This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
Academics Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist Yaakov Bar-Shalom, electrical engineer J. J. Benjamin, historian Martin Bercovici, energy engineer Noël Bernard, journalist Randolph L. Braham, political scientist, historian Nicolae Cajal, virologist and Jewish community leader Gedeon Dagan, hydrologist Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, sociologist and Marxist theorist Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist Zicman Feider, biologist, acarologistContribution of the Romanian Jews to Culture and Civilisation, Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, Hasefer Press, Bucharest, 2004, Herman Finer, political scientist "Mr. Herman Finer, an Englishman, Jewish"; born Jassy, Roumania (Who was Who) Peter Freund, theoretical physicist Moses Gaster, hakham (Sephardi scholar & Rabi), linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leader Lucien Goldmann, philosopher, critic, sociologist Alexandru Graur, linguist Michael Harsgor, historian Joseph M. Juran, industrial engineer Ernest Klein, linguist Charles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist Liviu Librescu, physicistJewish Chronicle, Apr 20 2007 p.3 Mario Livio, astrophysicist Edward Luttwak, economist and historian Norman Manea, writer and college professor Meinhard E. Mayer, physicist Serge Moscovici, social psychologist Victor Neumann, historian and political analyst Andrei Oișteanu, historian and anthropologist Zigu Ornea, literary critic Julius Popper, explorer Lazăr Șăineanu, (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folklorist Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historian Heimann Hariton Tiktin, linguist Vladimir Tismăneanu, historian and political analyst David Wechsler, psychologist Avram Leib Zissu, political leader, Zionist activist, author, opinion journalist
Mathematicians Peter Constantin, mathematician David Emmanuel, mathematician Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024), mathematician and lawyer Sergiu Hart, mathematician, economist George Lusztig, mathematician Sergiu Klainerman, mathematician Solomon Marcus, mathematician Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician
Artists Avigdor Arikha, painter Victor Brauner, painter and photographer Sorel Etrog, sculptor André François, painter and graphic artist Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor Marcel Iancu, architect and painter Iosif Iser, painter Isidore Isou, Letterist Alex Leon, painter Moissaye Marans, sculptor M. H. Maxy, painter Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, painter Reuven Rubin, painter Herman Sachs, muralist Arthur Segal, painter Saul Steinberg, cartoonist Hedda Sterne, painter, sculptor and graphic artist Nicolae Vermont, painter and graphic artist Jean Weinberg, photographer Medi Dinu, painter
Business people Max Auschnitt, financier Emil Calmanovici, financier and communist activist Safra Catz, business executive Solomon Leibovici, financier Eduardo Saverin (grandson of a Romanian Jew), co-founder of Facebook
Film and stage figures Israil Bercovici, playwright Lauren Bacall, actress Lucian Bratu, director/film producer Christian Calson, director/writer I. A. L. Diamond, screenwriter Abraham Goldfaden, founder of Yiddish-language theater Henric Hirsch, director Marin Karmitz, director, producer Elina Löwensohn, actress Sigmund Mogulesko Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress Bernard Natan, film producer Ovitz family, circus actors and traveling musicians Edward G. Robinson, actor Winona Ryder, actress Abba SchoengoldJacob Adler, "A Life on the Stage: A Memoir", translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, . 68, 125, 203, 221 Dumitru Solomon, playwright Jacob Sternberg, director Yael Stone, actress
Miscellaneous Iancu Țucărman, Holocaust and Iași pogrom survivor
Musicians Art Garfunkel, composer, singer-songwriter Dana International, Israeli singer and musician Shlomo Artzi, musician now living in Israel Dan Bittman, singer Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer Dumitru Bughici composer, pianist Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, violinist Alma Gluck, soprano Sarah Gorby singer Clara Haskil, pianist Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer Gabriel Iranyi, composer Mindru Katz, pianist Max Leibowitz violinist and bandleader Sammy Lerner, composer Yoel Levi, conductor Sergiu Luca, violinist Radu Lupu, pianist Silvia Marcovici, violinist Ion Marin, conductor Abraham Moskowitz, singer and theatre actor Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer Simon Paskal singer, cantor and theatre actor Mendi Rodan. conductor, composer and violinist. Beverly Sills, opera singer
Political figures Martin Abern, Trotskyist activist Colette Avital, Israeli politician Davicion Bally, public servant Olga Bancic, communist activist Silviu Brucan, communist politician and dissident Simion Bughici, communist politician Avram Bunaciu, communist politician Iosif Chișinevschi, communist politician Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea, communist activist Mișu Dulgheru, communist activist, spy Miriam Eshkol, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol Max Goldstein, communist activist Michael Howard, British politician Serge Klarsfeld, anti-Nazi activist David Korner, Trotskyist activist Alex Kozinski, judge Leon Lichtblau, communist activist Samuel Leibowitz, attorney Vasile Luca, communist politician Gheorghe Gaston Marin, communist politician Nati Meir, politician Ghiță Moscu, communist activist and politician Alexandru Nicolschi, communist politician Ana Pauker, communist politician Marcel Pauker, communist politician Mircea Răceanu, diplomat and dissident (Jewish father) Leonte Răutu, communist politician Valter Roman, communist politician Petre Roman, politician (Jewish father) Leonte Tismăneanu, communist politician Ghizela Vass, communist activist
Religious figures Moses Gaster, rabbi, philologist, community leader, early Zionist David L. Genuth, rabbi Ernest Klein, rabbi Moses Rosen, rabbi Moses Josef Rubin, rabbi Alexandru Șafran, rabbi Meir Shapiro, rabbi Nicolae Steinhardt, Christian Orthodox monk (Jewish father) Richard Wurmbrand, minister of religion
Sportspeople
Baseball
Harry Feldman Hank Greenberg Bud Selig Kevin Youkilis
Basketball Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion
Boxing Victor Zilberman, boxer
Canoeing Leon Rotman, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles
Chess Abraham Baratz, chess player Alexandru Tyroler, chess player Bernardo Wexler, chess player
Fencing Andre Spitzer, fencing master and coach
Football Itay Shechter, soccer player Avi Strool, soccer player Samuel Zauber, late soccer player Rudolf Wetzer, late soccer player Jack Moisescu, late soccer player Elemer Hirsch, late soccer player Nicolae Hönigsberg, late soccer player Norberto Höfling, late soccer player
Table tennis Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF
Writers Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018), novelist and Holocaust survivor Iuliu Barasch, physician and writer Zelig Bardichever, poet and songwriter Max Blecher, writer Srul Bronshtein, poet Nina Cassian, poet Paul Celan, poet Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist Vladimir Colin, short story writer and novelist Benjamin Fondane, poet, playwright, and literary critic Abraham Goldfaden, poet and playwright Alexandru Hâjdeu, writer, founding member of the Romanian Academy.http://filosofieromaneasca.uv.ro/bogdanpetriceicuhasdeu.htm Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman, songwriter, journalist and actor D. Iacobescu, poet Isidore Isou, poet Irving Layton, poet Stan Lee (1922–2018) born Stanley Martin Lieber, writer, editor, publisher, and co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe. Gherasim Luca, poet Isac Ludo, novelist Norman Manea, novelist Cilibi Moise, storyteller and humorist Florin Mugur, author (poetry, prose, essays) Sașa Pană, poet and short story writer Maurice Samuel, novelist Elias Schwarzfeld, historian and novelist Mihail Sebastian, playwright Nicolae Steinhardt, writer (Jewish father) Alexandru Toma, poet Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist, founder of Dadaism Tudor Vianu, literary critic Ilarie Voronca, poet and essayist Elie Wiesel, writer Haralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writer Gellu Naum, poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator (Jewish Mother, Maria Naum née Rosa Gluck)
See also History of the Jews in Romania :Category:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
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