List of Romanian Jews

Academics

Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist

J. J. Benjamin, historian

Martin Bercovici, energy engineer

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

David Emmanuel, mathematician

Zicman Feider, biologist, acarologist

Herman Finer, political scientist

Peter Freund, theoretical physicist

Moses Gaster, chakham, linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leader

Lucien Goldmann, philosopher, critic, sociologist

Alexandru Graur, linguist

Sergiu Hart, mathematician, economist

Michael Harsgor, historian

Joseph M. Juran, industrial engineer

Ernest Klein, linguist

Charles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist

Liviu Librescu, physicist

Mario Livio, astrophysicist

George Lusztig, mathematician

Edward Luttwak, economist and historian

Norman Manea, writer and college professor

Solomon Marcus, mathematician

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

Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician

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

Artists

Avigdor Arikha, painter

Victor Brauner, painter and photographer

Sorel Etrog, sculptor

André François, painter and graphic artist (Jewish father)

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

Film and stage figures

Marcel Blossoms Blumen, journalist/film director

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

Marin Karmitz, director, producer

Elina Löwensohn, actress

Bela Lugosi, actor

Sigmund Mogulesko

Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress^[2]

Bernard Natan, film producer

Ovitz family, circus actors and traveling musicians

Edward G. Robinson, actor

Abba Schoengold

Dumitru Solomon, playwright

Jacob Sternberg, director

Musicians

Dana International, israeli singer and musician

Shlomo Artzi, musician now living in Israel

Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer

Alma Gluck, soprano

Clara Haskil, pianist

Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer

Gabriel Iranyi, composer

Mindru Katz, pianist

Sammy Lerner, composer

Yoel Levi, conductor

Sergiu Luca, violinist

Radu Lupu, pianist

Silvia Marcovici, violinist

Ion Marin,conductor

Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician

Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer

Arnold Rosé, violinist

Efim Schachmeister, violinist and bandleader

Beverly Sills, opera singer

Mendi Rodan. conductor, composer and violinist.

Political figures

Martin Abern, Trotskyist activist

Colette Avital, Israeli politician

Olga Bancic, communist activist

Silviu Brucan, communist politician and dissident

Miriam Eshkol, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol

Ghiță Moscu, communist activist and politician

Simion Bughici, communist politician

Gheorghe Stoica, communist activist and politician

Iosif Chișinevschi, communist politician

Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea, communist activist

Max Goldstein, communist activist

Leonte Răutu, communist politician

David Korner, Trotskyist activist

Alex Kozinski, judge

Mihail Roller, communist politician

Serge Klarsfeld, anti-Nazi activist

Leon Lichtblau, communist activist

Samuel Leibowitz, attorney

Vasile Luca, communist politician

Mișu Dulgheru, communist activist, spy

Gheorghe Gaston Marin, communist politician

Nati Meir, politician

Alexandru Nicolschi, communist politician

Ana Pauker, communist politician

Avram Bunaciu, communist politician

Marcel Pauker, communist politician

Mircea Răceanu, diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)

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

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

Baseball

Kevin Youkilis

Hank Greenberg

Bud Selig

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

Soccer (association football)

Itay Shechter, soccer player

Avi Strool, soccer player

Samuel Zauber, late soccer player

Rudolf Wetzer, late soccer player

Table tennis

Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF

Writers

Iuliu Barasch, physician and 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

Isidore Isou, poet

Irving Layton, poet

Stan Lee 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

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

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)