740) | Hebron | 1660 |
| Moses Hagiz | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi, activist, opponent of Sabbateanism | Jerusalem | 1671 |
| Zahir al-Umar | Politics | 18th century ruler of the Galilee | Arraba | c.1690 |
| Amram ben Diwan | Religion (Judaism) | Miracle-working rabbi | Jerusalem | 18th c. (d. 1782) |
| Ahmad Agha Duzdar | Politics | 19th century mayor of Jerusalem | 1800s | |
| Aqil Agha | Politics | strongman of northernPalestine | Gaza orNazareth area,Sidon Eyalet | c.1820 |
| Yousef Al-Khalidi | Politics | Ottoman parliament representative | Jerusalem | c.1829 |
| Yosef Rivlin | Religion (Judaism), community leader | rabbi and head of theCentral Committee of the Ashkenazi community (1863–1897) | Jerusalem | 1836 |
| Mariam Baouardy | Religion (Christianity) | Modern saint / miracle | I'billin | 1846 |
| Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi anddayan (religious judge) | Tiberias | 1846 |
| Ruhi Khalidi | Academic | writer, teacher, activist and politician | Jerusalem | 1864 |
| Ya'akov Moshe Toledano | Religion (Judaism) | Chief rabbi ofCairo,Alexandria,Tel Aviv.Minister of Religion (1958–1960). | Tiberias | 1880 |
| Yisroel Ber Odesser | Religion (Judaism) | Rabbi, initiated ahasidic movement | Tiberias | c.1888 |
Up until this date the Bar Kokhba documents indicate that towns, villages and ports where Jews lived were busy with industry and activity. Afterwards there is an eerie silence, and the archaeological record testifies to little Jewish presence until the Byzantine era, in En Gedi. This picture coheres with what we have already determined in Part I of this study, that the crucial date for what can only be described as genocide, and the devastation of Jews and Judaism within central Judea, was 135 CE and not, as usually assumed, 70 CE, despite the siege of Jerusalem and the Temple's destruction)
