Yerushalmi () is a Hebrew surname literally meaning "a Jerusalemite". David Yerushalmi (born 1956), American lawyer and political activist Eden Yerushalmi (1999–2024), Israeli former hostage Efrat Yerushalmi, birth name of Shez, Israeli writer (1900–1962), Israeli writer, educator, and activist Eliyahu Yerushalmi (born 1954), Israeli diplomat Eylon Yerushalmi, Israeli footballer Rina Yerushalmi (born 1939), Israeli theater director and choreographer. (born 1983), Israeli journalist Yeshayahu Yerushalmi (1920–1999, Israeli judge Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi (born 1974), Israeli major general of the Israel Defense Forces Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932 - 2009), American professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society
See also Leon Uris (1925–2003) USA born novelist and humanitarian. Uris is a shortened version of Yerushalmi