List of Sephardic Jews
The following is a list of Sephardic Jews. See also List of Iberian Jews.
This is a list of Jews of Sephardic ancestry.
A
- Abraham Amigo, Israeli rabbi of Sepharadi descent
- Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain
- Lior Ashkenazi, Israeli actor
- Ben Ashkenazy, American billionaire real estate developer
- Moran Atias, an Israeli-American actress
- Jacques Attali, Algerian-born French economist, advisor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991
- Hank Azaria American actor and known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated series The Simpsons
- Max Azria Tunisian-born American fashion designer
B
- Yves Béhar, Swiss designer, entrepreneur and sustainability advocate
- Judah P. Benjamin, American politician and statesman
- Aldo Bensadoun, Canadian businessman, founder of the ALDO Group
- Maurice Berger, cultural historian, art critic, curator
- John Berman, news anchor for CNN.
- Miri Bohadana, Israeli actress, model, and presenter
- Can Bonomo, Turkish singer
- Alain de Botton, Swiss writer and philosopher
- Alain Boublil, Tunisian-born French lyricist of the musical Les Misérables
- Caryl Brahms, British writer
- June Brown, British actress
- Tony Bullimore, British yachtsman
C
- Neve Campbell, Canadian film and television actress
- David Samuel Carasso, 19th-century traveler and writer
- Isaac and Daniel Carasso, founders of Danone
- Benjamin N. Cardozo, Supreme Court Justice
- Gabrielle Carteris, American actress best known for her role in the TV series 90210
- Omri Casspi, Israeli NBA player
- Jacob Castello, 17th-century poet
- Joseph Cayre, co-founder of record label Salsoul Records, video tape distributor and producer GoodTimes Entertainment, and video game publisher GT Interactive Software.
- Stanley Chera, American real estate developer
- Joseph Chetrit, an American real estate investor and developer and founder of the Chetrit Group.
- Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
- Hélène Cixous, Algerian-born French feminist critic
- Maurice Abraham Cohen, educator
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Jean-François Copé, French politician; former President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the French National Assembly; Sephardic mother
D
- Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-born Israeli politician & one of the founders of Shas.
- Jacques Derrida, Algerian-born French philosopher
- Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Patrick Drahi, billionaire founder of international news channel i24news
- Victor Drai, nightclub owner, entrepreneur and film producer.
- Julien Dray, Algerian-born French politician, member of the National Assembly for the Socialist Party
- Solomon Dwek former American real estate investor and convicted felon
G
- Meir Shmuel Gabay, first and only Israeli to be elected to the United Nations General Assembly for any office.
- Yakir Gabay, Israeli-born billionaire who founded Aroundtown SA. Son of Meir Shmuel Gabay.
- Sonia Gardner, co-founder of hedge fund Avenue Capital Management
- Sonny Gindi, co-founder of the Century 21department store.
- Lewis Goldsmith, Anglo-French journalist and political writer
- Eydie Gormé, American singer.
- Eva Green, French actress and model
- Philip Guedalla, biographer
H
- Joseph Hackmey Israeli businessman and art collector.
- Tzachi Halevy, Israeli actor best known for the TV series Fauda
- Gisèle Halimi, French civil rights advocate and feminist
- Serge Halimi, French journalist and newspaper editor
- Eli Harari, founder of SanDisk
- Serge Haroche, French physicist
- Sir Joshua Hassan, Gibraltarian politician, and first Mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar
- Jacob Hassan, Spanish academic, writer, and university professor
- Daniel G. Hedaya, American actor
- Sir Basil Henriques, philanthropist
- Jack Hidary, technology entrepreneur and researcher
- Murray Hidary, composer, fine art photographer and entrepreneur.
J
- Mitchell R. Julis, co-founding partner of Los Angeles hedge fund Canyon Capital Advisors.
K
- Moshe Kahlon, Israeli politician, Minister of Finance since 2015
- Paul Kodish, British professional drummer
L
- Albert Laboz, New York City real estate developer
- Marc Lasry, American billionaire financier
- Mélanie Laurent, French actress, singer, pianist, director, and screenwriter
- Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet, best remembered for her sonnet engraved on the Statue of Liberty
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian physician and neurobiologist
- Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher
- David Levy, former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Housing and Construction and as a Minister without Portfolio
- Eugene Levy Canadian actor
- Jackie Levy, Israeli politician and former mayor of Beit She'an
- Orly Levy, Israeli politician and former member of Yisrael Beiteinu
M
- Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
- Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer, actress, and television personality
- Paul Marciano, co-founder of Guess? Inc.
- Phil Margo, American Musician, member of The Tokens
- David Mazouz, American actor best known for Gotham
- Lea Michele, American actress best known for Glee.
- Fred Melamed, American actor and writer
- Raphael Meldola, British chemist and first president of the Maccabaeans
- Raphael Meldola, English rabbi
- Pierre Mendès France, French politician, Prime Minister 1954-55
- Daniel Mendoza, 19th-century English pugilist, prizefighter
- David Mimran, film producer and director. Married to former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Julie Ordon. Son of Jean-Claude Mimran.
- Jean Claude Mimran, French businessman & former owner of Lamborghini. Father of David Mimran. Brother of Patrick Mimran.
- Patrick Mimran, former owner & CEO of Lamborghini. Brother of Jean Claude Mimran & uncle of David Mimran.
- Yosef Mizrachi, Israeli-born haredi rabbi based in Monsey, New York
- Ken Moelis, American businessman and billionaire, founder of Moelis & Company
- Frederic Mocatta, English philanthropist
- Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter
- Moses Montefiore, British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London
- Edgar Morin, French sociologist and philosopher
- Georges Moustaki, French singer-songwriter
N
- David Nahmad, billionaire fine art dealer
- Ezra Nahmad, billionaire art collector and dealer
- Helly Nahmad , owner of Helly Nahmad London, and son of Ezra Nahmad
- Helly Nahmad , owner of Helly Nahmad Gallery in New York, and son of Ezra's brother David Nahmad
- Moses ben Nahman, medieval Jewish scholar and rabbi
- Géraldine Nakache, French actress, director, and screenwriter
- Joseph Nakash, co-founder of Jordache Enterprises, Inc.
O
- Jerry Orbach, actor best known for roles in Dirty Dancing and Law & Order
P
- Abraham Palacci, grand rabbi of Izmir
- Rahamim Nissim Palacci, grand rabbi of Izmir
- Joseph Palacci, rabbi of Izmir
- Charles Palache, American mineralogist
- Haim Palachi, grand rabbi of Izmir
- Samuel Pallache, Moroccan-Dutch envoy, corsair
- Joseph De la Penha, Dutch trader
- Murray Perahia, American concert pianist
- Rafi Peretz, Israeli Minister of Education
- Victor Perez, Tunisian boxer
- Abraham Cohen Pimentel, Head Rabbi of the Portuguese / Spanish Synagogue of Amsterdam
- Azaria Piccio, Venetian
- Daniel Pinto , British-French financier
- Inês Pires, Mistress of King John I of Portugal; ancestor of Dukes and Portuguese Kings of the House of Braganza and many of European royalty and nobility
R
- Lior Raz, Israeli screenwriter & actor best known for starring in Fauda
- Miri Regev, Israeli MK of Likud
- Daniela Ruah, Portuguese-American actress
S
- Haim Saban, Israeli-American billionaire who founded Saban Entertainment
- Safdie brothers, American independent film directors
- Haym Salomon, Polish-born American businessman who helped finance the American Revolutionary War
- Silvio Santos, Brazilian entertainer and businessman; born Senor Abravanel, descendant of Don Isaac Abravanel
- Hugh Sebag Montefiore, British Historian and Lawyer
- Simon Sebag Montefiore, British historian
- Jerry Seinfeld, American stand-up comedian known for playing titular character in TV series Seinfeld
- Vic Seixas, American Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis player
- Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor; Knight of the Realm
- David Serero, French architect; sephardi ancestors from Morocco
- David Serero, French opera singer and actor; sephardi ancestors from Morocco
- Silvan Shalom, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Israel
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
- Joseph Sitt, founder of global real estate company Thor Equities.
- Raphael Soriano, Rhodes-born California Mid-Century Modern architect
- Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Portuguese origin
- Henry Stern , California State Senator
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politician; Finance Minister, 1997–99; President of the International Monetary Fund, 2007–11; Sephardic mother
- Jeff Sutton , American real estate developer and billionaire
T
- Alona Tal, Israeili singer and actress
- Isaac Touro, Touro College named in his honor. Touro Syn Father of Judah Touro.
- Judah Touro, American businessmen & philanthropist. Touro College & Touro Synagogue are named in his honor.
- Yitzhak Tshuva, Israeli businessman and chairman of El-Ad Group
W
- Len Wein, American comic book writer & co-creator of DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine
Z
- Ahmed Zayat, owner of Thoroughbred racer horses and Triple Crown winner American Pharaoh.
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