- Fabien Frankel2022French-English actor
- Fabien Sevitzky1891Orchestra conductor
- Fabrice Benichou1989French boxer of Spanish-Algerian Sephardic Jewish heritage
- Faige TeitelbaumWhen Faige Teitelbaum married Satmar rebbe Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum in 1936, she became the…
- Fania MarinoffFania Marinoff was associated with one of the most vibrant artistic circles in the United…
- Fania Metman-CohenFania Metman-Cohen set up the first Hebrew kindergarten in Odessa in 1899.
- Fania Mindell1894Fania Mindell was a feminist activist and co-founder of a birth control clinic.
- Fania Oz-Salzberger1960Historian of political thought
- Fannia Cohn1885ILGWU labor leader and pioneer of workers' education who advanced the rights and training…
- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler1863“She plays like a man” was a near-refrain in critiques of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, a…
- Fannie Eller LorberWhen her community became a mecca for adults suffering from tuberculosis, Fannie Eller…
- Fannie Hurst1889Fannie Hurst was among the most popular and sought-after writers of the post-World War I…
- Fanny Baronin Von Arnstein1758Fanny von Arnstein, who rose to the rank of baroness, navigated the artistic and…
- Fanny BerlinA courageous, motivated pioneer in medicine, in the late 1800s Fanny Berlin became one of…
- Fanny Binswanger HoffmanFanny Binswager Hoffman was an early twentieth-century educator and philanthropist who…
- Fanny Brice1891Comedienne and singer, subject of the musical Funny Girl
- Fanny Brin1884Peace and women's-rights leader, president of the National Council of Jewish Women, who…
- Fanny E. HoltzmannFanny E. Holtzmann made waves as a lawyer for stars of Broadway and Hollywood as well as…
- Fanny Goldstein1895Librarian, social activist, and founder of National Jewish Book Week, Fanny Goldstein…
- Fanny KlenermanA lifelong rebel, a trade unionist, and a Trotskyite, Fanny Klenerman is chiefly…
- Fanny LewaldFanny Lewald was a successful and respected writer in nineteenth-century Germany.
- Fanny Mendelssohn1805German composer and pianist of hundreds of songs and piano works
- Fanny NeudaFanny Neuda was born into a Moravian family of rabbis and acted in line with her family…
- Fanny Rosenfeld1928Canada's female athlete of the half-century
- Fat Mike1967Singer-bassist and founder of punk band NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords.
- Fay Ajzenberg-Selove2007Nuclear physicist and definitive authority on light-nuclei energy levels
- Fay Berger Karpf1891Fay Berger Karpf made major contributions to social science with her analysis of the…
- Fay Kanin1917Over a sixty-year career as a writer, actor, co-producer, and activist, Fay Kanin was…
- Faye Kellerman1952Bestselling author of the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus crime novels.
- Faye Libby Schenk1909Fay Libby Schenk turned down a promising career as a zoologist to devote herself to…
- Faye Schulman1919A photographer, nurse, partisan fighter, survivor, and educator, Faye Schulman devoted…
- Fayga OstrowerFayga Ostrower, born in Poland, began her artistic career after her family immigrated to…
- Federigo Enriques1871Algebraic geometry
- Feiga Izrailevna Kogan1891Poet Feiga Izrailevna Kogan was born into the Moscow Jewish community in 1891.
- Felice Cohn1884Felice Cohn was one of Nevada’s first women lawyers in the early twentieth century, an…
- Felice Nierenberg Schwartz1925Recognizing the hurdles that can stop women from achieving, Felice Nierenberg Schwartz…
- Felicie Bernstein1850Felicie Bernstein was one of the last Berlin salonnières, a patron of modern art and…
- Felix Adler1851Founder of the Ethical Culture movement
- Felix AuerbachContinuum mechanics
- Felix Berezin1931Mathematical physicist
- Felix Bernard1934Winter Wonderland (music)
- Felix Bernstein1878Set theory
- Felix Bloch1905Physicist, co-developer of nuclear magnetic resonance
- Felix Browder1927Nonlinear functional analysis
- Felix Deutsch1884Physician who advanced psychosomatic medicine
- Felix Frankfurter1882US Supreme Court Justice and constitutional scholar
- Felix Frankl1905Mathematician, partial differential equations and transonic aerodynamics
- Felix Galimir1910Classical violinist
- Felix Haurowitz1896Biochemist who advanced immunochemistry and the understanding of hemoglobin structure.
- Felix Hausdorff1868Founder of modern topology
- Felix Kaufmann1895Philosopher of social science, associated with the Vienna Circle
- Felix Mendelssohn1826Composer
- Felix Milgrom1919Immunologist known for research on transplantation and autoimmunity
- Félix Moati2019Acteur deux fois nommé au César, réalisateur de Deux Fils et romancier
- Felix Pollaczek1892Queueing theory
- Felix Rohatyn1928Vienna-born Lazard managing director
- Felix S. Cohen1907Legal realist and founder of American Indian law
- Felix Salten1923Author of Bambi, member of the Young Vienna circle and Zionist speaker, whose fawn became…
- Ferdinand Cohn1828Botanist regarded as a founder of modern bacteriology.
- Ferdinand David1810Violinist and composer
- Ferdinand Hiller1811Composer and conductor
- Ferdinand Lassalle1825Political philosopher and founder of the General German Workers' Association, a father of…
- Ferenc Fricsay1914Orchestra conductor
- Ferenc MolnarPlaywright
- Fernán Díaz de Toledo1449'El Relator' — converso secretary of the royal council of John II of Castile, whose…
- Fernando de RojasAuthor
- Fernando PessoaPoet / lyricist
- Filip Müller1945Sonderkommando survivor of Auschwitz whose testimony — in court, in print and in Shoah —…
- Fiorello La Guardia1934Mayor of New York from 1934 to 1945, son of a Jewish mother from Trieste, who broke…
- Fisher Stevens1963Actor and Oscar-winning producer known for Short Circuit and Succession
- Flavius Josephus37First-century Romano-Jewish historian whose works are key sources for the era
- Flora Benenson Solomon1895Flora Benenson Solomon’s deep commitments to welfare and Zionism traversed geographical…
- Flora Langerman Spiegelberg1857Flora Langerman Spiegelberg made substantial innovative contributions to civic welfare…
- Flora Lewis1922Flora Lewis was an American journalist whose insightful reports and commentaries helped…
- Flora SassoonBorn in Bombay into the legendary Sassoon dynasty, Flora (Farha) Sassoon lived a colorful…
- Flora Sophia Clementina Randegger -FriedenbergBorn in Italy in 1825, Flora Sophia Clementina Randegger-Friedenberg was a persistent…
- Florence Bamberger1882Educational administrator, professor, and author Florence Bamberger devoted her life and…
- Florence DolowitzFlorence Dolowitz both cofounded the Women’s American ORT (Organization for…
- Florence Greenberg1959New Jersey housewife who founded Scepter Records and signed the Shirelles — the first…
- Florence Heller1897An important benefactress of Brandeis University, Florence Grunsfeld Heller made her mark…
- Florence Howe1929“The chief editor, fund raiser, cheerleader and occasional staff photographer” is the way…
- Florence Levin Denmark1931Florence Levin Denmark helped found the field of women’s psychology and built crucial…
- Florence Menk-MeyerAustralian pianist Florence Menk-Meyer took Europe by storn with her musicianship during…
- Florence Meyer BlumenthalFlorence Meyer Blumenthal, an extraordinary philanthropist and arts patron, organized her…
- Florence Nightingale Levy1870Florence Nightingale Levy’s most significant achievement was the founding of the American…
- Florence Perlman1896Florence Bierman Perlman was one of the women responsible for shaping Hadassah into its…
- Florence Prag Kahn1866Florence Prag Kahn was not only the first Jewish woman to serve in Congress, but also one…
- Florence Shloss Guggenheim1863A lifelong philanthropist and cofounder of the Guggenheim Foundation, Florence Shloss…
- Florence Zacks Melton1911A philanthropist and visionary innovator and a lay leader for over fifty years, Florence…
- Florian Schneider1974Co-founder of Kraftwerk, the Düsseldorf group that invented electronic pop, grandson of…
- Florine Stettheimer1871Florine Stettheimer's paintings are lively, diarylike accounts of her life and acute…
- Flory Jagoda1923Flory Jagoda was a singer, musician, and composer who promulgated and enriched the…
- Floyd Bloom1936Neuroscientist known for research on neurotransmitters and brain chemistry
- Foad Nahai1943Iranian-born aesthetic plastic surgeon (past president of ASAPS and ISAPS) who co-created…
- Fradel ShtokFradel Shtok’s Yiddish poetry and prose is distinctive for its treatment of the inner…
- Fran Drescher1957Actress and comedian, star and creator of The Nanny
- Fran Lebowitz1950American author and cultural humorist.
- Frances Allen De Ford1855A pioneering physician in the industrial Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Frances…
- Frances Hart SheftallFrances Hart Sheftall became something of a public figure during and after the…
- Frances Horwich1908Frances Horwich was loved by parents and children alike for her educational television…
- Frances Krasnow1894Frances Krasnow helped bring scientific rigor to dental medicine through her research…
- Frances RadayFrances Raday’s career as a leading human rights advocate, feminist academic, and…
- Frances Rosenthal Kallison1908Frances Elaine Rosenthal Kallison was a horsewoman and historian, a cofounder of the…
- Frances Stern1873Frances Stern’s experience as a second-generation American Jew dedicated to social reform…
- Frances Wisebart Jacobs1843Francis Wisebart Jacobs helped transform the fledgling state of Colorado through her…
- Frances WolfFrances Wolf was a pioneering lawyer who pushed for women’s bar admission in the early…
- Francine CohenMusician
- Francine KlagsbrunAuthor of more than a dozen books and countless articles in national publications and a…
- Francis Libermann1841Born Jacob Libermann, son of the rabbi of Saverne — convert to Catholicism, second…
- Francis Low1921Physicist
- Francis NarinComputer & information scientist
- Francis Simon1893Physicist
- Francis Wolff1939Berlin-born Jewish refugee who co-ran Blue Note Records and photographed its sessions —…
- Francisco Maldonado da Silva1639Physician of Chile who returned openly to the Judaism of his converso father, held out…
- Franco Modigliani1985Life-Cycle Hypothesis
- François Englert2013Theory of the mechanism giving elementary particles mass (Higgs mechanism)
- François FrenkielFluid mechanics
- François Gros1925Molecular biologist who co-discovered messenger RNA.
- François Jacob1920Awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for discovering the operon model of gene regulation.
- Francois Treves1930Partial differential equations and functional analysis
- Francoise Giroud1916Journalist, co-founder of L'Express, minister
- Françoise Mouly1993Art editor of The New Yorker since 1993 and co-founder, with Art Spiegelman, of the RAW…
- Frank Berger1955Developed meprobamate (Miltown, 1955), the first blockbuster 'minor tranquilizer' that…
- Frank Blaichman1943Jewish partisan commander in the Lublin district of Poland, whose memoir 'Rather Die…
- Frank Colton1923Chemist who synthesized the progestin used in the first oral contraceptive pill.
- Frank Gehry1992Architect of the Guggenheim Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Frank HahnEconomist
- Frank Harary1921A founder of modern graph theory
- Frank HeartComputer & information scientist
- Frank Kameny1925Astronomer who became a founding figure of the US gay-rights movement, fighting federal…
- Frank Loesser1910Broadway composer of Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business
- Frank Lowy1959Co-founded Westfield and built it into a global shopping-centre group with $29bn under…
- Frank Mandel1926Co-librettist of The Desert Song
- Frank Manuel1910Intellectual historian of utopian, political and social thought
- Frank Michelman1936Constitutional and property law scholar
- Frank Nabarro1916Physicist
- Frank Oppenheimer1969Manhattan Project physicist, blacklisted under McCarthyism, who founded the Exploratorium…
- Frank Oz1944Muppets performer (Miss Piggy, Yoda) and director ('Little Shop of Horrors')
- Frank Press1924Geophysicist and seismologist who served as US presidential science advisor
- Frank Proschan1991Founder of mathematical reliability theory
- Frank Rosenblatt1928Invented the perceptron, a foundation of neural networks.
- Frank Spitzer1926Probability theory
- Frank Tarloff1964Co-wrote Father Goose (Academy Award 1964)
- Frank TaussigEconomist
- Frank Westheimer1912Chemist known for physical organic and bioorganic chemistry
- Frank Wildhorn1958Broadway composer (Jekyll & Hyde)
- Franklin Fisher1973Econometrician and authority on industrial organization
- Franz Alexander1891Founder of psychosomatic medicine
- Franz Boas1858Father of American anthropology
- Franz Kafka1883Foundational modernist novelist and short-story writer ('The Trial', 'The Metamorphosis')
- Franz Oppenheimer1864Sociologist and economist
- Franz Rosenzweig1886Jewish religious philosopher, author of 'The Star of Redemption'
- Franz Rupp1901Classical pianist and accompanist
- Franz Schreker1878Opera composer
- Franz Sondheimer1926Organic chemist known for the synthesis of annulenes and natural products
- Franz Steiner1909Anthropologist known for his classic study 'Taboo'
- Franz Waxman1906Film composer of Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun
- Franz Weidenreich1873Anatomist and paleoanthropologist known for his study of Peking Man
- Franz Werfel1890Austrian novelist and poet ('The Forty Days of Musa Dagh')
- Fred Astaire1899Iconic dancer and film star, born Frederick Austerlitz
- Fred Ebb1928Broadway lyricist (Cabaret, Chicago)
- Fred Hechinger2021American actor
- Fred JelinekComputer & information scientist
- Fred Karlin1970Composer of 'For All We Know' (Academy Award 1970)
- Fred Lukoff1920Linguist and pioneering scholar of the Korean language in the West.
- Fred Schneider2018Formalized safety and liveness in concurrent systems
- Fred Wilpon1936Principal owner of the New York Mets (MLB) from 1987 until 2020
- Fred Zinnemann1907Four-time Oscar winner ('High Noon', 'From Here to Eternity', 'A Man for All Seasons')
- Freda ResnikoffFreda Resnikoff was a founder and dedicated leader of the Mizrachi Women’s Organization…
- Freddy Raphaël1978Sociologue du judaïsme alsacien, du yédisch-daïtsch aux mémoires du village juif
- Frederic Frank1952Co-writer of The Greatest Show on Earth (Academy Award 1952)
- Frederic Hymen Cowen1852Composer and conductor
- Frederic Raphael1965Screenwriter of Darling (Academy Award 1965) and Eyes Wide Shut
- Frederic RieszMathematician
- Frédéric-Shimon Hammel1941Chef des Éclaireurs israélites dit Chameau, fondateur des centres de Taluyers et de La…
- Frederick Bernheim1905Pharmacologist and biochemist
- Frederick Eirich1905Rheology pioneer and editor of its standard treatise
- Frederick Kohner1957Author-screenwriter of Gidget, inspired by his daughter
- Frederick Loewe1901Composer of My Fair Lady and Camelot with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner
- Frederick Reines1918Physicist
- Frederik Philips1891Banker who financed the founding of Philips in Eindhoven in 1891, son of Jewish-born…
- Frida AlexandrA Brazilian-born daughter of immigrants, Frida Alexandr was the only woman writer to…
- Frida Kahlo1907Iconic Mexican painter who throughout her life identified as being of Jewish descent…
- Frieda Barkin Hennock1904In 1948, Frieda Barkin Hennock became the first woman appointed to serve on the Federal…
- Frieda Belinfante1943Cellist and the first woman in Europe to lead a professional orchestra, who forged…
- Frieda Fromm-Reichmann1889Psychoanalyst known for intensive psychotherapy of psychosis
- Frieda Lorber1899Frieda Levin Lorber made a name for herself as a prominent lawyer in the mid twentieth…
- Frieda Schiff Warburg1876Frieda Schiff Warburg’s determination to carry on her father’s philanthropic traditions…
- Frieda WunderlichFrieda Wunderlich was a prominent economist and politician in Germany, serving in local…
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser1985Painter and architect of the spiral and the crooked line, the Hundertwasserhaus and the…
- Friedl Dicker-BrandeisFriedl Dicker was an artist and educator who studied at the Bauhaus school then led art…
- Friedrich Accum1820Chemist who exposed the adulteration of food in 1820 — 'There is death in the pot' — and…
- Friedrich BleichContinuum mechanics
- Friedrich GundolfLiterary & drama critic
- Friedrich Julius Stahl1802Germany's leading conservative political philosopher, theorist of monarchy and the…
- Friedrich Levi1888Algebra and graph theory
- Friedrich Paneth1887Radiochemist known for free radical detection and helium dating
- Friedrich RothschildPsychologist and psychiatrist
- Friedrich Waismann1896Vienna Circle philosopher of language and mathematics.
- Frigyes Karinthy1929Hungary's great humorist, author of A Journey Round My Skull and of the 1929 story that…
- Frigyes Riesz1880Founder of functional analysis
- Friha Ben AdibaFriḥa Ben Adiba (c. 1730-1756) is the sole woman Hebrew poet from North Africa, who wrote…
- Fritz Bauer1903German prosecutor who initiated the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials and helped locate Adolf…
- Fritz Blau1865Chemist, first to synthesize bipyridine and luminol
- Fritz Feigl1891Analytical chemist known for spot-test analysis
- Fritz Haber1918Haber-Bosch Process (Ammonia Synthesis)
- Fritz John1910Partial differential equations
- Fritz Kreisler1875Violin virtuoso and composer
- Fritz Lang1890Pioneering director of Metropolis and M.
- Fritz Lipmann1899Awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize for discovering coenzyme A and its role in metabolism.
- Fritz London1900Physicist known for chemical bonding and London dispersion forces
- Fritz MachlupEconomist
- Fritz Mauthner1849Philosopher of language known for his critique of language and meaning.
- Fritz Perls1893Founder of Gestalt therapy
- Fritz Redl1902Psychologist known for pioneering work with aggressive children
- Fritz Reiner1888Orchestra conductor
- Fritz UrsellFluid mechanics
- Fritz Wittels1880Psychoanalyst and early biographer of Freud
- Fritzi MassaryFritzi Massary was a prominent singer in Berlin prior to the onset of World War II.
- Friz Freleng1947Senior director at Warner Bros.' Termite Terrace, he directed 266 cartoons — more than…
- Frumka Plotnicka1942-1943Underground courier who smuggled weapons and instructions between Polish ghettos and…
- Frumka PlotniczkiWhether in her family, the kibbutz training program or the movement, what set Plotniczki…