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. Many listed here may have spent their lives ignoring or even actively disguising their Jewish origins, and married gentile (non-Jewish) spouses. Individuals listed may have only one Jewish parent (though that is usually noted). They may have never practiced Judaism, and may even have adopted another faith, or may be secular or atheist. Some 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; however others would. For instance, 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, even though the person may be nonpracticing and even not acknowledge himself or herself as a Jew. Others would identify as Jewish somebody with a Jewish father only, even though by Orthodox tradition, such a person is not. This list takes the widest view to include most individuals who might be in some way identified as Jewish, but attempts to note such issues in order that more restrictive definitions may be applied by the reader.

Arts (performing)

Actors / Actresses

• Bud Abbott U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Anouk Aimee, French actress
• Woody Allen, U.S. actor, film director
• Jack Albertson U.S. actor
• Jason Alexander, U.S. actor, known from Seinfeld; born Jason Greenspan
• Broncho Billy Anderson U.S. actor (first cowboy star)
• Allan Arbus U.S. actor
• Adam Arkin U.S. actor
• Alan Arkin U.S. actor
• Tom Arnold U.S. actor (Jewish paternal grandmother; converted to Judaism as well)
• David Arquette, U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Patricia Arquette, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Rosanna Arquette, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Bea Arthur, U.S. actress, known from Maude and The Golden Girls
• Leon Askin, Austrian actor, known from Hogan's Heroes
• Ed Asner, U.S. actor
• Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor and cartoon voice
• Jean-Pierre Aumont French actor (Jewish father)
• Hank Azaria, U.S. actor
• Lauren Bacall, U.S. actress
• Max Baer, Jr., U.S. actor, best known as Jethro Bodine in the television series, The Beverly Hillbillies, son of champion boxer Max Baer
• Barbara Bain, U.S. actress, known from Mission Impossible and Space: 1999
• Bob Balaban U.S. actor
• Martin Balsam U.S. actor
• John Banner, Austrian-born U.S. actor, Sargeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes
• Theda Bara, U.S. actress
• Sacha Baron Cohen, British actor, known from Da Ali G Show
• Roseanne Barr, U.S. TV actress
• Gene Barry U.S. actor
• Randall Batinkoff U.S. actor
• Richard Belzer, U.S. actor and comedian
• Richard Benjamin U.S. actor
• Jack Benny U.S. actor
• Robby Benson U.S. actor
• Justin Berfield U.S. actor
• Peter Berg U.S. actor & director (Jewish father)
• Milton Berle U.S. actor
• Sandra Bernhard, U.S. actress
• Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and dancer
• Corbin Bernsen U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Joe Besser U.S. actor
• Mike Binder U.S. actor & director
• Joey Bishop, U.S. actor, member of the Rat Pack
• Jack Black, U.S. actor and rock musician
• Mel Blanc, U.S. cartoon voice actor
• Selma Blair, U.S. actress
• Yasmine Bleeth, U.S. actress (Jewish father)
• Orlando Bloom, English actor
• Hart Bochner U.S. actor
• Lisa Bonet, U.S. actress, known from The Cosby Show (Jewish mother)
• Richard Boone U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Alex Borstein, U.S. actress
• Tom Bosley, U.S. actor
• Zach Braff, U.S. actor, best known from NBC comedy Scrubs
• Matthew Broderick U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Adam Brody U.S. actor
• Adrien Brody U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Albert Brooks, U.S. actor
• Mel Brooks, U.S. comedian, filmmaker
• Brooke Burke, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• George Burns U.S. actor
• Red Buttons U.S. actor
• Amanda Bynes U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• James Caan, U.S. actor
• Scott Caan U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Sid Caesar U.S. actor
• Michael Callan U.S. actor
• Eddie Cantor U.S. actor
• Neve Campbell, U.S. actress (Sephardic Jewish ancestry on mother's side; identifies both as Jewish and Catholic)
• Dyan Cannon, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Kate Capshaw, U.S. actress (converted)
• Aaron Carter, U.S. actor & singer (Jewish father)
• Nell Carter, U.S. actress (converted)
• Nick Carter, U.S. actor & singer (Jewish father)
• Seymour Cassel U.S. actor
• Jeff Chandler U.S. actor
• Josh Charles U.S. actor
• David Charvet U.S. actor
• Robert Clary, French-born U.S. actor, Cpl Louis Lebeau from Hogan's Heroes
• Jill Clayburgh, U.S. Oscar-nominated actress
• Lee J. Cobb, U.S. actor
• Mindy Cohn, U.S. television actress on The Facts of Life
• Joan Collins, British actress, known from Dynasty (Jewish father)
• Jennifer Connelly, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Harry Connick, Jr. U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Hans Conried U.S. actor
• Jackie Cooper U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Ricardo Cortez U.S. actor
• Paulo Costanzo, U.S. TV actor (Jewish mother)
• Allen Covert U.S. actor
• Peter Coyote U.S. actor
• David Cross U.S. actor
• Billy Crystal, U.S. actor and comedian
• Jamie Lee Curtis, U.S. actress (Jewish father)
• Tony Curtis, U.S. actor
• Howard Da Silva U.S. actor
• Marcel Dalio French actor
• Stuart Damon U.S. actor
• Rodney Dangerfield U.S. actor
• Henry Daniell English actor
• Larry David, U.S. actor and comedy writer
• Sammy Davis Jr., U.S. actor and performer (converted)
• Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor (Jewish mother)
• Charles Denner French actor
• Neil Diamond U.S. actor
• Arielle Dombasle, actress
• Stephen Dorff U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Kirk Douglas, U.S. actor
• Melvyn Douglas U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Michael Douglas, U.S. actor, (Jewish father), son of Kirk Douglas
• Rachel Dratch, U.S. actress known for Saturday Night Live
• Richard Dreyfuss, U.S. actor
• Fran Drescher, U.S. actress
• David Duchovny, U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Lisa Edelstein, U.S. actress
• Jesse Eisenberg U.S. actor
• Stephen Elliott U.S. actor
• Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Peter Falk, U.S. actor
• Jon Favreau U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Itzik Feffer, Russian Yiddish actor
• Oded Fehr Israeli actor
• Fritz Feld U.S. actor
• Corey Feldman, U.S. actor
• Marty Feldman English actor
• Norman Fell, U.S. actor, best known as Mr. Roper on Three's Company
• Mark Feuerstein U.S. actor
• Harvey Fierstein, U.S. actor
• Larry Fine U.S. actor
• Fyvush Finkel, U.S. actor
• Carrie Fisher, U.S. actress, (Jewish father), star of Star Wars movies
• Harrison Ford, U.S. actor, (Jewish mother)
• Ben Foster U.S. actor
• Don Francisco, Chilean host of S�bado Gigante
• James Franco U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Al Franken, U.S. actor and comedy writer
• Bonnie Franklin, U.S. actress, known from One Day at a Time
• Paul Frees U.S. actor
• Leonard Frey U.S. actor
• Stephen Fry U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Allen Funt, U.S. TV personality, creator of Candid Camera
• Dan Futterman, U.S. actor
• Victor Garber U.S. actor
• Allen Garfield U.S. actor
• John Garfield U.S. actor
• Jeff Garlin U.S. actor
• Brad Garrett, U.S. actor
• Sarah Michelle Gellar, U.S. actress
• Kurt Gerron U.S. actor
• Jami Gertz, U.S. actress
• Estelle Getty, U.S. actress, known from Golden Girls
• Kathie Lee Gifford, U.S. talkshow host (Jewish father, raised Christian)
• Melissa Gilbert, U.S. actress, known from Little House on the Prairie, much older sister of Sara Gilbert
• Sara Gilbert, U.S. actress, best known from Roseanne. Much younger sister of Melissa Gilbert
• Jack Gilford U.S. actor
• Paul Michael Glaser U.S. actor
• Scott Glenn U.S. actor (converted to Judaism)
• Judith Godr�che, French actress
• Adam Goldberg, U.S. actor
• Jeff Goldblum, U.S. actor
• Tony Goldwyn U.S. actor (Jewish paternal grandfather)
• Henry Goodman English actor
• Leo Gorcey U.S. actor ("Dead End Kids")
• Bernard Gorcey U.S. actor
• Keith Gordon U.S. actor
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt U.S. actor
• Cliff Gorman U.S. actor
• Gilbert Gottfried U.S. actor
• Elliott Gould, U.S. actor
• Cary Grant English actor (sometimes claimed to be half Jewish)
• Seth Green, U.S. actor
• Lorne Greene, Canadian actor
• Jennifer Grey, U.S. actress
• Joel Grey, U.S. actor
• Max Grodenchik U.S. actor (Rom on Star Trek:Deep Space Nine)
• Charles Grodin, U.S. actor
• Arye Gross U.S. actor
• Christopher Guest U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Steve Guttenberg, U.S. actor
• Jake Gyllenhaal, U.S. actor (Jewish mother), brother of Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, U.S. actor (Jewish mother), sister of Jake Gyllenhaal
• Budy Hackett U.S. actor
• Corey Haim, U.S. Actor
• Billy Halop U.S. actor
• Alyson Hannigan U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Jonathan Harris U.S. actor
• Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born British actor
• Nina Hartley, U.S. pornographic film actress (parents converted to Zen Buddhism)
• Cole Hauser U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Goldie Hawn, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Dan Hedaya U.S. actor
• Buck Henry U.S. actor
• Charles Herbert U.S. actor
• Steven Hill, U.S. actor best known on Law & Order
• Aaron Himelstein, U.S. actor, plays "Friedman" on Joan of Arcadia
• Judd Hirsch, U.S. actor
• Dustin Hoffman, U.S. actor
• Judy Holliday, U.S. Oscar-winning actress
• John Houseman, Romanian-born U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Leslie Howard, UK actor, born Hungary,"Pygmalion", Ashley in "Gone with the Wind".
• Kate Hudson, U.S. actress, daughter of Goldie Hawn (Jewish grandmother)
• Oliver Hudson, U.S. actor, son of Goldie Hawn (Jewish grandmother)
• Helen Hunt U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Tab Hunter U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Amy Irving, U.S. actress (Jewish father)
• Jason Isaacs English actor
• Sid James South African actor
• David Janssen U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Ron Jeremy, U.S. pornographic and mainstream actor
• Scarlett Johansson, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Al Jolson, U.S. singer, actor, early sound film star
• Carolyn Jones, U.S. actress, known from The Addams Family (converted)
• Erland Josephson Swedish actor
• Madeline Kahn, U.S. actress
• Gabriel Kaplan, U.S. actor
• James Karen U.S. actor
• Chris Kattan, U.S. actor and comedian. (Jewish father, parents practiced Buddhism.)
• Omri Katz Israeli actor
• Andy Kaufman, U.S. actor and comedian, known from "SNL" and "Taxi"
• Julie Kavner, U.S. actress, known from The Simpsons
• Danny Kaye, U.S. actor, dancer, and singer
• Harvey Keitel, U.S. actor
• Richard Kind U.S. actor
• Alan King U.S. actor
• Ben Kingsley English actor (Jewish maternal heritage)
• Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress
• Robert Klein U.S. actor
• Werner Klemperer, German-born U.S. actor, Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes (Jewish father)
• Kevin Kline, U.S. actor (father Jewish)
• Richard Kline, U.S. actor, best known as Larry Dallas on Three's Company
• Jack Klugman, U.S. actor
• Walter Koenig, U.S. actor, best known as Chekov on Star Trek
• Harvye Korman U.S. actor
• Yaphet Kotto, U.S. actor
• Martin Kove U.S. actor
• Jeroen Krabbe Dutch actor (Jewish mother)
• David Krumholtz, U.S. actor, Charlie Eppes on CBS's Numb3rs
• Lisa Kudrow, U.S. actress
• Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born U.S. actress
• Shia LaBeouf U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• David Ladd U.S. actor (Jewish mother; son of Alan Ladd)
• Bert Lahr U.S. actor
• Rikki Lake, U.S. actress
• Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born U.S. actress (also inventor, during World War II co-invented "shared spectrum" which is a vital component of how cellphones work)
• Michael Landon U.S. Actor (Jewish father)
• Juliet Landau, U.S. actress, daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
• Martin Landau, U.S. actor
• Stephen Lang U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Robert Lansing U.S. actor (Converted to Judaism)
• Jack Larson U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Piper Laurie, U.S. actress
• Linda Lavin, U.S. actress
• Jennifer Jason Leigh, U.S. actress (daughter of Vic Morrow)
• Marc Lawrence U.S. actor
• Ron Leibman U.S. actor
• Donovan Leitch U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Michael Lerner U.S. actor
• Eugene Levy, Canadian actor
• Al Lewis, U.S. actor, Grandpa on The Munsters
• Shari Lewis, U.S. actress, known as companion of Lambchop
• Jerry Lewis U.S. actor
• Hal Linden, U.S. actor
• Max Linder French actor
• Jonathan Lipnicki, U.S. child actor
• Peggy Lipton, U.S. actress, known from the Mod Squad
• Herbert Lom Czech-born actor
• Peter Lorre, U.S. actor
• Tina Louise, U.S. actress
• Jon Lovitz, U.S. actor and comedian
• Natasha Lyonne, U.S. actress
• Ali MacGraw, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Gabriel Macht U.S. actor
• Stephen Macht U.S. actor
• Bill Macy, U.S. actor, played Maude's husband (not to be confused with William H. Macy, who is not Jewish)
• Howie Mandel, U.S. Oscar-winning deaf actress
• Marcel Marceau French actor
• James Marshall U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Tony Martin U.S. actor
• Walter Matthau, U.S. actor
• Debra Messing, TV actress (Will and Grace)
• Solomon Mikhoels, Russian Yiddish actor
• Bette Midler, U.S. singer and actress
• Larry Miller U.S. actor
• Marilyn Monroe, U.S. actress (converted)
• Rick Moranis, Canadian/U.S. actor and comedian
• Rob Morrow U.S. actor
• Vic Morrow, U.S. actor, father of Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Zero Mostel U.S. actor
• Paul Muni U.S. actor
• Bess Myerson, U.S. TV entertainer
• Judd Nelson, U.S. actor, member of the Brat Pack
• Tim Blake Nelson U.S. actor
• Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (Jewish maternal grandmother)
• Barry Newman U.S. actor
• Laraine Newman, U.S. actress, known from Saturday Night Live
• Paul Newman, U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Leonard Nimoy, U.S. actor, known from Star Trek
• Cynthia Nixon, U.S. actress, known from Sex and the City
• Sophie Okonedo, British actress, 2005 Oscar nominee (Jewish mother)
• Ken Olin U.S. actor
• Jerry Orbach, U.S. actor (father Jewish)
• Sharon Osbourne, TV talkshow host, Reality Show alumni (Jewish father)
• Frank Oz U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Gwyneth Paltrow, U.S. actress (Jewish father)
• Sara Jessica Parker, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Mandy Patinkin U.S. actor
• Tera Patrick, U.S. porn/adult films actress (Jewish father)
• David Paymer U.S. actor
• Sean Penn, U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Rhea Perlman, U.S. actress
• Ron Perlman U.S. actor
• Lee Phillips U.S. actor
• Jeremy Piven, U.S. actor
• Joaquin Phoenix U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• River Phoenix U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Jeremy Piven U.S. actor
• Suzanne Pleshette, U.S. actress
• Kevin Pollak, U.S. actor
• Tracy Pollan, U.S. actress
• Natalie Portman, Israeli-born, U.S. actress
• Laura Prepon, U.S. actress, known as Donna on That '70s Show (Jewish father)
• Rachel, French actress
• Gilda Radner, U.S. actress, known from Saturday Night Live
• Charlotte Rae, U.S. actress
• Ted Raimi U.S. actor
• Harold Ramis, U.S. actor
• Tony Randall U.S. actor
• Michael Rapaport U.S. actor
• Nikki Reed U.S. actress
• Roger Rees Welsh actor (Converted to Judaism)
• Paul Reiser U.S. actor
• Tommy Rettig U.S. actor
• Simon Rex U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Peter Mark Richman U.S. actor
• Don Rickles U.S. actor
• Peter Riegert U.S. actor
• Ron Rifkin U.S. actor
• Doris Roberts, U.S. actress
• Tony Roberts U.S. actor
• Edward G. Robinson U.S. actor
• Michael Rosenbaum U.S. actor
• Tracey Ellis Ross, U.S. actress, daughter of Diana Ross (Jewish father)
• Saul Rubinek, German-born Canadian actor
• Paul Rudd U.S. actor
• Winona Ryder, U.S. actress (Jewish father)
• Daryl Sabara, U.S. actor
• Andrew Sachs, British actor, known from Fawlty Towers
• Katey Sagal, U.S. actress (Jewish father), best known from Married with Children and 8 Simple Rules
• Bob Saget U.S. actor
• Emma Samms, British actress, known from Dynasty
• Adam Sandler, U.S. actor, comedian
• Fred Savage U.S. actor
• Ben Savage U.S. actor
• Richard Schiff U.S. actor
• Rob Schneider U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Liev Schreiber U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Jason Schwartzman U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Robert Schwartzman U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• David Schwimmer, U.S. actor
• Steven Seagal U.S. actor (Jewish father; Seagal himself is a Buddhist)
• George Segal U.S. actor
• Jerry Seinfeld U.S. actor
• Peter Sellers, British actor (Jewish mother)
• William Shatner, Canadian actor, known from Star Trek
• Harry Shearer, U.S. actor, several voices on The Simpsons
• Ally Sheedy, U.S. actress (Jewish mother)
• Armin Shimerman actor (Quark on Star Trek)
• Dinah Shore, U.S. actress
• Pauly Shore U.S. actor
• Andrew Shue, U.S. actor, brother of Elisabeth Shue (Jewish father, not raised Jewish)
• Elisabeth Shue, U.S. actress, sister of Andrew Shue (Jewish father, not raised Jewish)
• Simone Signoret, French actress
• Ron Silver, U.S. actress
• Jonathan Silverman, U.S. actor
• Sarah Silverman, U.S. actress
• Marc Singer, U.S. actor
• Gregory Smith U.S. actor
• Rena Sofer, U.S. actress
• Olga Sosnovska, Polish-born U.S./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)
• Kevin (Blair) Spirtas, U.S. actor
• Jill St. John, U.S. actress
• Rod Steiger, U.S. actor (biological father Jewish)
• Ben Stein, U.S. actor
• Daniel Stern, U.S. actor
• Howard Stern, U.S. radio personality
• Fisher Stevens, U.S. actor (Jewish father)
• Jon Stewart, U.S. actor
• Ben Stiller, U.S. comic actor (Jewish father, son of Jerry Stiller)
• Jerry Stiller, U.S. comic actor and comedian
• Peter Strauss, U.S. actor
• Barbra Streisand, U.S. actress and singer
• David Suchet, British actor (Jewish father; raised Christian)
• Jeffrey Tambor, U.S. actor
• Elizabeth Taylor, British-born U.S. actress (converted)
• Eddie Kaye Thomas, U.S. actor
• Kleo Thomas, U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Boris Thomashevsky, star of Yiddish theater
• Chaim Topol, Israeli actor
• Michelle Trachtenberg U.S. actress (Jewish father)
• Michael Vartan U.S. actor (Jewish mother)
• Erich Von Stroheim, German actor
• Anton Walbrook, German
• Eli Wallach, U.S. actor
• Sam Wanamaker, U.S. actor
• David Warner, English actor
• Al Waxman, Canadian actor
• Steven Weber, U.S. actor
• Michael T. Weiss, U.S. actor
• Rachel Weisz, British actress
• Cornel Wilde, U.S. actor
• Gene Wilder, U.S. comic actor
• Henry Winkler, U.S. actor
• Mare Winningham, U.S. actress (converted, reported to be quite devout)
• Alex Winter, U.S. actor
• Shelley Winters U.S. actress -Oscars for Diary of Anne Frank, (1959) and A Patch of Blue, (1965)
• Scott Wolf, U.S. actor, known from Party of Five and Everwood
• Evan Rachel Wood, U.S. actress
• Robert Wuhl U.S. actor
• Noah Wyle, U.S. actor
• Ian Ziering U.S. actor
• Nikki Schieler Ziering, U.S. actress, (converted for marriage and remained Jewish after divorce)
• Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. U.S. actor
• Stephanie Zimbalist U.S. actress (Jewish father; raised Christian)

Comedians

• Woody Allen, U.S. comedian
• Dave Attell, U.S. comedian
• David Baddiel, British comedian
• Roseanne Barr, U.S. comedienne
• Richard Belzer, U.S. actor and comedian
• Jack Benny, U.S. comedian
• Milton Berle, U.S. comedian
• Mel Brooks, U.S. comedian
• David Brenner, U.S. comic
• Fanny Brice, U.S. comedienne
• Lewis Black, U.S. comedian
• Lenny Bruce, U.S. satirist
• George Burns, U.S. comedian
• Sid Caesar, U.S. comedian
• Alain Chabat, French comedian, actor and director
• Bill Dana, U.S. Comedian
• Andrew "Dice" Clay, U.S. comedian
• David Cross, U.S. actor and comedian
• Billy Crystal, U.S. actor and comedian
• Rodney Dangerfield, U.S. comedian, born Jacob Cohen
• Fran Drescher, U.S. comedienne
• Marty Feldman, British comedian
• Larry Fine, U.S. actor and comedian, Larry of the Three Stooges
• Gilbert Gottfried, U.S. comedian
• Gary Gulman, U.S. standup comedian
• Buddy Hackett, U.S. comedian
• Jerome Howard, U.S. actor and comedian, Curly of the Three Stooges
• Moses Howard, U.S. actor and comedian, Moe of the Three Stooges
• Shmuel Howard, U.S. actor and comedian, Shemp of the Three Stooges
• Sid James, British comedian
• Andy Kaufman, U.S. comedian, actor, performance artist
• Alan King, U.S. Show business personality and comic
• Richard Lewis, U.S. comedian
• Jerry Lewis, U.S. actor and comedian
• Bill Maher, U.S. comedian (Jewish mother)
• Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
• Chico Marx, U.S. vaudeville and film comic actor
• Groucho Marx, U.S. vaudeville and film comic actor
• Gummo Marx, U.S. vaudeville actor
• Harpo Marx, U.S. vaudeville and film comic actor
• Zeppo Marx, U.S. vaudeville and film comic actor
• Anne Meara, U.S. comedienne and actress (converted)
• Dave Osborne, U.S. comic
• Mandy Patinkin U.S. comic actor
• Kevin Pollak, U.S. actor and comedian
• Freddie Prinze Sr., U.S. comedian (Jewish father)
• Gilda Radner, U.S. comedienne
• Tony Randall, U.S. comedian, The Odd Couple
• Carl Reiner, U.S. comedian, writer, actor, director
• Don Rickles, U.S. comic, actor
• Joan Rivers, U.S. comedienne
• Rita Rudner, U.S. comedienne
• John Safran, Australian comedian
• Bob Saget, U.S. comedian, actor
• Mort Sahl, U.S. comedian
• Adam Sandler, U.S. comedian, actor
• Alexei Sayle, UK comedian, actor
• Jerry Seinfeld, U.S. comedian
• Robert Schimmel, U.S. comedian
• Rob Schneider, U.S. comedian (Jewish father)
• Garry Shandling, U.S. comedian, actor
• Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian
• Sarah Silverman, U.S. comedian, actor
• Bobby Slayton, U.S. comedian, actor, radio host
• Yakov Smirnov, U.S./Russian comedian
• Jon Stewart, U.S. comedian
• Jerry Stiller, U.S. radio comic, actor
• Soupy Sales, U.S. comedian
• Raymond Teller, U.S. comedian, magician, part of Penn and Teller duo (Jewish father)
• Ovadia A. Vaknin, Israeli comedian

Directors

• Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
• Ramzi Abed, U.S. director (Jewish mother)
• Darren Aronofsky, U.S. director (Jewish father)
• Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, U.S. writer-producer-director team
• George Cukor. U.S. director
• Jules Dassin, American director
• Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet director (Jewish father)
• John Frankenheimer, U.S. director
• Sam Fuller, U.S. director and screenwriter
• Bruce Geller, director, producer, screenwriter
• Henry Jaglom, U.S. director
• Spike Jonze, U.S. director (Jewish father)
• Lloyd Kaufman, U.S. director
• Stanley Kubrick, U.S. director
• Fritz Lang, German director (Jewish father)
• Ernst Lubitch,Europe-U.S. director
• Sidney Lumet, U.S. director
• Bill Lustig, U.S. director
• Branko Lustig, U.S.-Croatian film director
• Leo Penn, U.S. director and actor, father of actor Sean Penn
• Roman Polanski, Polish-born U.S. director
• Sydney Pollack, U.S. director
• Abraham Polonsky, U.S. director
• Otto Preminger, Austrian-born U.S. director
• John Schlesinger, British director
• Steven Spielberg, U.S. director
• Mauritz Stiller, Swedish film director
• Oliver Stone, U.S. director (Jewish father)
• Erik Per Sullivan, U.S. child actor, Dewey from Malcolm in thge Middle
• Edgar G. Ulmer, German-born U.S. director
• Billy Wilder, Austrian-born U.S. director
• Michael Winner, British director
• Rob Reiner,U.S. director
• Zucker brothers,U.S. 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, U.S. illusionist (Jewish mother)
• David Copperfield, U.S. illusionist
• Uri Geller, Israeli spoon bending magician
• Harry Houdini, U.S. illusionist
• Ricky Jay, U.S. magician

Musicians

Film composers and Hollywood/Broadway song writers

• Burt Bacharach, U.S. 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, U.S. pianist
• Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-Israeli classical musician and conductor
• Len Barry born Leonard Borisoff
• Roy C. Bennett, songwriter
• Bart Berman, Dutch-Israeli pianist, composer
• Lazar Berman, Russian classical pianist
• Dan Bern, U.S. songwriter, singer
• Leonard Bernstein, U.S. conductor, composer
• Hal Blaine, U.S. session drummer
• Ernest Bloch, Swiss-born U.S. composer
• Cristian Castro, Mexican singer
• Aaron Copland, U.S. composer
• Paul Dukas, French composer
• Marvin Goldstein, U.S. pianist (converted to LDS Church)
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk, U.S. composer (Jewish father)
• Jascha Heifetz, U.S. violinist
• Otto Klemperer, German-born U.S.-Israeli conductor
• James Levine, U.S. conductor
• Gy�rgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer
• Lorin Maazel, U.S. conductor
• Gustav Mahler, Austro-Hungarian Viennese composer (converted to Catholicism)
• Fritzi Massary, Austrian singer
• Felix Mendelssohn, German Romantic composer (converted to Christianity)
• Yehudi Menuhin, U.S.-British violinist, conductor, educator
• Giacomo Meyerbeer, German opera composer
• Darius Milhaud, French composer
• Nathan Milstein, U.S. violinist
• Jacques Offenbach, French composer
• Murray Perahia, U.S. pianist
• Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-U.S. violinist
• Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer
• Curt Sachs, German-U.S. musicologist
• Artur Schnabel, Polish-Austrian-U.S. classical pianist
• Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer
• Franz Schreker, Austrian-German composer (Jewish father)
• Rudolph Serkin, Austrian-U.S. pianist
• Georg Solti, Hungarian-U.S. conductor
• Isaac Stern, U.S. violinist
• Oscar Straus, Austrian composer
• George Szell, Hungarian-U.S. conductor
• Wadysaw Szpilman, Polish pianist, author of The Pianist
• Sid Tepper, songwriter
• Michael Tilson-Thomas, U.S. conductor
• Richard Tucker, U.S. opera singer
• Kurt Weill, German-U.S. composer
• Jack Yellen, American lyricist
• Maurice Zbriger, Canadian violinist, songwriter

Popular, rock, jazz

• Paula Abdul, U.S. singer, former LA Laker Girl, panelist on American Idol
• Herb Alpert, U.S. musician
• Babydaddy (aka Scot Hoffman), U.S. bassist, keyboardist, composer for Scissor Sisters.
• Marty Balin Singer, Jefferson Airplane born Marty Buchwald
• The Beastie Boys, American rap group
• Beck (Hansen), singer and musician. Ethnically Jewish, currently a Scientologist.
• Walter Becker, U.S. bass player, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of Steely Dan
• Jay Black Lead singer of Jay and the Americans, born David Blatt
• Mike Bloomfield, U.S. guitarist and Bob Dylan session musician
• Marc Bolan, British rock musician for band T. Rex, born Marc Feld
• Michael Bolton, U.S. singer
• Ross the Boss the Dictators, born Ross Friedman
• Harvey Brooks session musician, born Harvey Goldstein
• Mike Burkett, U.S. singer, bass player in punk band NOFX
• Eddie Cantor, U.S. pop singer, comedian, actor
• Eric Carmen, U.S. musician, songwriter
• Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer (converted to Buddhism)
• Sammy Davis, Jr., U.S. singer (converted to Judaism)
• Mike Diamond (a.k.a. Mike D), U.S. rapper with the group Beastie Boys
• Neil Diamond, U.S. singer
• Kevin Dubrow, lead singer of 1980's U.S. heavy-metal band Quiet Riot
• Adam Duritz, U.S. singer, songwriter for band Counting Crows
• Bob Dylan, U.S. singer, songwriter (born to a jewish family, converted to Christianity, current religious affiliation uncertain)
• Jakob Dylan, U.S. singer for band The Wallflowers (born to a jewish family, current religious affiliation uncertain)
• Mama Cass Elliott, U.S. singer with the group The Mamas and The Papas
• Ziggy Ellman, U.S. jazz musician
• Howie Epstein, bassist in Tom Petty's band The Heartbreakers
• Donald Fagen, U.S. keyboard player, singer, songwriter, founding member of Steely Dan
• Perry Farrell, U.S. musician, bandleader in Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros.
• Giora Feidman, clarinet player and Klezmer musician
• Anthony Field, member of Australian children's music band The Wiggles
• Jon Fishman, U.S. musician, drummer for Phish
• Flo and Eddie U.S. musicians
• Jackie Fox, U.S. bassist of band The Runaways
• Jay Jay French, lead guitarist of 1980's heavy metal band Twisted Sister; born John Fred Segal
• Kinky Friedman, U.S. country singer, author
• Kenny G, U.S. musician, born Kenny Gorelick
• Serge Gainsbourg, French singer, songwriter
• Art Garfunkel, U.S. singer
• J. Geils, U.S. rock musician
• Benny Goodman, U.S. musician, bandleader
• Mike Gordon, U.S. musician, bassist for Phish
• 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, U.S. musician, best known for hit Spirit in the Sky
• Brett Gurewitz, U.S. musician and founder of Epitaph Records and punk rock group Bad Religion
• Richard Hell, U.S. rock musician, poet
• Susanna Hoffs, U.S. member of band The Bangles
• Adam Horovitz (a.k.a. Ad-Rock), U.S. rapper with the group Beastie Boys
• Scott Ian, U.S. rock musician in group Anthrax
• Billy Joel, U.S. singer
• Al Jolson, U.S. singer
• Mick Jones, British rock musician, member of the Clash
• Howard Kane of [Carole King" class="new" target="_blank" >Jay and the Americans (n� Kirschenbaum)
• [[Carole King, U.S. singer and songwriter
• Ed King, U.S. rock guitarist of Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Mark Knopfler, British guitarist, founder of rock group Dire Straits (Jewish father)
• Lee Konitz, U.S. jazz musician
• Lenny Kravitz, U.S. musician (Jewish father)
• Steve Lacy, U.S. jazz musician
• Steve Lawrence, U.S. singer
• Geddy Lee, Canadian musician, lead singer of rock group Rush
• Tom Lehrer, singer/songwriter
• Adam Levine, Lead singer, Maroon 5
• Ted Lewis, U.S. musician, entertainer
• Jerry Leiber, half of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller songwriting team
• Lisa Loeb, U.S. pop singer
• Courtney Love, half jewish[http://www.beliefnet.com/story/43/story_4373_1.html; widow of Kurt Cobain
• Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, identical twin U.S. pop singers. Orthodox Jews who keep the sabbath even while on tour, avid zionists
• Ron Mael and Russell Mael,U.S. rock band stars of Sparks
• Barry Manilow, U.S. entertainer (Jewish mother, half-Jewish father)
• Handsome Dick Manitoba Lead singer for the Dictators, born Richard Blum
• Kal Mann, U.S. songwriter
• Manfred Mann, South African born British rock musician
• Shelly Manne, U.S. jazz musician
• Linda McCartney, n�e Eastman, U.S.-born photographer
• Malcolm McLaren, British impresario and recording artist (Jewish mother)
• Eric Melvin, Guitarist for punk band NOFX
• Mezz Mezzrow, U.S. jazz musician
• Daniel Miller, UK producer, founder of Mute records
• Sandy Nelson, U.S. musician
• Randy Newman, U.S. singer
• Phil Ochs, U.S. 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)
• Stephen Perkins, U.S. musician, drummer in Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros.
• Pink, U.S. rock and hip hop singer (born Alecia Moore, mother Jewish)
• Joey Ramone, U.S. rock singer, lead singer of group The Ramones
• Lou Reed, U.S. singer, songwriter
• Buddy Rich, U.S. jazz musician
• Jonathan Richman, U.S. singer, songwriter
• Lee Rocker, Stray Cats, born Lee Drucker
• David Lee Roth, U.S. rock singer, lead singer of Van Halen
• Rick Rubin, musician, producer and co-founder of Def Jam records
• Adam Sandler, Musician, actor, comedian.
• Hank Sapoznik, klezmer musician
• Neil Sedaka, U.S. singer, songwriter
• Artie Shaw, U.S. jazz musician, bandleader
• Shel Silverstein, U.S. songwriter
• Gene Simmons, U.S.-Israeli bass player for rock group KISS
• Carly Simon, U.S. Singer, songwriter (Jewish father)
• Paul Simon, U.S. musician
• P.F. Sloan, U.S. singer, songwriter
• Pat Smear, U.S. rock musician, member of the Foo Fighters
• Willie "The Lion" Smith, U.S. pianist
• Dee Snider, U.S. rock musician, lead singer of 1980's heavy metal band Twisted Sister (Jewish father)
• Phil Spector, U.S. record producer and songwriter
• Paul Stanley, U.S. guitar player for rock band KISS, born Stanley Eisen
• Mike Stoller, half of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller songwriting team
• Scott Storch, U.S. hip hop/R&B; keyboardist and producer
• Barbra Streisand, U.S. singer, actress
• Sylvain Sylvain, Egyptian-born U.S. rock musician, guitarist for the New York Dolls.
• Mel Torme, U.S. jazz singer
• Sophie Tucker, Russian-born U.S. singer and entertainer
• Nick Valensi, U.S. guitarist for rock band The Strokes
• Kenny Vance of Jay and the Americans (n� Rosenberg),
• Don Was Was/Not Was, born Don Fagenson
• Louise Wener, British rock singer and author
• Leslie West, U.S. rock guitarist
• Max Weinberg, U.S. drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and leader of the Max Weinberg Seven
• Jane Wiedlin, U.S. member of band The Go-Gos
• Peter Wolf, U.S. rock singer, formerly of J Geils Band
• Sandy Yagoda of Jay and the Americans
• Adam Yauch (a.k.a. MCA), U.S. rapper with the group Beastie Boys (converted to Buddhism)
• Warren Zevon, U.S. rock songwriter, singer (Jewish father)
• John Zorn, U.S. saxophonist and composer

Arts, Visual

Artists and architects

• Dankmar Adler American architect -Chicago
• Diane Arbus, U.S. fashion photographer
• Richard Avedon, U.S. portrait photographer
• Doris Bloom, South African-born Danish artist and sculptor
• Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter
• Wallace Berman, U.S. (Los Angeles-born) artist
• Ross Bleckner, U.S. painter
• Marcel Breuer, Founder of The famous "BAUHAU.S." school , Architect and Designer.
• Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and stained glass artist
• Judy Chicago, U.S. feminist painter; (The Dinner Party)
• Jim Dine, U.S. pop artist
• Peter Eisenman, U.S. architect
• Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer; (The Americans)
• Frank Gehry, Canadian-U.S. architect, art museum designer
• Rube Goldberg, U.S. cartoonist, sculptor, and author; (Rube Goldberg machine)
• Adolph Gottlieb U.S. abstract expressionist painter
• Al Hirschfeld, U.S. 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 U.S. architect
• Pinchus Kremegne, Russian-born French sculptor and painter
• Michel Kikoine, Russian-born French painter
• John Lautner, U.S. architect, worked under Frank Lloyd Wright
• Daniel Libeskind, Polish-born U.S. architect, designer of new World Trade Center; (Freedom Tower)
• Roy Lichtenstein, U.S. popular art painter
• El Lissitzky, Russian painter
• Peter Max, German-born Israeli-U.S. artist
• Richard Meier , U.S. 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, U.S.-French surrealist photographer and film director
• H.A. Rey and Margret Rey, German-U.S. illustrators; (Curious George)
• Larry Rivers, U.S. pop art painter
• Mark Rothko, U.S. abstract expressionist painter
• Cindy Sherman, U.S. photo-based artist
• Chaim Soutine, Russian-born French expressionist painter
• William Steig, U.S. cartoonist and illustrator, "King of Cartoons"; (Shrek)
• Arthur Szyk, Poland-born U.S. artist and World War II political cartoonist
• Felix Tikotin, art collector, museum founder
• Weegee, Austrian-Polish-born U.S. photographer and photojournalist; (Naked City)

Cartoons and comics

• Al Capp, U.S. cartoonist; creator of Li'l Abner
• Will Eisner, U.S. cartoonist; (The Spirit)
• Mark Evanier, U.S. comics and animated cartoons writer for Disney and Hanna-Barbera
• Max Fleischer, U.S. animated cartoonist; (Popeye, Superman)
• Bob Kane, U.S. cartoonist; creator of Batman
• Gil Kane, Latvian-born U.S. comics artist. First to draw Silver Age Green Lantern and the Atom.
• Jack Kirby, U.S. comics and animated cartoons creator; co-creator of Captain America, (Fantastic Four, Hulk)
• Stan Lee, U.S. cartoon writer and creator of Marvel Comics and its heroes
• Harvey Pekar, U.S. comic book writer; (American Splendor)
• Julius Schwartz, U.S. comic book and magazine editor; (The Flash; Green Lantern).
• Joe Shuster, Canadian-U.S. comics artist; co-creator of Superman
• Jerome Siegel, U.S. comics artist; co-creator of Superman
• Joe Simon, U.S. cartoonist; co-creator of Captain America
• Art Spiegelman, Swedish-U.S. comic-book artist; creator of Maus
• Matt Stone, Co-creator of South Park (Jewish father)
• Mort Weisinger, U.S. comic book and magazine editor; (Superman, Supergirl)

Fashion

• Kenneth Cole, U.S. fashion designer
• Marc Jacobs, U.S. clothing designer
• Calvin Klein, U.S. fashion designer, CK
• Donna Karan, U.S. fashion designer, DKNY
• Leonard A. Lauder, controls Estee Lauder
• Ralph Lauren, U.S. fashion designer
• Stella McCartney, British fashion designer (Jewish mother)
• Isaac Mizrahi, U.S. fashion designer
• Judith Leiber, Hungarian borm, U.S. handbag designer
• Levi Strauss, U.S. "Father of Jeans"

Business

• Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire
• Philip Anschutz, chairman of Qwest Communications International, and acquired United Artists Theaters, and Regal Cinemas in 2000
• Steve Ballmer, U.S. 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, Billionaire, U.S. politician, founder of Bloomberg News
• Sergey Brin Russian-born U.S. 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-U.S. owner of Vivendi Universal
• Isaac Carasso, Spanish founder of Danone group
• Andre Citroen, French automaker of Citro�n
• Joshua Lionel Cowen, U.S. toy inventor and manufacturer (Lionel trains)
• Jack Cohen, British businessman, founder of Tesco supermarkets
• Mark Cuban, U.S. billionaire owner of Dallas Mavericks, founder of Broadcast.com (sold to Yahoo!).
• Marcel Dassault, French industrialist
• Michael Dell, U.S. founder of Dell Inc.
• Stanley Druckenmiller, billionaire, famous for his "billion dollar bet against the British pound in 1992 that generated 30% returns for George Soros
• Larry Ellison, U.S. CEO of Oracle Corporation (adopted by Jews)
• Donald Fisher founder of The Gap
• Mikhail Fridman, Russian billionaire
• Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of Real Networks, makers of Real Player
• Alan Greenspan, U.S. economist, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve
• Maurice R Greenberg, billionaire, CEO of AIG
• Andrew Grove, Hungarian-born U.S. co-founder of Intel
• Vladimir Gusinsky, Russian billionaire
• Leona Helmsley, real estate
• Carl Icahn, billionaire who Took over TWA and controlled it until 1993, also owner of Lowestfares.com
• Peter Ivany, Australian Media Mogul, earned his fortune running Hoyts cinemas world wide
• David H Koch, oil Billionaire who runs Koch Inudstries
• Bruce Kovner, billionaire, started Caxton Hedge Fund and is American Enterprise Institute Vice Chairman
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian billionaire
• Henry Kravis, billionaire, American financier
• Samuel J. LeFrak & family, billionaire, major developer in downtown Manhattan
• 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
• Rupert Murdoch, billionaire who is largest shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, which is the parent company of the Fox News Network
• Roy Neuberger, U.S. art dealer of Neuberger & Berman
• Samuel I Newhouse Jr, Billionaire who owns 26 Newspapers such as Parade Magazine, Conde Nast, Vogue etc.
• Harry Oppenheimer, South African diamond and gold mines billionaire, (became Christian)
• William Paley, U.S. billionaire who built CBS
• Ronald O. Perelman, billionaire, chairman of the board of Revlon Inc. and Products Corp.
• Ron Popeil, U.S. inventor (Jewish father)
• Mike Klein, Canadian born investment magnate
• Sumner Redstone, U.S. CEO of Viacom
• Paul Reichmann, Canadian real estate magnate
• Charles Revson, Revlon cosmetics
• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker, first of the Rothschild family
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild, British financier and philanthropist
• William Rosenberg, U.S. founder of Dunkin Donuts
• David Sarnoff, General Manager of RCA corporation
• Haim Saban, television producer (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and media mogul
• Oeri, Hoffman and Sacher families billionaires, Roche pharmaceutical fortune
• Howard Schultz, entrepreneur, joined Starbucks founders in 1982 and bought it in 1987
• Robert Shapiro, former CEO of Monsanto
• Zev Siegal cofounder of Starbucks
• Ron Sommer, CEO of Deutsche Telekom
• George Soros, Hungarian-born U.S. billionaire, investor, philanthropist
• Leonard N Stern, Billionaire, Manhattan real estate mogul who owns the Soho Grand, and Tribeca Grand Hotel in Manhattan
• Laurence Tisch, U.S. billionaire, owned CBS
• Preston R Tisch, U.S. billionaire, owned several companies with his brother including CBS
• Victor Vekselberg, Russian billionaire
• Max Warburg, German banker
• Paul Warburg, U.S. banker, Federal Reserve founder and board member
• Sandy Weill, U.S. banker
• Daniel Wildenstein, major French art dealer and horse breeder

Controversy

Crime

• Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin (of Rabin)
• David Berkowitz, "Son of Sam", U.S. serial killer
• Ivan Boesky, U.S. insider trader, swindler
• Mickey Cohen, U.S. gangster
• Moe Dalitz, U.S. gangster
• Ira Einhorn U.S. political activist and killer
• Andrew Fastow U.S. Enron executive
• Baruch Goldstein, U.S.-born Israeli killer
• Meyer Lansky, U.S. gangster
• Leopold and Loeb, U.S. killers
• Michael Milken, U.S. "junk bond' king, swindler, philanthropist
• Kevin Mitnick, U.S. hacker
• Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy
• Jackie Presser, U.S. labor leader, embezzler
• Joseph Prushinowski, Israeli-born swindler, aka The Robin Hood Rabbi
• Julius Rosenberg, U.S. spy, sold atomic secrets to Russia
• Arnold Rothstein, U.S. gangster
• Jack Ruby, U.S. assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald
• Dutch Schultz, U.S. gangster
• Moller Eli, British gangster
• Bugsy Siegel, U.S. gangster
• Serge Stavisky, Russian born French swindler
• Mark Swartz, Tyco scandal
• Alfred Taubman, Sotheby's scandal
• Salomon Morel, Russian death camp commander
• Jake Guzik, Chicago maffia (Capone era)
• Sam Waksal, U.S. ImClone biotech scandal

Victims

• Menahem Mendel Beilis, Russian victim of Russian blood libel mistrial
• Stephen Belson, New York City firefighter, the September 11, 2001 attacks
• Alan Berg, U.S. radio personality, killed by neo-Nazis
• Nick Berg, U.S. entrepreneur, beheaded by Iraqi insurgents
• 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, U.S.A.
• 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
• Mordechai Gvirtig, poet, murdered by Nazis in the Krakau Ghetto during the Holocaust
• Leon Klinghoffer, wheelchair-bound vacationer shot and thrown overboard the passenger liner Achille Lauro by Palestine Liberation Front terrorists
• Chandra Levy, U.S. intern, mysteriously murdered in Washington, DC
• Mel Mermelstein, Holocaust survivor who sued for damages
• Edgardo Mortara, Jewish Italian child kidnapped by Catholics
• Daniel Pearl, U.S. Wall Street Journal journalist, decapitated by Islamic terrorists
• Darin Howard Pontell, U.S. 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, U.S. 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, U.S. 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, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Benjamin N. Cardozo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Arthur Chaskalson, Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa
• Marcia Clark, U.S. lawyer, prosecutor in the trial of O.J. Simpson
• Zelman Cowen, Australian legal scholar and Governor-General
• Alan Dershowitz, U.S. lawyer
• Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Arthur J. Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Richard Goldstone, South African judge, international war crimes prosecutor
• Isaac Isaacs, Australian High Court Justice and Governor-General
• William Kunstler, U.S. lawyer famous for defending controversial "radical" clients such as the "Chicago Seven" protesters of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
• Stanley Mosk, U.S. jurist, California Supreme Court Justice and Attorney General
• Louis Nizer, British born American jurist
• Barry Scheck, U.S. lawyer, known for the trial of O.J. Simpson
• Robert Shapiro, U.S. 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 , lawyer and Nazi hunter

Literature and journalism

Poets

• Danny Abse, British poet
• Al Alvarez, British poet
• David Avidan, Israeli poet
• Joseph Brodsky, Soviet-born poet, Nobel laureate
• Bryher, British poet (probably Jewish father)
• Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet
• Ivor Cutler, British poet, humorist, musician
• Nissim Ezekiel, Indian poet, playwright and art critic
• Erich Fried, Austrian poet
• Allen Ginsberg, U.S. poet
• Leah Goldberg, Israeli poet
• Heinrich Heine, German poet
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian poet & dramatist
• Immanuel the Roman, Italian religious erotic poet
• Isidore Isou, Romanian-born French poet
• Irving Layton, Romanian-born Canadian poet
• Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet
• Denise Levertov, British poet (Jewish father)
• Jenny Joseph, British poet
• A. J. Levin, Canadian poet
• Amy Levy, British poet & novelist
• Mina Loy, British poet (Jewish father)
• Erich Mühsam, German poet and revolutionary
• Dalia Rabikovich, Israeli poet
• Isaac Rosenberg, British war poet
• Siegfried Sassoon, British war poet (Jewish father)
• Antoni Slonimski, Polish poet
• Stephen Spender, British poet & essayist (Jewish mother)
• Julian Tuwim, Polish poet
• Tristan Tzara, Romanian-born French poet

Writers

• Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer
• Isaac Asimov, Russian-born U.S. science fiction writer
• Paul Auster, New York-based postmodern detective writer, filmmaker and 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, U.S. 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
• Carl Bernstein, Investigative reporter who, along with Bob Woodward helped unearth Watergate.
• Ludwig B�rne
• Max Brod, Czech-Israeli writer and composer
• Harold Brodkey, U.S. novelist
• Elias Canetti, Bulgarian author, Nobel prize winner
• Otto Maria Carpeaux, Austro-Brazilian literary and musical critic, journalist and historian
• Michael Chabon, U.S. writer
• Isaac Deutscher, Polish-born British historian
• Ilya Ehrenburg, Soviet writer and international peace activist
• Harlan Ellison, U.S. fantasy writer
• Israel Isidor Elyashev ("Ba'al Machshavot"), physician (neurologist); Yiddish literary critic
• Howard Fast, U.S. writer of historical fiction, political activist
• Itzik Feffer, Soviet writer
• Jonathan Safran Foer, U.S. author
• Anne Frank, Dutch Holocaust victim, diarist
• Thomas L. Friedman, U.S. journalist and columnist
• David Frum, Canadian-born U.S. neo-conservative commentator; speechwriter for George W. Bush (2001-2002)--wrote "Axis of Evil" for 2002 State of the Union Address
• Maurice Girodias, French writer and publisher
• Gluckl of Hamelin, German Yiddish religious writer
• David Goodis, U.S. mystery writer
• Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, won a Nobel Prize for Literature
• Vassily Grossman, Soviet journalist and writer
• Ben Hecht, U.S. novelist, playwright, screenwriter and Zionist activist
• Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and writer
• Susan Jacoby, Author, (father half-Jewish, converted to Catholicism)
• Erica Jong, U.S. writer of fictional and non-fictional works that focus on female sexual desire.
• Franz Kafka, Czech-born, Austrian-Germany, writer
• Imre Kert�sz, 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
• Irving Kristol, founder of the neo-conservative movement
• William Kristol, U.S. political commentator
• Charles Krauthammer, U.S. Neo-conservative columnist and political commentator
• Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, Polish writer
• Jan Lecho, Polish writer
• Julius Lester, U.S. children's author and academic
• Primo Levi, Italian novelist and chemist
• Sonia (Wolff) Levitin, German-born, American novelist, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, Edgar Allen Poe Award
• Norman Mailer, U.S. novelist and social critic
• Bernard Malamud, U.S. writer
• David Mamet, U.S. playwright
• Patrick Marber, British playwright
• Benjamin Masten, U.S. Magazine Editor, Audience of Two
• George Mikes, British (Hungarian born) humorous writer
• Arthur Miller, U.S. playwright
• Judah Monis, author of the first Hebrew textbook published in North America, and first Hebrew instructor in a North American college
• Walter Mosley, U.S. novelist
• 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, U.S. writer
• Dorothy Parker, U.S. writer
• S. J. Perelman, U.S. writer
• I. L. Peretz, Yiddish writer
• Harold Pinter, British playwright
• Norman Podhoretz, U.S. writer
• John Podhoretz, Conservative U.S. columnist and political analyst
• Chaim Potok, U.S. writer
• Marcel Proust, French writer, (son of a Jewish mother)
• Ayn Rand, Russian-born U.S. 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, U.S. writer
• Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter
• Erich Segal, U.S. writer, educator
• Irwin Shaw, American novelist, screenwriter
• Sidney Sheldon, American novelist, screenwriter
• Robert Silverberg, U.S. science-fiction author
• Isaac Bashevis Singer, U.S. writer
• William Steig, U.S. writer, author of Shrek
• Arthur Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times
• Natan Tenenbaum, Polish writer
• Harry Turtledove, American writer
• Louise Wener, British author and rock singer
• Nathanael West, U.S. writer
• (?)Jon Woronoff
• Herman Wouk, U.S. writer
• Elie Wiesel, U.S., Hungarian-born, French writer about Holocaust; Nobel Prize winner
• 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, U.S. journalist, investigated Watergate break-in with Bob Woodward
• Wolf Blitzer, U.S. news anchor for CNN
• Joe Bob Briggs, U.S. syndicated film critic
• David Brooks, U.S. newspaper columnist for New York Times
• Aaron Brown, U.S. journalist, TV host
• Liz Claman, CNBC anchor
• Alan Colmes, U.S. liberal commentator for Fox News' Hannity & Comes.
• Matt Drudge, U.S. radio Host and operator of the Drudge Report
• Giselle Fernandez, TV news reporter (father is Hispanic)
• Al Franken, U.S. Radio host
• Amira Hass, Israeli journalist
• Marty Kaplan, U.S. Radio Host
• Daryn Kagan, CNN anchor
• Larry King, U.S. TV and radio talk show host
• Tony Kornheiser, U.S. columnist for the Washington Post, radio host, and televsion host
• Ted Koppel, U.S. 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 U.S. deportee
• Rachel Maddow, U.S. Radio Host
• Rob Malda, Creator of Slashdot
• Marc Maron, U.S. Radio Host
• Robert Novak, U.S. conservative tv commentator, (converted to Catholicism)
• Randi Rhodes, U.S. Radio Host
• Morley Safer, Canadian-born U.S. news reporter, CBS TV 60 Minutes
• William Safire, U.S. newspaper columnist, speechwriter for U.S. President Nixon
• Michael Savage, U.S. radio personality
• Jessica Savitch, U.S. news anchor
• Laura Schlessinger, U.S. radio personality (Jewish father, she later converted to Orthodox Judaism)
• Sam Seder, U.S. Radio Host
• Jerry Springer, U.S. Radio Host and TV Talk-show Host
• Joel Stein, U.S. columnist for TIME magazine
• Mike Wallace, U.S. news reporter, CBS TV 60 Minutes
• Barbara Walters, U.S. news commentator, ABC TV 20/20
• Ruth Westheimer, U.S. Radio Host
• 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 U.S. financier of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War
• Antony Wolfe, Englishman, private in the army of the Republic of Texas, killed at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836
• 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 U.S. 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

U.S. 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 U.S.A (World War II), Medal of Honor (posthumously) for actions saving his paratroop company during fighting in Flamierge, Belgium
• Jack H. Jacobs Captain U.S.A (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 U.S.AF (Vietnam) Medal of Honor recipient
• Uriah P. Levy (War of 1812) First Jewish U.S. 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), U.S. 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 U.S. 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, U.S.A 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
• L�on 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 (converted to Anglican Christianity at age 13 but very conscious of his Jewish origin throughout his life)
• Sid Einfeld, Deputy Premier of New South Wales, Australia
• Laurent Fabius, Prime Minister of France
• Bronisaw 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 Mend�s-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, U.S. director of the Anti-Defamation League
• Jonah Goldberg, U.S. conservative writer
• David Horowitz, U.S. 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, U.S. civil rights activist
• Adam Shapiro, cofounder of the international Solidarity Movement
• Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter
• Tim Wise, anti-racism lecturer and activist

U.S. 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, U.S. 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 U.S. 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

• 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 (Jewish father)
• Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet Politburo member
• Mikhail Koltsov, Soviet journalist
• Adolph Ioffe, Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs (Karaite)
• 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

• Chaim Rumkowski
• Adam Czerniakow

World revolutionaries and politicians

• Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French student leader
• Kurt Eisner, German revolutionary politician
• Emma Goldman, U.S. feminist and anarchist
• Abbie Hoffman, U.S. radical
• B�la Kun, Hungarian revolutionary leader
• Rosa Luxemburg, Communist leader
• Karl Marx, German founder of Marxism. (Atheist. Raised a Lutheran)
• Jerry Rubin, U.S. radical
• Irv Rubin, U.S. 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
• Leon Trotsky, Russian communist who proposed the theory of "permanent revolution"

Religious figures

Biblical figures

See: List of Jewish 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

See: List of Jewish scientists and philosophers and List of Jewish Nobel Prize winners.

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 U.S. chess player (Grand Master)
• Hans Berliner U.S. chess player (former World correspondence chess champion)
• Ossip Bernstein, Chess player
• Arthur Bisguier, U.S. 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, U.S. chess player (Grand Master)
• Nathan Divinsky, Canadian chess player and mathematician
• Larry Evans, U.S. chess player (Grand Master)
• Reuben Fine, U.S. chess player
• Bobby Fischer, U.S. 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, U.S. 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, U.S. 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, U.S. chess player
• Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, World Champion
• Andrei Lilienthal, Chess player
• Johann L�wenthal, Hungarian chess player
• Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentine chess player
• Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player, pioneer of hypermodern style
• Judit Polg�r, Hungarian chess player
• Susan Polg�r, Hungarian/U.S. chess player
• Zs�fia Polg�r, Hungarian/Israeli chess player
• Lev Polugaevsky, Chess player
• Fred Reinfeld, U.S. chess player
• Samuel Reshevsky, U.S. chess player
• Richard R�ti, 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
• L�szl� Szab�, 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, U.S. baseball player,
• Jeff Agoos, U.S. soccer player
• Marv Albert, U.S. sportscaster
• Lyle Alzado, U.S. football player (Jewish mother, raised Jewish)
• Bob Arum, U.S. boxing promoter
• Red Auerbach, U.S. basketball coach
• Max Baer, U.S. boxer (Jewish father)
• Harris Barton, U.S. football player
• Boris Becker, German Tennis Star (Jewish Mother)
• Jack Kid Berg, English boxer
• Moe Berg, U.S. baseball player
• Len Berman, U.S. sportscaster
• Chris Berman, ESPN talk show host (father Jewish)
• Kenny Bernstein, U.S. drag racer
• Gary Bettman, U.S. National Hockey League commissioner
• Matthew Bloom, U.S. professional wrestler
• David Bluthenthal, U.S. basketball player
• Larry Brown, U.S. basketball coach
• Noah Cantor, Canadian football player
• Mike Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player (Jewish mother)
• Brian Cashman, U.S. General Manager of the New York Yankees
• Howard Cosell, U.S. sportscaster
• Mark Cuban, U.S. owner of the Dallas Mavericks
• Ben Davidson, U.S. football player
• Al Davis, U.S. owner of the Oakland Raiders
• Ren� Dreyfus, French Grand Prix auto racing champion
• Deena Drossin, U.S. long-distance and marathon runner
• Bernie Ecclestone, British owner of F1 racing
• Steve Ellman, U.S. owner of the Phoenix Coyotes
• Theo Epstein, U.S. General Manager of the Boston Red Sox
• Page Falkenberg, U.S. professional wrestler
• Jay Fiedler, U.S. football player
• Benny Friedman, U.S. football player elected to Hall of Fame in 2005
• Marty Friedman, U.S. basketball player
• Joel Gertner, U.S. professional wrestler manager
• Malcolm Glazer, U.S. owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United
• Bill Goldberg, U.S. professional wrestler, NFL player
• Shawn Green, U.S. baseball player
• Hank Greenberg, U.S. baseball player
• Randy Grossman, U.S. football player
• Alfr�d Haj�s, Hungarian swimmer
• Jeff Halpern, U.S. hockey player
• Michael Hayes, U.S. professional wrestler
• Paul Heyman, U.S. professional wrestling manager & promoter
• Melissa Hiatt, U.S. professional wrestling valet
• Ken Holtzman, U.S. baseball player
• Glen Jacobs, U.S. professional wrestler
• Bob Kraft, U.S. owner of the New England Patriots
• Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born U.S. swimmer
• Sandy Koufax, U.S. baseball player
• Marv Levy, U.S. football coach
• Scott Levy, U.S. professional wrestler
• Sid Luckman, U.S. football player
• Ron Mix, U.S. football player
• Art Modell U.S. owner of the Baltimore Ravens
• Kevin Nash, U.S. professional wrestler
• Brian Pillman, U.S. professional wrestler
• Randy Poffo, U.S. professional wrestler
• Jerry Reinsdorf U.S. owner of the Chicago Bulls, owner of the Chicago White Sox
• Barney Ross, U.S. world champion boxer
• Mike Rossman, U.S. world champion boxer (Jewish mother)
• Jerome Saganovich, U.S. professional wrestler
• Abe Saperstein, U.S. founder of the Harlem Globetrotters
• Dolph Schayes, U.S. basketball player
• Mathieu Schneider, U.S. hockey player
• Bud Selig, U.S. baseball commissioner
• Dean Simon, U.S. professional wrestler
• Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player
• Ed Snider, U.S. owner of the Philadelphia Flyers
• Mark Spitz, U.S. olympic swimmer
• David Stern, U.S. basketball commissioner
• Steve Stone, U.S. baseball player
• Daniel Suher, U.S. cross country runner
• Paul Tagliabue, U.S. NFL commissioner
• James Toney, U.S. world champion boxer
• Dara Torres, U.S. 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, U.S. basketball player
• Brian Yandrisovitz, U.S. professional wrestler

Miscellaneous

• Moshe Bar, Open Source/Linux software notable, founder of Qlusters, Inc, book author and project manager of openMosix clustering software
• Gypsy Boots, U.S. health guru and TV personality
• Howard Braham, Inventor
• Kitty Carlisle, U.S. game show panelist
• Alex Chiu, inventor of "immortality ring" (by religion only)
• Judith Steinberg Dean, medical doctor and wife of U.S. Democratic politician governor Howard Dean
• Kitty Dukakis, wife of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate governor Michael Dukakis
• Barry Greenstein, U.S. professional poker player and philanthropist
• Monty Hall, Canadian game show host
• Nigella Lawson, British cooking show host
• Monica Lewinsky, U.S. intern to President Bill Clinton
• Cindy Margolis, supermodel and Internet businesswoman
• Bill Nye, U.S. scientist and TV personality (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
• Max Nordau, Hungarian Zionist leader
• Judith A. Resnik, U.S. astronaut, killed on space shuttle Challenger
• Geraldo Rivera, U.S. talk show host (Jewish mother)
• Morton Shulman, Canadian physician, coroner, politician and talk show host; inspiration for Canadian TV series Wojeck and U.S. TV series Quincy, M.E.
• Richard Simmons, U.S. health guru and TV personality (mother Jewish)
• Jerry Springer, U.S. talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Ben Stein, U.S. actor, lawyer, game show host and former Presidential speech writer
• Karl Targownik, prominent psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor
• Michel Thomas, French/American language teacher
• Lindsey Vuolo, U.S. Playboy Playmate (Jewish mother, father converted from Catholicism)

Personalities with distant and/or 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 Islamic or Jewish Conversos)
• Stephen Fry, comedian and author (maternal grandparents are Jewish)
• Zsa Zsa Gabor and Eva Gabor, U.S. 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 U.S. 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)
• Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State (father's side has Jewish strain through Broomfield according to his autobiography)
• Elvis Presley, U.S. musician (maternal great-great-grandmother Nancy Tackett, nee Burdine, was, or at least believed to have been Jewish)
• Carlos Santana, Mexican-born U.S. musician (acknowledges descent from Conversos)
• Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary (one grandparent was Jewish)
• Meryl Streep, U.S. actress (acknowledges distant Jewish heritage: great-grandparent)
• Raoul Wallenberg, Protector of Jews during Holocaust (one Jewish great-great grandparent)
• Caspar Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense (Christian, paternal grandfather was Jewish)
• Pete Sampras, paternal grandmother was Jewish
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, paternal grandparents were 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
• 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 U.S. 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 U.S. sitcom Friends
• Ross Geller, from U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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
• Jane Smith, character played by Angelina Jolie in Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• 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
• Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, from Sex and the City (converted)
• Toby Ziegler, from the U.S. drama "The West Wing" (Richard Schiff, who plays the character, is Jewish in real life)
• Doctor Zoidberg from U.S. TV Cartoon Show "Futurama"

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