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List of Jews by country
The following is a list of prominent Jews from across the Jewish diaspora, with one example from each country and a link to a list for that country.
See also main article: List of Jews.
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Algeria (list) – Jacques Derrida, philosopher
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Antigua & Barbuda (list) – Jamaica Kincaid, writer (convert)
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Argentina (list) – Lalo Schifrin , composer
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Australia (list) – John Monash, WWI general
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Austria (list) – Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst
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Azerbaijan (list) – Lev Landau, physicist
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Belarus (list) – Marc Chagall, painter
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Belgium (list) – Ilya Prigogine, chemist
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Bosnia-Herzegovina (list) – Isak Samokovlija , writer
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Brazil (list) – Clarice Lispector, writer
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Bulgaria (list) – Elias Canetti, writer
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Cameroon (list) – Yaphet Kotto, actor (Cameroonian father)
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Canada (list) – Leonard Cohen, singer & poet
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Chile (list) – Ariel Dorfman, playwright
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China (list) – Michael Kadoorie, businessman
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Colombia (list) – Jorge Isaacs , poet
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Croatia (list) – Mira Furlan, actor
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Cuba (list) – Fabio Grobart , communist party founder
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Cyprus (list) – Mike Brant , French-based singer
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Czech Republic (list) – Franz Kafka, writer
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Denmark (list) – Arne Jacobsen, architect & designer
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DR Congo (list) – Olivier Strelli , fashion designer
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Egypt (list) – Sylvain Sylvain, musician
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El Salvador (list) – Juan Lindo , president (half-Jewish)
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Estonia (list) – Louis I. Kahn, architect
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Finland (list) – Moses Pergament , composer
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France (list) – Emile Durkheim, sociologist
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French Polynesia (list) – Alexander Salmon , Tahitian prince
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Georgia (list) – Melvin Calvin, chemist (Georgian mother)
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Germany (list) – Albert Einstein, physicist
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Greece (list) – Hank Azaria, actor (Greek grandparents)
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Guatemala (list) – Francisco Goldman , author (half Jewish)
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Guyana (list) – Janet Jagan, president
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Honduras (list) – Ricardo Maduro, president
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Hungary (list) – John Von Neumann, mathematician
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Iceland (list) – Dorrit Moussaieff , first lady
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India (list) – Nissim Ezekiel, poet
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Indonesia (list) – Xaviera Hollander, writer (half-Jewish)
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Iran (list) – Elie Tahari , fashion designer
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Iraq (list) – Maurice & Charles Saatchi, advertisers
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Ireland (list) – John Desmond Bernal, scientist (half-Jewish)
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Israel (list*) – Itzhak Perlman, violinist (*most are Jewish)
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Italy (list) – Amedeo Modigliani, artist
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Jamaica (list) – Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records (half Jewish)
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Japan (list) – David Rosen , founder of SEGA (unconfirmed)
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Kazakhstan (list) – Vladimir Zhirinovsky, poltician (half-Jewish)
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Kyrgyzstan (list) – Alexander Mashkevich , businessman
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Latvia (list) – Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
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Lebanon (list) – Edmond Safra , banker
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Lithuania (list) – Emma Goldman, anarchist
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Luxembourg (list) – Hugo Gernsback, science-fiction pioneer (unconfirmed)
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Macedonia (list) – Esma Redzepova , Romany singer (half-Jewish) (unconfirmed)
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Mali (list) – Marvin Pontiac , R&B singer (half-Jewish)
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Mexico (list) – Frida Kahlo, painter (half-Jewish)
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Moldova (list) – William F. Friedman, cryptologist
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Monaco (list) – Franz Schreker, composer (half Jewish)
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Morocco (list) – Natacha Atlas, singer (half-Jewish)
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Mozambique (list) – Ruth First, ANC activist
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Myanmar (list) – Ike Isaacs , jazz player
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Netherlands (list) – Baruch Spinoza, philosopher
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Netherlands Antilles (list) – Daniel De Leon, socialist leader
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New Zealand (list) – Julius Vogel, prime-minister
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Norway (list) – Jo Benkow, opposition leader
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Panama (list) – Eric Arturo Delvalle , president
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Peru (list) – Meredith Monk, performance artist
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Poland (list) – Roman Polanski, director
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Portugal (list) – Luis De Torres, explorer
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Romania (list) – Tristan Tzara, poet
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Russia (list) – Boris Pasternak, poet
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Serbia and Montenegro (list) – Danilo Kis , writer (half-Jewish)
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Singapore (list) – David Saul Marshall, Chief Minister
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Slovakia (list) – Ivan Reitman, film director
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Slovenia (list) – Alexander Beliavsky, chess player (unconfirmed)
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South Africa (list) – Nadine Gordimer, writer
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Spain (list) – Maimonides, philosopher
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Sudan (list) – Nessim Gaon , financier
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Sweden (list) – Oskar Klein, physicist
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Switzerland (list) – Felix Bloch, physicist
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Syria (list) – Jerry Seinfeld, actor (Syrian mother)
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Tajikistan (list) – Moses Znaimer, tv producer
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Trinidad and Tobago (list) – Nathaniel Nathan , chief justice
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Tunisia (list) – Alain Boublil, librettist
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Turkey (list) – Neil Sedaka, singer/songwriter (Turkish father)
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Ukraine (list) – Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
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United Kingdom (list) – Harold Pinter, playwright
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United States (list) – Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter
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Uruguay (list) – Gisele Ben-Dor , conductor
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Uzbekistan (list) – Yefim Bronfman, pianist
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Venezuela (list) – Baruj Benacerraf , immunologist
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Virgin Islands (UK) (list) – Camille Pissarro, artist
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Virgin Islands (US) (list) – Judah Benjamin, politician
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Yemen (list) – Ofra Haza, singer (Yemenite parents)
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Zambia (list) – Stanley Fischer, economist
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Zimbabwe (list) – Alexander Pines , chemist
See also: List of people by nationality
Last updated: 02-18-2005 23:40:04
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55
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