Pre-Mandate
| Name | Field | Speciality | Place of birth | Year of Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus | Religion (Christianity) | Founder of Christianity | Nazareth | c.30 |
| Acacius of Caesarea | Academia | Philosophy and the Arian controversy | Caesarea Palestinae | c.310 |
| Rabbi Jochanan | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Tzippori | c.220 |
| Eleazar ben Pedat | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | c.350 | |
| Judah the Prince | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | 135 | |
| Shimon ben Lakish | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Bosra | c.200 |
| Rabbi Isaac the smith | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Galilee | |
| Rabbi Assi | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Babylonia | c.270 |
| Rav Zeira | Religion (Judaism) | Talmudic rabbi | Babylonia | c.220 |
| Antiochus of Ascalon | Academia | Philosophy | Ascalon | c.125 BCE |
| Eutocius of Ascalon | Academia | Mathematics | Ascalon | c.480 |
| Pope Theodore I | Religion (Christianity) | Pope | Jerusalem | c.642 |
| Eusebius | Academia and Religion (Christianity) | "Father of Church History" | Caesarea Palestinae | c.263 |
| Romanus of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Caesarea Palestinae | c.270 |
| Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Bishop | Caesarea Palestinae | c.150 |
| Gelasius of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Bishop | Caesarea Palestinae | c.340 |
| Agapius of Caesarea | Religion (Christianity) | Bishop | Caesarea Palestinae | c.270 |
| Hesychius of Jerusalem | Religion (Christianity) | Biblical exegesis | Jerusalem | c.400 |
| Hegesippus (chronicler) | Religion (Christianity) | Early chronicler | Jerusalem | c.110 |
| Aristo of Pella | Religion (Christianity) | Early chronicler | Pella | c.100 |
| Meleager of Gadara | Literature | Poet | Gadara | c.120 BCE |
| Timotheus of Gaza | Academia | Grammarian | Gaza | c.460 |
| Choricius of Gaza | Academia | Philosophy | Gaza | c.460 |
| Procopius of Caesarea | Academia | Historian | Caesarea Palaestina | c.500 |
| Dorotheus of Gaza | Religion (Christianity) | Saint | Gaza | c.505 |
| Procopius of Gaza | Academia | Philosophy | Gaza | c.465 |
| Aeneas of Gaza | Academia | Philosophy | Gaza | c.460 |
| Saint Agapius of Palestine | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Gaza | c.270 |
| Angelus of Jerusalem | Religion (Christianity) | Saint | Jerusalem | c.1185 |
| Peter Apselamus | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Eleutheropolis | c.280 |
| Cyril of Jerusalem | Religion (Christianity) | Early Christian writings | Caesarea Palestinae | c.313 |
| Maximus the Confessor | Religion (Christianity) | Monk, theologian, scholar | c.580 | |
| Hilarion | Religion (Christianity) | Monk | Gaza | c.291 |
| Epiphanius of Salamis | Religion (Christianity) | Church father | Eleutheropolis | c.310 |
| Justin Martyr | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Nablus | c.100 |
| Procopius of Scythopolis | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Jerusalem | c.270 |
| Saint Reparata | Religion (Christianity) | Martyr | Caesarea Palestinae | c.250 |
| Stephen the Sabaite | Religion (Christianity) | Monk | Gaza | c.725 |
| Theodorus and Theophanes | Religion (Christianity) | Monks | Jerusalem | c.775 |
| Vitalis of Gaza | Religion (Christianity) | Monk | Gaza | c.550 |
| Zayya | Religion (Christianity) | Preaching | c.309 | |
| Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i | Religion (Islam) | founder of the Shafi fiqh of Sunni Islam | Gaza | c.767 |
| al-Muqaddasi | Academia | medieval geographer | Jerusalem | c.946 |
| Ibn Qudamah | Religion (Islam) | Hanbali jurist | c.1147 | |
| Khayr al-Din al-Ramli | Religion (Islam) | Hanbali jurist | c.1585 | |
| Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi | History of Palestine | historian | Jerusalem | c.1456 |
| Daher el-Omar | Politics | 18th century ruler of the Galilee | Tiberias area | c.1690 |
| Ahmad Agha Duzdar | Politics | 19th century mayor of Jerusalem | c.1800s | |
| Yousef Al-Khalidi | Politics | Ottoman era | Jerusalem | c.1829 |
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