List of Sephardic Jews

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
• 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; 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 winner American Pharaoh
• Éric Zemmour, French polemist and politician