List of Sephardic Jews

The following is a list of Sephardic Jews. See also List of Iberian Jews.

This is a list of notable Jews of Sephardic ancestry.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

A

  • Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508), Portuguese-born Spanish philosopher, rabbi, economist and Orthodox Jewish theologist.
  • José Aboulker (1920-2009), French resistance fighter and neurosurgeon.
  • Senor Abravanel (1930-), Brazilian businessman, media tycoon and television host. Direct descendant of Isaac Abravanel.
  • Abraham Amigo (1610-1683), Israeli rabbi of Sepharadi descent[1]
  • Benjamin Artom (1835-1879), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain[2]
  • Lior Ashkenazi (1969-), Israeli actor
  • Ben Ashkenazy (1968/69-), American billionaire real estate developer
  • Moran Atias (1981-), Israeli-American actress
  • Jacques Attali (1943-), Algerian-born French economist, advisor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991
  • Hank Azaria (1964-) American actor, known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated series The Simpsons
  • Max Azria (1949-2019) Tunisian-born American fashion designer

B

C

D

F

  • Predrag Finci (1946-), Bosnian-British philosopher, author, and essayist
  • Jacque Fresco (1916-2017), American futurist, industrial engineer, social designer and the founder of The Venus Project

G

H

J

K

  • Moshe Kahlon (1960-), Israeli politician, Minister of Finance since 2015
  • Paul Kodish (1965-), British professional drummer

L

M

N

O

P

. Principe/Prince family

R

S

T

V

  • ״Nani״ Noam Vazana (1982-), Israeli-Portuguese Singer, Trombonist and Composer and CEO of Why DIY Music

W

Z

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1399-amigo-abraham [bare URL]
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ Lee, Felicia. "Facing Down His Color as a Path to Privilege," The New York Times (5 May 1999), pp. E1, 10; reprinted as "A Writer Confronts His Color as A Path to Privilege," in The International Herald Tribune (6 May 1999)
  4. ^ Obituary, Jewish Chronicle Dec 10, 1982 p.12
  5. ^ "Bullimore's sister buoyed by rabbis' support", Jewish Chronicle January 24, 1997 p.1
  6. ^ "Newsday.com / The Library @ newsday.com". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
  7. ^ "Public Histoire - Sagas - Le TGV". www.public-histoire.com. Archived from the original on 2001-09-07.
  8. ^ "Helene Cixous".
  9. ^ "DERRIDA - TRIBUTE TO JACQUES DERRIDA (1930-2004) previously at Film Forum in New York City". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2007.
  10. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "he was of Portuguese Jewish descent"
  11. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "the only son of David Guedalla, an almond broker in Mincing Lane, who came from a Spanish-Jewish family... He was buried in Golders Green Jewish cemetery"
  12. ^ "Leadership of Sephardic Community Alliance".
  13. ^ independent.co.uk: Obituary: Sir Joshua Hassan
  14. ^ Jacob M. Hassán
  15. ^ El pueblo de Estella dedicará una de sus calles al ceutí Jacob Hassan Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born into old, established Jewish family"
  17. ^ Horder, John (5 March 1993). "Obituary: Delia de Leon". The Independent.
  18. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica 11:1290
  19. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "The Mocatta family were Jews driven from the Iberian peninsula in 1492"
  20. ^ Isabel Violante Pereira, "De Mendo da Guarda a D. Manuel I," Lisbon: Livros Horizonte, 2001. Notice that Inês Pires is only presently presented as a conversa, and that for centuries there was no known doubt regarding her non-Jewish Portuguese ethnicity (which, of course could have been hidden for religious and political reasons, her being the mother of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza).