List of Sephardic Jews
The following is a list of Sephardic Jews. See also List of Iberian Jews.
This is a list of notable Jews of Sephardic ancestry.
A
- Isaac Abravanel, Portuguese-born Spanish philosopher, rabbi, economist and Orthodox Jewish theologist.
- José Aboulker, French resistance fighter and neurosurgeon.
- Senor Abravanel, Brazilian businessman, media tycoon and television host. Direct descendant of Isaac Abravanel.
- Abraham Amigo, Israeli rabbi of Sepharadi descent
- Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain
- Lior Ashkenazi, Israeli actor
- Ben Ashkenazy, American billionaire real estate developer
- Moran Atias, Israeli-American actress
- Jacques Attali, Algerian-born French economist, advisor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991
- Hank Azaria American actor, known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated series The Simpsons
- Max Azria Tunisian-born American fashion designer
B
- Pini Balili, Israeli former footballer
- Yossi Benayoun, Israeli former footballer
- Fabrice Benichou, French world champion boxer
- Judah P. Benjamin, American politician and statesman
- Aldo Bensadoun, Canadian businessman, founder of the ALDO Group
- Georges Bensoussan, French historian
- Maurice Berger, cultural historian, art critic, curator
- John Berman, news anchor for CNN.
- Miri Bohadana, Israeli actress, model, and presenter
- Can Bonomo, Turkish singer
- Alain de Botton, Swiss writer and philosopher
- Alain Boublil, Tunisian-born French lyricist of the musical Les Misérables
- Michel Boujenah, French comedian and actor
- Albert Bourla, Greek-born CEO of Pfizer
- Caryl Brahms, British writer
- Dany Brillant, Tunisian-born French singer and actor
- June Brown, British actress
- Patrick Bruel, French singer and actor
- Tony Bullimore, British yachtsman
C
- Neve Campbell, Canadian film and television actress
- David Samuel Carasso, 19th-century traveler and writer
- Isaac and Daniel Carasso, founders of Danone
- Benjamin N. Cardozo, Supreme Court Justice
- Gabrielle Carteris, American actress best known for her role in the TV series 90210
- Omri Casspi, Israeli NBA player
- Jacob Castello, 17th-century poet
- Joseph Cayre, co-founder of record label Salsoul Records, video tape distributor and producer GoodTimes Entertainment, and video game publisher GT Interactive
- Stanley Chera, American real estate developer
- Joseph Chetrit, American real estate investor and developer and founder of the Chetrit Group
- Élie Chouraqui, French Israeli film director
- Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
- Hélène Cixous, Algerian-born French feminist critic
- Maurice Abraham Cohen, educator
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Jean-François Copé, French politician; former President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the French National Assembly; Sephardic mother
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor, notably played Luke Crain in The [Haunting of Hill House (TV series)|The Haunting of Hill House]
- Uriel da Costa, Portuguese philosopher and Orthodox-Jew theologist
D
- Jean Daniel, French journalist and author, founder of Le Nouvel Observateur
- Pierre Darmon, French tennis player
- Jacques Derrida, Algerian-born French philosopher
- Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Patrick Drahi, billionaire founder of international news channel i24news
- Victor Drai, nightclub owner, entrepreneur and film producer.
- Julien Dray, Algerian-born French politician, member of the National Assembly for the Socialist Party
- Pierre Dukan, French physician, inventor of the Dukan Diet
- Solomon Dwek former American real estate investor and convicted felon
F
- Predrag Finci , Bosnian-British philosopher, author, and essayist
- Jacque Fresco, American futurist, industrial engineer, social designer and the founder of The Venus Project
G
- Meir Shmuel Gabay, first and only Israeli to be elected to the United Nations General Assembly for any office
- Yakir Gabay, Israeli-born billionaire who founded Aroundtown SA; son of Meir Shmuel Gabay
- David Galula, French military officer and counterinsurgency theoretician
- Sonia Gardner, co-founder of hedge fund Avenue Capital Management
- Sonny Gindi, co-founder of the Century 21department store
- Eyal Golan, Israeli singer
- Lewis Goldsmith, Anglo-French journalist and political writer
- Eydie Gormé, American singer
- Eva Green, French actress and model
- Philip Guedalla, biographer
- Denis Guedj, French mathematician and writer
- David Guetta, French DJ
H
- Joseph Hackmey Israeli businessman and art collector
- Tzachi Halevy, Israeli actor best known for the TV series Fauda
- Alphonse Halimi, French world champion boxer
- Gisèle Halimi, French civil rights advocate and feminist
- Serge Halimi, French journalist and newspaper editor
- Eli Harari, founder of SanDisk
- Serge Haroche, French physicist
- Sir Joshua Hassan, Gibraltarian politician, and first Mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar
- Jacob Hassan, Spanish academic, writer, and university professor
- Daniel G. Hedaya, American actor
- Sir Basil Henriques, philanthropist
- Jack Hidary, technology entrepreneur and researcher
- Murray Hidary, composer, fine art photographer and entrepreneur
J
- Agnès Jaoui, French actress
- Juanito, French singer
- Mitchell R. Julis, co-founding partner of Los Angeles hedge fund Canyon Capital Advisors
K
- Paul Kodish, British professional drummer
L
- Albert Laboz, New York City real estate developer
- Marc Lasry, American billionaire financier
- Mélanie Laurent, French actress, singer, pianist, director, and screenwriter
- Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet, best remembered for her sonnet engraved on the Statue of Liberty
- Delia de Leon, British actress and disciple of Meher Baba
- Jack de Leon, British theatre manager, impresario and playwright
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian physician and neurobiologist
- Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher
- David Levy, Israeli politician, former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Housing and Construction and as a Minister without Portfolio
- Eugene Levy Canadian actor
- Jackie Levy, Israeli politician and former mayor of Beit She'an
- Orly Levy, Israeli politician and former member of Yisrael Beiteinu
M
- Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
- Mickaël Madar, French football player
- Moishe Mana, Israeli-born American billionaire, real estate developer
- Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer, actress, and television personality
- Maimonides, Mediaeval rabbi and philosopher
- Paul Marciano, co-founder of Guess? Inc.
- Phil Margo, American musician, member of The Tokens
- David Mazouz, American actor best known for Gotham (TV series)
- Lea Michele, American actress best known for Glee (TV series)
- Fred Melamed, American actor and writer
- Raphael Meldola, British chemist and first president of the Maccabaeans
- Raphael Meldola, English rabbi
- Pierre Mendès France, French politician, Prime Minister 1954-55
- Daniel Mendoza, 19th-century English pugilist, prizefighter
- David Mimran, film producer and director; married to former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Julie Ordon; son of Jean-Claude Mimran.
- Jean Claude Mimran, French businessman & former owner of Lamborghini S.p.A|Lamborghini]; father of David Mimran; brother of Patrick Mimran
- Patrick Mimran, former owner & CEO of Lamborghini; brother of Jean Claude Mimran & uncle of David Mimran
- Yosef Mizrachi, Israeli-born haredi rabbi based in Monsey, New York
- Ken Moelis, American businessman and billionaire, founder of Moelis & Company
- Frederic Mocatta, English philanthropist
- Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter
- Moses Montefiore, British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London
- Edgar Morin, French sociologist and philosopher
- Shelley Morrison, American actress best known for her roles Sr Sixto on The Flying Nun and Rosario Salazar on Will & Grace
- Georges Moustaki, French singer-songwriter
N
- David Nahmad, billionaire fine art dealer
- Ezra Nahmad, billionaire art collector and dealer
- Helly Nahmad (London), owner of Helly Nahmad London, and son of Ezra Nahmad
- Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), owner of Helly Nahmad Gallery in New York, and son of Ezra's brother David Nahmad
- Moses ben Nahman, medieval Jewish scholar and rabbi
- Géraldine Nakache, French actress, director, and screenwriter
O
- Jerry Orbach, actor best known for roles in Dirty Dancing, Beauty and the Beast, and Law & Order
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
- Joseph De la Penha, Dutch trader
- Murray Perahia, American concert pianist
- Rafi Peretz, Israeli Minister of Education
- Victor Perez, Tunisian boxer
- Abraham Cohen Pimentel, Head Rabbi of the Portuguese / Spanish Synagogue of Amsterdam
- Azaria Piccio, Venetian
- Daniel Pinto (financier), British-French financier
- 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 Principe/Prince family
R
- Lior Raz, Israeli screenwriter and actor best known for starring in Fauda
- Miri Regev, Israeli MK of Likud
- Haim Revivo, Israeli former footballer
- David Ricardo, British political economist
- Daniela Ruah, Portuguese-American actress
- Rudy Rochman , Israeli Zionist activist
S
- Elvio Sadun, Italian-American scientist and WWII Italian partisan
- Safdie brothers, American independent film directors
- Fortuna Safdié, Brazilian singer, composer and Ladino-Revivalist.
- Haym Salomon, Polish-born American businessman who helped finance the American Revolutionary War
- Roberto Saviano, Italian writer
- Hugh Sebag Montefiore, British Historian and Lawyer
- Simon Sebag Montefiore, British historian
- Jerry Seinfeld, American stand-up comedian known for playing titular character in TV series Seinfeld
- Vic Seixas, American Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis player
- Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor; Knight of the Realm
- David Serero, French architect; sephardi ancestors from Morocco
- David Serero, French opera singer and actor; Sephardi ancestors from Morocco
- Silvan Shalom, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Israel
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
- Joseph Sitt, founder of global real estate company Thor Equities
- Raphael Soriano, Rhodes-born California mid-century modern architect
- Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Portuguese origin
- Henry Stern (California politician), California State Senator
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politician; Finance Minister, 1997–99; President of the International Monetary Fund, 2007–11; Sephardic mother
- Jeff Sutton (real estate developer), American real estate developer and billionaire
T
- Alona Tal, Israeli singer and actress
- Rachamim Talbi, Israeli former footballer
- Shaun Toub, Iranian-American actor
- Isaac Touro, Touro College named in his honor. Touro Syn Father of Judah Touro.
- Judah Touro, American businessmen & philanthropist. Touro College & Touro Synagogue are named in his honor.
- Gilbert Trigano, French businessman, developer of Club Med
U
- Uriel da Costa, Portuguese Sephardi philosopher
V
- , Israeli-Portuguese Singer, Trombonist and Composer and CEO of Why DIY Music
W
- Len Wein, American comic book writer & co-creator of DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine
Y
- David Levy Yulee, Floridian United States senator and attorney.
Z
- Ahmed Zayat, owner of Thoroughbred racehorses and Triple Crown of [Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|Triple Crown] winner American Pharaoh
- Éric Zemmour, French polemist and politician