Apart from France, established Jewish populations exist in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. With the original medieval populations wiped out by the Black Death and the pogroms that followed it, the current Dutch and Belgian communities originate in the Jewish expulsion from Spain and Portugal, while a Swiss community was only established after emancipation in 1874. However, the vast majority of the population in the Netherlands and a large proportion of the one in Belgium were murdered in the Holocaust , and much of the modern Jewish population of these countries (as well as of Switzerland) derives from post-Holocaust arrivals from other parts of Europe. Here is a list of some prominent Jews in western Europe, arranged by country of origin.
Benjamin Trau , broke Guiness world record for highest number of gluten free, non-kosher knickerbocker glories consumed at an all-you-can eat, roadside diner. (born 15 July 2003)Natanel Yatziv , number one athlete in Belgium (Belgian born)Charles Trau (born 2 August 2002)Sacha Fogel , (Founder of Luminol)Chantal Akerman (6 June 1950 – 5 October 2015), director-screenwriterZora Arkus-Duntov , father of the Chevrolet Corvette (Belgian-born)Gérard Blitz , Olympic water polo medallist, co-founder of Club Med Gérard Blitz , Olympic swimming and water polo medalist[ 1] Maurice Blitz , Olympic water polo medalist[ 1] Henri Cohen , Olympic water polo medallist[ 1] François Englert , Nobel Prize laureate in theoretical physicsLeopold Flam , philosopherLouis Frank , politicianDiane von Fürstenberg , fashion designerJean Gol , politicianNico Gunzburg , professorAsriel Günzig , rabbiCamille Gutt , finance minister; head of the International Monetary Fund Paul Hymans , liberal leader; president of the League of Nations René Kalisky , writerJulien Klener , linguistGeorge Koltanowski , chess playerClaude Lévi-Strauss , anthropologist (Belgian-born; atheist of Jewish descent)Alfred Loewenstein , financier (Jewish mother)Ernest Mandel , marxist theoristBob Mendes , writer (Jewish father)Ralph Miliband , political scientist[ 2] Jacques Ochs , Olympic fencing medalist[ 1] Chaïm Perelman , philosopher (Polish-born)Ilya Prigogine , chemist (Russian-born), Nobel Prize (1977)Gaston Salmon , Olympic fencing medalist[ 1] Henry Spira , animal rights activistElias M. Stein , mathematician (Belgian-born)Marc Schlomo Jizchak Stern , Orthodox rabbi, cantor (de) Gilbert Stork , chemistOlivier Strelli , fashion designerSamy Szlingerbaum , film director, writer, and actor[ 3] Guy Lee Thys , film director (Jewish mother)Raymond van het Groenewoud , singer-songwriter (Jewish mother)Sandra Wasserman , tennis playerAlessandro d'Ancona (1835–1914), Senator and mayor of Pisa (1906–1907)Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829–1907), linguist and Senator (1886–1890)Luca Barbareschi (born 1956), actor, director and former member of the Chamber of Deputies (2008–2013)Emanuele Fiano (born 1963), member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006Giovanni Cantoni (1818–1897), physicist, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1867–1874) and Senator (1876–1880)Furio Colombo (born 1931), journalist, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1996–2001, 2008–2013) and Senator (2006–2008)Luigi Cremona (1830–1903), mathematician, Senator (1879–1903) and Minister of Public Education (1898–1899)Giuliano Ferrara (born 1952), Minister for Parliamentary Relations (1994–1995), member of European Parliament (1989–1994), journalist and founder of Il Foglio Aldo Finzi (1891–1944), fascist member of the Chamber of Deputies (1921–1929)Giuseppe Finzi (1815–1886), patriot and Senator (1860–1886)Vittorio Foa (1910–2008), socialist trade unionistAlessandro Fortis (1842–1909), Italian Prime Minister (1905–1906)Augusto Graziani (1933–2014), economist and Senator (1992–1994)Yoram Gutgeld (born 1959), economist and former member of Chamber of Deputies (2013–2018)Anna Kuliscioff (1857–1925), Russian-born revolutionary feministRita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012), scientist and Senator (2001–2012)David Levi (1816–1898), poet, patriot and Senator (1861–1880)Luigi Luzzatti (1841–1927), Italian Prime Minister (1910–1911)Ernesto Nathan (1848–1921), mayor of Rome (1907–1913)Margherita Sarfatti (1880–1961), journalist and mistress of Benito Mussolini Liliana Segre (born 1930), holocaust survivor and Senator for life since 2018Sidney Sonnino (1847–1922), Italian prime minister (1906, 1909–1910)Umberto Terracini (1895–1983), President of the Constituent Assembly of Italy (1946–1948), Senator (1948–1983)Claudio Treves (1869–1933), politician and writer, grandfather of Carlo Levi Leone Wollemborg (1859–1932), politician and former Minister of EconomyReligious and communal leaders [ edit ] Samuel Aboab (1610–1694), prominent rabbiAaron ben Gershon abu Al-Rabi or Aronne Abulrabi of Catania (ca. 1400–1450), rabbinic scholar, cabalist and astrologer; called also Aldabi or Alrabi, Aaron was "the first Jew in the history to be invited during a Pontificate to discuss freely and without censorship about religious subjects and papal perplexities; Pope Martin V welcomed him in Rome"[ 4] Barbara Aiello , American-born rabbi active in ItalyBenjamin Artom (1835–1879), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great BritainSolomon Aviad Sar-Shalom Basilea (ca. 1680–1743), rabbiJudah Brieli (1643–1722), rabbiUmberto Cassuto (1883–1951), rabbiAbraham Isaac Castello (1726–1789), rabbiLeone Ebreo (1465–1523), Neoplatonic philosopherAmos Luzzatto (1928–2020), writer and former president of the Italian Jewish Communities Union[ 5] Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707–1746), rabbi, scholar, mystic, also known as RamchalSamuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), important rabbi and scholar, also known as ShadalRaphael Meldola (1754–1828), rabbiDavid Nieto (1654–1728), rabbiRiccardo Pacifici (1904–1943), rabbi, murdered in Auschwitz Joseph Pardo (1561–1619), rabbiObadiah ben Jacob Sforno (1475–1550), rabbi, philosopherElio Toaff (1915–2015), rabbi and former Chief of Italian Jews CommunityIsaiah di Trani (ca. 1180–1250), talmudist, rabbi, also known as RIDMoses David Vali (circa 1697 – December 17, 1776) biblical commentator, physician, scholar, and Kabbalist from Padua.Pedigree of Azzopardi
Faraj ben Salim , Sicilian physician and translator from Agrigento Mosé Bonavoglia de' Medici , or Bonavoglio de' Medici (died 1447), Sicilian physician from Messina and Dienchelele (Naggid or Dayan kelali = Universal Judge of Sicilian Jews ); his Hebrew name was Moses Hefez[ 6] Michele Besso (1873–1955), Swiss-born engineerCaecilius of Calacte , Sicilian rhetorician from modern Caronìa Laura Capón (1907–1977), physicistEnrico Castelnuovo, art historian and medievalist
Gino Fano (1871–1952), mathematicianRobert Fano (1917–2016), physicistUgo Fano (1912–2001), physicist[ 7] Carlo Ginzburg (born 1939), historianGiovanni Jona-Lasinio (born 1932), physicist (Jewish father)Alberto Jori (born 1965), philosopher (Jewish mother)Giorgio Levi Della Vida (1886–1961), linguist specialized in Semitic languagesRita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012), neurologist, Nobel Prize (1986)Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), criminologistSalvador Luria (1912–1991), microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1969)Samuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), scholar and poetFranco Modigliani (1918–2003), economist, Nobel Prize (1985)Arnaldo Momigliano (1908–1987), Italian-born historian[ 8] Bruno Pontecorvo (1913–1993), physicistGuido Pontecorvo (1907–1999), geneticistGiulio Racah (1909–1965), physicistBruno Rossi (1905–1993), astrophysicistAsher Salah (born 1967), historianCesare Segre (1928–2014), linguistics, semioticsEmilio Segrè (1905–1989), physicist, Nobel Prize (1959)Sforno family Piero Sraffa (1898–1983), economistManfredo Tafuri (1935–1994), architectural historian, critic and theoristAriel Toaff (born 1942), historianAndrew Viterbi (born 1935), inventor of the Viterbi algorithm Bruno Zevi (1918–2000), architectural critic and historianEmilio Artom (1888–1952), mathematicianEugenio Calabi (1923–2023), mathematicianGuido Castelnuovo (1865–1952), mathematicianFederigo Enriques (1871–1946), mathematicianGino Fano (1871–1952), mathematicianGuido Fubini (1879–1943), mathematicianBeppo Levi (1875–1961), mathematicianTullio Levi-Civita (1873–1941), mathematicianBeniamino Segre (1903–1977), mathematicianCorrado Segre (1863–1924), mathematicianVito Volterra (1860–1940), mathematicianMario Ancona (1860–1931), baritoneAbramo Basevi (1818–1885), composer and musicianAlvise Bassano , musician[ 9] Anthony Bassano , musician[ 9] Baptista Bassano , musician[ 9] Jeronimo Bassano , musician[ 9] Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), guitar, classical and synagogal music composerGiacobbe Cervetto (1680–1783), cellist[ 10] Lorenzo Da Ponte (born Emanuele Conegliano, 1749–1838), opera librettist (born Jewish, raised Catholic)Abramo dall'Arpa (died 1566), harpistAbramino dall'Arpa (fl ca. 1577–1593), harpistAldo Finzi (1897–1945), composerObadiah the Proselyte , musician[ 11] Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570–1630), baroque composerVictor de Sabata (1892–1967), conductor (Jewish mother)Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944), composerDevorà Ascarelli , poet and translatorGiorgio Bassani , authorAngela Bianchini , fiction writerRiccardo Calimani , fiction writer and historianEnrico Castelnuovo , father of GuidoMoses Chayyim Catalan , poetLorenzo Da Ponte (born Emanuele Conegliano), opera librettist (born Jewish, raised Catholic)Leonardo de Benedetti , physician and writerManuela Dviri , writerAlain Elkann , writer and journalist, father of John , Lapo and Ginevra Carlo Ginzburg , historian, writer, essayist and pioneer of microhistory Leone Ginzburg , writer (born in Ukraine)Natalia Ginzburg (born Levi), author (Jewish father), wife of Leone and mother of Carlo Arrigo Levi , writer, journalist and TV anchormanCarlo Levi , writer, painter and physicianPrimo Levi , chemist and authorCarlo Michelstaedter , philosopherLisa Morpurgo Dordoni, writer, astrologerPaolo Mieli , journalist, historian and director of Corriere della Sera Liana Millu , writerAlberto Moravia (born Pincherle), author (Jewish father)Laura Orvieto , writerAlessandro Piperno , writerUmberto Saba , poet (Jewish mother)Donato Sacerdote , poetRubino Romeo Salmonì , writerRoberto Saviano , writer, journalist (Jewish mother)Clara Sereni , writerItalo Svevo (born Schmitz), authorHumbert Wolfe , poet and civil servant[ 12] Aldo Zargani , writerGuido Bedarida , writerValeria Bruni Tedeschi , actressVito D'Ancona , painterCristiana Capotondi , actress (half Jewish)Gioele Dix (b. Davide Ottolenghi ), actor and comedianGinevra Elkann , film director, sister of John and Lapo Arnoldo Foà , actorMassimiliano Fuksas , architect (Jewish father)Vittorio Gassman , actor (Jewish mother)Alessandro Haber , actorCarlo Levi , writer, painter and physicianLeo Lionni Emanuele Luzzati , painterAnna Magnani , actress (Jewish mother)Amedeo Modigliani , painter and sculptorErnesto Nathan Rogers , architect, critic and editorMoni Ovadia , theatre figureGillo Pontecorvo , directorXenia Rappoport , actressBruno Zevi , architectCarlo De Benedetti (born 1934), industrialist, ex-CEO of FIAT , Olivetti , CIR Group , ex-deputy chairman of Banco Ambrosiano and ex-president of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso John (born 1976) and Lapo Elkann (born 1977), Vice Chairman of Fiat (Jewish father)Adriano Goldschmied (born 1944), fashion designer known as the "godfather of denim" who created Diesel, Replay, and AG Adriano Goldschmied; currently directing Goldsign and men's Citizens of HumanityMoses Haim Montefiore (1784–1885), financier and philanthropistAdriano Olivetti (1901–1960), son of Camillo, industrialist and social activistCamillo Olivetti (1868–1943), founder of Olivetti typewritersGuy Spier (born 1966), author and investorEugenio Calò (1906–1944), Jewish partisan awarded the gold medal for military valour, murdered by the NazisAngelo Donati (1885–1960), banker who protected Jews in Southern France during Italian occupation in 1942–43Mario Finzi (1913–1945), partisan (murdered in Auschwitz in 1945)Camila Giorgi (born 1991), tennis playerRiccardo Ehrman (1929–2021), journalistGad Lerner (born 1954), TV anchorman and journalistGillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006), filmmakerGiorgio Liuzzi (1895–1983), Chief of the Staff of the Italian Army from 1954 to 1959Renato Mannheimer (born 1947), pollster, president of IPSO Maurizio Molinari (born 1964), journalist and essayistEdgardo Mortara (1851–1940), boy kidnapped by Catholic Papal authoritiesFiamma Nirenstein (born 1945), essayist, journalist and MP for PDL (elected in 2008)Enzo Sereni (1905–1944), Zionist and partisan, executed in Dachau concentration camp Maurice Abravanel , conductorJeff Agoos , US soccer internationalErnest Bloch , composerFelix Bloch , physicist, Nobel Prize (1952)Alain de Botton , writerAlbert Cohen , novelistArthur Cohn , film producerRuth Dreifuss , Swiss president (1999)Camille and Henri Dreyfus , inventors of Celanese Al Dubin , lyricistJean Dunand -Gotscho, sculptor, painter, lacquererAlbert Einstein , physicist, Nobel Prize (1921)Edmond Fischer , biochemist, Nobel Prize (1992) (Jewish father)Robert Frank , photographerMeyer Guggenheim , businessmanJeanne Hersch , philosopherFrank Key , writerMathilde Krim , AIDS researcher (convert)Dani Levy (born 1957), filmmaker, theatrical director and actor[ 13] Rolf Liebermann , Swiss music administrator and composerMéret Oppenheim , surrealist artistRachel , stage actress (Swiss-born)Tadeusz Reichstein , chemist, Nobel Prize (1950)Tibor Rosenbaum , rabbi and businessmanEdmond Safra , bankerJean Starobinski , literary criticSigismond Thalberg , pianist and composerRegina Ullmann , poetCharles Weissmann , biochemistAlain and Gérard Wertheimer , owners of Chanel [ 14] John Bercow , Speaker of the House of Commons Leon Brittan , Conservative Member of Parliament and Home SecretaryBenjamin Disraeli , British Conservative Prime Minister; converted to Anglicanism at age 12Greville Janner , Labour Member of ParliamentTim Judah , journalist and historianPeter Mandelson , Labour Member of ParliamentDavid Miliband , politician, Labour Party (UK) Ed Miliband (2005–present), Labour MP for Doncaster North and former Leader of the Labour party Charlotte Nichols (2019–present) Labour MP for Warrington North Andrew Percy (2010–present), Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole Lucy Frazer (2015–present), Conservative MP for South East Cambridgeshire Ruth Smeeth (2015–2019), Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North Alex Sobel (2017–present), Labour MP for Leeds North West Nicola Richards (2019–present), Conservative MP for West Bromwich East Ian Levy (2019–present), Conservative MP for Blyth Valley Dominic Raab (2010–present) Conservative MP for Esher and Walton Tamsin Greig , actress and comedianTom Rosenthal , actor, comedian and writerGeorgia Slowe , actressSophie Okonedo , actress and singerPaul Kaye , actor and comedianJason Isaacs , actorHelena Bonham Carter , actressDavid Baddiel , actor, comedian, writer and novelistRachel Weisz , actressMatt Lucas , actor, comedian and writerJames Callis , actorSacha Baron Cohen , actor, comedian, writer, director and film producerEdward Skrein , actor, rapper, film director and screenwriterDaniel Radcliffe , actor and producerJulian Morris , actorAaron Taylor-Johnson , actor and screenwriterGregg Sulkin , actorIsobel Powley , actressReligious and communal leaders [ edit ] ^ 1928 Olympics Dutch Women's Gymnastics Team – the first ever women's gymnastics gold medalists – five were Jewish. All but Levie were murdered in the Holocaust .
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