• J. Anthony LukasPulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
• J. Anthony Movshon2024Neuroscientist of visual perception
• J. Michael Kosterlitz2016Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions…
• J. Robert Oppenheimer1945Scientific director of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos
• J.D. Salinger1919Author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'
• J.J. Abrams1966Creator of Lost and director of Star Wars sequel films.
• Jack Antonoff1984Grammy-winning producer and Bleachers frontman shaping records for Taylor Swift, Lana Del…
• Jack Benny1894Comedian and radio/TV star, pioneer of American comedy
• Jack Black1994Musician (Tenacious D) and actor, raised Jewish with both parents of Jewish faith.
• Jack Block1924Personality psychologist known for longitudinal research on ego resiliency
• Jack Cohen1898Founder of the Tesco supermarket chain
• Jack Cohn1924Co-founded Columbia Pictures
• Jack Dunitz1923Chemical crystallographer known for structural chemistry
• Jack FeldmanTony Award — Best Original Score
• Jack Fisher1980sProminent aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgeon and hair-transplantation expert who…
• Jack Fishman1930Chemist who co-developed naloxone (Narcan), the opioid overdose antidote.
• Jack Freed1938Physical chemist known for electron spin resonance spectroscopy
• Jack Greenberg1924Succeeded Thurgood Marshall as director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund…
• Jack Halpern1925Chemist known for the mechanisms of homogeneous catalysis
• Jack Hirsh1935Hematologist, pioneer of anticoagulation therapy
• Jack HirshleiferEconomist
• Jack Kirby1941Co-created Captain America and Marvel Comics
• Jack Lang1939Culture Minister, creator of Fete de la Musique
• Jack LawrencePoet / lyricist
• Jack Lew2013US Secretary of the Treasury 2013-2017 and White House chief of staff
• Jack Penn1909Helped establish organized reconstructive plastic surgery in Israel and co-founded the…
• Jack Steinberger1921Physicist
• Jack Strominger1925Biochemist who determined the structure of the human MHC molecules central to immune…
• Jack Warner1923Co-founded Warner Bros. Studios
• Jack WeinstockTony Award — Best Musical
• Jack WolfComputer & information scientist
• Jack YellenPoet / lyricist
• Jackie Fields1929Boxing
• Jackie Hoffman1960Comedic actress of Broadway and screen, known for Only Murders in the Building.
• Jackie Mason1928Stand-up comedian, former rabbi turned Borscht Belt star
• Jacob Arabo1965Celebrated jeweler ('Jacob the Jeweler') and founder of Jacob & Co.
• Jacob Barth1851German Semitic philologist known for studies of comparative Semitic grammar.
• Jacob Bekenstein1947Physicist
• Jacob ben Asherc. 1320Author of the Arba'ah Turim, a legal code that shaped later Jewish law
• Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon (Profatius)c. 1236 CEAstronomer, physician and translator
• Jacob Bigeleisen1919Physical chemist known for isotope chemistry and isotope effects
• Jacob Blaustein1892American Jewish Committee leader who lobbied for the inclusion of human-rights language…
• Jacob BronowskiProfiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
• Jacob Cohen1923Statistician who developed effect size and statistical power analysis
• Jacob Druckman1928Classical composer
• Jacob Frances1615Italian Hebrew poet, brother of Immanuel, noted for satirical and lyric verse.
• Jacob FrenkelEconomist
• Jacob Gershon-Cohen1899Radiologist who pioneered mammography for early breast cancer detection
• Jacob Henle1809Anatomist who described the loop of Henle in the kidney and anticipated germ theory.
• Jacob IsraelachviliContinuum mechanics
• Jacob J. Rabinowitz1899Scholar of the influence of Jewish law on the development of Western legal institutions
• Jacob Javits1973US Senator for New York 1957-1981
• Jacob Mantinoc. 1530Renaissance physician to Pope Paul III and translator of Averroes into Latin
• Jacob Marschak1898Economist who advanced econometrics and the theory of teams and decision-making under…
• Jacob MincerEconomist
• Jacob Moreno1889Psychiatrist who founded psychodrama and sociometry
• Jacob Nachmias1928Psychologist known for research on visual perception and psychophysics
• Jacob Parnas1884Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis (the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway).
• Jacob Rodrigues Pereira1749First teacher of deaf pupils in France
• Jacob Schiff1847Financier who sat on the early NAACP governing committee and helped fund the young…
• Jacob T. Schwartz1930Functional analysis and theoretical computer science
• Jacob Talmon1916Historian and political theorist who developed the concept of 'totalitarian democracy'
• Jacob Tamarkin1888Analysis
• Jacob Viner1892Chicago School economist known for foundational work in international trade theory
• Jacob W. Davis1873Invented the use of copper rivets to reinforce trouser stress points, the innovation that…
• Jacob Wolfowitz1910Contributions to information and statistical decision theory.
• Jacob Ziv1931Co-created the LZ family of data-compression algorithms.
• Jacqueline Barton1952Chemist who discovered electron charge transport along the DNA double helix.
• Jacqueline du Pré1945British cellist famed for her recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto
• Jacqueline Levine1926Jacqueline Levine was an outstanding example of female activist leadership in American…
• Jacqueline Mesnil-AmarJacqueline Mesnil-Amar struggled between her allegiance to French culture and her…
• Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff1917Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff was an Egyptian-Jewish essayist, novelist, journalist, and…
• Jacqueline SusannAuthor
• Jacques Attali1991French economist, essayist and advisor
• Jacques Derrida1930Philosopher, founder of deconstruction and influential theorist of language and meaning.
• Jacques Hadamard1865Proved the prime number theorem
• Jacques Haïk1932Pioneer of French cinema: brought Chaplin to France and coined "Charlot"
• Jacques Halévy1799Opera composer (La Juive)
• Jacques Joseph1865Developed the first modern rhinoplasty techniques and pioneered skin grafts and flaps for…
• Jacques Lanzmann1954French Jewish writer, journalist and lyricist (brother of Claude Lanzmann)
• Jacques Levy1988Co-wrote the musical Fame
• Jacques Loeb1859Physiologist known for pioneering work on artificial parthenogenesis and tropisms.
• Jacques Maliniac1889Co-founded the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and created the first dedicated…
• Jacques Offenbach1858German-born French composer, son of a synagogue cantor and founder of the operetta genre…
• Jacques RueffEconomist
• Jakab Grün1837Classical violinist
• Jake Gyllenhaal1980Film actor, star of Brokeback Mountain and Nightcrawler
• Jake Johnson1978Actor known for New Girl and the Spider-Verse films (Jewish father)
• Jake Kasdan1974Director ('Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle', 'Walk Hard')
• Jakob Rosanes1842Algebraic geometry and Cremona transformations
• Jakub Natanson1832Chemist who synthesized the dye fuchsine
• Jamaica Kincaid1985Antiguan-American novelist of Annie John, Lucy and A Small Place
• James Ax1937Number theory and logic
• James Caan1972American actor, best known as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather
• James Eisenstein2025Physicist of the quantum Hall regime
• James Franck1882Nobel-winning physicist who later made key contributions to the study of photosynthesis
• James Franco1978American actor and filmmaker known for 127 Hours and Spring Breakers.
• James Goldman1968Screenwriter of The Lion in Winter (Academy Award 1968)
• James Gray1969Director ('The Immigrant', 'Ad Astra')
• James Gunn1966Filmmaker behind Guardians of the Galaxy and co-head of DC Studios.
• James Holland1925Oncologist who pioneered combination chemotherapy for leukemia
• James Horner1953Film composer of Titanic and Avatar
• James Ibers1930Inorganic chemist known for X-ray crystallography of complexes
• James Joseph Sylvester1814Matrix and invariant theory
• James L. Brooks1940American filmmaker known for Broadcast News and co-developing The Simpsons.
• James Langer1934Physicist
• James LapineTony Award — Best Musical
• James Levine1943Longtime music director of the Metropolitan Opera
• James M. Stuzin1952Developed the extended SMAS facelift procedure and mapped facial fat compartments…
• James Mangold2005Director of Walk the Line, Logan, Ford v Ferrari and A Complete Unknown
• James McBride1957Author and musician who won the National Book Award for 'The Good Lord Bird' and wrote…
• James Newton Howard2015Composer of The Fugitive and The Dark Knight
• James Rainwater1975Nobel laureate in physics (1975) for the structure of atomic nuclei
• James Rothman1950Awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for discovering the machinery regulating vesicle traffic in…
• James RothschildBritish financier of the Rothschild banking family.
• James Shohat1886The classical moment problem and orthogonal polynomials
• James Simons1976Co-author of Chern-Simons theory
• James Tour1959Chemist known for molecular electronics, nanomachines and graphene
• James Warburg1933Banker (International Acceptance Bank)
• Jamie GellerKosher cooking author and food-media entrepreneur who founded the Kosher Media Network.
• Jamie Lee Curtis1978American actress (Halloween, True Lies, Everything Everywhere All at Once)
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler1981Actress known for The Sopranos (Sephardic Jewish mother)
• Jan Koum2009Co-founder of WhatsApp
• Jan SolovejPhysicist (mathematical physics)
• Ján Vilček1933Biomedical scientist whose interferon and anti-TNF research led to the arthritis drug…
• Jane Bowles1917Admired for her darkly comic wit by writers like Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, and…
• Jane Brass Fischel1865An outstanding communal leader in New York City’s Orthodox Jewish community in the early…
• Jane FriedenwaldJane Ahlborn Friedenwald used her position as a member of one of the most prominent…
• Jane Harman1945The child of a refugee from Nazi Germany, Jane Harman began her career in law.
• Jane Levy2013American actress
• Jane Prince1896Jane Prince dedicated her life to furthering the economic, social, and educational…
• Jane Seymour1951Actress (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
• Jane Yolen1939Jane Yolen was a Jewish-American children’s author, poet, and young adult novelist.
• Janet Harris1869Janet Simons Harris shepherded the National Council of Jewish Women through one of the…
• Janet Reger1966British luxury lingerie designer
• Janet YellenEconomist
• Janette FishenfeldJanette Fishenfeld was a Brazilian author, columnist, and Zionist.
• Janie JacobsonCombining her Jewish background with her skill and penchant for writing, Janie Jacobson…
• Janis Ian1951Folk/pop singer-songwriter ('At Seventeen', 'Society's Child').
• János Kornai1928Economist known for his analysis of shortage economies and the failures of centrally…
• János KőrnerComputer & information scientist
• János Starker1924Classical cellist
• Janusz Bardach1919Advanced cleft lip and palate repair with the two-flap palatoplasty and demonstrated that…
• Janusz Korczak1878Pediatrician and educator who pioneered children's rights, articulating a charter of the…
• Jared Diamond1937Geographer and anthropologist, author of the Pulitzer-winning 'Guns, Germs, and Steel'
• Jared Kushner1981Businessman and former senior White House advisor.
• Jaren Lewison2000American actor known for Netflix's 'Never Have I Ever.'
• Jascha Brodsky1907Classical violinist
• Jascha Heifetz1901Violinist widely considered the greatest of the twentieth century
• Jascha Horenstein1898Orchestra conductor
• Jason Alexander1959Actor who played George Costanza on Seinfeld.
• Jason Fuchs2017American screenwriter and actor
• Jason Isaacs2001English actor (Harry Potter, The Patriot). Born into a Jewish family in Liverpool.
• Jason Issacs2001British actor
• Jason KatimsEmmy-winning showrunner of Friday Night Lights and Parenthood.
• Jason Lezak2008Swimmer
• Jason Reitman1977Oscar-nominated director of 'Juno' and 'Up in the Air.'
• Jason Robert BrownTony Award — Best Original Score
• Jason Schwartzman1980Actor and musician, star of many Wes Anderson films
• Jason Segel1980Actor and writer of 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' and 'The Muppets', and star of 'How I Met…
• Jay Baruchel2011Canadian actor, writer and director (Goon, How to Train Your Dragon)
• Jay Blackton1955Broadway conductor
• Jay Livingston1915Songwriter (Que Sera, Sera)
• Jay Roach1957Director ('Austin Powers', 'Meet the Parents', 'Trumbo')
• Jaya Torenberg1930Jaya Torenberg (born Elena Rodov) was a pioneering Mexican Jewish educator.
• Jazz Jennings2000Transgender rights activist and star of the reality series 'I Am Jazz'.
• Jean Benguigui1944French actor born to an Algerian Jewish family in Oran
• Jean Carroll1911Born Sadie Zeigman, Jean Carroll was the first Jewish woman stand-up comedian.
• Jean Daniel1920Journalist, founder of Le Nouvel Observateur
• Jean Gordon1903Jean Gordon had two successful careers in her lifetime, as a founder of the Advance…
• Jean Ichbiah1940Chief designer of the Ada programming language.
• Jean Jaffe1900Jean Jaffe was one of the leading Yiddish journalists of her time and covered a variety…
• Jean Rosenthal1912Jean Rosenthal was a pioneer in theater lighting design, finding new aesthetics for dance…
• Jean Sammet1928COBOL designer
• Jean Starobinski1920Swiss historian of ideas (Rousseau, melancholy)
• Jean Starr Untermeyer1886Poet Jean Starr Untermeyer’s work was first influenced by her connections with writers…
• Jean Sterne1909Physician who introduced metformin, the first-line drug for type 2 diabetes.
• Jean Todt1993Ferrari Formula 1 sporting director who led its championship dominance, later president…
• Jean Wahl1888French philosopher of existentialism
• Jean-Claude Van Damme1960Belgian martial-arts action star, born Jean-Claude Van Varenberg
• Jean-Francois Cope1964Politician, former UMP president
• Jean-François Derec1950French comedian, humorist and writer.
• Jean-François Kahn1997French journalist and essayist of Jewish paternal descent
• Jean-Jacques Goldman1981One of France's most successful singer-songwriters
• Jean-Jacques Kantorow1945Violinist and conductor
• Jean-Lou TepperFrench entrepreneur, co-founder of the Kookaï fashion brand.
• Jean-Luc Azoulay1987French TV producer, co-founder of AB Productions, born to a Sephardic Jewish family in…
• Jean-Luc Reichmann2010French TV host (Les Douze Coups de midi, TF1)
• Jean-Marie Lustiger1926Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
• Jean-Pierre Bacri1996French actor and screenwriter from a Sephardic Jewish Algerian family (On connait la…
• Jean-Pierre Barda1967Singer and member of the Swedish pop group Army of Lovers.
• Jean-Pierre Elkabbach1993French journalist and TV/radio host
• Jean-Pierre Foucault2000TV host (French 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire')
• Jean-Pierre Kahane1926Harmonic analysis
• Jean-Pierre Melville1967Director of Le Samouraï, Army of Shadows and Le Silence de la mer
• Jeane Herskovits GottesmanJeane Herskovits Gottesman was a philanthropist noted for her spiritual devotion to her…
• Jeanette Goodman BrillAs the first woman magistrate in Brooklyn and the second in New York, Jeanette Goodman…
• Jeanette WolffA well-known Social Democrat and Holocaust survivor committed to equal rights for women…
• Jeanine TesoriTony Award — Best Musical
• Jeanne Behrend1911Jeanne Behrend was a renowned pianist, music educator, and composer who was dedicated to…
• Jeanne FrankoJeanne Franko was a violinist and pianist who performed with her four siblings and had a…
• Jeanne Hersch1910Swiss philosopher of existentialism and human rights
• Jeannette Arons1881Jeannette Arons served in a variety of roles with the National Council of Jewish Women…
• Jedaiah Bedersic. 1270 CEPhilosopher and poet
• Jeff Barry1938Songwriter-producer (with Ellie Greenwich) of 'Be My Baby' and 'Chapel of Love.'
• Jeff Cheeger1943Differential geometry
• Jeff Garlin1962Comedian and actor
• Jeff Goldblum1993American Jewish actor ('Jurassic Park', 'The Fly')
• Jeff MarcusChief of the Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery at Duke University.
• Jeff MarxTony Award — Best Musical
• Jeff Ross1965The Roastmaster General — the face of the modern celebrity roast
• Jeff Sagansky1952President of CBS Entertainment
• Jeff Vinik1959Owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) from 2010 (sold majority stake in 2024 while…
• Jeff Wilbusch1987Israeli actor who broke out internationally as Moishe in Netflix's 'Unorthodox.'
• Jeff Yass1958Co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, a leading quantitative trading and…
• Jeffrey BleusteinContinuum mechanics
• Jeffrey Bluestone1953Immunologist known for work on T-cell regulation and the CTLA-4 immune checkpoint
• Jeffrey DrebinCancer researcher, work on HER2/neu oncogene and targeted therapy
• Jeffrey E. Janis2010sLeading academic plastic surgeon in craniofacial and reconstructive surgery who was part…
• Jeffrey Elman1948Cognitive scientist who pioneered connectionist recurrent-network models of language.
• Jeffrey Friedman1954Molecular geneticist who discovered leptin, the hormone that regulates appetite and body…
• Jeffrey Goldstone1933Physicist
• Jeffrey Hoffman1944NASA astronaut, first Jewish-American man in space and first person to bring a Torah into…
• Jeffrey HoffsteinComputer & information scientist
• Jeffrey I. Gordon1947Regarded as a founder of the study of the human gut microbiome
• Jeffrey Katzenberg1950Studio executive who revived Disney animation and co-founded DreamWorks, producing…
• Jeffrey L. MarshAdvanced craniomaxillofacial surgery through early adoption of 3-D imaging that…
• Jeffrey Lurie1951Owner and chairman of the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) since 1994. Born to a Jewish family…
• Jeffrey Ravetch1951Immunologist who elucidated the role of antibody Fc receptors in immunity
• Jeffrey SachsEconomist
• Jeffrey Skoll1996First President of eBay
• Jeffrey Swartz1960CEO of Timberland (third-generation family leadership)
• Jeffrey Tambor1944American actor known for Transparent and Arrested Development.
• Jeffrey Ullman2020Turing Award laureate (2020)
• Jemima Kirke1985Actress and artist known for Girls and Sex Education.
• Jenifer2002French pop singer, winner of the first Star Academy
• Jenji Kohan1969Creator of the acclaimed series 'Weeds' and 'Orange Is the New Black'.
• Jennie Davidson Levitt1889Jennie Davidson Levitt, daughter of Jewish philanthropists Saul and Mary (Cohen)…
• Jennie Franklin Purvin1873Jennie Franklin Purvin was one of a few Jewish women to become prominent in both civic…
• Jennie Goldstein1895Jennie Goldstein was one of the foremost Yiddish theater tragediennes, beloved by the…
• Jennie Grossinger1892Once called the “the best-known hotelkeeper in America," Jennie Grossinger played host to…
• Jennie Loitman Barron1891In her long career as a lawyer and a judge and in her lifelong work for women’s rights…
• Jennie Maas Flexner1882Jennie Maas Flexner was the head of the circulation department at the Louisville Public…
• Jennie Tourel1900Opera singer Jennie Tourel’s subtle and expressive performances made each song she sang…
• Jennifer Connelly2001American actress
• Jennifer Jason Leigh1982American actress
• Jennifer Meyer2003American fine-jewelry designer
• Jenny ApolantAn ardent suffragist, Jenny Apolant served as a board member of the General Association…
• Jenny Hirsch1829Born to an impoverished Jewish family, Jenny Hirsch became very involved with the German…
• Jenny Mollen1979Actress and author known for Angel and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Jenny Slate1982American comedian and actress known for Obvious Child and Parks and Recreation.
• Jeremiah Ostriker2000Astrophysicist who established the existence of dark matter and galactic halos
• Jérémie Szeftel2023French mathematician of black-hole stability
• Jeremy BaumbergPhysicist (nanophotonics and nanoscience)
• Jeremy Kagan1945Emmy-winning director ('The Chosen')
• Jeremy Larner1972Screenwriter of The Candidate (Academy Award 1972)
• Jeremy Piven1965Emmy-winning actor known for Entourage
• Jeremy Sabloff1944Archaeologist known for his work on ancient Maya civilization
• Jerome Berson1924Physical organic chemist known for reactive intermediates and diradicals
• Jerome Bruner1915Cognitive psychologist whose work shaped theories of language acquisition and cognitive…
• Jerome Chodorov1942Playwright-screenwriter of My Sister Eileen
• Jerome Conn1907Endocrinologist who first described primary aldosteronism (Conn's syndrome).
• Jerome F. Lederer1902Founder and first director of the Flight Safety Foundation
• Jerome Frank1909Psychiatrist known for comparative research on psychotherapy and persuasion
• Jerome Friedman1930Physicist
• Jerome H. Lemelson1954Held foundational patents in machine vision, bar-code reading, and automated warehousing.
• Jerome Horwitz1919Chemist who first synthesized AZT, later the first approved drug against HIV/AIDS.
• Jerome Kagan1929Developmental psychologist known for research on temperament
• Jerome Karle1985X-ray Crystallography
• Jerome Kern1927Composer - Show Boat and Broadway Standards
• Jerome Kohlberg Jr.1925Co-founder and namesake of KKR
• Jerome LawrencePlaywright
• Jerome Lettvin1920Neuroscientist whose paper 'What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain' reshaped sensory…
• Jerome Lowenthal1932Classical pianist
• Jerome Namias1910Meteorologist, a pioneer of long-range and extended weather forecasting
• Jerome Percus1926Physicist
• Jerome Singer1924Psychologist known for research on daydreaming and imagination
• Jerome WeidmanTony Award — Best Musical
• Jerome WiesnerComputer & information scientist
• Jerrold Katz1932Philosopher of language and linguistics
• Jerrold Meinwald2012Co-founder of chemical ecology
• Jerrold Zacharias1905Physicist
• Jerry Bock1928Composer of Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!
• Jerry Bruckheimer1995Blockbuster producer (Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, CSI)
• Jerry Fodor1935Philosopher of mind known for the modularity of mind and the language of thought.
• Jerry Goldsmith1976American film composer (Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, Star Trek, Alien)
• Jerry Gollub1944Physicist who demonstrated chaos in fluid flows
• Jerry Greenfield1978Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Jewish American entrepreneur.
• Jerry Hausman1985Econometrician of the Hausman specification test
• Jerry Herman1931Composer-lyricist of Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles
• Jerry Krause1939Chicago Bulls GM during 1990s dynasty
• Jerry Leiber1933Songwriter who with Mike Stoller shaped early rock and roll (Hound Dog, Stand By Me)
• Jerry Lewis1950Legendary American comedian, actor and filmmaker
• Jerry Moss1962Co-founded A&M Records (the 'M') — home of The Carpenters, The Police and Janet Jackson
• Jerry Paris1925Actor and Emmy-winning director ('The Dick Van Dyke Show', 'Happy Days')
• Jerry Reinsdorf1936Owns the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox
• Jerry Robinson1940Co-creator of the Joker and Robin for Batman (1940)
• Jerry Ross1926Broadway composer (The Pajama Game)
• Jerry Seinfeld1954Comedian and co-creator/star of the sitcom Seinfeld.
• Jerry Siegel1938Co-created Superman
• Jerry Springer1991American television talk show host (The Jerry Springer Show)
• Jerry Stiller1927American comedian and actor known for Seinfeld and The King of Queens.
• Jerry TersoffPhysicist (condensed matter and materials theory)
• Jerry Wexler1967Atlantic Records producer who coined the term 'rhythm and blues'
• Jerry Zucker1950American filmmaker behind 'Airplane!' and 'Ghost.'
• Jerzy KosinskiAuthor
• Jerzy Petersburski1895Composer (To Ostatnia Niedziela)
• Jess SalomonCanadian stand-up comedian and former human-rights lawyer.
• Jesse Douglas1897Solved Plateau's problem (first Fields Medal, 1936)
• Jesse Eisenberg1983American actor known for The Social Network and A Real Pain.
• Jesse Greenstein1909Astronomer
• Jesse L. Lasky1912Co-founded the studio that became Paramount Pictures
• Jesse Roth1934Endocrinologist who advanced the understanding of hormone receptors
• Jessi Klein1975Emmy-winning head writer of 'Inside Amy Schumer' and bestselling comedic essayist.
• Jessica Blanche PeixottoJessica Blanche Peixotto defied convention and her family to become a respected authority…
• Jessica Cohen1869Jessie Cohen served as editor of the Jewish Review and Observer for most of her life…
• Jessica Feingold1910Jessica Feingold devoted more than forty-five years of her life to carrying out the goals…
• Jessie Bernard1903Sociologist Jessie Bernard’s feminist epiphany came at age 67 in 1969, but her earlier…
• Jessie Ethel Sampter1883Jessie Sampter was an important Zionist activist, writer, and educator.
• Jessie Marmorston1903Jessie Marmorston was a professor of experimental medicine, researching a stunning range…
• Jesus of Nazarethc. 4 BCEFirst-century Jewish teacher and preacher from Galilee whose life and teachings gave rise…
• Jill Stuart1993Fashion and accessories designer, founder of the Jill Stuart brand
• Jim Abrahams1980Co-creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun with the Zucker brothers
• Jim Simons1982Mathematician and Hedge Fund Manager
• Jo Copeland1930Leading American designer at Pattullo-Jo Copeland
• Jo Sinclair1913Jo Sinclair was an American-Jewish novelist whose works explored the repercussions of…
• Jo Swerling1946Co-wrote It's a Wonderful Life
• Joachim Luttinger1923Physicist
• Joachim PrinzRabbi and civil-rights leader who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington.
• Joan Birman1927Braid groups and knot theory
• Joan Blondell1906A beautiful and accomplished stage and screen actress, Joan Blondell was known for…
• Joan Collins1933Actress
• Joan E. Biren (JEB)1944Joan E. Biren, or JEB, is a photographer and filmmaker who documented lesbian life and…
• Joan Feynman1974Astrophysicist of the solar wind and the aurora
• Joan Javits1953Co-wrote 'Santa Baby'
• Joan Kahn1914Joan Kahn had such a gift for choosing and editing bestselling mystery novels that her…
• Joan Mavis Rosanove1896Australian lawyer Joan Rosanove was the first woman in Victoria to work specifically as a…
• Joan Micklin Silver1935Director ('Hester Street', 'Crossing Delancey') — brought American Jewish immigrant…
• Joan Nathan1943Award-winning journalist and cookbook author Joan Nathan is a transformative figure in…
• Joan Nestle1940Joan Nestle is an activist, writer, and educator known for her work on lesbian identity…
• Joan Rivers1933Comedian, talk-show host and actress
• Joan Roth1942Born in Detroit, Joan Roth has worked with many well-known photographers in her long…
• Joan Snyder1940Joan Snyder is an accomplished painter whose works are strongly associated with the 1970s…
• Joan Tronto1993Political theorist of the ethics of care
• Joann Sfar1971French comics artist and filmmaker whose graphic novel The Rabbi's Cat explores Sephardic…
• Joanna Russ1975Feminist science-fiction writer
• Joaquin Phoenix1974Oscar-winning actor
• Jodi Picoult2004Novelist
• Joe Darion1965Lyricist of Man of La Mancha ('The Impossible Dream')
• Joe Dassin1969French-American singer, one of the biggest French pop stars of the 1970s
• Joe Kubert1959Definitive artist of Sgt. Rock and Hawkman
• Joe Lacob1956Principal owner and governor of the Golden State Warriors (NBA) since 2010
• Joe Lewis1937Majority owner of Tottenham Hotspur (English soccer) through ENIC Group from 2001…
• Joe Lieberman1942U.S. senator and the first Jewish American nominated for vice president by a major party.
• Joe MasteroffTony Award — Best Musical
• Joe Roth1948Film producer and studio executive (Fox, Disney
• Joe Shuster1938Co-created Superman
• Joe Simon1941Co-created Captain America
• Joe Trohman1984Lead guitarist and co-founder of Fall Out Boy.
• Joel Basman1990Swiss actor acclaimed across German-language film and television.
• Joel Coen1954American filmmaker and one half of the Coen brothers.
• Joel Elias Spingarn1875Chairman (1913-1919) then president of the NAACP
• Joel Engel1936Co-developed the cellular telephone network architecture.
• Joel FerzigerFluid mechanics
• Joel Glazer1967Co-chairman of Manchester United (soccer) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)
• Joel H. Cohen2000Simpsons writer and co-executive producer
• Joel Hirschhorn1972Two Academy Awards for songs: 'The Morning After', 'We May Never Love Like This Again'
• Joel Kinnaman1979Actor known for The Killing and Suicide Squad (Jewish maternal ancestry)
• Joel Lebowitz1930Physicist
• Joel Mokyr2025Nobel laureate in economics (2025), historian of the culture of growth
• Joel Moses1941Co-developed the Macsyma computer-algebra system.
• Joel Scherk1946Physicist
• Joel Silver1988Producer of Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and The Matrix
• Joel Smoller1936Partial differential equations
• Joey King1999Actress acclaimed for 'The Act' and the 'Kissing Booth' films.
• Joey Ramone1951Lead singer of punk pioneers the Ramones.
• Joey Soloway1965American writer and creator of the series Transparent.
• Johann Rosenhain1816Theory of hyperelliptic and theta functions
• Johanna Loeb1844Johanna Loeb’s philanthropic work extended to both Jewish and secular charities, such as…
• Johanna LöwenherzJohanna Löwenherz traveled widely on behalf of Germany’s socialist women’s movement…
• Johanna Martzy1924Classical violinist
• Johanna Spector1915Johanna Spector was an influential ethnomusicologist whose writings, recordings, and film…
• Johannes Zukertort1886Contested the first official World Chess Championship against Steinitz (1886)
• John Axelrod1966Orchestra conductor
• John Bahcall1934Astrophysicist
• John Blatt1921Theoretical physicist
• John Brahm1893German-born director ('The Lodger', classic 'Twilight Zone' episodes)
• John Cahn1928Materials scientist known for the Cahn–Hilliard equation on phase separation
• John Deutch1938Physical chemist and MIT professor known for energy and policy science
• John Fisher1961Majority owner of the Athletics (MLB) since 2005, with stakes in the San Jose Earthquakes…
• John Forsythe1918American actor (Dynasty, Charlie's Angels voice)
• John Frankenheimer1962Film director (The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin). Jewish paternal (German-Jewish) descent.
• John G. Kemeny1926Co-invented the BASIC programming language.
• John Garfield1938Film actor and early method-acting star
• John Grunsfeld1995Astrophysicist and NASA astronaut who led servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope
• John H. Garlock1896Helped establish plastic surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital and was a founding member of the…
• John HarnadPhysicist (mathematical physics, integrable systems)
• John Harsanyi1920Nobel laureate (1994) who developed the theory of games with incomplete information
• John HollanderPoet / lyricist
• John Howard Lawson1938First president of the Screen Writers Guild
• John I. Brauman2002Physical-organic chemist of gas-phase reactions
• John JacobsHelped establish the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons' pedagogical structure…
• John Kander1927Broadway composer (Cabaret, Chicago)
• John KlensinComputer & information scientist
• John Landis1950Director ('The Blues Brothers', 'Animal House', Michael Jackson's 'Thriller')
• John LauferFluid mechanics
• John McCarthy1927Coined 'artificial intelligence'
• John Mendelsohn1936Oncologist whose research led to cetuximab, an EGFR-targeting cancer antibody
• John Milius1944Writer-director ('Conan the Barbarian')
• John of Gischala (Yohanan ben Levi)67-70 CEGalilean commander of the First Jewish-Roman War who defended Gischala and later helped…
• John Paulson1994Hedge Fund Manager
• John Polanyi1929Chemist known for reaction dynamics and chemiluminescence
• John Prausnitz1928Chemical engineer known for molecular thermodynamics of fluids
• John Robbins1932Physician who co-developed the Hib conjugate vaccine against childhood meningitis
• John Ross1926Physical chemist known for chemical kinetics and nonlinear dynamics
• John Schwarz1941Physicist
• John Toldy1940Co-writer of Arise, My Love (Academy Award 1940)
• John Vane1927Awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize for discovering how aspirin works and the biology of…
• John von Neumann1945Computer Architecture and Game Theory
• John WeidmanTony Award — Best Musical
• John Ziman1925Physicist
• John Zorn1953American composer bridging avant-garde jazz, classical and Jewish music via the Masada…
• Johnny Green1908Songwriter (Body and Soul)
• Johnny Mandel1925Composer and arranger
• Johnny Marks1949Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Jon Favreau1966Actor, director and writer (Swingers, Iron Man, The Mandalorian)
• Jon Kleinberg2006Pioneer of network analysis
• Jon Lovitz1957Comedian and actor, a beloved 'Saturday Night Live' alumnus.
• Jon Stewart1962Comedian and longtime host of The Daily Show
• Jon Wolff1956Gene-therapy researcher, pioneer of naked-DNA gene transfer
• Jonah Hill1983Actor and comedian, two-time Oscar nominee
• Jonah ibn Janahc. 985 CEPhysician and grammarian
• Jonas Cohn1869German neo-Kantian philosopher and aesthetician
• Jonas Salk1955Polio Vaccine
• Jonathan AdlerCelebrated potter and interior designer.
• Jonathan Apphus152 BCEMaccabean leader (160-143 BCE) who rebuilt the revolt and became the first Hasmonean High…
• Jonathan Borwein1951Pioneer of experimental mathematics and pi computation
• Jonathan Freedman1937Social psychologist known for research on crowding and compliance
• Jonathan Glazer2023English film-maker
• Jonathan Haidt1963Social psychologist known for moral foundations theory
• Jonathan I. Israel1946Historian of the Radical Enlightenment and of Spinoza's democratic political thought
• Jonathan Larson1996Creator of Rent
• Jonathan Ledecky1958Co-owner and governor of the New York Islanders (NHL) since 2016
• Jonathan Lethem1999Novelist
• Jonathan Levin2011Economist of market design
• Jonathan Lipnicki1996American actor
• Jonathan LittellAuthor
• Jonathan Littman2001Television producer ('The Amazing Race', CSI franchise)
• Jonathan R. Macey1955Corporate and securities law scholar
• Jonathan Rothberg1963Inventor of high-speed next-generation DNA sequencing (454 sequencing) and semiconductor…
• Jonathan Sachs1947Co-created the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet.
• Jonathan Safran Foer1977American novelist of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
• Jonathan Simkhai2010Founder of the Simkhai womenswear label (2010)
• Jonathan Tunick1977Stephen Sondheim's orchestrator
• Jonathan WeinerPulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
• Joram Lindenstrauss1936Banach space theory
• Jordan Mechner1989Created Karateka and Prince of Persia, pioneering cinematic animation in video games
• Jorge Drexler2004Uruguayan songwriter
• Jorge Dubcovsky2013Wheat geneticist
• Jorge Kurchan2025Statistical physicist of glassy dynamics
• Jorie GrahamPulitzer Prize for Poetry
• Jose ben Josec. 450Earliest known payyetan cited by name, composer of piyyutim for the High Holy Days.
• Jose Moyal1910Statistical physics
• José ScheinkmanEconomist
• José Serebrier1938Conductor and composer
• José-Alain Sahel1955Ophthalmologist advancing treatments for blindness, including optogenetic vision…
• Josef Breuer1842Physician who, with Freud, laid the foundations of psychoanalysis and the cathartic…
• Josef Fried1914Chemist who pioneered fluorinated steroids, greatly improving corticosteroid drugs
• Josef Gingold1909Classical violinist
• Josef Krips1902Orchestra conductor
• Josef Lhévinne1874Classical pianist
• Josef Stransky1872Orchestra conductor
• Josef Tal1982Founding father of Israeli art music and electronic music
• Josef von Sternberg1894Made Marlene Dietrich a star ('The Blue Angel', 'Morocco')
• Joseph Achron1886Violinist and composer
• Joseph Alboc. 1380 CEPhilosopher and theologian
• Joseph AuslanderPoet / lyricist
• Joseph Bernstein1945Representation theory and automorphic forms
• Joseph Brodsky1940Nobel Prize-winning poet and US Poet Laureate
• Joseph Brooks1977Wrote 'You Light Up My Life' (Academy Award 1977)
• Joseph Caroc. 1565Author of the Shulchan Aruch, the standard code of Jewish law
• Joseph Caspi1279Provencal grammarian, philosopher, and prolific Bible commentator.
• Joseph Cedar1968Israeli-American filmmaker, Oscar-nominated for 'Footnote' and 'Beaufort.'
• Joseph Dagan1970Israeli football administrator (secretary-general of the Israel FA) credited as the…
• Joseph Doob1910Probability theory
• Joseph DorfmanEconomist
• Joseph Erlanger1874Physiologist awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize for research on the differentiated functions of…
• Joseph FieldsTony Award — Best Musical
• Joseph Friedman1937Invented the bendy (flexible) drinking straw (patented 1937) after watching his little…
• Joseph Fruton1912Biochemist known for work on enzymes, peptides and the history of biochemistry
• Joseph Fuchs1899Classical violinist
• Joseph Goldberger1874Physician who proved that pellagra is a dietary deficiency disease, not an infection.
• Joseph Goldstein1940Awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize for discovering the LDL receptor and regulation of…
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt1981Actor and filmmaker, star of Inception and 500 Days of Summer
• Joseph Greenberg1915Linguist who pioneered linguistic typology and the study of language universals.
• Joseph Halpern1997Pioneer of reasoning about knowledge in distributed systems
• Joseph Heller1923American novelist ('Catch-22')
• Joseph Hirschfelder1975Manhattan Project physicist
• Joseph ibn Kaspic. 1280 CEPhilosopher, grammarian and biblical exegete who wrote rationalist commentaries and works…
• Joseph ibn Zabarac. 1140Catalan poet and physician, author of the satirical 'Sefer Sha'ashu'im' (Book of Delight).
• Joseph J. Levin Jr.1943Co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center (1971), a leading US organization…
• Joseph Jastrow1863Early experimental psychologist and popularizer of the field
• Joseph Joachim1831Violinist and close collaborator of Brahms, who wrote his concerto for him
• Joseph Kalichstein1946Classical pianist
• Joseph Kaplan1902Physicist of the upper atmosphere and airglow, a leader in geophysics research
• Joseph Karo1488 CELegal scholar and codifier
• Joseph Keller1923Applied mathematics
• Joseph KesselAuthor
• Joseph KestinContinuum mechanics
• Joseph Kimhic. 1105Grammarian, exegete, and translator who transmitted the Spanish school of Hebrew grammar…
• Joseph Kohn1932Several complex variables
• Joseph Kosma1945Composer of Autumn Leaves and the scores of Les Enfants du paradis and La Grande Illusion
• Joseph KrammPulitzer Prize for Drama
• Joseph Kruskal1928Multidimensional scaling and Kruskal's algorithm
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz1909Writer-director of the classic All About Eve.
• Joseph L. Sax1936Founder of modern environmental law
• Joseph LelyveldPulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
• Joseph PechmanEconomist
• Joseph Pedlosky1938Oceanographer, an authority on geophysical fluid dynamics
• Joseph Pulitzer1917Hungarian-American newspaper publisher
• Joseph Raz1939Legal and political philosopher
• Joseph Ritt1893Founder of differential algebra
• Joseph Rotblat1995Physicist who left the Manhattan Project on conscience
• Joseph Roth1894Austrian novelist ('The Radetzky March')
• Joseph S. Gruss1945Pioneered rigid internal fixation and primary bone grafting for complex facial fractures…
• Joseph Safian1886A direct disciple of Jacques Joseph who transmitted his aesthetic and reconstructive…
• Joseph Safra1955Built Banco Safra into one of Brazil's largest private banks and was, at his death, the…
• Joseph Schlessinger1945Biophysicist who elucidated how receptor tyrosine kinases signal, guiding targeted cancer…
• Joseph Seligman1819Bavarian-born founder of J. & W. Seligman & Co., a 19th-century banking powerhouse that…
• Joseph Silverman1955Co-invented the NTRU cryptosystem.
• Joseph Silverstein1932Violinist and conductor
• Joseph Smagorinsky1924Meteorologist, a founder of large-scale atmospheric general circulation modeling
• Joseph Solomon Delmedigo1591 CEPhysician, mathematician and astronomer
• Joseph Soloveitchik1903Orthodox rabbi and Jewish philosopher, author of 'Halakhic Man'
• Joseph Stein1912American playwright who wrote the book for the landmark musical Fiddler on the Roof.
• Joseph Stiglitz2001Information Economics
• Joseph Szigeti1892Classical violinist
• Joseph TraubComputer & information scientist
• Joseph Weber1919Physicist
• Joseph Weizenbaum1966ELIZA - Early Natural Language Processing
• Joseph Wolpe1915Psychiatrist who developed systematic desensitization in behavior therapy
• Josephine Clara Goldmark1877Josephine Goldmark laid the groundwork for transforming American labor laws by amassing…
• Josephine Lazarus1846Josephine Lazarus was an American Sephardi essayist and literary critic.
• Josephine Levy-Rathenau1877Josephine Levy-Rathenau was a feminist and pioneering social reformer whose activism…
• Josephine Sarah Marcus EarpImpulsive, adventurous, and outspoken, Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp ran away from home…
• Josephine Wertheim Pomerance1910Josephine Wertheim Pomerance spearheaded efforts for nuclear arms control as founder and…
• Josh Bowman1988English actor best known for the ABC series Revenge.
• Josh Charles2009Actor: Will Gardner in The Good Wife — two Emmy nominations — and Knox Overstreet in Dead…
• Josh Gad1981Actor who originated Elder Cunningham in 'The Book of Mormon' and voices Olaf in 'Frozen'.
• Josh Groban1981Multi-platinum singer known for 'You Raise Me Up' and Broadway performances.
• Josh Harris1965Co-founder of Apollo Global Management and founder of 26North
• Josh Peck1986Actor and comedian known for the Nickelodeon series 'Drake & Josh'.
• Josh Singer2015Screenwriter of Spotlight (Academy Award 2015)
• Joshua Angrist1960Nobel laureate (2021) who pioneered the use of natural experiments to draw causal…
• Joshua Bell1967American violinist and music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
• Joshua ben Hananiahc. 100Tannaitic sage and leading disputant at Yavneh
• Joshua CohenPulitzer Prize for Fiction
• Joshua Fishman1926Founder of the sociology of language and scholar of bilingualism and language planning.
• Joshua Foer2011Co-founded Sefaria (2011), putting the entire Jewish textual canon online free
• Joshua Jortner1933Physical chemist known for ultrafast processes and molecular clusters
• Joshua KushnerVenture capitalist and founder of Thrive Capital and Oscar Health.
• Joshua Lederberg1958Genetic Recombination
• Joshua Lionel Cowen1877Founder of Lionel Corporation (electric toy trains)
• Joshua Rush2001American actor known for Andi Mack and voice work in animation.
• Joshua Sanes2020Neurobiologist of synapse formation
• Joshua Solomon Soncino1488Member of the Soncino family of pioneering Hebrew printers
• Joshua son of Nuntraditionally c. 13th century BCE (biblical narrative)Biblical successor of Moses who, in the biblical narrative, led the Israelites into the…
• Joshua Z WeinsteinDocumentary filmmaker who directed the Yiddish-language film Menashe.
• Joshua Zak1929Physicist
• Josy Eisenberg1933French rabbi and pioneering religious television broadcaster.
• Joy Ladin1961Joy Ladin is the Gottesman Professor of English at Stern College, a prolific poet, and a…
• Joy Ungerleider-MayersonJoy Ungerleider-Mayerson rescued the faltering Jewish Museum in New York.
• Joyce AzriaAmerican fashion designer and creative director.
• Joyce Brothers1929Joyce Brothers was the second person and only woman to win the top prize on the popular…
• Joyce Jacobson Kaufman1929A pioneer in the field of physical chemistry, Joyce Jacobson Kaufman did groundbreaking…
• Joyce Kozloff1942Joyce Kozloff is an internationally recognized painter, public muralist, and feminist…
• Jozef KissPoet / lyricist
• Juan GelmanPoet / lyricist
• Juan Luis Vives1493Renaissance humanist philosopher, of Jewish converso descent
• Juda Quastel1899Biochemist and a founder of neurochemistry and soil microbiology
• Judah Abravanel (Leone Ebreo)1465Renaissance philosopher, author of the Neoplatonic 'Dialoghi d'amore'
• Judah al-Harizic. 1165Poet and translator who composed the maqama collection 'Tahkemoni' and rendered…
• Judah ben David Hayyujc. 945'Father of Hebrew grammar' who established the theory of triliteral Hebrew roots.
• Judah ben Solomon ha-Cohenc. 1215 CEPhilosopher, astronomer and mathematician
• Judah Folkman1933Surgeon who founded the field of angiogenesis research, opening a new approach to cancer…
• Judah Halevi1075Medieval Jewish poet and philosopher, author of 'The Kuzari'
• Judah ibn Tibbonc. 1120 CEPhysician and translator known as the 'father of translators'
• Judah Loew ben Bezalelc. 1520 CEPhilosopher and scholar (the Maharal of Prague) whose systematic thought engaged…
• Judah Maccabeec. 164 BCECommander of the Maccabean revolt who retook Jerusalem and rededicated the Temple in 164…
• Judah Messer Leonc. 1420 CEPhysician, philosopher and rhetorician
• Judah the Prince135 CECompiler and redactor of the Mishnah, the core of the Talmud
• Judd Apatow1967Comedy writer, director and producer
• Judd Hirsch1935Actor, star of Taxi and Ordinary People
• Judd Marmor1910Psychiatrist influential in depathologizing homosexuality
• Judd Nelson1959Actor known for The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire
• Judd WoldinTony Award — Best Musical
• Judea Pearl2011Artificial Intelligence and Bayesian Networks
• Judit Polgar1976Chess grandmaster, strongest female player in history
• Judith (literary figure)literary work composed c. 2nd-1st century BCEHeroine of the apocryphal Book of Judith who kills the besieging general Holofernes
• Judith Berlin Lieberman1903As dean of the Shulamith School for Girls, Judith Berlin Lieberman emphasized the…
• Judith Brin Ingber1945Judith Brin Ingber is a dancer, choreographer, writer, and dance historian who fostered…
• Judith Butler1956American philosopher, foundational figure in gender theory
• Judith G. Epstein1895Judith Epstein led Hadassah through the tumultuous years of World War II, shifting its…
• Judith Graham Pool1919Judith Graham Pool was a physiologist whose scientific discoveries revolutionized the…
• Judith Hauptman1943The first woman to receive a PhD in Talmud, Judith Hauptman has made significant…
• Judith Hendel1921For over fifty years, Israeli author Yehudit Hendel succeeded brilliantly in making a…
• Judith Herman1942Dr. Judith Herman was a pioneer in identifying the frequency with which sexual abuse of…
• Judith Herzberg1934Judith Herzberg is a Dutch Jewish poet, essayist, screenwriter, and professor who has…
• Judith Heumann1947Leading disability-rights activist whose sit-ins secured Section 504 regulations and…
• Judith Jarvis Thomson1929Moral philosopher, developed the 'trolley problem' and 'A Defense of Abortion'
• Judith Kaplan EisensteinThe first American girl to publicly celebrate a bat mitzvah, Judith Kaplan Eisenstein…
• Judith KatzirYehudit Katzir (b. 1963) is an Israeli author who emerged as a leading female voice in…
• Judith Kerr1923German-British author and illustrator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and When Hitler Stole…
• Judith Klinman2012Discovered quantum tunneling in enzyme catalysis
• Judith KrantzAuthor
• Judith Laikin Elkin1928The historian Judith Laikin Elkin Is best known as the founder of the Latin American…
• Judith Lax1924Dr. Judith H. Lax (1924-2022) was a trailblazing lay leader in the Conservative movement.
• Judith Leiber1963Handbag designer, creator of the crystal minaudiere
• Judith Light1949Two-time Tony-winning actress known for Who's the Boss? and Transparent.
• Judith Malina1926Judith Malina was an actress, director, and producer who dedicated her life to creating…
• Judith Marquet-KrauseJudith Marquet-Krause was an archeologist who contributed her talents to early…
• Judith Milgrom1998Fashion designer, founder of Maje (SMCP group)
• Judith Montefiore1784Often referred to as the “First Lady of Anglo Jewry,” Judith Montefiore embodied all the…
• Judith Peixotto1823A gifted teacher who tirelessly promoted her students both within their schools and in…
• Judith Pinta Mandelbaum1906Judith Pinta Mandelbaum was an important part of the Mizrachi Women’s Organization of…
• Judith Plaskow1947Pioneering Jewish feminist theologian, author of 'Standing Again at Sinai,' who brought…
• Judith Raskin1928An operatic soprano, Judith Raskin was one of the most outstanding musical artists of the…
• Judith Resnik1984Electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, first Jewish American in space
• Judith Rodin1944Health psychologist known for research on control and aging
• Judith S. Kaye1938Judith S. Kaye was the first woman to serve as chief judge of the state of New York and…
• Judith Sheindlin1942For two and half decades, former New York family court Judge Judith Sheindlin has riveted…
• Judith Solis-CohenJudith Solis-Cohen had a prolific literary career that covered a wide range of topics…
• Judith Steiner-FreudAs a Holocaust survivor, Judith Steiner-Freud fulfilled her faithful and influential…
• Judith Tannenbaum ShuvalJudith Shuval is one of the main scholars in the field of the sociology of health in…
• Judy Blume1970Author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and Forever
• Judy Cassab1920Vienna-born, Budapest-trained painter Judy Cassab, a survivor of the Holocaust, arrived…
• Judy Chicago1939Feminist artist whose monumental work 'The Dinner Party' celebrated women's history and…
• Judy Feld Carr1938Canadian-born Judy Feld Carr rescued 3,228 Jews out of Syria.
• Judy Gold1962Stand-up comedian and Emmy-winning writer
• Judy Holliday1921A brilliant actress and comedian, Judy Holliday won an Academy Award for her performance…
• Judy Sheindlin1942Judge and television personality who created the hit courtroom show Judge Judy.
• Jule Charney1917Meteorologist and co-founder of numerical weather prediction
• Jule Styne1945Let It Snow! (music)
• Jules Bloch1880French linguist specializing in Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages.
• Jules Dassin1911Director ('Rififi', 'Never on Sunday')
• Jules Freund1890Immunologist who developed Freund's adjuvant, a widely used booster of immune response.
• Jules Furthman1935Screenwriter of To Have and Have Not and Mutiny on the Bounty
• Jules Henry1904American anthropologist known for 'Culture Against Man'
• Jules Masserman1905Psychiatrist known for experimental research on neurosis in animals
• Jules Ouaki1948Founder of Tati, the pioneering French discount retail chain.
• Jules Pascin1920Bulgarian-born painter and draftsman of the Jewish School of Paris
• Julia Fischer1983Classical violinist
• Julia Garner2019Actress: Ruth Langmore in Ozark — three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe — and…
• Julia Horn Hamburger1883A long-time volunteer, Julia Horn Hamburger was founding president of the New York…
• Julia Kornfield1961Polymer scientist of flow-induced crystallization
• Julia KoschitzkyAn activist, philanthropist, and leader of Canadian and world Jewry, Julia Koschitzky was…
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus1990Emmy-winning actress, Elaine Benes on Seinfeld and star of Veep
• Julia Richman1855A polarizing and important social reformer, Julia Richman sought to better manage the…
• Julia Vinograd1943Julia Vinograd was a street poet and the author of 68 slender volumes of verse widely…
• Julia Waldbaum1897In addition to being a well-known philanthropist, Julia Waldbaum owned a chain of grocery…
• Julian Adams1954Medicinal chemist, co-developer of the cancer drug bortezomib (Velcade)
• Julian BussgangComputer & information scientist
• Julian Cole1925Applied mathematics
• Julian Edelman1986Super Bowl MVP wide receiver for the New England Patriots.
• Julian Goldsmith1918Geochemist known for research in mineralogy and feldspar and carbonate crystal chemistry
• Julian Hochberg1923Perception psychologist known for research on visual cognition
• Julian Josephson1929Screenwriter of Disraeli (1929)
• Julian Morris2011English actor
• Julian Rachlin1974Violinist and violist
• Julian Rotter1916Psychologist known for social learning theory and locus of control
• Julian Schnabel1951Painter and director ('The Diving Bell and the Butterfly', 'Basquiat')
• Julian Schwinger1918Physicist
• Julian SimonEconomist
• Julian Sitkovetsky1925Classical violinist
• Julian TuwimPoet / lyricist
• Julianna Margulies1966Actress, star of ER and The Good Wife
• Julie GoldmanDocumentary film producer behind numerous acclaimed nonfiction films.
• Julie Johanna Engel1922Julie Johanna Isner Engel dreamed of becoming a professional opera singer in Germany in…
• Julie Kavner1950Actress and voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons
• Julie Klausner1978Comedian, writer and creator of the series 'Difficult People'.
• Julie Rosewald1847Julie Eichberg Rosewald was America’s first woman cantor.
• Julie Taymor1952Julie Taymor is an award-winning theater, opera, and film director best known for being…
• Julien Benda1867French philosopher, author of 'La Trahison des clercs'
• Julien Dray1955Socialist politician, co-founder of SOS Racisme
• Julienne BlochJulienne Bloch was a writer and educator who used her career to strengthen the Jewish…
• Juliet Landau1965Actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Juliette Pary1903Born in Odessa, Juliette Pary moved to Paris in 1925 and became a respected translator…
• Julius Axelrod1970Neurotransmitters
• Julius Benedict1804Composer and conductor
• Julius Bernstein1839Physiologist who proposed the membrane theory of the nerve impulse.
• Julius Cohnheim1839Pathologist who advanced the understanding of inflammation and its cellular basis.
• Julius Donath1870Physician who co-described the Donath-Landsteiner test for paroxysmal hemoglobinuria
• Julius Edgar Lilienfeld1925Patented the field-effect transistor concept in the 1920s, decades before Bell Labs
• Julius Epstein1943Co-wrote Casablanca (Academy Award 1943) with twin brother Philip
• Julius Hirsch1911First Jewish player of the German national football team (1911)
• Julius Katchen1926Classical pianist
• Julius Konig1849Set theory
• Julius Morgenroth1871Immunologist and pioneer of chemotherapy for infectious diseases
• Julius Pokorny1887Celtic linguist, author of a major Indo-European etymological dictionary.
• Julius Rosenthal1828Chicago lawyer counted among the founders/early signatories of the NAACP in its 1909…
• Julius Rosenwald1910Built Sears, Roebuck & Co. into a retail giant and, as a philanthropist, funded thousands…
• Julius Rudel1921Opera conductor
• Julius Schwartz1956Legendary DC Comics editor who launched the Silver Age by reviving the Flash (1956)…
• Julius Wolff1836German orthopedic pioneer who helped establish orthopedics as a discipline and formulated…
• Juliusz Schauder1899Functional analysis
• Jurnee Smollett1986American actress acclaimed for Eve's Bayou, Lovecraft Country, and Birds of Prey.
• Justin Bartha2004American actor
• Justin Hurwitz1985Composer who won two Academy Awards for the La La Land score and song.
• Justin LevineTony Award — Best Musical
• Justin SachsChief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in…
• Justine Wise Polier1903As the first woman judge appointed in New York, Justine Wise Polier focused on helping…

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