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List of Scottish Jews

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List of Scottish Jews

This is a list of Scottish people of some Jewish background, or Jewish people with a Scottish background or connection.

Contents

See History of the Jews in Scotland for more information.

Academic figures and scientists

  • Charlotte Auerbach, geneticist
  • Philip Cohen, FRS FRSE researcher, academic and Royal Medal winner; based at St Andrews and Dundee
  • David Daiches, writer and literary critic; father of Jenni Calder
  • Jack David Dunitz, chemist
  • Alfred Edersheim, Bible scholar
  • Charles Frank, maker of scientific instruments
  • Ralph Glasser, psychologist, economist, author of The Gorbals Trilogy
  • Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg, Emeritus Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow
  • Philip Hobsbaum, academic and literary critic at Glasgow University; an influence on many Scottish writers as diverse as Aonghas MacNeacail and Jeff Torrington
  • Peter Kravitz, editor of the compilation Contemporary Scottish Fiction; literary critic
  • Stefan Reif, professor
  • J. M. Robson, geneticist and physicist, lived and worked in Edinburgh
  • George Sassoon, scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author; buried on Mull, where he spent much of his childhood
  • Leonard Schapiro, historian
  • Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, contemporary Torah scholar and author

    • Arts, literature and music

  • Jenni Calder, literary figure and daughter of David Daiches
  • Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humourist
  • Hannah Frank, sculptor, studied under Benno Schotz
  • Muriel Gray, author, The Tube presenter
  • Jeremy Isaacs, broadcaster
  • Mark Knopfler, co-founder (with brother David), lead vocalist, and lead guitarist for the band Dire Straits
  • Macdonald brothers, grandsons of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger
  • Andrew Macdonald, producer, Trainspotting
  • Kevin Macdonald, director, Touching the Void
  • Isi Metzstein, modernist architect
  • Saul Metzstein, director of Late Night Shopping
  • Rebecca Pidgeon, actress, singer and songwriter, grew up in Edinburgh
  • Shulman brothers (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound; Gentle Giant), rock musicians, born in Glasgow
  • Derek Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
  • Phil Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
  • Ray Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
  • J David Simons, author
  • Muriel Spark, writer, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • Scottie Wilson, artist and designer, born in Glasgow
  • Eric Woolfson, musician and composer, founding member of The Alan Parsons Project

    • Politicians

  • Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative MP
  • Manny Shinwell, Labour MP

    • Athletes

  • Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) boxing champion welterweight

    • Business and the professions

  • Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, first female Court of Session judge
  • Esta Henry, art and antiques dealer in the 20th century
  • Sir Isaac Wolfson, businessman and philanthropist

    • Religious and communal leaders

  • Rabbi Salis Daiches, father of David Daiches
  • Rabbi Cyril Harris, Chief Rabbi of South Africa
  • Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman
  • Rabbi Yaakov Benzion Mendelson
  • Rabbi Nancy Morris, the first female rabbi in Scotland
  • Rabbi Louis Isaac Rabinowitz
  • Rabbi Naftoli Shapiro

    • Show business

  • Ronni Ancona (Sephardi), comedian
  • Arnold Brown, comedian

    • People of Scottish-Jewish heritage / Jews of Scottish extraction

  • Simon Cowell, British presenter of The X Factor
  • David Duchovny, American actor, X-Files
  • Isla Fisher, Australian actress, born to Scottish parents, converted to Judaism upon marriage to Sacha Baron Cohen; has described herself as "quite observant"
  • Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist, librettist, and theatrical producer
  • Zarif, singer

    • References

    List of Scottish Jews Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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