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this page is a list of people identified as jews, either by themselves
or by others. "jewishness"
has the meanings both of "adherence to the religion of
judaism" and
"membership in the ethnic group 'jews.'"
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contents
[showhide]
1 arts, performing
1.1 actors / actresses
1.2
comedians
1.3
directors
1.4
hollywood
1.5 illusionists
2 arts, visual
2.1
artists
2.2 cartoons & comics
2.3
clothing
3
business
4
controversy
4.1 crime
4.2
victims
5 law
6 literature & journalism
6.1
writers
6.2 media
7
military
7.1 israeli military
7.2
us military
7.3 spies
8
musicians
9
politics
9.1 international world politicians
9.2 israeli politicians
9.3 political activists
9.4 us politicians
9.5 russian revolutionaries and politicians
9.6 ww2 ghetto politicians
9.7 world revolutionaries and politicians
10 religious figures
10.1 biblical figures
10.2
rabbis
10.3 other religious leaders
11 scientists & philosophers
12
sports
13 miscellaneous
13.1 personalities with unproven and/or distant partial jewish heritage
13.2 fictional characters
14 see
also
15 external links
[edit]
arts, performing
[edit]
actors / actresses
anouk aimee, french actress
woody allen, us actor, film director
jason alexander, us actor, known from
seinfeld;
born jason greenspan
david arquette, us actress (jewish mother)
patricia arquette, us actress (jewish mother)
rosanna arquette, us actress (jewish mother)
bea
arthur, us actress, known from
maude and
the golden girls
leon
askin, austrian actor, known from
hogan's heroes
ed asner,
us actor
hank azaria, us actor
lauren bacall, us actress
barbara bain, us actress, known from
mission impossible
john banner, austrian-born us actor, sargeant schultz from
hogan's heroes
theda
bara, us actress
david barnes, us actor
sacha baron cohen, british actor, known from
da
ali g show
roseanne barr, us tv actress
richard belzer, us actor and comedian
sandra bernhard, us actress
sarah bernhardt, french actress and dancer
joey bishop, us actor, member of the rat pack
jack
black, us actor and rock musician
mel
blanc, us cartoon voice actor
selma blair, us actress
yasmine bleeth, us actress (jewish father)
orlando bloom, english actor (jewish father)
lisa
bonet, us actress, known from
the cosby show (jewish mother)
ernest borgnine, us actor
alex borstein, us actress (jewish father)
tom
bosley, us actor
matthew broderick us actor (jewish mother)
adam
brody us actor
albert brooks, us actor
mel
brooks, us comedian, filmmaker
brooke burke, us actress (jewish mother)
steve buscemi, us actor (converted to
scientology)
james
caan, us actor
dyan cannon, us actress
kate capshaw, us actress (converted)
nell carter, us actress (converted)
robert clary, french-born us actor, cpl louis lebeau from hogan's
heroes
jill clayburgh, us oscar-nominated actress
lee
j. cobb, us actor
mindy
cohn, us television actress on
the facts of life
joan collins, british actress, known from
dynasty
(jewish father)
jennifer connelly, us actress (jewish mother)
paulo costanzo, us tv actor (mother jewish)
billy crystal, us actor and comedian
jamie lee curtis, us actress (jewish father- see below)
tony curtis, us actor
larry david, us actor and comedy writer
sammy davis jr., us actor and performer (converted)
daniel day-lewis, british actor (jewish mother)
kirk douglas
michael douglas, us actor, (jewish father), son of
kirk
douglas
rachel dratch, us actress known for
saturday night live
richard dreyfuss, us actor
fran drescher, us actress (jewish father)
david duchovny, us actor (jewish father)
lisa edelstein, us actress
peter
falk, us actor
itzik feffer, russian yiddish actor
corey feldman, us actor
norman fell, us actor
harvey fierstein, us actor
fyvush finkel, us actor
carrie fisher, us actress, (father jewish), star of star wars
movies
harrison ford, us actor, (mother jewish)
john forsythe, us actor, born nathan freund
al
franken, us actor and comedy writer
bonnie franklin, us actress, known from one day at a time
allen
funt, us tv personality, creator of candid camera
dan futterman, us actor
brad garrett, us actor
sarah michelle gellar, us actress
jami
gertz, us actress
estelle getty, us actress, known from golden girls
melissa gilbert, us actress, known from little house on the prairie
judith godrèche, french actress
adam goldberg, us actor (father jewish)
jeff goldblum, us actor
seth
green, us actor
lorne greene, canadian actor
jennifer grey, us actress
joel
grey, us actor
charles grodin, us actor
steve guttenberg, us actor
jake gyllenhaal, us actor (jewish mother)
maggie gyllenhaal
laurence harvey, lithuanian-born british actor
nina hartley, us pornographic film actress (parents converted to zen
buddhism)
goldie hawn, us actress (jewish mother)
steven hill, us actor best known on
law
& order
judd hirsch, us actor
dustin hoffman, us actor
judy holliday, us oscar-winning actress
john houseman, romanian-born us actor
leslie howard, uk actor, born hungary,"pygmalion", ashley in "gone with
the wind".
kate hudson, us actress, daughter of goldie hawn (jewish mother)
oliver hudson, us actor, son of goldie hawn (jewish mother)
amy
irving, us actress (raised baptist)
ron
jeremy, us pornographic and mainstream actor
scarlett johansson, us actress
al
jolson, us singer, actor, early sound film star
carolyn jones, us actress, known from the addams family (converted)
madeline kahn, us actress
gabriel kaplan, us actor
chris kattan, us actor and comedian. parents practiced buddhism.
andy kaufman, us actor and comedian, known from "snl" and "taxi"
julie kavner, us actress, known from the simpsons
lesli
kay, us soap opera actress
danny
kaye, us actor, dancer, and singer
harvey keitel, us actor
mia kirshner, canadian actress
werner klemperer, german-born us actor, colonel klink from hogan's
heroes (jewish father)
jack klugman, us actor
véra korène, french actress and singer
yaphet kotto, us actor
lisa kudrow, us actress
mila
kunis, ukrainian-born us actress
rikki
lake, us actress
hedy lamarr, austrian-born us actress
michael landon us actor (jewish father)
juliet landau, us actress
martin landau, us actor
piper laurie, us actress
linda lavin, us actress
shia leboeuff, us actor
jennifer jason leigh, us actress
eugene levy, canadian actor
al lewis,
us actor, grandpa on the munsters
shari lewis, us actress, known as companion of lambchop
hal
linden, us actor
jonathan lipnicki, us child actor
peggy lipton, us actress, known from the mod squad
peter lorre, us actor
tina louise, us actress
jon
lovitz, us actor and comedian
natasha lyonne, us actress
ali
macgraw, us actress
marlee matlin, us oscar-winning deaf actress
walter matthau, us actor
debra messing , tv actress (wiull and grace)
solomon mikhoels, russian yiddish actor
bette midler, us singer and actress
marilyn monroe, us actress (converted)
rick moranis, canadian actor
bess myerson, us tv entertainer
judd nelson, us actor, member of the brat pack
anthony newley, british actor and singer
laraine newman, us actress, known from saturday night live
paul newman, us actor (jewish father)
leonard nimoy, us actor, known from star trek
sharon osbourne, tv talkshow host, reality show alumni
gwyneth paltrow, us actress (jewish father)
sara jessica parker, us actress (jewish mother)
sean
penn, us actor (jewish father)
rhea perlman, us actress
david petersen, philanthropist
jeremy piven, us actor
suzanne pleshette, us actress
kevin pollak, us actor
tracy pollan, us actress
natalie portman, israeli-born, us actress
rachel, french actress
gilda radner, us actress, known from saturday night live
harold ramis, us actor
molly ringwald, former bratpacker , actress
eden riegel, us soap opera actress
doris roberts, us actress
edward g. robinson, romanian-born us actor
winona ryder, us actress (jewish father)
daryl sabara, us actor
andrew sachs, british actor, known from fawlty towers
emma
samms, british actress, known from
dynasty
adam sandler, us actor, comedian
david schwimmer, us actor
peter sellers, british actor
william shatner, canadian actor, known from
star trek
harry shearer, us actor, several voices on
the
simpsons
ally sheedy, us actress
dinah shore, us actress
simone signoret, french actress
jonathan silverman, us actor
sarah silverman, us actress
rena
sofer, us actress
jill st. john, us actress
howard stern, us radio personality
ben
stiller, us comic actor
jerry stiller, us comic actor and comedian
barbra streisand, us actress and singer
david suchet, british actor
elizabeth taylor, british-born us actress (converted)
boris thomashevsky, star of
yiddish theater
al
waxman, canadian actor
rachel weisz, british actress
gene wilder, us comic actor
mare winningham, us actress (converted, reported to be quite devout)
shelley winters us actress -oscars for
diary of anne frank, (1959) and
a patch of blue, (1965)
noah
wyle, us actor
nikki schieler ziering, us actress, (converted for marriage and remained
jewish after divorce)
[edit]
comedians
woody allen, us comedian
dave attell, us comedian
david baddiel, british comedian
roseanne barr, us comedienne
richard belzer, us actor and comedian
jack
benny, us comedian
milton berle, us comedian
mel
brooks, us comedian
david brenner, us comic
fanny brice, us comedienne
lewis black, us comedian
lenny bruce, us satirist
george burns, us comedian
sid
caesar, us comedian
andrew "dice" clay, us comedian
david cross, us actor and comedian
billy crystal, us actor and comedian
rodney dangerfield, us comedian, born jacob cohen
fran drescher, us comedienne
marty feldman, british comedian
larry fine, us actor and comedian, larry of the
three stooges
whoopie goldberg us comedian
gilbert gottfried, us comedian
gary gulman, us standup comedian
buddy hackett, us comedian
jerome howard, us actor and comedian, curly of the three stooges
moses
howard, us actor and comedian, moe of the
three stooges
shmuel howard, us actor and comedian, shemp of the
three stooges
sid
james, british comedian
jenny jones, us comedienne and talk show host
andy kaufman, us comedian, actor, performance artist
alan
king, us show business personality and comic
richard lewis, us comedian
jerry lewis, us actor and comedian
bill
maher, us comedian
howie mandel, canadian comedian
chico
marx, us
vaudeville and film comic actor
groucho marx, us
vaudeville and film comic actor
harpo
marx, us
vaudeville and film comic actor
zeppo
marx, us
vaudeville and film comic actor
anne
meara, us comedienne and actress (converted)
dave osborne, us comic
kevin pollak, us actor and comedian
freddie prinze sr., us comedian (jewish father)
gilda radner, us comedianne
tony randall, us comedian,
the odd couple
carl reiner, us comedian, writer, actor, director
don
rickles, us comic, actor
joan rivers, us comedienne
john safran, australian comedian
bob
saget, us comedian, actor
mort
sahl, us comedian
adam sandler, us comedian, actor
alexei sayle, uk comedian, actor
jerry seinfeld, us comedian
robert schimmel, us comedian
garry shandling, us comedian, actor
frank shuster, canadian comedian
sarah silverman, us comedian, actor
bobby slayton, us comedian, actor, radio host
jon
stewart, us comedian
jerry stiller, us radio comic, actor
soupy sales, us comedian
raymond teller, us comedian, magician
ovadia a. vaknin, israeli comedian
[edit]
directors
darren aronofsky, us director
ethan
coen and
joel coen,
us writer-producer-director team
george cukor. us director
jules dassin, american director
sergei eisenstein, soviet director of aleksander niefsky and ivan the
terrible
john frankenheimer, us director
sam fuller, us director and screenwriter
henry jaglom, us director
jim jarmusch, us director
spike jonze, us director
stanley kubrick, us director
fritz
lang, german director
ernst lubitch,europe-us director ,"to be or not to be",
sidney lumet, us director
branko lustig, us-croatian film director
leo penn,
us director and actor
roman polanski, polish-born us director (jewish father)
sydney pollack, us director
abraham polonsky, us director
otto preminger, austrian-born us director
john schlesinger, british director
steven spielberg, us director
oliver stone, us director
edgar g. ulmer, german-born us director
billy wilder, austrian-born us director
michael winner, british director
robert wise, us director
rob
reiner,us director ("princess charming"," harry/sally")
zucker brothers,us parody directors
[edit]
hollywood
william fox (fox film corporation; 20th century-fox)
michael eisner (paramount pictures; disney studios)
robert evans (paramount pictures)
david geffen (warner brothers; dreamworks skg)
sam goldwyn, (the "g" in mgm)
jeffrey katzenberg (paramount pictures; dreamworks skg)
carl laemmle (universal pictures)
carl laemmle jr (universal studios)
marcus loew (mgm)
joseph schenck (20th century pictures)
steven spielberg (dreamworks skg)
louis b. mayer, (the "m" of mgm)
jack warner (warner brothers)
lew
wasserman (universal studios)
darryl zanuck (warner brothers; 20th century pictures; 20th century-fox)
bob weinstein (miramax)
harvey weinstein (miramax)
adolph zukor (paramount pictures)
irving thalberg "the last tycoon"
[edit]
illusionists
david blaine, us illusionist
david copperfield, us illusionist
uri
geller, israeli spoon bending magician
harry houdini, us illusionist
ricky
jay, us magician
[edit]
arts, visual
[edit]
artists
diane arbus, us fashion photographer
richard avedon, us portrait photographer
doris bloom, south african-born danish artist and sculptor
wallace berman, us (los angeles-born) artist
ross bleckner, us painter
marc chagall, russian-french painter and stained glass artist
judy chicago, us feminist painter; (the dinner party)
robert frank, swiss-american photographer; (the americans)
frank gehry, canadian-us architect, art museum designer
rube goldberg, us cartoonist, sculptor, and author; (rube goldberg
machine)
al
hansen, us/german member of the
fluxus art
movement
al
hirschfeld, us caricaturist, featured in new york times
max
jacob, french artist (converted to catholicism)
frida kahlo, mexican painter, friend of leon trotsky, (jewish father,
catholic mother)
louis
kahn, us architect
pinchus kremegne, russian-born french sculptor and painter
michel kikoine, russian-born french painter
john lautner, us architect, worked under frank lloyd wright
daniel libeskind, polish-born us architect, designer of new world trade
center; (freedom tower)
roy lichtenstein, us popular art painter
peter
max, german-born israeli-us artist
amedeo modigliani, italian painter and sculptor
helmut newton, german photographer of nudes
jules pascin, bulgarian-french expressionist artist
camille pissarro, french painter, "father of impressionism"
man ray,
us-french surrealist photographer and film director
h.a. rey
and
margret rey, german-us illustrators; (curious george)
larry rivers, us abstract expressionist painter
chaim soutine, russian-born french expressionist painter
william steig, us cartoonist and illustrator, "king of cartoons"; (shrek)
weegee,
austrian-polish-born us photographer and photojournalist; (naked city)
[edit]
cartoons & comics
al capp,
us cartoonist; creator of li'l abner
will eisner, us cartoonist; (the spirit)
mark evanier, us comics and animated cartoons writer for disney and
hanna-barbera
max
fleischer, us animated cartoonist; (popeye, superman)
bob kane,
us cartoonist; creator of batman
gil kane,
latvian-born us comics artist. first to draw
silver
age
green lantern and
the atom.
jack
kirby, us comics and animated cartoons creator; co-creator of captain
america, (fantastic four, hulk)
stan lee,
us cartoon writer and creator of marvel comics and its heroes
harvey pekar, us comic book writer; (american splendor)
julius schwartz, us comic book and magazine editor; (the flash;
green lantern).
joe
shuster, canadian-us comics artist; co-creator of superman
jerome siegel, us comics artist; co-creator of superman
joe
simon, us cartoonist; co-creator of captain america
art spiegelman, swedish-us comic-book artist; creator of maus
matt
stone, co-creator of south park
mort weisinger, us comic book and magazine editor; (superman,
supergirl)
[edit]
clothing
kenneth cole, us fashion designer
marc jacobs, us clothing designer
calvin klein, us fashion designer, ck
donna karan, us fashion designer, dkny
ralph lauren, us fashion designer
isaac mizrahi, us fashion designer
levi strauss, us "father of jeans"
[edit]
business
roman abramovich, russian billionaire
steve ballmer, us ceo of
microsoft
(jewish mother)
boris berezovsky, russian billionaire
michael bloomberg, us politician, founder of
bloomberg news
sergey brin russian-born us co-founder of google
samuel bronfman, ukrainian-born canadian founder of
seagrams distilleries
edgar bronfman, sr., canadian original owner of
seagrams distilleries
edgar bronfman, jr., canadian-us owner of
vivendi universal
isaac carasso, spanish founder of
danone
group
andre citroen, french automaker of
citroen
joshua lionel cowen, us toy inventor and manufacturer
jack cohen, british businessman, founder of
tesco
supermarkets
mark
cuban, us billionaire owner of
dallas mavericks
marcel dassault, french industrialist
michael dell, us founder of
dell inc.
larry ellison, us ceo of
oracle corporation
mikhail fridman,
russian
billionaire
alan greenspan, us economist, chairman of the
us federal reserve
andrew grove, hungarian-born us co-founder of
intel
vladimir gusinsky, russian billionaire
peter ivany, australian media mogul, earned his fortune running hoyts
cinemas world wide
mikhail khodorkovsky,
russian
billionare
henry kravis, american financier
lev leviev, russian-born israeli diamond billionaire
daniel m. lewin, israeli internet entrepreneur
alfred lowenstein, belgian soldier, aviator, sportsman, entrepreneur
moses haim montefiore, english financier and zionist
roy
neuberger, us art dealer of
neuberger & berman
harry oppenheimer, south african diamond and gold mines billionare,
(became christian)
william paley, us billionaire who built
cbs
ron
popeil, us inventor
mike klein, canadian born investment magnate
sumner redstone, us ceo of
viacom
mayer amschel rothschild, german
banker, first of
the rothschild family
nathan mayer rothschild, british financier and philanthropist
william rosenberg, us founder of
dunkin donuts
david sarnoff, general manager of
rca corporation
ron sommer, ceo of
deutsche telekom
george soros, hungarian-born us billionaire, investor, philanthropist
laurence tisch, us billionaire, owned
cbs
ted
turner, founder of cnn
victor vekselberg, russian billionaire
max warburg, german banker
paul warburg, us banker,
federal reserve founder and board member
sandy weill, us banker
[edit]
controversy
[edit]
crime
yigal
amir, israeli assassin (of rabin)
david berkowitz, "son of sam", us serial killer, (adopted by jews, became
christian)
ivan boesky, us insider trader, swindler
mickey cohen, us gangster
moe dalitz, us gangster
ira
einhorn us political activist and killer
baruch goldstein, us-born israeli killer
meyer lansky, us gangster
leopold and loeb, us killers
michael milken, us "junk bond' king, swindler, philanthropist
kevin mitnick, us hacker
jackie presser, us labor leader, embezzler
joseph prushinowski, the "robin hood rabbi", stole an estimated $200
million from banks and insurance companies from 1960-1987 and sent the money
to hasidic groups all over the globe.
arnold rothstein, us gangster
jack
ruby, us assassin of lee harvey oswald
dutch schultz, us gangster
bugsy siegel, us gangster
serge stavisky, russian born french swindler
salomon morel, russian death camp commander
[edit]
victims
menahem mendel beilis, russian victim of russian blood libel mistrial
stephen belson, new york city firefighter,
9/11
alan
berg, us radio personality, killed by neo-nazis
nick
berg, us entrepreneur, beheaded by iraqi terrorists
alfred dreyfus, french army officer falsely accused of treason
efraim elrom, israeli consul was murdered by condemned turkish terrorists
alan feinberg, new york city firefighter,
9/11
anne
frank, dutch teenage holocaust victim and writer
leo
frank, lynched in georgia, usa.
jeremy glick, united flight 93 hero,
9/11
ronald goldman, murdered together with nicole brown simpson. o.j. simpson
was found guilty for his wrongful death and ordered to pay $8.5 million to the
goldman family
herschel grynszpan, holocaust victim, assassinated
ernst vom rath, which initiated
kristallnacht
chandra levy, us intern, mysteriously murdered in washington, dc
mel mermelstein, holocaust survivor who sued for damages
edgardo mortara, jewish italian child kidnapped by catholics
daniel pearl, us wall street journal journalist, decapitated by
islamic terrorists
darin howard pontell, us navy lieutenant, pentagon,
9/11
jay
sebring, us hairdresser, victim of the manson family
nancy spungen, murder victim and girlfriend of sid vicious
rudolf vrba, escaped from auschwitz and told the world about it
david weiss, new york city firefighter,
9/11
abraham zelmanowitz, us programmer, world trade center hero,
9/11
[edit]
law
rosalie abella, canadian supreme court justice
louis brandeis, us supreme court justice
stephen g. breyer, us supreme court justice
benjamin n. cardozo, us supreme court justice
arthur chaskalson, chief justice of the republic of south africa
marcia clark, us lawyer, prosecutor in the trial of
o.j.
simpson
zelman cowen, australian legal scholar and governor-general
alan dershowitz, us lawyer
abe
fortas, us supreme court justice
felix frankfurter, us supreme court justice
ruth bader ginsburg, us supreme court justice
arthur j. goldberg, us supreme court justice
richard goldstone, south african judge, international war crimes
prosecutor
isaac isaacs, australian high court justice and governor-general
stanley mosk, us jurist, california supreme court justice and attorney
general
louis nizer, british born american jurist
barry scheck, us lawyer, known for the trial of
o.j.
simpson
robert shapiro, us lawyer, known for the trial of
o.j.
simpson
jerry sheindlin, husband of judith sheindlin, former new york state
supreme court justice
judith sheindlin, former new york family court judge, host of
judge
judy
laurence h. tribe, professor of law, harvard university
[edit]
literature & journalism
[edit]
writers
shmuel yosef agnon, israeli writer
isaac asimov, russian-born us science fiction writer
paul auster, new york-based postmodern detective writer, filmmaker and
poet
david avidan, israeli poet
ahad
ha'am, ukrainian-born, hebrew writer and zionist leader
sholem aleichem, ukrainian-born, yiddish writer
isaac babel, russian journalist and writer
peter barnes, british playwright and screenwriter
saul bellow, us writer
eliezer ben-yehuda, lithuanian-born, "father of modern hebrew language"
henri bergson, french philosopher, 1927 nobel prize winner in literature
ludwig börne
max brod,
czech-israeli writer and composer
harold brodkey, us novelist
joseph brodsky, soviet-born poet, nobel laureate
jan brzechwa, polish poet
elias canetti, bulgarian author, nobel prize winner
otto maria carpeaux, austro-brazilian literary and musical critic,
journalist and historian
michael chabon, us writer
isaac deutscher, polish-born british historian
ilya ehrenburg, soviet writer and international peace activist
dr. isidor israel elyashev aka penname "ba'al machshavot" = "the thinker"
(1873-1924), physician (neurologist); yiddish literary critic; forerunner
of zionist movement- translated theodore herzel's "altneuland" from german
into yiddish; delegate from germany to first zionist congress in basel,
switzerland (august 1897).
harlan ellison, us fantasy writer
nissim ezekiel, indian poet, playwright and art critic
howard fast, us writer of historical fiction, political activist
itzik feffer, soviet writer
anne
frank, dutch holocaust victim, diarist
jonathan safran foer
thomas l. friedman, us journalist and columnist
david
frum, canadian-born us neo-conservative commentator; speechwriter for
george w. bush (2001-2002)--wrote "axis
of evil" for 2002 state of the union address
allen ginsberg, us poet
maurice girodias, french writer and publisher
gluckl of hamelin, german yiddish religious writer
leah goldberg, israeli poet
david goodis, us mystery writer
nadine gordimer, south african writer, won a nobel prize for literature
vassily grossman, soviet journalist and writer
ben
hecht, us novelist, playwright, screenwriter and zionist activist
heinrich heine, german poet
immanuel the roman, italian religious erotic poet
isidore isou, romanian-born french poet
susan jacoby, author, (father half-jewish, converted to catholicism)
franz kafka, czech-born, austrian-germany, writer
imre kertész, hungarian author, holocaust concentration camp survivor, and
winner of the nobel prize
arthur koestler, hungarian-born austrian and english novelist and activist
jerzy kosinski, polish born american novelist
william kristol, us political commentator
irving layton, romanian-born canadian poet
emma lazarus, us poet
stanislaw jerzy lec, polish writer
jan lechoń, polish writer
julius lester, us children's author and academic
primo
levi, italian novelist and chemist
a.
j. levin, canadian poet
sonia (wolff) levitin, german-born, american novelist, winner of the
national jewish book award, edgar allen poe award
norman mailer, us novelist and social critic
bernard malamud, us writer
david mamet, us playwright
patrick marber, british playwright
arthur miller, us playwright
walter mosley, us novelist
erich mühsam, german poet and revolutionary
m. j. nurenberger, conservative editor of jewish newspapers and author of
the scared and the doomed.
adolph ochs, german-born builder of the new york times
amos oz,
israeli writer
cynthia ozick, us writer
dorothy parker, us writer
s. j. perelman, us writer
i. l. peretz, yiddish writer
harold pinter, british playwright
norman podhoretz, us writer
chaim potok, us writer
marcel proust, french writer, (son of a jewish mother)
dalia rabikovich, israeli poet
ayn rand,
russian-born us writer
mordecai richler, canadian writer
marcel reich-ranicki
tanya reinhart, israeli writer
daniel rona israeli lds theologian writer, speaker and professional tour
guide (converted to lds church)
philip roth, us writer
bruno schulz, polish writer and painter
robert silverberg, us science-fiction author
isaac bashevis singer, us writer
antoni slonimski, polish poet
william steig, us writer, author of shrek
arthur sulzberger, publisher of the new york times
natan tenenbaum, polish writer
julian tuwim, polish poet
tristan tzara, romanian-born french poet
louise wener, british author and rock singer
nathanael west, us writer
bob woodward, us journalist and author, investigated watergate with carl
bernstein
(?)jon
woronoff
herman wouk, us writer
elie wiesel, us, hungarian-born, french writer about holocaust
avraham b. yehoshua, israeli novelist
israel zangwill, english writer and zionist
stefan zweig, austrian writer
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media
israel asper, canadian philanthropist and founder of global television
network
carl bernstein, us journalist, investigated watergate break-in with bob
woodward
wolf blitzer, us news anchor for cnn
joe bob briggs, us syndicated film critic
alan colmes, us liberal commentator for
fox news'
hannity & comes.
amira
hass, israeli journalist
larry
king, us tv and radio talk show host
tony kornheiser, us columnist for the washington post, radio host, and
televsion host
ted
koppel, us news anchor, abc tv
nightline
charles krauthammer, u.s. columnist for the washington post
elena lappin, british novelist and journalist, known as us deportee
benjamin masten, us radio personality, audience of two
morley safer, canadian-born us news reporter, cbs tv
60
minutes
william safire, us newspaper columnist, speechwriter for us president
nixon
michael savage, us radio personality
laura schlessinger, us radio personality (jewish father, she later
converted to orthodox judaism)
joel stein, us columnist for time magazine
mike wallace, us news reporter, cbs tv
60
minutes
barbara walters, us news commentator, abc tv
20/20
[edit]
military
mordechaj anielewicz, polish warsaw ghetto leader
ivan chernyakhovsky, russian soviet military commander
david abramovich dragunsky, russian anti-zionist colonel-general
vladimir jabotinsky, russian founder and leader of british jewish legion
berek joselewicz, polish colonel, organized jewish squads and uprisings
josephus,
jewish priest and military leader who went over to the side of ancient rome
judah the maccabee, judean leader of maccabees against ancient greeks
simon bar kokhba judean leader of jewish revolt against ancient rome
john monash, australian general
haym solomon, polish-born us financier of the american revolution and
revolutionary war
yona yakir, a soviet general, purged by stalin
[edit]
israeli military
ron arad,
israeli pilot, missing in action
ehud
barak, israeli general and prime minister
menachem begin, prime minister of israel
moshe dayan, former israeli chief of staff, minister of defense
arie
eldad, former medical officer and surgeon
uziel
gal, israeli designer of the uzi submachine gun
israel galili, israeli designer of the galil assault rifle
david (mickey) marcus us colonel, assisted israel in 1948 war, first
israeli brigadier general
shaul mofaz, israeli general, former chief of staff, minister of defense
yoni netanyahu, israeli commander of operation entebbe, killed in action
yitschak rabin, israeli chief of staff, prime minister of israel
ilan
ramon, israeli pilot attacked iraqi reactor; israel's first astronaut,
died on columbia space shuttle
ariel sharon, israeli general, prime minister of israel
israel tal, israeli general, oversaw development of israel's merkava tank
joseph trumpeldor, russian soldier , founded zion mule corps, killed in
early palestine
moshe yaalon, israeli general and chief of staff
[edit]
us military
julius o. adler brigadier general,(world war ii) commanded the 77th
infantry division
jeremy michael boorda admiral, (vietnam; kosovo)
louis bush, (revolutionary war)
mathias bush, (revolutionary war)
solomon bush, (revolutionary war), lieutenant colonel, highest-ranking
jewish officer in the continental army
leopold blumenberg (civil war)
david camden deleon (mexican war), "the fighting doctor", doctor under
general zachary taylor, congressional citation
leroy diamond (world war ii, pacific), corporal, navy cross and purple
heart
hyman epstein (world war ii, pacific), army medical aide, killed in new
guinea after heroic rescues defying snipers
david nunez cardozo (american revolution), south carolina grenadiers, led
an assault on british-held savannah, georgia
wesley clark (kosovo) (father jewish) 4 star general, nato supreme allied
commander
leon dyer, (civil war, mexican war, seminole war), colonel, post-alamo
volunteer, escorted gen. santa anna to d.c.
herbert p. grossman private first class {world war ii) silver star for
gallantry in action at leyte, philippine islands
levy myers harby (war of 1812), navy captain, began military at 14
phineas horowitz (civil war)
stanley h. hyman (vietnam)
isadore s. jachman sergeant usa (world war ii), medal of honor
(posthumously) for actions saving his paratroop company during fighting in
flamierge, belgium
jack h. jacobs captain usa (vietnam) medal of honor recipient
leopold karpeles (civil war) sergeant, congressional medal of honor for
bravery and heroism
frederick knefler (civil war)
melvin krulewitch major general (world war ii) first person to personally
captured japanese prisoners, first to fly the american flag on japanese
territory
john l. levitow sergeant usaf (vietnam) medal of honor recipient
uriah p. levy (war of 1812) first jewish us admiral; ended the practice of
flogging; bought, restored, and gave montecello (jefferson's home) as a gift
to the american people
aaron lopez, (american revolution), supplied transoceanic ships and
coastal vessels to navy
david "mickey" marcus, (world war ii), us army lieutenant colonel, west
point graduate, divisional judge advocate, division commander, attended the "big
five" meetings, volunteered to join d-day airborne assault without formal
training. distinguished service cross, bronze star, and british decorations.
volunteered to israeli army to defend against transjordan arab legion. became
first israeli brigadier general, and served as commander of jerusalem front.
alfred mordechai (civil war)
ben moreel admiral,(world war ii) formed the seabees
mordecai myers, (war of 1812), captain, new york city's first jewish mayor
leopold newman (civil war)
manuel m. noah, (american revolution), served with general marion,
financier
hyman rickover us admiral, father of the nuclear navy
maurice rose major general, (world war ii) negotiated the unconditional
surrender of the germans in tunisia, commanded 3rd armored division: the first
division to cross the german border and the first to breach the siegfried
line, killed in combat
edward rosewater, (civil war), union army telegrapher for president
lincoln, transmitted gettysburg address
ben l. salomon (world war ii, pacific) captain, usa medical corps, medal
of honor (posthumously) for actions during battle of saipan
edward s. salomon (civil war)
haym salomon (american revolution),
sons of liberty, financier
francis salvador (american revolution), "paul
revere of the south"
mordecai sheftall (american revolution), "the great rebel"
seligman brothers, (civil war), financeers
frances slanger, (world war ii, france), lieutenant, u.s. army nurses
corps. killed in action.
robert b. solomon (vietnam)
judah touro, (war of 1812), civilian volunteer in american army,
philanthropist
john ordroneaux (war of 1812), french commodore, continental navy
privateersman
max warshaw, (world war ii, north africa), staff sergeant, army medic, two
silver star medals, three bronze star medals, the purple heart, the
ex-prisoner of war medal, the pre-pearl harbor medal, the european theater of
operations medal with six campaign clusters, the victory medal, the new york
state conspicuous cross medal (for highly decorated veterans), and the army
combat medic badge.
raymond zussman second lieutenant, (world war ii) medal of honor, killed
in action
[edit]
spies
sarah aaronsohn, british head of anti-turkish nili spy-ring
denise bloch, french world war ii special operations executive agent
eli
cohen, israeli spy, hanged by syria
avraham marcus klingberg, kgb spy, spent 15 years in israeli prison for
passing secrets about biological research to the soviets.
jonathan pollard, united states navy intelligence analyst, passed
information to israel
julius rosenberg and
ethel rosenberg, allegedly gave united states atomic bomb secrets to the
soviet union
krystyna skarbek, polish-born british special operations executive agent
hannah szenes, hungarian-born british-palestine, special operations
executive agent
mordechai vanunu, moroccon-born israeli, spied on israel's dimona
nuclear reactor, (converted to christianity)
moshe marzouk, israeli spy and karaite jew executed by egypt, part of the
lavon affair
[edit]
musicians
charles-valentin alkan, french composer and virtuoso pianist
vladimir ashkenazy, russian conductor
emanuel ax, us pianist
paula abdul, us singer, former la laker girl, panelist on
american idol
herb alpert, us musician
babydaddy (aka scot hoffman), us bassist, keyboardist, composer for
scissor sisters.
burt bacharach, us musician and songwriter
daniel barenboim, argentine-israeli classical musician and conductor
beck
(hansen), singer and musician. ethnically jewish, current religious
affiliation unknown.
walter becker, us bass player, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of
steely
dan
irving berlin, us songwriter, composer
dan bern,
us songwriter, singer
leonard bernstein, us conductor, composer
hal
blaine, us session drummer
ernest bloch, swiss-born us composer
marc
bolan, british rock musician for band
t. rex
michael bolton, us singer
mike burkett, us singer, bass player in
punk band
nofx
eddie cantor, us pop singer, comedian, actor
eric carmen, us musician, songwriter
cristian castro, mexican singer
leonard cohen, canadian singer (converted to buddhism)
aaron copland, us composer
sammy davis, jr., us singer (converted to judaism)
mike diamond (a.k.a. mike d), us rapper with the group
beastie boys
neil diamond, us singer
paul
dukas, french composer
adam duritz, us singer, songwriter for band
counting crows
bob
dylan, us singer, songwriter (converted to christianity, current religious
affiliation uncertain)
jakob dylan, us singer for band
the wallflowers
mama cass elliott, us singer with the group
the mamas and the papas
ziggy ellman, us jazz musician
donald fagen, us keyboard player, singer, songwriter, founding member of
steely
dan
giora feidman, clarinet player and klezmer musician
perry farrell, us musician, bandleader in
jane's addiction,
porno for pyros.
jon
fishman, us musician, drummer for
phish
flo and eddie us musicians
ben
folds, singer, songwriter, founder of rock group
ben folds five
kinky friedman, us country singer, author
jackie fox, us bassist of band the runaways
nikolai fraiture , french-born us bassist for rock-n-roll band
the
strokes
kenny g,
us musician
serge gainsbourg, french singer, songwriter
art
garfunkel, us singer
j. geils, us rock musician
marvin goldstein, us pianist (converted to lds church)
benny goodman, us musician, bandleader
mike gordon, us musician, bassist for
phish
louis moreau gottschalk, us composer (jewish father)
graham gouldman, british musician and songwriter, member of
10cc
mick
green, british guitarist, brother of peter green
peter green, british guitarist, seminal member of
fleetwood mac
norman greenbaum, us musician, best known for hit spirit in the sky
brett gurewitz, us musician and founder of
epitaph records and
punk rock group
bad
religion
richard hell, us rock musician, poet
billy
joel, us singer
al
jolson, us singer
mick jones, british rock musician, member of
the clash
jascha heifetz, us violinist
susanna hoffs, us member of band
the
bangles
adam horovitz (a.k.a. ad-rock), us rapper with the group beastie boys
carole king, us singer and songwriter
ed king,
us rock guitarist of
strawberry alarm clock and
lynyrd skynyrd
otto klemperer, german-born us-israeli conductor
mark knopfler, british guitarist, founder of rock group dire straits
lee
konitz, us jazz musician
lenny kravitz, us musician (jewish father)
steve
lacy, us jazz musician
steve lawrence, us singer
geddy
lee, canadian musician, lead singer of rock group
rush
tom
lehrer, singer/songwriter
james levine, us conductor
adam levine, lead singer,
maroon 5
ted lewis, us musician, entertainer
györgy ligeti, hungarian composer
lisa
loeb, us pop singer
ron mael
and
russell mael,us rock band stars of
sparks
lorin maazel, us conductor
gustav mahler, austro-hungarian viennese composer (converted to
catholicism)
barry manilow, us entertainer (jewish mother)
manfred mann, south african born british rock musician
shelly manne, us jazz musician
linda mccartney, née eastman, us-born photographer
malcolm mclaren, british impresario and recording artist
eric melvin, guitarist for
punk band
nofx
felix mendelssohn, german romantic composer (converted to christianity)
yehudi menuhin, us-british violinist, conductor, educator
giacomo meyerbeer, german opera composer
mezz mezzrow, us jazz musician
darius milhaud, french composer
daniel miller, uk producer, founder of
mute records
nathan milstein, us violinist
sandy nelson, us musician
randy newman, us singer
phil
ochs, us singer, songwriter
steven page, canadian singer, guitarist for
barenaked ladies
jacques offenbach, french composer
murray perahia, us pianist
itzhak perlman, israeli-us violinist
joey ramone, us rock singer
lou reed,
us singer, songwriter
buddy
rich, us jazz musician
jonathan richman, us singer, songwriter
anton rubinstein, russian pianist and composer
david lee roth, us rock singer, lead singer of
van halen
curt
sachs, german-us musicologist
hank sapoznik, klezmer musician
artur schnabel, polish-austrian-us classical pianist
arnold schoenberg, austrian composer
franz schreker, austrian-german composer (jewish father)
neil sedaka, us singer, songwriter
artie
shaw, us jazz musician, bandleader
shel silverstein, us songwriter
gene simmons, us bass player for rock group
kiss
carly simon, us singer, songwriter (jewish father)
paul
simon, us musician
slash,
british-born us rock musician (jewish father)
p.f.
sloan, us singer, songwriter
pat
smear, us rock musician, member of the
foo
fighters
georg solti, hungarian-us conductor
phil spector, us record producer and songwriter
isaac stern, us violinist
paul stanley, us guitar player for rock band
kiss
barbra streisand, us singer, actress
willie "the lion" smith, us pianist
sylvain sylvain, egyptian-born us rock musician, guitarist for the
new york dolls.
władysław szpilman, polish pianist, author of the pianist
michael tilson-thomas, us conductor
richard tucker, us opera singer
sophie tucker, russian-born us singer and entertainer
nick valensi, us guitarist for rock band
the
strokes
louise wener, british rock singer and author
leslie west, us rock guitarist
kurt
weill, german-us composer
max weinberg, us drummer for
bruce springsteen and the e street band and leader of the
max weinberg seven
jane wiedlin, us member of band
the
go-gos
peter
wolf, us rock singer, formerly of
j
geils band
adam
yauch (a.k.a. mca), us rapper with the group
beastie boys (converted to buddhism)
warren zevon, us rock songwriter, singer
john
zorn, us saxophonist and composer
[edit]
politics
[edit]
international world politicians
peter baume, australian cabinet minister
joe berinson, australian cabinet minister
eduard bernstein, german founder of evolutionary socialism
léon
blum, prime minister of france
marek borowski, polish politician
leon brittan, british cabinet minister
moss cass, australian cabinet minister
barry cohen, australian cabinet minister
michael danby, australian politician
benjamin disraeli, british prime minister (raised an anglican)
sid einfeld, deputy premier of new south wales, australia
laurent fabius, prime minister of france
malcolm fraser, australian prime minister (raised presbyterian, mother
born jewish)
bronisław geremek, polish politician
herb
gray, canadian cabinet minister
theodor herzl, founder of zionism
michael howard, leader of the british conservative party
isaac isaacs, australian politician and governor-general
rufus isaacs, 1st marquess of reading, british politician and viceroy of
india
vladimir jabotinsky, zionist leader
keith joseph, british cabinet minister
sam katz,
mayor of winnipeg, manitoba, canada
bruno kreisky, austrian chancellor
jack
lang, french minister of culture
ferdinand lassalle, german socialist leader
nigel lawson, british cabinet minister
tony
leon, south african opposition leader
peter mandelson, british labour mp and secretary of state for northern
ireland (father was jewish)
pierre mendès-france, french prime minister
shirley porter, british local government leader
walther rathenau, german industrialist and statesman
petre roman, prime minister of romania (father was jewish)
malcolm rifkind, british foreign secretary
jorge sampaio, portuguese president
herbert samuel, british politician and high commissioner of palestine
vaiben solomon, premier of south australia
helen suzman, south african anti-apartheid member of parliament
julius vogel, prime minister of new zealand
simone veil, french politician
vladimir zhirinovsky, russian politician (recently acknowledged jewish
father)
szmul zygielbojm, polish politician
[edit]
israeli politicians
see:
list of israeli politicians (most are jewish)
[edit]
political activists
noam chomsky, activist, u.s.
foreign policy critic, and professor of
linguistics at
m.i.t.
frank collin, former
neo-nazi,
now
diffusionist (father was jewish)
abraham foxman, us director of the
anti-defamation league
jonah goldberg, us
conservative writer
david horowitz, us
neoconservative writer and social activist
kivie kaplan,
naacp president, 1966 to 1975
mel mermelstein,
auschwitz
survivor; reward-winner:
institute for historical review
irv
rubin, chairman of the
jewish defense league
michael schwerner, us
civil
rights activist
adam shapiro, cofounder of the
international solidarity movement
simon wiesenthal, nazi-hunter
tim wise,
anti-racism lecturer and activist
[edit]
us politicians
elliott abrams, state department and nsc
gary ackerman, congressman from new york
madeleine albright, secretary of state (raised christian)
abe
beame, mayor of new york city
anthony beilenson, congressman from california
judah p. benjamin senator, then confederate secretary of war and secretary
of state
howard berman, congressman from california
michael bloomberg, mayor of new york city
rudy boschwitz, senator from minnesota
barbara boxer, senator from california
harold brown, secretary of defense
emmanuel cellar, congressman from new york
william cohen, senator from maine; defense secretary (father was jewish)
roy cohn,
us prosecutor and assistant to sen. joe mccarthy
norm coleman, senator from minnesota
john deutsch, cia director
rahm emanuel, congressman from illinois
eliot engel, congressman from new york
dianne feinstein, senator from california
russ feingold, senator from wisconsin
douglas feith, secretary of defense for policy
ari
fleischer, press secretary to the president
barney frank, congressman from massachusetts
barry goldwater, senator from arizona (father was jewish)
oscar goodman, mayor of las vegas, nevada
chic
hecht, senator from nevada
jacob javits, senator from new york
henry kissinger, national security advisor and secretary of state
ed koch,
congressman and new york city mayor
herb
kohl, senator from wisconsin
tom
lantos, congressman from california, (hungarian-born holocaust survivor)
herbert h. lehman, governor of new york
fiorello h. laguardia, mayor of new york city (mother was jewish)
frank lautenberg, senator from new jersey
carl
levin, senator from michigan
joe
lieberman, vice-president candidate and us senator from connecticut
julius l. meier, governor of oregon
allard lowenstein, congressman from new york
howard metzenbaum , senator from ohio
henry morgenthau, jr., secretary of the treasury
jerrold nadler, congressman from new york
richard perle, under-secretary department of defense
robert reich, secretary of labor
edward rendell, governor of pennsylvania, mayor of philadelphia
abraham ribicoff, senator from connecticut
steve rothman, congressman from new jersey
robert rubin, secretary of the treasury
warren rudman, senator from new hampshire
adam schiff, congressman from california
james schlesinger, secretary of defense and cia director (converted to
christianity)
charles schumer, senator from new york
david segal, city councilman from providence, rhode island
brad sherman, congressman from california
arlen specter, senator from pennsylvania
debbie wasserman schultz, congresswoman from florida
henry waxman, congressman from california
anthony weiner, congressman from new york
paul wellstone senator from minnesota
robert wexler, congressman from florida
paul wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense
ron
wyden, senator from oregon
[edit]
russian revolutionaries and politicians
vladimir antonov-ovseenko, soviet red army
pavel axelrod, soviet revolutionary
matvei d. berman, soviet chief of gulag system
simeon dimanstein, soviet commissar of nationalities
ilya ehrenburg, soviet propaganda minister
jacob fuerstenberg, russian aide to lenin
lev
kamenev, russian bolshevik leader
lazar kaganovich, soviet politburo member
mikhail koltsov, soviet journalist
adolph ioffe, soviet commissar of foreign affairs (karaite)
martyn latsis, soviet cheka official, author
maxim litvinov, soviet foreign minister
i. p. meshkovsky, soviet central committee member
karl
radek, soviet central committee
leon trotsky, russian bolshevik leader
moisei uritsky, soviet petrograd cheka
v. volodarsky, soviet press commissar, petrograd
genrikh yagoda, soviet nkvd chief
grigory zinoviev, russian bolshevik leader
jacob sverdlov , first president of the soviet union
[edit]
ww2 ghetto politicians
chaim rumkowski
adam czerniakow
[edit]
world revolutionaries and politicians
daniel cohn-bendit, french student leader
kurt eisner, german revolutionary politician
emma goldman, us feminist and anarchist
abbie hoffman, us radical
béla kun,
hungarian revolutionary leader
rosa luxemburg, communist leader
karl
marx, german founder of marxism. (atheist. raised a lutheran)
jerry rubin, us radical
irv
rubin, us radical jdl leader (died in prison)
abraham serfaty, moroccan dissident
joe
slovo, lithuanian-born head of south african communist party
avraham stern, polish-born founder of anti-british stern gang (lehi)
matyas rakosi, hungarian communist prime minister
[edit]
religious figures
[edit]
biblical figures
see:
list of jewish biblical figures
[edit]
rabbis
see:
list of rabbis
[edit]
other religious leaders
aaron ben moses ben asher, 10th century karaite
anan ben david, purported founder of the karaites
anton lavey, founder of the
church of satan
ya'acov al-kirkisani, karaite leader
daniel al-kumisi, 9th century karaite leader
apostles,
the "twelve apostles", first followers of jesus who began christianity
jacob frank, false messiah in poland, founder of frankists
john the baptist (yochanan hamatbil), revered by christians
jesus of nazareth (yeshua), inspired creation of christianity
jean-marie lustiger, french cardinal (raised catholic)
mary (miriam), mother of jesus
mary magdalene, a follower and, perhaps, friend of jesus
ram dass,
modern american hindu author
simon of galilee, considered the first pope
st. teresa of avila, catholic saint (parents were conversos)
saul of tarsus (paul), early christian leader
edith stein, catholic nun, holocaust victim
[edit]
scientists & philosophers
see:
list of jewish scientists and philosophers &
list of jewish nobel prize winners
[edit]
sports
cal abrams, us baseball player,
jeff
agoos, us soccer player
lyle alzado, us football player
bob arum,
us boxing promoter
red auerbach, us basketball coach
harris barton, us football player
boris becker, german tennis star (jewish mother)
moe berg,
us baseball player
kenny bernstein, us drag racer
gary bettman, us national hockey league commissioner
david bluthenthal, us basketball player
larry brown, us basketball coach
noah cantor, canadian football player
mark
cuban, us owner of the dallas mavericks
ben davidson, us football player
al davis,
us owner of the oakland raiders
rene dreyfus, french grand prix auto racing champion
bernie ecclestone, british owner of f1 racing
steve ellman, us owner of the phoenix coyotes
theo epstein, us general manager of the boston red sox
jay fiedler, us football player
marty friedman, us basket player
malcolm glazer, us owner of the tampa bay buccaneers, part owner of
manchester united
bill goldberg, us professional wrestler, nfl player
shawn green, us baseball player
hank greenberg, us baseball player
randy grossman, us football player
alfréd hajós, hungarian swimmer
jeff halpern, us hockey player
bob kraft, us owner of the new england patriots
lenny krayzelburg, ukrainian-born us swimmer
sandy koufax, us baseball player
marv
levy, us football coach
sid
luckman, us football player
ron mix,
us football player
art
modell us owner of the baltimore ravens
jerry reinsdorf us owner of the chicago bulls, owner of the chicago white
sox
barney ross, us world champion boxer
mike rossman, us world champion boxer (jewish mother)
abe saperstein, us founder of the
harlem globetrotters
dolph schayes, us basketball player
mathieu schneider, us hockey player
bud
selig, us baseball commissioner
anna smashnova, israeli tennis player
ed snider, us owner of the philadelphia flyers
mark
spitz, us olympic swimmer
david stern, us basketball commissioner
daniel suher, us cross country runner
paul tagliabue, us nfl commissioner
james toney, us world champion boxer
dara torres, us swimmer
neil walk, us basketball player
johnny weismiller, us (hungarian) olympic swimmer and movie tarzan
[edit]
miscellaneous
moshe
bar, open source/linux software notable, founder of qlusters, inc, book
author and project manager of openmosix clustering software
gypsy boots, us health guru and tv personality
howard braham, inventor
kitty carlisle, us game show panelist
alex
chiu, inventor of "immortality ring" (by religion only)
judith steinberg dean, medical doctor and wife of us democratic politician
governor howard dean
kitty dukakis, wife of us democratic presidential candidate governor
michael dukakis
bobby fischer, us chess player (converted to "christian identity")
monty
hall, canadian game show host
nigella lawson, british cooking show host (jewish father)
monica lewinsky, us intern to president bill clinton\
bill nye,
us scientist and tv personality (bill nye the science guy)
max
nordau, hungarian zionist leader
sharon osbourne, us tv personality and wife of rocker
ozzy osbourne
judit polgar, hungarian chess player
zsuzsa polgar, hungarian/us chess player
judith a. resnik, us astronaut, killed on space shuttle challenger
geraldo rivera, us talk show host (jewish mother)
jerry springer, us talk show host
ben
stein, us actor, lawyer, game show host and former presidential speech
writer
mikhail tal, latvian chess player, former world champion
michel thomas, french/american language teacher
lindsey vuolo, us playboy playmate (jewish mother, father converted from
catholicism)
[edit]
personalities with unproven and/or distant partial jewish heritage
david beckham, english soccer (maternal grandfather is jewish)
helena bonham carter, actor (mother from family of jews who converted to
catholicism)
fidel castro, cuban leader (may be descended from conversos)
bill clinton, his german jewish family emigrated to scotland
(roessel>russell) (also widely rumored to be a rothschild)
hilary clinton admitted to jewish heritage
christopher columbus, explorer (may have been a converso' but probably
wasn't')
catriona grant, co-chair
scottish socialist party (jewish father but brought up catholic)
muriel gray, broadcaster (jewish maternal grandmother)
christopher hitchens, british-born journalist and contrarian (jewish
maternal grandmother)
garry kasparov, former world chess champion (jewish father)
john
kerry, senator from massachusets (catholic. paternal jewish grandparents
converted to catholicism)
vladimir lenin, leader of russian bolsheviks during russian revolution
(maternal grandfather was jewish)
federico garcia lorca, spanish poet, playwright (acknowledged descent from
conversos)
traci lords, us pornographic and mainstream actress (jewish father)
jacqueline kennedy onassis, us first lady (one grandparent was jewish)
colin powell, us secretary of state (father's side has jewish strain
through broomfield according to his autobiography)
elvis presley, us musician, maternal grandfather was jewish
diego rivera, mexican painter (one grandparent was jewish)
carlos santana, mexican born us musician (acknowledges descent from
conversos)
jack
straw, british foreign secretary (one grandparent was jewish)
raoul wallenberg, protector of jews during holocaust (one jewish
great-great grandparent)
caspar weinberger, us secretary of defense (christian, paternal
grandfather was jewish)
wanda wasilewska, polish communist leader, alleged stalin mistress and
collaborator
pete sampras, paternal grandmother was jewish
[edit]
fictional characters
see also:
list of jewish superheroes
grace adler, from will and grace
abby and len ardin, from the comic strip edge city
benjamin (a wandering jew), from the novel a canticle for
leibowitz
harold berman, from hey arnold!
leopold bloom, from the novel ulysses by james joyce
kent brockman, from the simpsons (was kenny brocklestein in a
flashback episode)
kyle broflovski, from
south
park
clancy, from blue healers (australian drama)
robert cohn from the novel "the sun also rises"/"fiesta" by ernest
hemingway
seth
cohen from us show
the oc
(jewish father)
fagin, from
oliver twist by charles dickens
fran
fine from the nanny
dharma finkelstein from dharma and greg
duffman, from the simpsons
reuben flagg, from american flagg!
monica geller, from us sitcom friends
ross geller, from us sitcom friends
emmanuel goldstein, in nineteen eighty-four
natalie green, from the facts of life
rachel green, from friends
ben
grimm, the "thing" in marvel comics' fantastic four
menocu, "only half-jewish", from
mr. show with bob and david
mr.
harold hooper, from sesame street
isaac the jew and his daughter
rebecca,
from the novel ivanhoe
janice, from us tv sitcom friends
krusty the clown, from the simpsons
hyman krustofsky, father of krusty the klown
isaac edward leibowitz, from the novel a canticle for leibowitz
josh
lyman, from the us drama "the west wing".
rhoda morgenstern, from the mary tyler moore show
kitty pryde aka shadowcat formely of the x-men and excalibur mutant
groups.
willow rosenberg, from buffy the vampire slayer
lilith sternin, from frasier
walter sobchak, from the big lebowski
shylock,
from the merchant of venice by william shakespeare
tevye, from
fiddler on the roof
wandering jew of christian folklore
toby ziegler, from the us drama "the west wing".
[edit]
see also
list of people by nationality
list of people by belief
list of converts to judaism
list of black jews
list of lgbt jews
the chanukah song
jewish hall of fame
jewish-american
hall of fame
jewish sports hall of fame
ps. but what about these?
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