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List of Sephardic Jews

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

Contents

This is a list of notable Jews of Sephardic ancestry.

A

  • Abraham Amigo, Palestinian rabbi of Sepharadi descent
  • Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain

    • B

  • Yves Béhar, designer, entrepreneur and sustainability advocate
  • Maurice Berger, cultural historian, art critic, curator (Sephardic mother; father Ashkenazi Jew)
  • Can Bonomo, Turkish singer
  • Alain de Botton, Swiss writer and philosopher
  • Alain Boublil, Tunisian-born lyricist of the musical Les Misérables
  • Caryl Brahms, writer
  • June Brown, British actress
  • Tony Bullimore, British yachtsman

    • C

  • Neve Campbell (1973 - ), Canadian film and television actress (Scream)
  • Isaac and Daniel Carasso, founders of Danone
  • Maurice Abraham Cohen, educator

    • G

  • Lewis Goldsmith, journalist and political writer
  • Philip Guedalla, biographer

    • H

  • Rita Hayworth, actress, dancer
  • Sir Basil Henriques, philanthropist

    • K

  • Paul Kodish, professional drummer

    • M

  • Raphael Meldola, chemist and first president of the Maccabaeans
  • Daniel Mendoza, 19th-century pugilist, prizefighter
  • Frederic Mocatta, philanthropist

    • 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
  • Murray Perahia, American concert pianist
  • 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

    • S

  • Peter Sellers, comedian and actor; Knight of the Realm.; born Richard Henry Sellers
  • David Serero, opera singer and actor; Sephardi descendant from Morocco
  • Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Portuguese origin.

    • T

  • Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Russian-American artist

    • References

    List of Sephardic Jews Wikipedia
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