User talk:Sheynhertz-Unbayg/List of Jewish Romanians
This is a list of Jewish Romanians.
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Political figures
- Martin Abern, U.S. politician
- Colette Avital, Israeli politician
- Silviu Brucan, politician & dissident
- Michael Howard, U.K. politician (Romanian parents)
- Alex Kozinski, U.S. judge
- Ana Pauker, communist leader
- Petre Roman, Prime Minister (Jewish father)
- Elena Wolff, mistress then wife of King Carol II
Academic figures
- Nicolae Cajal, virologist & Jewish community leader
- Solomon Marcus, mathematician
- Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician
- David Wechsler, psychologist
Film and stage
- Lauren Bacall, actress (Romanian mother)
- Israil Bercovici, playwright
- I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter
- Dustin Hoffman, actor (Romanian mother)
- John Houseman, actor (Jewish father)
- Marin Karmitz, director, producer
- Maia Morgenstern, actress
- Edward G. Robinson, actor
- Jacob Sternberg, director
Musicians
- Miriam Fried, violinist
- Alma Gluck, soprano
- Clara Haskil, pianist
- Yoel Levi, conductor
- Silvia Marcovici, violinist
- Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician
- Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer
- Joseph Schmidt, cantor, tenor, actor
- Moshe Bazian, cantor
Writers and poets
- Iuliu Barasch, 19th century physician and writer
- Israil Bercovici, playwright and historian
- Nina Cassian, poet
- Paul Celan, poet
- Andrei Codrescu, poet
- Abraham Goldfaden, 19th century poet and playwright
- Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Jewish mother)
- Irving Layton, poet
- Stan Lee, writer, co-creator of Spider-Man (Romanian parents)
- Gherasim Luca, poet
- Norman Manea, novelist
- Delmore Schwartz, poet (Romanian parents)
- Mihail Sebastian, playwright
- Tristan Tzara, dadaist
- Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel Peace Prize (1986)
- Radu Lupu, pianist
Artists
- Victor Brauner, painter
- Sorel Etrog, sculptor
- Marcel Iancu, architect & painter
- Daniel Spoerri, dancer (Jewish father)
- Saul Steinberg, cartoonist
Miscellaneous
- Kid Cann, mobster
- Magda Popescu, lover of Carol I
- Julius Popper, explorer
- Moses Rosen, rabbi
- Meir Shapiro, rabbi
- Richard Wurmbrand, evangelical Christian minister (born Jewish)
" Benjamin Fondane born Barbu Fundoianu, poet in romanian and french
Sports
- Leon Rotman, canoeist (2 Olympic golds, 1 bronze)
- Angelica Rozeanu, table tennis world champion