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| This page is a '''list of people identified as Jews''', either by themselves or by others. "]" has the meanings both of "adherence to the religion of ]" and "membership in the ethnic group ']s'." People of both groups are listed here. By other criteria, these people may be listed under other nationalities as well. | |||
| This page does not differentiate between ], ], ] and ]. It also does not take into account whether those listed acknowledge their Jewish identity or origins. Traditional Rabbinic law defines a Jew as a person with a Jewish mother, where the first Jews are defined to be those who entered the covenant at Sinai, as described in the Biblical narrative. Most Jews would not agree with listing as "Jewish" someone who was not brought up Jewish, who does not adhere to Jewish beliefs or practice, and who does not identify as Jewish. | |||
| Many listed here may have spent their lives disguising their Jewish origins, and married ] (non-Jewish) spouses. In many cases the individuals listed may have only one Jewish parent (though that is noted below). They may have never practiced Judaism, and may even have adopted another faith, or may be ] or ]. | |||
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| ==Arts (performing)== | |||
| ===Actors / Actresses=== | |||
| * ], French actress | |||
| * ], US actor, film director | |||
| * ], US actor, known from '']''; born Jason Greenspan | |||
| * ], US actor (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actress, known from '']'' and '']'' | |||
| * ], Austrian actor, known from '']'' | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], Canadian actor and cartoon voice | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress, known from '']'' and '']'' | |||
| * ], Austrian-born US actor, Sargeant Schultz from '']'' | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], British actor, known from '']'' | |||
| * ], US TV actress | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], French actress and dancer | |||
| * ], US actor, member of the Rat Pack | |||
| * ], US actor and rock musician | |||
| * ], US cartoon voice actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], English actor (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress, known from '']'' (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actor (partial Jewish ancestry on mother's side, raised Catholic, converted during one of his five marriages) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor, best known from NBC comedy '']'' | |||
| * ] US actor (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ] US actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US comedian, filmmaker | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actress (converted) | |||
| * ], US actress (converted) | |||
| * ], French-born US actor, Cpl Louis Lebeau from ''Hogan's Heroes'' | |||
| * ], US Oscar-nominated actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US television actress on '']'' | |||
| * ], British actress, known from '']'' (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US TV actor (mother Jewish) | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father), daughter of Tony Curtis | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor and comedy writer | |||
| * ], US actor and performer (converted) | |||
| * ], British actor (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor, (Jewish father), son of ] | |||
| * ], US actress known for ] | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ] US actor (] on ]) | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], Russian Yiddish actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor, best known as Mr. Roper on '']'' | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress, (father Jewish), star of ''Star Wars'' movies | |||
| * ], US actor, (mother Jewish) | |||
| * ], Chilean host of ] | |||
| * ], US actor and comedy writer | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''One Day at a Time'' | |||
| * ], US TV personality, creator of ''Candid Camera'' | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''Golden Girls'' | |||
| * ], US talkshow host (Jewish father, raised Christian) | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''Little House on the Prairie'', much older sister of ] | |||
| * ], US actress, best known from ''Roseanne''. Much younger sister of ] | |||
| * ], French actress | |||
| * ], US actor (father Jewish) | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], Canadian actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ] US actor (] on ]) | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor (Jewish mother), brother of Maggie Gyllenhaal | |||
| * ], US actor (Jewish mother), sister of Jake Gyllenhaal | |||
| * ], Lithuanian-born British actor | |||
| * ], US pornographic film actress (parents converted to Zen Buddhism) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actor best known on ] | |||
| * ], US actor, plays "Friedman" on '']'' | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], German politician | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US Oscar-winning actress | |||
| * ], Romanian-born US actor | |||
| * ], UK actor, born Hungary,"Pygmalion", Ashley in "Gone with the Wind". | |||
| * ], US actress, daughter of Goldie Hawn (Jewish grandmother) | |||
| * ], US actor, son of Goldie Hawn (Jewish grandmother) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father, raised Baptist) | |||
| * ], US pornographic and mainstream actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US singer, actor, early sound film star | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''The Addams Family'' (converted) | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian. (Jewish father, parents practiced Buddhism.) | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian, known from "SNL" and "Taxi" | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''The Simpsons'' | |||
| * ], US soap opera actress | |||
| * ], US actor, dancer, and singer | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], Canadian actress | |||
| * ], German-born US actor, Colonel Klink from ''Hogan's Heroes'' (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actor (father Jewish) | |||
| * ], US actor, best known as Larry Dallas on ''Three's Company'' | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor, best known as ] on ] | |||
| * ], French actress and singer | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actor, Charlie Eppes on CBS's Numb3rs | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], Ukrainian-born US actress | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], Austrian-born US actress (also inventor, during World War II co-invented "shared spectrum" which is a vital component of how cellphones work) | |||
| * ], US actor/Voice actor | |||
| * ] US Actor (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress, daughter of ] and ] | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor (Jewish mother, raised Jewish) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father, daughter of ]) | |||
| * ], Canadian actor | |||
| * ], US actor, Grandpa on ''The Munsters'' | |||
| * ], US actress, known as companion of Lambchop | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US child actor | |||
| * ], US actress, known from the ''Mod Squad'' | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actor, played ''Maude'''s husband (not to be confused with ], who is not Jewish) | |||
| * ], US Oscar-winning deaf actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], TV actress (Will and Grace) | |||
| * ], Russian Yiddish actor | |||
| * ], US singer and actress | |||
| * ], US actress (converted) | |||
| * ] actor (] on ]) | |||
| * ], Canadian/US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US actor, father of ] | |||
| * ], US TV entertainer | |||
| * ], US actor, member of the Brat Pack | |||
| * ], British actor and singer (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''Saturday Night Live'' | |||
| * ], US actor (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actor, known from ''Star Trek'' | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''Sex and the City'' | |||
| * ], British actress, 2005 Oscar nominee (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actor (father Jewish) | |||
| * ], TV talkshow host, Reality Show alumni (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actor (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], Philanthropist | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], Israeli-born, US actress | |||
| * ], US actress, known as Donna on '']'' (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], French actress | |||
| * ], US actress, known from ''Saturday Night Live'' | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US soap opera actress | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress, daughter of ] (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], German-born Canadian actor | |||
| * ], Romanian-born US actor | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], British actor, known from ''Fawlty Towers'' | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish father), best known from '']'' and '']'' | |||
| * ], British actress, known from '']'' | |||
| * ], US actor, comedian | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], British actor | |||
| * ], Canadian actor, known from '']'' | |||
| * ], US actor, several voices on '']'' | |||
| * ], US actress (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ] actor (Quark on ]) | |||
| * ], US actor, brother of Elisabeth Shue (Jewish father, not raised Jewish) | |||
| * ], US actress, sister of Andrew Shue (Jewish father, not raised Jewish) | |||
| * ], French actress | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], Polish-born US/British actress, known from '']'' and '']'' (called '']'' in the U.S.) (Jewish father) | |||
| * ] (Commander Data on ]) | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], US radio personality (though he has said he is only Jewish on his father's side, investigative reporters and biographers have proven that both of his parents are Jewish and it is believed he was joking about being half-Jewish) | |||
| * ], US comic actor (Jewish father, son of ]) | |||
| * ], US comic actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US actress and singer | |||
| * ], British actor | |||
| * ], British-born US actress (converted) | |||
| * ], star of ] | |||
| * ], US actress | |||
| * ], Israeli-US actress, known from '']'' | |||
| * ], Canadian actor | |||
| * ], British actress | |||
| * ], US comic actor | |||
| * ], US actress (converted, reported to be quite devout) | |||
| * ] US actress -Oscars for ''],'' (1959) and '']'', (1965) | |||
| * ], US actor, known from '']'' and '']'' | |||
| * ], US actor | |||
| * ], US actress, (converted for marriage and remained Jewish after divorce) | |||
| ===Comedians=== | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], British comedian | |||
| * ], US comedienne | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comic | |||
| * ], US comedienne | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US satirist | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], French comedian, actor and director | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian, born Jacob Cohen | |||
| * ], US comedienne | |||
| * ], British comedian | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian, ''Larry'' of the ] | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US standup comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian, ''Curly'' of the ''Three Stooges'' | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian, ''Moe'' of the ] | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian, ''Shemp'' of the ] | |||
| * ], British comedian | |||
| * ], US comedienne and talk show host | |||
| * ], US comedian, actor, performance artist | |||
| * ], US Show business personality and comic | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], Canadian comedian | |||
| * ], US ] and film comic actor | |||
| * ], US ] and film comic actor | |||
| * ], US ] actor | |||
| * ], US ] and film comic actor | |||
| * ], US ] and film comic actor | |||
| * ], US comedienne and actress (converted) | |||
| * ], US comic | |||
| * ] US comic actor | |||
| * ], US actor and comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US comedienne | |||
| * ], US comedian, ] | |||
| * ], US comedian, writer, actor, director | |||
| * ], US comic, actor | |||
| * ], US comedienne | |||
| * ], US comedienne | |||
| * ], Australian comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian, actor | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian, actor | |||
| * ], UK comedian, actor | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian, actor | |||
| * ], Canadian comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian, actor | |||
| * ], US comedian, actor, radio host | |||
| * ], US/Russian comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US radio comic, actor | |||
| * ], US comedian | |||
| * ], US comedian, magician, part of ] duo (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], Israeli comedian | |||
| ===Directors=== | |||
| * ], Belgian director | |||
| * ], US director (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US director (Jewish father) | |||
| * ] and ], US writer-producer-director team | |||
| * ]. US director | |||
| * ], American director | |||
| * ], Soviet director (Jewish father) of Aleksander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US director and screenwriter | |||
| * ], director, producer, screenwriter | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US director (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], German director (Jewish father) | |||
| * ],Europe-US director,"To Be or not To Be", | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US-Croatian film director | |||
| * ], US director and actor, father of actor ] | |||
| * ], Polish-born US director (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], Austrian-born US director | |||
| * ] Canadian-born, US director | |||
| * ], British director | |||
| * ], US director | |||
| * ], US director (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], German-born US director | |||
| * ], Austrian-born US director | |||
| * ], British director | |||
| * ],US director ("Princess Charming"," Harry/Sally") | |||
| * ],US parody directors | |||
| ===Hollywood=== | |||
| *] (Fox Film Corporation; 20th Century-Fox) | |||
| *] (Paramount Pictures; Disney Studios) | |||
| *] (Paramount Pictures) | |||
| *] (Warner Brothers; DreamWorks SKG) | |||
| *], president of Universal Studios | |||
| *], (the "G" in MGM) | |||
| *], costume designer | |||
| *] (Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks SKG) | |||
| *], television producer | |||
| *], film producer | |||
| *] (Universal Pictures) | |||
| *] (Universal Studios) | |||
| *] (Famous Players-Lasky) | |||
| *] (MGM) | |||
| *], film producer | |||
| *] (20th Century Pictures) | |||
| *] (DreamWorks SKG) | |||
| *], (the "M" of MGM) | |||
| *] (Warner Brothers) | |||
| *] (Universal Studios) | |||
| *] (Miramax) | |||
| *] (Miramax) | |||
| *] (Paramount Pictures) | |||
| *] "the Last Tycoon" | |||
| ===Illusionists=== | |||
| * ], US illusionist (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US illusionist | |||
| * ], Israeli spoon bending magician | |||
| * ], US illusionist | |||
| * ], US magician | |||
| == Musicians == | |||
| === Film composers and Hollywood/Broadway song writers=== | |||
| * ], US musician and songwriter | |||
| * ], song writer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], song writer and composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], song writer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], song writer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| * ], film composer | |||
| ===Classical musicians=== | |||
| * ], American musician, composer | |||
| * ], French composer and virtuoso pianist | |||
| * ], Russian pianist and conductor | |||
| * ], US pianist | |||
| * ], US singer, former LA Laker Girl, panelist on ] | |||
| * ] (aka Scot Hoffman), US bassist, keyboardist, composer for ]. | |||
| * ], Argentine-Israeli classical musician and conductor | |||
| * ] (Hansen), singer and musician. Ethnically Jewish, currently a ]. | |||
| * ], US bass player, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of ] | |||
| * ], songwriter | |||
| * ], Dutch-Israeli pianist, composer | |||
| * ], Russian classical pianist | |||
| * ], US songwriter, singer | |||
| * ], US conductor, composer | |||
| * ], US session drummer | |||
| * ], Swiss-born US composer | |||
| * ], British rock musician for band ] | |||
| * ], american rap group | |||
| * ], US singer | |||
| * ], US singer, bass player in ] band ] | |||
| * ], US musician, songwriter | |||
| * ], Mexican singer | |||
| * ], Canadian singer (converted to Buddhism) | |||
| * ], US composer | |||
| * ], US singer (converted to Judaism) | |||
| * ] (a.k.a. Mike D), US rapper with the group ] | |||
| * ], US singer | |||
| * ], lead singer of 1980's US heavy-metal band ] | |||
| * ], French composer | |||
| * ], US singer, songwriter for band ] | |||
| * ], US singer, songwriter (converted to Christianity, current religious affiliation uncertain) | |||
| * ], US singer for band ] | |||
| * ], US singer with the group ] | |||
| * ], US jazz musician | |||
| * ], bassist in Tom Petty's band The Heartbreakers | |||
| * ], US keyboard player, singer, songwriter, founding member of ] | |||
| * ], clarinet player and Klezmer musician | |||
| * ], US musician, bandleader in ], ]. | |||
| * ], member of Australian ] band ] | |||
| * ], US musician, drummer for ] | |||
| * ] US musicians | |||
| * ], lead guitarist of 1980's heavy metal band ]; born John Fred Segal | |||
| * ], US country singer, author | |||
| * ], US bassist of band ''The Runaways'' | |||
| * ], French-born US bassist for rock-n-roll band ] | |||
| * ], US musician | |||
| * ], French singer, songwriter | |||
| * ], US singer | |||
| * ], US rock musician | |||
| * ], US pianist (converted to LDS Church) | |||
| * ], US musician, bandleader | |||
| * ], US musician, bassist for ] | |||
| * ], US composer (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], British musician and songwriter, member of ] | |||
| * ], British guitarist, brother of Peter Green | |||
| * ], British guitarist, seminal member of ] | |||
| * ], US musician, best known for hit ''Spirit in the Sky'' | |||
| * ], US musician and founder of ] and ] rock group ] | |||
| * ], US rock musician, poet | |||
| * ], US rock musician in group ] | |||
| * ], US singer | |||
| * ], US singer | |||
| * ], British rock musician, member of ] | |||
| * ], US violinist | |||
| * ], US member of band ] | |||
| * ] (a.k.a. Ad-Rock), US rapper with the group ''Beastie Boys'' | |||
| * ], US singer and songwriter | |||
| * ], US rock guitarist of ] and ] | |||
| * ], German-born US-Israeli conductor | |||
| * ], British guitarist, founder of rock group ''Dire Straits'' (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US jazz musician | |||
| * ], US musician (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US jazz musician | |||
| * ], US singer | |||
| * ], Canadian musician, lead singer of rock group ] | |||
| * ], singer/songwriter | |||
| * ], US conductor | |||
| * ], Lead singer, ] | |||
| * ], US musician, entertainer | |||
| * ], Hungarian composer | |||
| * ], US pop singer | |||
| * ], identical twin US pop singers. Orthodox Jews who keep the sabbath even while on tour, avid zionists | |||
| * ] and ],US rock band stars of ] | |||
| * ], US conductor | |||
| * ], Austro-Hungarian Viennese composer (converted to Catholicism) | |||
| * ], US entertainer (Jewish mother, half-Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US songwriter | |||
| * ], South African born British rock musician | |||
| * ], US jazz musician | |||
| * ], née Eastman, US-born photographer | |||
| * ], British impresario and recording artist (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], Guitarist for ] band ] | |||
| * ], German Romantic composer (converted to Christianity) | |||
| * ], US-British violinist, conductor, educator | |||
| * ], German opera composer | |||
| * ], US jazz musician | |||
| * ], French composer | |||
| * ], UK producer, founder of ] records | |||
| * ], US violinist | |||
| * ], US musician | |||
| * ], US singer | |||
| * ], US singer, songwriter | |||
| * ], Canadian singer, guitarist for ] | |||
| * ] (born Sean Paul Henriques), Jamaican reggae and hip-hop star very popular in the U.S. (sources dispute whether only his paternal grandfather is Jewish vs. his father) | |||
| * ], French composer | |||
| * ], US pianist | |||
| * ], US musician, drummer in ], ]. | |||
| * ], Israeli-US violinist | |||
| * ], US rock and hip hop singer (born Alecia Moore, mother Jewish) | |||
| * ], US rock singer, lead singer of group ] | |||
| * ], US singer, songwriter | |||
| * ], US jazz musician | |||
| * ], US singer, songwriter | |||
| * ], musician, producer and co-founder of ] records | |||
| * ], Russian pianist and composer | |||
| * ], US rock singer, lead singer of ] | |||
| * ], German-US musicologist | |||
| * ], klezmer musician | |||
| * ], Polish-Austrian-US classical pianist | |||
| * ], Austrian composer | |||
| * ], Austrian-German composer (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US singer, songwriter | |||
| * ], US jazz musician, bandleader | |||
| * ], US songwriter | |||
| * ], US-Israeli bass player for rock group '']'' | |||
| * ], US Singer, songwriter (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US musician | |||
| * ], British-born US rock musician (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US singer, songwriter | |||
| * ], US rock musician, member of the ] | |||
| * ], US rock musician, lead singer of 1980's heavy metal band ] (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], Hungarian-US conductor | |||
| * ], US record producer and songwriter | |||
| * ], US violinist | |||
| * ], US guitar player for rock band '']'' | |||
| * ], US singer, actress | |||
| * ], US pianist | |||
| * ], Egyptian-born US rock musician, guitarist for the ]. | |||
| * ], Polish pianist, author of ''The Pianist'' | |||
| * ], songwriter | |||
| * ], US conductor | |||
| * ], US opera singer | |||
| * ], Russian-born US singer and entertainer | |||
| * ], US guitarist for rock band ] | |||
| * ], British rock singer and author | |||
| * ], US rock guitarist | |||
| * ], German-US composer | |||
| * ], US drummer for ] and leader of the ] | |||
| * ], American lyricist | |||
| * ], Canadian violinist, songwriter | |||
| === Others === | |||
| * ], US musician | |||
| * ], US pop singer, comedian, actor | |||
| * ], US jazz singer | |||
| * ], US member of band ] | |||
| * ], US rock singer, formerly of ] | |||
| * ] (a.k.a. MCA), US rapper with the group ] (converted to Buddhism) | |||
| * ], US rock songwriter, singer (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US saxophonist and composer | |||
| == Arts, Visual == | |||
| === Artists and architects === | |||
| * ] American architect -Chicago | |||
| * ], US fashion photographer | |||
| * ], US portrait photographer | |||
| * ], South African-born Danish artist and sculptor | |||
| * ], Dutch-Israeli painter | |||
| * ], US (Los Angeles-born) artist | |||
| * ], US painter | |||
| * ], Founder of The famous "BAUHAUS" school , Architect and Designer. | |||
| * ], Russian-French painter and stained glass artist | |||
| * ], US feminist painter; (''The Dinner Party'') | |||
| * ], US pop artist | |||
| * ], US architect | |||
| * ], Swiss-American photographer; (''The Americans'') | |||
| * ], Canadian-US architect, art museum designer | |||
| * ], US cartoonist, sculptor, and author; (''Rube Goldberg machine'') | |||
| * ] US abstract expressionist painter | |||
| * ], US caricaturist, featured in ''New York Times'' | |||
| * ], French artist (converted to Catholicism) | |||
| * ], Father of Danish Design and Architecture | |||
| * ], Mexican painter, friend of Leon Trotsky, (Jewish father, Catholic mother) | |||
| * ] German born American architect - Detroit | |||
| * ], Estonian-born US architect | |||
| * ], Russian-born French sculptor and painter | |||
| * ], Russian-born French painter | |||
| * ], US architect, worked under Frank Lloyd Wright | |||
| * ], Polish-born US architect, designer of new World Trade Center; (''Freedom Tower'') | |||
| * ], US popular art painter | |||
| * ], Russian painter | |||
| * ], German-born Israeli-US artist | |||
| * ], US architect | |||
| * ], Italian painter and sculptor | |||
| * ], German photographer of nudes | |||
| * ], Bulgarian-French Expressionist artist | |||
| * ], French painter, "Father of Impressionism" | |||
| * ], US-French surrealist photographer and film director | |||
| * ] and ], German-US illustrators; (''Curious George'') | |||
| * ], US pop art painter | |||
| * ], US abstract expressionist painter | |||
| * ], US photo-based artist | |||
| * ], Russian-born French expressionist painter | |||
| * ], US cartoonist and illustrator, "King of Cartoons"; (''Shrek'') | |||
| * ], Poland-born US artist and ] political cartoonist | |||
| * ], art collector, museum founder | |||
| * ], Austrian-Polish-born US photographer and photojournalist; (''Naked City'') | |||
| === Cartoons and comics === | |||
| * ], US cartoonist; creator of ''Li'l Abner'' | |||
| * ], US cartoonist; (''The Spirit'') | |||
| * ], US comics and animated cartoons writer for Disney and Hanna-Barbera | |||
| * ], US animated cartoonist; (''Popeye'', ''Superman'') | |||
| * ], US cartoonist; creator of ''Batman'' | |||
| * ], Latvian-born US comics artist. First to draw ] ] and ]. | |||
| * ], US comics and animated cartoons creator; co-creator of ''Captain America'', (''Fantastic Four'', ''Hulk'') | |||
| * ], US cartoon writer and creator of Marvel Comics and its heroes | |||
| * ], US comic book writer; (''American Splendor'') | |||
| * ], US comic book and magazine editor; (''The Flash''; ''Green Lantern''). | |||
| * ], Canadian-US comics artist; co-creator of ''Superman'' | |||
| * ], US comics artist; co-creator of ''Superman'' | |||
| * ], US cartoonist; co-creator of ''Captain America'' | |||
| * ], Swedish-US comic-book artist; creator of ''Maus'' | |||
| * ], Co-creator of ''South Park'' (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US comic book and magazine editor; (''Superman'', ''Supergirl'') | |||
| * Evander, ] fanatic; t-shirt model | |||
| === Clothing === | |||
| * ], US fashion designer | |||
| * ], US clothing designer | |||
| * ], US fashion designer, ''CK'' | |||
| * ], US fashion designer, DKNY | |||
| * ], US fashion designer | |||
| * ], British fashion designer (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US fashion designer | |||
| * ], US "Father of Jeans" | |||
| == Business == | |||
| * ], Russian billionaire | |||
| * ], US CEO of '']'' (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], Chairman of Canadian timber giant Canfor Corp. (son of Holocaust survivors, won restitution case from Swiss bank regarding seizure of father's business in Germany) | |||
| * ], Russian billionaire | |||
| * ], US politician, founder of '']'' | |||
| * ] Russian-born US co-founder of ''Google'' | |||
| * ], Ukrainian-born Canadian founder of '']'' | |||
| * ], Canadian original owner of '']'' | |||
| * ], Canadian-US owner of '']'' | |||
| * ], Spanish founder of '']'' group | |||
| * ], French automaker of '']'' | |||
| * ], US toy inventor and manufacturer (Lionel trains) | |||
| * ], British businessman, founder of '']'' supermarkets | |||
| * ], US billionaire owner of '']'', founder of Broadcast.com (sold to ]). | |||
| * ], French industrialist | |||
| * ], US founder of '']'' | |||
| * ], US CEO of '']'' | |||
| * ] founder of '']'' | |||
| * ], ]n billionaire | |||
| * ], founder and CEO of '']'', makers of ] | |||
| * ], US economist, chairman of the ] | |||
| * ], Hungarian-born US co-founder of '']'' | |||
| * ], Russian billionaire | |||
| * ], Australian Media Mogul, earned his fortune running Hoyts cinemas world wide | |||
| * ], ]n billionaire | |||
| * ], American financier | |||
| * ], banker and patron of the Jewish communities in ] and ], ] | |||
| * ], Russian-born Israeli diamond billionaire | |||
| * ], Israeli Internet entrepreneur | |||
| * ], Belgian soldier, aviator, sportsman, entrepreneur | |||
| * ], British communications magnate | |||
| * ], Italian-born English financier, philanthropist and Zionist | |||
| * ], US art dealer of '']'' | |||
| * ], South African diamond and gold mines billionaire, (became Christian) | |||
| * ], US billionaire who built '']'' | |||
| * ], US inventor (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], Canadian born investment magnate | |||
| * ], US CEO of '']'' | |||
| * ], Canadian real estate magnate | |||
| * ]Revlon | |||
| * ], German ]er, first of the Rothschild family | |||
| * ], British financier and philanthropist | |||
| * ], US founder of ] | |||
| * ], General Manager of '']'' corporation | |||
| * ], television producer (]) and media mogul | |||
| * ], entrepreneur who joined the founders of '']'' in 1982 and later bought it in 1987 | |||
| * ] cofounder of '']'' | |||
| * ], CEO of ] | |||
| * ], Hungarian-born US billionaire, investor, philanthropist | |||
| * ], US billionaire, owned '']'' | |||
| * ], Russian billionaire | |||
| * ], German banker | |||
| * ], US banker, ] founder and board member | |||
| * ], US banker | |||
| == Controversy == | |||
| === Crime === | |||
| * ], Israeli assassin (of Rabin) | |||
| * ], "Son of Sam", US serial killer, (adopted by Jews, became Christian) | |||
| * ], US insider trader, swindler | |||
| * ], US gangster | |||
| * ], US gangster | |||
| * ] US political activist and killer | |||
| * ] US Enron executive | |||
| * ], US-born Israeli killer | |||
| * ], US gangster | |||
| * ], US killers | |||
| * ], US "junk bond' king, swindler, philanthropist | |||
| * ], US hacker | |||
| * ], US labor leader, embezzler | |||
| * ], Israeli-born swindler, aka The Robin Hood Rabbi | |||
| * ], US gangster | |||
| * ], US assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald | |||
| * ], US gangster | |||
| * ], British gangster | |||
| * ], US gangster | |||
| * ], Russian born French swindler | |||
| * ], Russian death camp commander | |||
| Jake Guzik, Chicago maffia (Capone era) | |||
| * ], US ImClone biotech scandal | |||
| === Victims === | |||
| As there were 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust alone, this list can of course represent only a minute fraction of victims. | |||
| * ], Russian victim of Russian blood libel mistrial | |||
| * ], New York City firefighter, the ] | |||
| * ], US radio personality, killed by neo-Nazis | |||
| * ], US entrepreneur, beheaded by Iraqi terrorists | |||
| * ], French army officer falsely accused of treason | |||
| * ], Israeli consul was murdered by condemned turkish terrorists | |||
| * ], New York City firefighter, the ] | |||
| * ], Dutch teenage Holocaust victim and writer | |||
| * ], lynched in Georgia, USA. | |||
| * ], United Flight 93 passenger, the ] | |||
| * ], 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 | |||
| * ], Holocaust victim, assassinated ], which initiated ] | |||
| * ], wheelchair-bound vacationer shot and thrown overboard the passenger liner '']'' by ] terrorists | |||
| * ], US intern, mysteriously murdered in Washington, DC | |||
| * ], Holocaust survivor who sued for damages | |||
| * ], Jewish Italian child kidnapped by Catholics | |||
| * ], US ''Wall Street Journal'' journalist, decapitated by Islamic terrorists | |||
| * ], US Navy Lieutenant, Pentagon, the ] | |||
| * ], Australian Jewish rabbinical student beaten and stabbed by an ] mob in ], ] | |||
| * ], US hairdresser, victim of the Manson Family | |||
| * ], Murder victim and girlfriend of Sid Vicious | |||
| * ], escaped from Auschwitz and told the world about it | |||
| * ], New York City firefighter, the ] | |||
| * ], US programmer, World Trade Center worker, the ] | |||
| == Law == | |||
| * ], Canadian Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], winner of ] Nobel Peace Prize | |||
| * ], US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa | |||
| * ], US lawyer, prosecutor in the trial of ] | |||
| * ], Australian legal scholar and Governor-General | |||
| * ], US lawyer | |||
| * ], US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| * ], South African judge, international war crimes prosecutor | |||
| * ], Australian High Court Justice and Governor-General | |||
| * ], US lawyer famous for defending controversial "radical" clients such as the "Chicago Seven" protesters of the ]. | |||
| * ], US jurist, California Supreme Court Justice and Attorney General | |||
| * ], British born American jurist | |||
| * ], US lawyer, known for the trial of ] | |||
| * ], US lawyer, known for the trial of ] | |||
| * ], husband of Judith Sheindlin, former New York State Supreme Court justice | |||
| * ], former New York family court judge, host of '']'' | |||
| * ], Professor of Law, Harvard University | |||
| * ], Professor of Law, UCLA | |||
| * ] , lawer and Nazi hunter | |||
| == Literature and journalism == | |||
| === Writers === | |||
| * ], Israeli writer | |||
| * ], Russian-born US science fiction writer | |||
| * ], New York-based postmodern detective writer, filmmaker and poet | |||
| * ], Israeli poet | |||
| * ], Ukrainian-born, Hebrew writer and Zionist leader | |||
| * ], Ukrainian-born, Yiddish writer | |||
| * ], Russian journalist and writer | |||
| * ], British playwright and screenwriter | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], Lithuanian-born, "Father of modern Hebrew language" | |||
| * ], head of the ] at the ] | |||
| * ], French philosopher, 1927 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], Czech-Israeli writer and composer | |||
| * ], US novelist | |||
| * ], Soviet-born poet, Nobel laureate | |||
| * ], Polish poet | |||
| * ], Bulgarian author, Nobel prize winner | |||
| * ], Austro-Brazilian literary and musical critic, journalist and historian | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], Polish-born British historian | |||
| * ], Soviet writer and international peace activist | |||
| * ], US fantasy writer | |||
| * ] ("Ba'al Machshavot"), physician (neurologist); Yiddish literary critic | |||
| * ], Indian poet, playwright and art critic | |||
| * ], US writer of historical fiction, political activist | |||
| * ], Soviet writer | |||
| * ], Dutch Holocaust victim, diarist | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], US journalist and columnist | |||
| * ], Canadian-born US neo-conservative commentator; speechwriter for George W. Bush (2001-2002)--wrote "]" for 2002 State of the Union Address | |||
| * ], US poet | |||
| * ], French writer and publisher | |||
| * ], German Yiddish religious writer | |||
| * ], Israeli poet | |||
| * ], US mystery writer | |||
| * ], South African writer, won a Nobel Prize for Literature | |||
| * ], Soviet journalist and writer | |||
| * ], US novelist, playwright, screenwriter and Zionist activist | |||
| * ], German poet | |||
| * ], Italian religious erotic poet | |||
| * ], Romanian-born French poet | |||
| * ], Russian journalist and writer | |||
| * ], Author, (father half-Jewish, converted to Catholicism) | |||
| * ], US writer of fictional and non-fictional works that focus on female sexual desire. | |||
| * ], Czech-born, Austrian-Germany, writer | |||
| * ], Hungarian author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize | |||
| * ], Hungarian-born Austrian and English novelist and activist | |||
| * ], Polish born American novelist | |||
| * ], US political commentator | |||
| * ], Romanian-born Canadian poet | |||
| * ], US poet | |||
| * ], Polish writer | |||
| * ], Polish writer | |||
| * ], US children's author and academic | |||
| * ], Italian novelist and chemist | |||
| * ], Canadian poet | |||
| * ], German-born, American novelist, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, Edgar Allen Poe Award | |||
| * ], US novelist and social critic | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], US playwright | |||
| * ], British playwright | |||
| * ], US playwright | |||
| * ], US novelist | |||
| * ], German poet and revolutionary | |||
| * ] co-creator of The Giant Squid (http://www.squid.poormojo.org) and co-founder of Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) (http://www.poormojo.org) | |||
| * ], Conservative editor of Jewish newspapers and author of ''The Scared And the Doomed''. | |||
| * ], German-born builder of the ''New York Times'' | |||
| * ], Israeli writer | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], Yiddish writer | |||
| * ], British playwright | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], French writer, (son of a Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], Israeli poet | |||
| * ], Russian-born US writer | |||
| * ], Canadian writer | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], Israeli writer | |||
| * ] Israeli LDS theologian writer, speaker and professional tour guide (converted to LDS Church) | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], Polish writer and painter | |||
| * ], US writer, educator | |||
| * ], American novelist, screenwriter | |||
| * ], American novelist, screenwriter | |||
| * ], US science-fiction author | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], Polish poet | |||
| * ], US writer, author of ''Shrek'' | |||
| * ], publisher of the ''New York Times'' | |||
| * ], Polish writer | |||
| * ], American writer | |||
| * ], Polish poet | |||
| * ], Romanian-born French poet | |||
| * ], British author and rock singer | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], US journalist and author, investigated Watergate with Carl Bernstein | |||
| * (?)] | |||
| * ], US writer | |||
| * ], US, Hungarian-born, French writer about Holocaust | |||
| * ], Israeli novelist | |||
| * ], English writer and Zionist | |||
| * ], Austrian writer | |||
| ===Media=== | |||
| * ], Canadian philanthropist and founder of Global Television Network | |||
| * ], US journalist, investigated Watergate break-in with Bob Woodward | |||
| * ], US news anchor for CNN | |||
| * ], US syndicated film critic | |||
| * ], US newspaper columnist for ] | |||
| * ], US journalist, TV host | |||
| * ], US liberal commentator for ]' ]. | |||
| * ], US radio Host and operator of the | |||
| * ], US Radio host | |||
| * ], Israeli journalist | |||
| * ], US Radio Host | |||
| * ], US TV and radio talk show host | |||
| * ], US columnist for the Washington Post, radio host, and televsion host | |||
| * ], US news anchor, ABC TV ] | |||
| * ], Conservative U.S. columnist for the Washington Post | |||
| * ], editor of the ] | |||
| * ], British novelist and journalist, known as US deportee | |||
| * ], US Radio Host | |||
| * ], Creator of Slashdot | |||
| * ], US Radio Host | |||
| * ], US radio personality, ''Audience of Two'' | |||
| * ], US conservative tv commentator, (converted to Catholicism) | |||
| * ], US Radio Host | |||
| * ], Canadian-born US news reporter, CBS TV ] | |||
| * ], US newspaper columnist, speechwriter for US President Nixon | |||
| * ], US radio personality | |||
| * ], US radio personality (Jewish father, she later converted to Orthodox Judaism) | |||
| * ], US Radio Host | |||
| * ], US Radio Host and TV Talk-show Host | |||
| * ], US columnist for ''TIME'' magazine | |||
| * ], US news reporter, CBS TV ] | |||
| * ], US news commentator, ABC TV ] | |||
| * ], Mexican news anchor | |||
| == Military == | |||
| * ], Polish Warsaw ghetto leader | |||
| * ], Russian Soviet military commander | |||
| * ], Russian anti-Zionist Colonel-General | |||
| * ], Russian founder and leader of British Jewish Legion | |||
| * ], Polish colonel, organized Jewish squads and uprisings | |||
| * ], Jewish priest and military leader who went over to the side of ancient Rome | |||
| * ], Judean leader of Maccabees against ancient Greeks | |||
| * ] Judean leader of Jewish revolt against ancient Rome | |||
| * ], Australian general | |||
| * ], Polish-born US financier of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War | |||
| * ], a Soviet General, purged by Stalin | |||
| ===Israeli military=== | |||
| * ], Israeli pilot, missing in action | |||
| * ], Israeli general and Prime Minister | |||
| * ], Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| * ], former Israeli chief of staff, minister of defense | |||
| * ], former medical officer and surgeon | |||
| * ], Israeli designer of the UZI submachine gun | |||
| * ], Israeli designer of the Galil assault rifle | |||
| * ] US colonel, assisted Israel in 1948 war, first Israeli Brigadier general | |||
| * ], Israeli general, former chief of staff, minister of defense | |||
| * ], Israeli commander of Operation Entebbe, killed in action | |||
| * ], Israeli chief of staff, Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| * ], Israeli pilot attacked Iraqi reactor; Israel's first astronaut, died on Columbia space shuttle | |||
| * ], Israeli general, Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| * ], Israeli general, oversaw development of Israel's Merkava tank | |||
| * ], Russian soldier, founded Zion Mule Corps, killed in early Palestine | |||
| * ], Israeli general and chief of staff | |||
| ===US military=== | |||
| *] Brigadier General,(World War II) Commanded the 77th Infantry Division | |||
| *] Admiral, (Vietnam; Kosovo) | |||
| *], (Revolutionary war) | |||
| *], (Revolutionary war) | |||
| *], (Revolutionary war), Lieutenant Colonel, highest-ranking Jewish officer in the Continental Army | |||
| *] (Civil War) | |||
| *], former NATO commander during the Bosnian War (Jewish father, raised Baptist, converted to Catholicism) | |||
| *] (Mexican War), "The Fighting Doctor", doctor under General Zachary Taylor, Congressional Citation | |||
| *] (World War II, Pacific), Corporal, Navy Cross and Purple Heart | |||
| *] (World War II, Pacific), Army medical aide, killed in New Guinea after heroic rescues defying snipers | |||
| *] (American Revolution), South Carolina Grenadiers, led an assault on British-held Savannah, Georgia | |||
| *], (Civil War, Mexican War, Seminole War), Colonel, post-Alamo volunteer, escorted Gen. Santa Anna to D.C. | |||
| *] Private First Class {World War II) Silver Star for gallantry in action at Leyte, Philippine Islands | |||
| *] (War of 1812), Navy Captain, began military at 14 | |||
| *] (Civil War) | |||
| *] (Vietnam) | |||
| *] Sergeant USA (World War II), Medal of Honor (posthumously) for actions saving his paratroop company during fighting in Flamierge, Belgium | |||
| *] Captain USA (Vietnam) Medal of Honor recipient | |||
| *] (Civil War) Sergeant, Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery and heroism | |||
| *] (Civil War) | |||
| *] Major General (World War II) First person to personally captured Japanese prisoners, first to fly the American flag on Japanese territory | |||
| *] Buccaneer leader who aided Gen. Jackson's defeat of British in thebattle of New Orleans in 1812 War. | |||
| *] Sergeant USAF (Vietnam) Medal of Honor recipient | |||
| *] (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 | |||
| *], (American Revolution), Supplied transoceanic ships and coastal vessels to Navy | |||
| *], (World War II), US Army Lieutenant Colonel, West Point graduate, Divisional Judge Advocate, Division Commander, attended the "]" 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. | |||
| *] (Civil War) | |||
| *] Admiral,(World War II) Formed the Seabees | |||
| *], (War of 1812), Captain, New York City's first Jewish Mayor | |||
| *] (Civil War) | |||
| *], (American Revolution), Served with General Marion, Financier | |||
| *] US Admiral, ''Father of the Nuclear Navy'' | |||
| *] 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 | |||
| *], (Civil War), Union Army telegrapher for President Lincoln, transmitted Gettysburg Address | |||
| *] (World War II, Pacific) Captain, USA Medical Corps, Medal of Honor (posthumously) for actions during Battle of Saipan | |||
| *] (Civil War) | |||
| *] (American Revolution), ], Financier | |||
| *] (American Revolution), "] of the South" | |||
| *] (American Revolution), "The Great Rebel" | |||
| *], (Civil War), Financeers | |||
| *], (World War II, France), Lieutenant, U.S. Army Nurses Corps. Killed in action. | |||
| *] (Vietnam) | |||
| *], (War of 1812), civilian volunteer in American Army, Philanthropist | |||
| *] (War of 1812), French Commodore, Continental Navy Privateersman | |||
| *], (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. | |||
| *] Second Lieutenant, (World War II) Medal of Honor, killed in action | |||
| === Spies === | |||
| * ], British head of anti-Turkish ''Nili'' spy-ring | |||
| * ], French World War II Special Operations Executive agent | |||
| * ], Israeli spy, hanged by Syria | |||
| * ], KGB spy, spent 15 years in Israeli prison for passing secrets about biological research to the Soviets. | |||
| * ], United States Navy intelligence analyst, passed information to Israel | |||
| * ] and ], allegedly gave United States atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union | |||
| * ], Polish-born British Special Operations Executive agent | |||
| * ], Hungarian-born British-Palestine, Special Operations Executive agent | |||
| * ], Moroccon-born Israeli, spied on Israel's ''Dimona'' nuclear reactor, (converted to Christianity) | |||
| * ], Israeli spy and Karaite Jew executed by Egypt, part of the ''Lavon Affair'' | |||
| == Politics == | |||
| ===International world politicians=== | |||
| * ], Australian Cabinet Minister | |||
| * ], Australian Cabinet minister | |||
| * ], German founder of Evolutionary Socialism | |||
| * ], Prime Minister of France | |||
| * ], Polish politician | |||
| * ], British Cabinet minister | |||
| * ], Australian Cabinet minister | |||
| * ], Australian Cabinet minister | |||
| * ], Canadian Justice Minister | |||
| * ], Australian politician | |||
| * ], British Prime Minister (raised Anglican) | |||
| * ], Deputy Premier of New South Wales, Australia | |||
| * ], Prime Minister of France | |||
| * ], Polish politician | |||
| * ], Canadian Cabinet minister | |||
| * ], founder of Zionism | |||
| * ], leader of the British Conservative Party | |||
| * ], Australian politician and Governor-General | |||
| * ], British politician and Viceroy of India | |||
| * ], Zionist leader | |||
| * ], British Cabinet Minister | |||
| * ], Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |||
| * ], Austrian Chancellor | |||
| * ], French minister of culture | |||
| * ], German Socialist leader | |||
| * ], South African opposition leader | |||
| * ], British Labour MP and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (father was Jewish) | |||
| * ], French Prime Minister | |||
| * ], British local government leader | |||
| * ], German industrialist and statesman | |||
| * ], Prime Minister of Romania (father was Jewish) | |||
| * ], British Foreign Secretary | |||
| * ], Portuguese President | |||
| * ], British politician and High Commissioner of Palestine | |||
| * ], Premier of South Australia | |||
| * ], South African anti-Apartheid member of Parliament | |||
| * ], Prime Minister of New Zealand | |||
| * ], French politician | |||
| * Sir ], Prime Minister of Rhodesia | |||
| * ], Polish politician | |||
| ===Israeli politicians=== | |||
| :''See: ] (most are Jewish)'' | |||
| ===Political activists=== | |||
| * ], activist, U.S. ] critic, and professor of ] at ] | |||
| * ], former ], now ] (father was Jewish) | |||
| * ], US director of the ] | |||
| * ], US ] writer | |||
| * ], US ] writer and social activist | |||
| * ], ] president, 1966 to 1975 | |||
| * ], ] survivor; reward-winner: ] | |||
| * ], chairman of the ] | |||
| * ], US ] activist | |||
| * ], cofounder of the ] | |||
| * ], Nazi-hunter | |||
| * ], anti-racism lecturer and activist | |||
| ===US politicians=== | |||
| * ], lobbyist linked to ] | |||
| * ], State Department and NSC | |||
| * ], Congressman from New York | |||
| * ], Secretary of State (raised Christian by parents who converted) | |||
| * ], Mayor of New York City | |||
| * ], Congressman from California | |||
| * ] Senator, then Confederate Secretary of War and Secretary of State | |||
| * ], Congresswoman from Nevada | |||
| * ], Congressman from California | |||
| * ], Mayor of New York City | |||
| * ], Senator from Minnesota | |||
| * ], Senator from California | |||
| * ], Secretary of Defense | |||
| * ], Congressman from Virgina | |||
| * ], Congressman from Maryland | |||
| * ], Congressman from New York | |||
| * ], Senator from Maine; Defense Secretary (father was Jewish) | |||
| * ], US prosecutor and assistant to Sen. Joe McCarthy | |||
| * ], Senator from Minnesota | |||
| * ], Congresswoman from California | |||
| * ], CIA director | |||
| * ], Congressman from Illinois | |||
| * ], Congressman from New York | |||
| * ], Senator from California | |||
| * ], Senator from Wisconsin | |||
| * ], Secretary of Defense for Policy | |||
| * ], Congressman from California | |||
| * ], Press secretary to the President | |||
| * ], Congressman from Massachusetts | |||
| * ], Senator from Arizona (father was Jewish) | |||
| * ], Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| * ], Congresswoman from California | |||
| * ], Senator from Nevada | |||
| * ], Congressman from New York | |||
| * ], Senator from New York | |||
| * ], Senator from Massachusetts and 2004 Presidental candidate (recently acknowledged that father was ethnically Jewish but raised Catholic by converted parents) | |||
| * ], National Security Advisor and Secretary of State | |||
| * ], Congressman and New York City mayor | |||
| * ], Senator from Wisconsin | |||
| * ], Congressman from California, (Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor) | |||
| * ], Governor of New York | |||
| * ], Mayor of New York City (mother was Jewish) | |||
| * ], Senator from New Jersey | |||
| * ], Senator from Michigan | |||
| * ], Congressman from Michigan | |||
| * ], Vice-President candidate and US Senator from Connecticut | |||
| * ], Congresswoman from New York | |||
| * ], Governor of Oregon | |||
| * ], Congressman from New York | |||
| * ], Senator from Ohio | |||
| * ], Secretary of the Treasury | |||
| * ], Congressman from New York | |||
| * ], Former Under-secretary Department of Defense | |||
| * ], Former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration | |||
| * ], Governor of Pennsylvania, Mayor of Philadelphia | |||
| * ], Senator from Connecticut | |||
| * ], Congressman from New Jersey | |||
| * ], Secretary of the Treasury | |||
| * ], Senator from New Hampshire | |||
| * ], Congressman from Vermont | |||
| * ], Congresswoman from Illinois | |||
| * ], Congressman from California | |||
| * ], Secretary of Defense and CIA Director (Converted to Christianity) | |||
| * ], Senator from New York | |||
| * ], Congresswoman from Pennsylvania | |||
| * ], City Councilman from Providence, Rhode Island | |||
| * ], Congressman from California | |||
| * ], Senator from Pennsylvania | |||
| * ], New York Attorney General and Candidate for Governor | |||
| * ], mayor of ] for 14 years starting in ], also portrayed in the United States television series ]. | |||
| * ], Congresswoman from Florida | |||
| * ], Congressman from California | |||
| * ], Congressman from New York | |||
| * ] Senator from Minnesota | |||
| * ], Congressman from Florida | |||
| * ], Deputy Secretary of Defense | |||
| * ], Senator from Oregon | |||
| ===Russian revolutionaries and politicians=== | |||
| * ], Soviet Red Army | |||
| * ], Soviet revolutionary | |||
| * ], Soviet chief of Gulag system | |||
| * ], Soviet Commissar of Nationalities | |||
| * ], Russian aide to Lenin | |||
| * ], Russian Bolshevik leader | |||
| * ], Soviet Politburo member | |||
| * ], Soviet journalist | |||
| * ], Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs (Karaite) | |||
| * ], Soviet Cheka official, author | |||
| * ], Soviet Foreign Minister | |||
| * ], Soviet Central Committee member | |||
| * ], Soviet Central Committee | |||
| * ], Russian Bolshevik leader | |||
| * ], Soviet Petrograd Cheka | |||
| * ], Soviet press commissar, Petrograd | |||
| * ], Soviet NKVD chief | |||
| * ], Russian Bolshevik leader | |||
| * ], first president of the Soviet Union | |||
| ===World War II Ghetto politicians=== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ===World revolutionaries and politicians=== | |||
| * ], French student leader | |||
| * ], German revolutionary politician | |||
| * ], US feminist and anarchist | |||
| * ], US radical | |||
| * ], Hungarian revolutionary leader | |||
| * ], Communist leader | |||
| * ], German founder of Marxism. (Atheist. Raised a Lutheran) | |||
| * ], US radical | |||
| * ], US radical JDL leader (died in prison) | |||
| * ], Moroccan dissident | |||
| * ], Lithuanian-born head of South African Communist Party | |||
| * ], Polish-born founder of anti-British Stern Gang (''Lehi'') | |||
| * ], Hungarian communist Prime Minister | |||
| ==Religious figures== | |||
| ===Biblical figures=== | |||
| :''See: ]''. | |||
| ===Rabbis=== | |||
| :''See: ]''. | |||
| ===Other religious leaders=== | |||
| * ], 10th century purported Karaite | |||
| * ], purported founder of the Karaites | |||
| * ], founder of the ] | |||
| * ], Karaite leader | |||
| * ], 9th Century Karaite leader | |||
| * ], the "Twelve Apostles", first followers of Jesus who began Christianity | |||
| * ], false messiah in Poland, founder of Frankists | |||
| * ] (Yochanan HaMatbil), revered by Christians | |||
| * ], inspired the creation of Christianity | |||
| * ], French Cardinal (raised Catholic) | |||
| * ] (Miriam), mother of Jesus | |||
| * ], a follower and, perhaps, friend of Jesus | |||
| * ], modern American Hindu author | |||
| * ], considered the first Pope | |||
| * ], Catholic saint (parents were ''Conversos'') | |||
| * ] (Paul), early Christian leader | |||
| * ], Catholic nun, Holocaust victim | |||
| * ], Intermediary between the Prussian Emporers, Wilhelm I and II, and the Prussian Jewish communities. | |||
| == Scientists and philosophers == | |||
| :''See: ] and ]''. | |||
| ==Chess players== | |||
| * ], British chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ] Israeli chess player (Grand Master) | |||
| * ], Russian chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ] US chess player (Grand Master) | |||
| * ] US chess player (former World correspondence chess champion) | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], US chess player | |||
| * ], Ukrainian chess player | |||
| * ], Russian chess player, former world champion | |||
| * ], Hungarian chess player | |||
| * ], Ukrainian chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Russian-American chess player and writer | |||
| * ], US chess player (Grand Master) | |||
| * ], Canadian chess player and mathematician | |||
| * ], US chess player (Grand Master) | |||
| * ], US chess player | |||
| * ], US chess player, World Champion (converted to "Christian Identity") | |||
| * ], Czech chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Soviet chess player | |||
| * ], British chess player | |||
| * ], US chess player | |||
| * ] (Grand Master) | |||
| * ], Hungarian/British chess player | |||
| * ] (Grand Master) | |||
| * ], German chess player | |||
| * ], British chess player | |||
| * ], US chess player | |||
| * ], German/British chess player | |||
| * ], Polish chess player | |||
| * ], Russian chess player, former world champion | |||
| * ], Russian chess player, former FIDE world champion | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Russian chess player (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US chess player | |||
| * ], German chess player, World Champion | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Hungarian chess player | |||
| * ], Polish-Argentine chess player | |||
| * ], Latvian chess player, pioneer of hypermodern style | |||
| * ], Hungarian chess player | |||
| * ], Hungarian/US chess player | |||
| * ], Hungarian/Israeli chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], US chess player | |||
| * ], US chess player | |||
| * ], Czech chess player, pioneer of hypermodern style | |||
| * ], Polish chess player | |||
| * ], Russian chess player | |||
| * ], Former world chess champion | |||
| * ], Russian chess player (mother Jewish), former world champion | |||
| * ], Austrian chess player | |||
| * ], Ukrainian chess player | |||
| * ], Austrian chess player, generally regarded as first official World Champion | |||
| * ], Isreli chess player (Grand Master) | |||
| * ], Russian chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Russian chess player | |||
| * ], Latvian chess player, former world champion | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Chess player | |||
| * ], Canadian chess player (first Grand Master in British Commonwealth) | |||
| * ], Polish chess player | |||
| Ref: http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html | |||
| == Sports == | |||
| * ], US baseball player, | |||
| * ], US soccer player | |||
| * ], US sportscaster | |||
| * ], US football player (Jewish mother, raised Jewish) | |||
| * ], US boxing promoter | |||
| * ], US basketball coach | |||
| * ], US boxer (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], US football player | |||
| * ], German Tennis Star (Jewish Mother) | |||
| * ], English boxer | |||
| * ], US baseball player | |||
| * ], US sportscaster | |||
| * ], ESPN talk show host (father Jewish) | |||
| * ], US drag racer | |||
| * ], US National Hockey League commissioner | |||
| * ], US basketball player | |||
| * ], US basketball coach | |||
| * ], Canadian football player | |||
| * ], US General Manager of the New York Yankees | |||
| * ], US sportscaster | |||
| * ], US owner of the Dallas Mavericks | |||
| * ], US football player | |||
| * ], US owner of the Oakland Raiders | |||
| * ], French Grand Prix auto racing champion | |||
| * ], US long-distance and marathon runner | |||
| * ], British owner of F1 racing | |||
| * ], US owner of the Phoenix Coyotes | |||
| * ], US General Manager of the Boston Red Sox | |||
| * ], US football player | |||
| * ], US football player elected to Hall of Fame in 2005 | |||
| * ], US basketball player | |||
| * ], US owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United | |||
| * ], US professional wrestler, NFL player | |||
| * ], US baseball player | |||
| * ], US baseball player | |||
| * ], US football player | |||
| * ], Hungarian swimmer | |||
| * ], US hockey player | |||
| * ], US owner of the New England Patriots | |||
| * ], Ukrainian-born US swimmer | |||
| * ], US baseball player | |||
| * ], US football coach | |||
| * ], US football player | |||
| * ], US football player | |||
| * ] US owner of the Baltimore Ravens | |||
| * ] US owner of the Chicago Bulls, owner of the Chicago White Sox | |||
| * ], US world champion boxer | |||
| * ], US world champion boxer (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US founder of the ] | |||
| * ], US basketball player | |||
| * ], US hockey player | |||
| * ], US baseball commissioner | |||
| * ], Israeli tennis player | |||
| * ], US owner of the Philadelphia Flyers | |||
| * ], US olympic swimmer | |||
| * ], US basketball commissioner | |||
| * ], US cross country runner | |||
| * ], US NFL commissioner | |||
| * ], US world champion boxer | |||
| * ], US swimmer (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], NY Yankees TV play-by-play announcer in mid-1990s and current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio broadcasts, first woman to do either position on a regular basis for a Major League baseball team. | |||
| * ], US basketball player | |||
| == Miscellaneous == | |||
| * ], Open Source/Linux software notable, founder of Qlusters, Inc, book author and project manager of openMosix clustering software | |||
| * ], US health guru and TV personality | |||
| * ], Inventor | |||
| * ], US game show panelist | |||
| * ], inventor of "immortality ring" (by religion only) | |||
| * ], medical doctor and wife of US Democratic politician governor Howard Dean | |||
| * ], wife of US Democratic presidential candidate governor Michael Dukakis | |||
| * ], US professional poker player and philanthropist | |||
| * ], Canadian game show host | |||
| * ], British cooking show host | |||
| * ], US intern to President Bill Clinton | |||
| * ], supermodel and Internet businesswoman | |||
| * ], US scientist and TV personality (Bill Nye the Science Guy) | |||
| * ], Hungarian Zionist leader | |||
| * ], US astronaut, killed on space shuttle Challenger | |||
| * ], US talk show host (Jewish mother) | |||
| * ], US health guru and TV personality (mother Jewish) | |||
| * ], US talk show host and former mayor of ], ] | |||
| * ], US actor, lawyer, game show host and former Presidential speech writer | |||
| * ], prominent psychiatrist, ] survivor | |||
| * ], French/American language teacher | |||
| * ], US Playboy Playmate (Jewish mother, father converted from Catholicism) | |||
| ===Personalities with unproven and/or distant partial Jewish heritage=== | |||
| * ], English Soccer (maternal grandfather is Jewish) | |||
| * ], actor (mother from family of Jews who converted to Catholicism) | |||
| * ], Cuban leader (may be descended from '']s'') | |||
| * ], His German Jewish family emigrated to Scotland (Roessel>Russell) (Also widely rumored to be a Rothschild) | |||
| * ] Some say admitted to Jewish Heritage, others say that "stepfamily" was Jewish. | |||
| * ], explorer (may have been a ''Converso' but probably wasn't') | |||
| * ] and ], US actresses (Vanity Fair 6/01 article says one set of grandparents died in the Holocaust and other relatives may have converted to Christianity). The Gabors are also distant cousins of US congressman ]. | |||
| * ], broadcaster (Jewish maternal grandmother) | |||
| * ], British-born journalist and contrarian (Jewish maternal grandmother) | |||
| * ], former world chess champion (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], Senator from Massachusets (Catholic. Paternal Jewish grandparents converted to Catholicism) | |||
| * ], leader of Russian Bolsheviks during Russian Revolution (maternal grandfather was Jewish) | |||
| * ], Spanish poet, playwright (acknowledged descent from ''Conversos'') | |||
| * ], US first lady (one grandparent was Jewish) | |||
| * ], US Secretary of State (father's side has Jewish strain through Broomfield according to his autobiography) | |||
| * ], US musician (maternal great-great-grandmother, Nancy Tackett, née Burdine, was Jewish Note: according to Jewish law, everyone who has ancestors matrilineally is Jewish) | |||
| * ], Mexican painter (one grandparent was Jewish) | |||
| * ], Mexican born US musician (acknowledges descent from ''Conversos'') | |||
| * ], British Foreign Secretary (one grandparent was Jewish) | |||
| * ], US actress (acknowledges distant Jewish heritage, great-grandparent, possibly one grandparent) | |||
| * ], Protector of Jews during Holocaust (one Jewish great-great grandparent) | |||
| * ], US Secretary of Defense (Christian, paternal grandfather was Jewish) | |||
| * ], Polish communist leader, alleged Stalin mistress and collaborator | |||
| * ], paternal grandmother was Jewish | |||
| === Fictional characters === | |||
| :''See also: ]'' | |||
| * ], from ''Will and Grace'' | |||
| * ], from the comic strip ''Edge City'' | |||
| * ], from the novel ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' | |||
| * ], from ''Hey Arnold!'' | |||
| * ], from the novel ''Ulysses'' by James Joyce | |||
| * ], from ''The Simpsons'' (was Kenny Brocklestein in a flashback episode) | |||
| * ], from '']'' | |||
| * ], from ''Blue Healers'' (Australian drama) | |||
| * ] from the novel "The Sun Also Rises"/"Fiesta" by Ernest Hemingway | |||
| * ] from US show ] (Jewish father) | |||
| * ], from ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens | |||
| * ] from ''The Nanny'' | |||
| * ] from ''Dharma and Greg'' | |||
| * ], from ''The Simpsons'' | |||
| * ], from ''American Flagg!'' | |||
| * ] (first name not given), from ''Joan of Arcadia'' | |||
| * ], from US sitcom ''Friends'' | |||
| * ], from US sitcom ''Friends'' | |||
| * ], in ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' | |||
| * ], from ''The Facts of Life'' | |||
| * ], from ''Friends'' | |||
| * ], the "Thing" in Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four'' | |||
| * ], "only half-Jewish", from '']'' | |||
| * ], from ''Sesame Street'' (], who played the character, was Jewish in real life) | |||
| * ] and his daughter ], from the novel ''Ivanhoe'' | |||
| * ], from US TV sitcom ''Friends'' | |||
| * ], from ''The Simpsons'' | |||
| * ], father of Krusty the Klown | |||
| * ], from the novel ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' | |||
| * ], from the US drama "The West Wing". | |||
| * ], from ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' | |||
| * ], from ''The Rugrats'' (half-Jewish family, mother Jewish, mentioned in special ] episode, a ] episode was also made) | |||
| * ], from ''Joan of Arcadia'' | |||
| * ] aka Shadowcat formely of the ''X-Men'' and Excalibur mutant groups. | |||
| * ], from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' | |||
| * ], from ''Frasier'' | |||
| * ], from ''The Big Lebowski'' | |||
| * ], from '']'' by ] | |||
| * ], from ''Fiddler on the Roof'' | |||
| * ] of Christian folklore | |||
| * ], from the U.S. drama "The West Wing" (], who plays the character, is Jewish in real life) | |||
| * ] from US TV Cartoon Show "Futurama" | |||
| == See also == | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| {{JewsByCountry}} | |||
| == External links == | |||
| * (More links) | |||
| *, Lists of prominent Jewish scientific and cultural figures | |||
| *, Includes information about Jewish Women in many of above categories | |||
| * | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
Revision as of 00:34, 15 May 2005
- See related articles List of Jews by country, List of British Jews, List of French Jews, etc..
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'." People of both groups are listed here. By other criteria, these people may be listed under other nationalities as well.
This page does not differentiate between Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Jews. It also does not take into account whether those listed acknowledge their Jewish identity or origins. Traditional Rabbinic law defines a Jew as a person with a Jewish mother, where the first Jews are defined to be those who entered the covenant at Sinai, as described in the Biblical narrative. Most Jews would not agree with listing as "Jewish" someone who was not brought up Jewish, who does not adhere to Jewish beliefs or practice, and who does not identify as Jewish.
Many listed here may have spent their lives disguising their Jewish origins, and married gentile (non-Jewish) spouses. In many cases the individuals listed may have only one Jewish parent (though that is noted below). They may have never practiced Judaism, and may even have adopted another faith, or may be secular or atheist.
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Arts (performing)
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 actor (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
- Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor and cartoon voice
- Hank Azaria, US actor
- Lauren Bacall, US actress
- Barbara Bain, US actress, known from Mission Impossible and Space: 1999
- 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 (partial Jewish ancestry on mother's side, raised Catholic, converted during one of his five marriages)
- Alex Borstein, US actress (Jewish father)
- Tom Bosley, US actor
- Zach Braff, US actor, best known from NBC comedy Scrubs
- 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
- James Caan, US actor
- Dyan Cannon, US actress (Jewish mother)
- 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), daughter of Tony Curtis
- 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, US actor
- 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
- David Duchovny, US actor (Jewish father)
- Lisa Edelstein, US actress
- Aron Eisenberg US actor (Nog on Star Trek)
- Peter Falk, US actor
- Itzik Feffer, Russian Yiddish actor
- Corey Feldman, US actor
- Norman Fell, US actor, best known as Mr. Roper on Three's Company
- 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)
- Don Francisco, Chilean host of Sábado Gigante
- 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
- Kathie Lee Gifford, US talkshow host (Jewish father, raised Christian)
- Melissa Gilbert, US actress, known from Little House on the Prairie, much older sister of Sara Gilbert
- Sara Gilbert, US actress, best known from Roseanne. Much younger sister of Melissa Gilbert
- Judith Godrèche, French actress
- Adam Goldberg, US actor (father Jewish)
- Jeff Goldblum, US actor
- Elliott Gould, US actor
- Seth Green, US actor
- Lorne Greene, Canadian actor
- Jennifer Grey, US actress
- Joel Grey, US actor
- Max Grodenchik US actor (Rom on Star Trek)
- Charles Grodin, US actor
- Steve Guttenberg, US actor
- Jake Gyllenhaal, US actor (Jewish mother), brother of Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, US actor (Jewish mother), sister of Jake 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
- Aaron Himelstein, US actor, plays "Friedman" on Joan of Arcadia
- Judd Hirsch, US actor
- Adolf Hitler, German politician
- 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 grandmother)
- Oliver Hudson, US actor, son of Goldie Hawn (Jewish grandmother)
- Amy Irving, US actress (Jewish father, 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. (Jewish father, 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)
- Kevin Kline, US actor (father Jewish)
- Richard Kline, US actor, best known as Larry Dallas on Three's Company
- Jack Klugman, US actor
- Walter Koenig, US actor, best known as Chekov on Star Trek
- Vera Korene, French actress and singer
- Yaphet Kotto, US actor
- David Krumholtz, US actor, Charlie Eppes on CBS's Numb3rs
- Lisa Kudrow, US actress
- Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born US actress
- Rikki Lake, US actress
- Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born US actress (also inventor, during World War II co-invented "shared spectrum" which is a vital component of how cellphones work)
- Phil LaMarr, US actor/Voice actor
- Michael Landon US Actor (Jewish father)
- Juliet Landau, US actress, daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
- Martin Landau, US actor
- Piper Laurie, US actress
- Linda Lavin, US actress
- Shia LeBoeuff, US actor (Jewish mother, raised Jewish)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, US actress (Jewish father, daughter of Vic Morrow)
- 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 (Jewish mother)
- Bill Macy, US actor, played Maude's husband (not to be confused with William H. Macy, who is not Jewish)
- Marlee Matlin, US Oscar-winning deaf actress
- Walter Matthau, US actor
- Debra Messing, TV actress (Will and Grace)
- Solomon Mikhoels, Russian Yiddish actor
- Bette Midler, US singer and actress
- Marilyn Monroe, US actress (converted)
- Lawrence Montaigne actor (Stonn on Star Trek)
- Rick Moranis, Canadian/US actor and comedian
- Vic Morrow, US actor, father of Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Bess Myerson, US TV entertainer
- Judd Nelson, US actor, member of the Brat Pack
- Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (Jewish father)
- Lorraine Newman, US actress, known from Saturday Night Live
- Paul Newman, US actor (Jewish father)
- Leonard Nimoy, US actor, known from Star Trek
- Cynthia Nixon, US actress, known from Sex and the City
- Sophie Okonedo, British actress, 2005 Oscar nominee (Jewish mother)
- Jerry Orbach, US actor (father Jewish)
- Sharon Osbourne, TV talkshow host, Reality Show alumni (Jewish father)
- 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
- Laura Prepon, US actress, known as Donna on That '70s Show (Jewish father)
- Rachel, French actress
- Gilda Radner, US actress, known from Saturday Night Live
- Charlotte Rae, US actress
- Harold Ramis, US actor
- Eden Riegel, US soap opera actress
- Doris Roberts, US actress
- Tracey Ellis Ross, US actress, daughter of Diana Ross (Jewish father)
- Saul Rubinek, German-born Canadian actor
- 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
- Katey Sagal, US actress (Jewish father), best known from Married with Children and 8 Simple Rules
- 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 (Jewish mother)
- Dinah Shore, US actress
- Armin Shimerman actor (Quark on Star Trek)
- Andrew Shue, US actor, brother of Elisabeth Shue (Jewish father, not raised Jewish)
- Elisabeth Shue, US actress, sister of Andrew Shue (Jewish father, not raised Jewish)
- Simone Signoret, French actress
- Jonathan Silverman, US actor
- Sarah Silverman, US actress
- Rena Sofer, US actress
- Olga Sosnovska, Polish-born US/British actress, known from All My Children and spooks (called MI-5 in the U.S.) (Jewish father)
- Brent Spiner (Commander Data on Star Trek)
- Jill St. John, US actress
- Howard Stern, US radio personality (though he has said he is only Jewish on his father's side, investigative reporters and biographers have proven that both of his parents are Jewish and it is believed he was joking about being half-Jewish)
- Ben Stiller, US comic actor (Jewish father, son of Jerry Stiller)
- 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
- Nancy Travis, US actress
- Becky Wahlstrom, Israeli-US actress, known from Joan of Arcadia
- 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)
- Scott Wolf, US actor, known from Party of Five and Everwood
- Noah Wyle, US actor
- Nikki Schieler Ziering, US actress, (converted for marriage and remained Jewish after divorce)
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
- Alain Chabat, French comedian, actor and director
- 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
- 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 (Jewish mother)
- Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
- Chico Marx, US vaudeville and film comic actor
- Groucho Marx, US vaudeville and film comic actor
- Gummo Marx, US vaudeville 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
- Mandy Patinkin US comic actor
- Kevin Pollak, US actor and comedian
- Freddie Prinze Sr., US comedian (Jewish father)
- Gilda Radner, US comedienne
- Tony Randall, US comedian, The Odd Couple
- Carl Reiner, US comedian, writer, actor, director
- Don Rickles, US comic, actor
- Joan Rivers, US comedienne
- Rita Rudner, 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
- Yakov Smirnov, US/Russian comedian
- Jon Stewart, US comedian
- Jerry Stiller, US radio comic, actor
- Soupy Sales, US comedian
- Raymond Teller, US comedian, magician, part of Penn and Teller duo (Jewish father)
- Ovadia A. Vaknin, Israeli comedian
Directors
- Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
- Ramzi Abed, US director (Jewish mother)
- Darren Aronofsky, US director (Jewish father)
- Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, US writer-producer-director team
- George Cukor. US director
- Jules Dassin, American director
- Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet director (Jewish father) of Aleksander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible
- John Frankenheimer, US director
- Sam Fuller, US director and screenwriter
- Bruce Geller, director, producer, screenwriter
- Henry Jaglom, US director
- Jim Jarmusch, US director
- Spike Jonze, US director (Jewish father)
- Lloyd Kaufman, US director
- Stanley Kubrick, US director
- Fritz Lang, German director (Jewish father)
- Ernst Lubitch,Europe-US director,"To Be or not To Be",
- Sidney Lumet, US director
- Bill Lustig, US director
- Branko Lustig, US-Croatian film director
- Leo Penn, US director and actor, father of actor Sean Penn
- Roman Polanski, Polish-born US director (Jewish father)
- Sydney Pollack, US director
- Abraham Polonsky, US director
- Otto Preminger, Austrian-born US director
- Mark Robson Canadian-born, US director
- John Schlesinger, British director
- Steven Spielberg, US director
- Oliver Stone, US director (Jewish father)
- Edgar G. Ulmer, German-born US director
- Billy Wilder, Austrian-born US director
- Michael Winner, British director
- Rob Reiner,US director ("Princess Charming"," Harry/Sally")
- Zucker brothers,US parody directors
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)
- William Goetz, president of Universal Studios
- Samuel Goldwyn, (the "G" in MGM)
- Edith Head, costume designer
- Jeffrey Katzenberg (Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks SKG)
- Leonard Katzman, television producer
- Sam Katzman, film producer
- Carl Laemmle (Universal Pictures)
- Carl Laemmle Jr (Universal Studios)
- Jesse L. Lasky (Famous Players-Lasky)
- Marcus Loew (MGM)
- Joe Pasternak, film producer
- Joseph Schenck (20th Century Pictures)
- Steven Spielberg (DreamWorks SKG)
- Louis B. Mayer, (the "M" of MGM)
- Jack Warner (Warner Brothers)
- Lew Wasserman (Universal Studios)
- Bob Weinstein (Miramax)
- Harvey Weinstein (Miramax)
- Adolph Zukor (Paramount Pictures)
- Irving Thalberg "the Last Tycoon"
Illusionists
- David Blaine, US illusionist (Jewish mother)
- David Copperfield, US illusionist
- Uri Geller, Israeli spoon bending magician
- Harry Houdini, US illusionist
- Ricky Jay, US magician
Musicians
Film composers and Hollywood/Broadway song writers
- Burt Bacharach, US musician and songwriter
- Irving Berlin, song writer
- Elmer Bernstein, film composer
- Danny Elfman, film composer
- George Gershwin, song writer and composer
- Elliot Goldenthal, film composer
- Jerry Goldsmith, film composer
- Bernard Herrmann, film composer
- James Horner, film composer
- Michael Kamen, film composer
- Jerome Kern, song writer
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold, film composer
- Alfred Newman, film composer
- Alex North, film composer
- David Raksin, film composer
- Richard Rogers, song writer
- Leonard Rosenman, film composer
- Marc Shaiman, film composer
- Max Steiner, film composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin, film composer
- Franz Waxman, film composer
- Victor Young, film composer
Classical musicians
- Milton Ager, American musician, composer
- Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer and virtuoso pianist
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor
- Emanuel Ax, US pianist
- Paula Abdul, US singer, former LA Laker Girl, panelist on American Idol
- Babydaddy (aka Scot Hoffman), US bassist, keyboardist, composer for Scissor Sisters.
- Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-Israeli classical musician and conductor
- Beck (Hansen), singer and musician. Ethnically Jewish, currently a Scientologist.
- Walter Becker, US bass player, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of Steely Dan
- Roy C. Bennett, songwriter
- Bart Berman, Dutch-Israeli pianist, composer
- Lazar Berman, Russian classical pianist
- 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
- The Beastie Boys, american rap group
- Michael Bolton, US singer
- Mike Burkett, US singer, bass player in punk band NOFX
- 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
- Kevin Dubrow, lead singer of 1980's US heavy-metal band Quiet Riot
- 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
- Howie Epstein, bassist in Tom Petty's band The Heartbreakers
- 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.
- Anthony Field, member of Australian children's music band The Wiggles
- Jon Fishman, US musician, drummer for Phish
- Flo and Eddie US musicians
- Jay Jay French, lead guitarist of 1980's heavy metal band Twisted Sister; born John Fred Segal
- 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
- Scott Ian, US rock musician in group Anthrax
- 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 (Jewish father)
- 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
- Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, identical twin US pop singers. Orthodox Jews who keep the sabbath even while on tour, avid zionists
- 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, half-Jewish father)
- Kal Mann, US songwriter
- 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 (Jewish mother)
- 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
- Sean Paul (born Sean Paul Henriques), Jamaican reggae and hip-hop star very popular in the U.S. (sources dispute whether only his paternal grandfather is Jewish vs. his father)
- Jacques Offenbach, French composer
- Murray Perahia, US pianist
- Stephen Perkins, US musician, drummer in Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros.
- Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-US violinist
- Pink, US rock and hip hop singer (born Alecia Moore, mother Jewish)
- Joey Ramone, US rock singer, lead singer of group The Ramones
- Lou Reed, US singer, songwriter
- Buddy Rich, US jazz musician
- Jonathan Richman, US singer, songwriter
- Rick Rubin, musician, producer and co-founder of Def Jam records
- 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-Israeli 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
- Dee Snider, US rock musician, lead singer of 1980's heavy metal band Twisted Sister (Jewish father)
- 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
- Sid Tepper, songwriter
- 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
- Jack Yellen, American lyricist
- Maurice Zbriger, Canadian violinist, songwriter
Others
- Herb Alpert, US musician
- Eddie Cantor, US pop singer, comedian, actor
- Mel Torme, US jazz singer
- 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 (Jewish father)
- John Zorn, US saxophonist and composer
Arts, Visual
Artists and architects
- Dankmar Adler American architect -Chicago
- Diane Arbus, US fashion photographer
- Richard Avedon, US portrait photographer
- Doris Bloom, South African-born Danish artist and sculptor
- Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter
- Wallace Berman, US (Los Angeles-born) artist
- Ross Bleckner, US painter
- Marcel Breuer, Founder of The famous "BAUHAUS" school , Architect and Designer.
- Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and stained glass artist
- Judy Chicago, US feminist painter; (The Dinner Party)
- Jim Dine, US pop artist
- Peter Eisenman, US architect
- 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)
- Adolph Gottlieb US abstract expressionist painter
- Al Hirschfeld, US caricaturist, featured in New York Times
- Max Jacob, French artist (converted to Catholicism)
- Arne Jacobsoen, Father of Danish Design and Architecture
- Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, friend of Leon Trotsky, (Jewish father, Catholic mother)
- Albert Kahn German born American architect - Detroit
- Louis Kahn, Estonian-born 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
- El Lissitzky, Russian painter
- Peter Max, German-born Israeli-US artist
- Richard Meier , US architect
- 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 pop art painter
- Mark Rothko, US abstract expressionist painter
- Cindy Sherman, US photo-based artist
- Chaim Soutine, Russian-born French expressionist painter
- William Steig, US cartoonist and illustrator, "King of Cartoons"; (Shrek)
- Arthur Szyk, Poland-born US artist and World War II political cartoonist
- Felix Tikotin, art collector, museum founder
- Weegee, Austrian-Polish-born US photographer and photojournalist; (Naked City)
Cartoons and 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 (Jewish father)
- Mort Weisinger, US comic book and magazine editor; (Superman, Supergirl)
- Evander, Diesel Sweeties fanatic; t-shirt model
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
- Stella McCartney, British fashion designer (Jewish mother)
- Isaac Mizrahi, US fashion designer
- Levi Strauss, US "Father of Jeans"
Business
- Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire
- Steve Ballmer, US CEO of Microsoft (Jewish mother)
- Peter Bentley, Chairman of Canadian timber giant Canfor Corp. (son of Holocaust survivors, won restitution case from Swiss bank regarding seizure of father's business in Germany)
- 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 Citroën
- Joshua Lionel Cowen, US toy inventor and manufacturer (Lionel trains)
- Jack Cohen, British businessman, founder of Tesco supermarkets
- Mark Cuban, US billionaire owner of Dallas Mavericks, founder of Broadcast.com (sold to Yahoo).
- Marcel Dassault, French industrialist
- Michael Dell, US founder of Dell Inc.
- Larry Ellison, US CEO of Oracle Corporation
- Donald Fisher founder of The Gap
- Mikhail Fridman, Russian billionaire
- Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of Real Networks, makers of Real Player
- 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 billionaire
- Henry Kravis, American financier
- Issachar Berend Lehmann, banker and patron of the Jewish communities in Halberstadt and Dresden, Germany
- Lev Leviev, Russian-born Israeli diamond billionaire
- Daniel M. Lewin, Israeli Internet entrepreneur
- Alfred Lowenstein, Belgian soldier, aviator, sportsman, entrepreneur
- Robert Maxwell, British communications magnate
- Moses Haim Montefiore, Italian-born English financier, philanthropist and Zionist
- Roy Neuberger, US art dealer of Neuberger & Berman
- Harry Oppenheimer, South African diamond and gold mines billionaire, (became Christian)
- William Paley, US billionaire who built CBS
- Ron Popeil, US inventor (Jewish father)
- Mike Klein, Canadian born investment magnate
- Sumner Redstone, US CEO of Viacom
- Paul Reichmann, Canadian real estate magnate
- Charles RevsonRevlon
- 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
- Haim Saban, television producer (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and media mogul
- Howard Schultz, entrepreneur who joined the founders of Starbucks in 1982 and later bought it in 1987
- Zev Siegal cofounder of Starbucks
- Ron Sommer, CEO of Deutsche Telekom
- George Soros, Hungarian-born US billionaire, investor, philanthropist
- Laurence Tisch, US billionaire, owned CBS
- Victor Vekselberg, Russian billionaire
- Max Warburg, German banker
- Paul Warburg, US banker, Federal Reserve founder and board member
- Sandy Weill, US banker
Controversy
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
- Andrew Fastow US Enron executive
- 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, Israeli-born swindler, aka The Robin Hood Rabbi
- Arnold Rothstein, US gangster
- Jack Ruby, US assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald
- Dutch Schultz, US gangster
- Moller Eli, British gangster
- Bugsy Siegel, US gangster
- Serge Stavisky, Russian born French swindler
- Salomon Morel, Russian death camp commander
Jake Guzik, Chicago maffia (Capone era)
- Sam Waksal, US ImClone biotech scandal
Victims
As there were 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust alone, this list can of course represent only a minute fraction of victims.
- Menahem Mendel Beilis, Russian victim of Russian blood libel mistrial
- Stephen Belson, New York City firefighter, the September 11, 2001 attacks
- 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, the September 11, 2001 attacks
- Anne Frank, Dutch teenage Holocaust victim and writer
- Leo Frank, lynched in Georgia, USA.
- Jeremy Glick, United Flight 93 passenger, the September 11, 2001 attacks
- 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
- Leon Klinghoffer, wheelchair-bound vacationer shot and thrown overboard the passenger liner Achille Lauro by Palestine Liberation Front terrorists
- 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, the September 11, 2001 attacks
- Yankel Rosenbaum, Australian Jewish rabbinical student beaten and stabbed by an anti-Semitic mob in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
- 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, the September 11, 2001 attacks
- Abraham Zelmanowitz, US programmer, World Trade Center worker, the September 11, 2001 attacks
Law
- Rosalie Abella, Canadian Supreme Court Justice
- Tobias Asser, winner of 1911 Nobel Peace Prize
- Louis Brandeis, US Supreme Court Justice
- Stephen 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
- William Kunstler, US lawyer famous for defending controversial "radical" clients such as the "Chicago Seven" protesters of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- 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
- Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law, UCLA
- Simon Wiesenthal , lawer and Nazi hunter
Literature and journalism
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"
- Phyllis Bennis, head of the Middle East Project at the Institute for Policy Studies
- 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
- Harlan Ellison, US fantasy writer
- Israel Isidor Elyashev ("Ba'al Machshavot"), physician (neurologist); Yiddish literary critic
- 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
- Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and writer
- Susan Jacoby, Author, (father half-Jewish, converted to Catholicism)
- Erica Jong, US writer of fictional and non-fictional works that focus on female sexual desire.
- 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
- David Erik Nelson co-creator of The Giant Squid (http://www.squid.poormojo.org) and co-founder of Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) (http://www.poormojo.org)
- 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
- Erich Segal, US writer, educator
- Irwin Shaw, American novelist, screenwriter
- Sidney Sheldon, American novelist, screenwriter
- 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
- Harry Turtledove, American 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
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
- David Brooks, US newspaper columnist for New York Times
- Aaron Brown, US journalist, TV host
- Alan Colmes, US liberal commentator for Fox News' Hannity & Comes.
- Matt Drudge, US radio Host and operator of the Drudge Report
- Al Franken, US Radio host
- Amira Hass, Israeli journalist
- Marty Kaplan, US Radio Host
- 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, Conservative U.S. columnist for the Washington Post
- William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard
- Elena Lappin, British novelist and journalist, known as US deportee
- Rachel Maddow, US Radio Host
- Rob Malda, Creator of Slashdot
- Marc Maron, US Radio Host
- Benjamin Masten, US radio personality, Audience of Two
- Robert Novak, US conservative tv commentator, (converted to Catholicism)
- Randi Rhodes, US Radio Host
- 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)
- Sam Seder, US Radio Host
- Jerry Springer, US Radio Host and TV Talk-show Host
- 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
- Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican news anchor
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
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
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)
- Wesley Kane Clark, former NATO commander during the Bosnian War (Jewish father, raised Baptist, converted to Catholicism)
- 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
- 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
- Jean Lafitte Buccaneer leader who aided Gen. Jackson's defeat of British in thebattle of New Orleans in 1812 War.
- 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
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
Politics
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
- Irwin Cotler, Canadian Justice Minister
- Michael Danby, Australian politician
- Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister (raised Anglican)
- Sid Einfeld, Deputy Premier of New South Wales, Australia
- Laurent Fabius, Prime Minister of France
- 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
- 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
- Sir Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
- Szmul Zygielbojm, Polish politician
Israeli politicians
- See: List of Israeli politicians (most are Jewish)
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
US politicians
- Jack Abramoff, lobbyist linked to Tom DeLay
- Elliott Abrams, State Department and NSC
- Gary Ackerman, Congressman from New York
- Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State (raised Christian by parents who converted)
- 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
- Shelley Berkley, Congresswoman from Nevada
- 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
- Eric Cantor, Congressman from Virgina
- Ben Cardin, Congressman from Maryland
- 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
- Susan Davis, Congresswoman from California
- 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
- Bob Filner, Congressman from California
- 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
- Jane Harman, Congresswoman from California
- Chic Hecht, Senator from Nevada
- Steve Israel, Congressman from New York
- Jacob Javits, Senator from New York
- John Kerry, Senator from Massachusetts and 2004 Presidental candidate (recently acknowledged that father was ethnically Jewish but raised Catholic by converted parents)
- 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
- Sander Levin, Congressman from Michigan
- Joe Lieberman, Vice-President candidate and US Senator from Connecticut
- Nita Lowey, Congresswoman from New York
- 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, Former Under-secretary Department of Defense
- Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration
- 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
- Bernie Sanders, Congressman from Vermont
- Jan Schakowsky, Congresswoman from Illinois
- Adam Schiff, Congressman from California
- James Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense and CIA Director (Converted to Christianity)
- Charles Schumer, Senator from New York
- Allyson Schwartz, Congresswoman from Pennsylvania
- David Segal, City Councilman from Providence, Rhode Island
- Brad Sherman, Congressman from California
- Arlen Specter, Senator from Pennsylvania
- Elliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General and Candidate for Governor
- Sol Star, mayor of Deadwood, South Dakota for 14 years starting in 1884, also portrayed in the United States television series Deadwood.
- 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
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
- 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
World War II Ghetto politicians
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
Religious figures
Biblical figures
Rabbis
- See: List of rabbis.
Other religious leaders
- Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, 10th century purported 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, inspired the 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
- Akiba Eger, Intermediary between the Prussian Emporers, Wilhelm I and II, and the Prussian Jewish communities.
Scientists and philosophers
Chess players
- Gerald Abrahams, British chess player
- Semyon Alapin, Chess player
- Boris Alterman Israeli chess player (Grand Master)
- Yuri Averbakh, Russian chess player
- Alexander Belyavsky, Chess player
- Joel Benjamin US chess player (Grand Master)
- Hans Berliner US chess player (former World correspondence chess champion)
- Ossip Bernstein, Chess player
- Arthur Bisguier, US chess player
- Isaac Boleslavsky, Ukrainian chess player
- Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player, former world champion
- Gyula Breyer, Hungarian chess player
- David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player
- Rudolph Charousek, Chess player
- Irving Chernev, Russian-American chess player and writer
- Arnold Denker, US chess player (Grand Master)
- Nathan Divinsky, Canadian chess player and mathematician
- Larry Evans, US chess player (Grand Master)
- Reuben Fine, US chess player
- Bobby Fischer, US chess player, World Champion (converted to "Christian Identity")
- Salo Flohr, Czech chess player
- Semyon Furman, Chess player
- Efim Geller, Soviet chess player
- Harry Golombek, British chess player
- Gisela Kahn Gresser, US chess player
- Boris Gulko (Grand Master)
- Isidor Gunsberg, Hungarian/British chess player
- Mikhail Gurevich (chess player) (Grand Master)
- Daniel Harrwitz, German chess player
- William Hartston, British chess player
- Israel Horowitz, US chess player
- Bernhard Horwitz, German/British chess player
- David Janowski, Polish chess player
- Gary Kasparov, Russian chess player, former world champion
- Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player, former FIDE world champion
- Ernest Klein (chess player)
- Ignatz von Kolisch, Chess player
- George Koltanowski, Chess player
- Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player (Jewish mother)
- Edward Lasker, US chess player
- Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, World Champion
- Andrei Lilienthal, Chess player
- Johann Löwenthal, Hungarian chess player
- Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentine chess player
- Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player, pioneer of hypermodern style
- Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
- Susan Polgár, Hungarian/US chess player
- Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian/Israeli chess player
- Lev Polugaevsky, Chess player
- Fred Reinfeld, US chess player
- Samuel Reshevsky, US chess player
- Richard Réti, Czech chess player, pioneer of hypermodern style
- Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player
- Emanuel Schiffers, Russian chess player
- Vasily Smyslov, Former world chess champion
- Boris Spassky, Russian chess player (mother Jewish), former world champion
- Rudolf Spielmann, Austrian chess player
- Leonid Stein, Ukrainian chess player
- Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player, generally regarded as first official World Champion
- Emil Sutovsky, Isreli chess player (Grand Master)
- Peter Svidler, Russian chess player
- László Szabó, Chess player
- Mark Taimanov, Russian chess player
- Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player, former world champion
- Siegbert Tarrasch, Chess player
- Saviely Tartakover, Chess player
- Simon Winawer, Chess player
- Daniel Yanofsky, Canadian chess player (first Grand Master in British Commonwealth)
- Johannes Zuckertort, Polish chess player
Ref: http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html
Sports
- Cal Abrams, US baseball player,
- Jeff Agoos, US soccer player
- Marv Albert, US sportscaster
- Lyle Alzado, US football player (Jewish mother, raised Jewish)
- Bob Arum, US boxing promoter
- Red Auerbach, US basketball coach
- Max Baer, US boxer (Jewish father)
- Harris Barton, US football player
- Boris Becker, German Tennis Star (Jewish Mother)
- Jack Kid Berg, English boxer
- Moe Berg, US baseball player
- Len Berman, US sportscaster
- Chris Berman, ESPN talk show host (father Jewish)
- 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
- Brian Cashman, US General Manager of the New York Yankees
- Howard Cosell, US sportscaster
- Mark Cuban, US owner of the Dallas Mavericks
- Ben Davidson, US football player
- Al Davis, US owner of the Oakland Raiders
- René Dreyfus, French Grand Prix auto racing champion
- Deena Drossin, US long-distance and marathon runner
- 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
- Benny Friedman, US football player elected to Hall of Fame in 2005
- Marty Friedman, US basketball player
- Malcolm Glazer, US owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority 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 (Jewish father)
- Suzyn Waldman, NY Yankees TV play-by-play announcer in mid-1990s and current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio broadcasts, first woman to do either position on a regular basis for a Major League baseball team.
- Neil Walk, US basketball player
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
- Barry Greenstein, US professional poker player and philanthropist
- Monty Hall, Canadian game show host
- Nigella Lawson, British cooking show host
- Monica Lewinsky, US intern to President Bill Clinton
- Cindy Margolis, supermodel and Internet businesswoman
- Bill Nye, US scientist and TV personality (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
- Max Nordau, Hungarian Zionist leader
- Judith A. Resnik, US astronaut, killed on space shuttle Challenger
- Geraldo Rivera, US talk show host (Jewish mother)
- Richard Simmons, US health guru and TV personality (mother Jewish)
- Jerry Springer, US talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Ben Stein, US actor, lawyer, game show host and former Presidential speech writer
- Karl Targownik, prominent psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor
- Michel Thomas, French/American language teacher
- Lindsey Vuolo, US Playboy Playmate (Jewish mother, father converted from Catholicism)
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)
- Hillary Clinton Some say admitted to Jewish Heritage, others say that "stepfamily" was Jewish.
- Christopher Columbus, explorer (may have been a Converso' but probably wasn't')
- Zsa Zsa Gabor and Eva Gabor, US actresses (Vanity Fair 6/01 article says one set of grandparents died in the Holocaust and other relatives may have converted to Christianity). The Gabors are also distant cousins of US congressman Tom Lantos.
- 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)
- 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 great-great-grandmother, Nancy Tackett, née Burdine, was Jewish Note: according to Jewish law, everyone who has ancestors matrilineally is 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)
- Meryl Streep, US actress (acknowledges distant Jewish heritage, great-grandparent, possibly one grandparent)
- 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
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!
- Friedman (first name not given), from Joan of Arcadia
- 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 (Will Lee, who played the character, was Jewish in real life)
- 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
- Pickles family, from The Rugrats (half-Jewish family, mother Jewish, mentioned in special Passover episode, a Chanukah episode was also made)
- Grace Polk, from Joan of Arcadia
- 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 U.S. drama "The West Wing" (Richard Schiff, who plays the character, is Jewish in real life)
- Doctor Zoidberg from US TV Cartoon Show "Futurama"
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
External links
- Jewhoo (More links)
- Jinfo, Lists of prominent Jewish scientific and cultural figures
- Jewish Women's Archive, Includes information about Jewish Women in many of above categories
- List of Jewish Artists