• R. L. Stine1992Author of Goosebumps and Fear Street
• R. Stephen Berry1931Physical chemist known for thermodynamics and atomic cluster studies
• Rabbah bar Nahmanic. 300« L'arracheur de montagnes » : chef de l'académie de Poumbedita, il fonda la méthode…
• Rabbenu Gershomc. 1000'Light of the Exile'
• Rabbenu Tamc. 1150Leading Tosafist whose analyses transformed medieval Talmud study
• Rabbi Abraham Isaac KookAlthough he credited women for their emotions and intuition and valued them for their…
• Rabbi Akivac. 50 CEFoundational Talmudic scholar who systematized the Oral Torah
• Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Ouziel1880Rabbi Ben-Zion Hai Ouziel was the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel.
• Rabbi Meirc. 150Tannaitic sage whose teachings form a foundation of the Mishnah
• Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef1920Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef was the Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel and the leader of the Shas…
• Rabbi Tarfonc. 110Mishnaic sage of the Yavneh generation cited throughout the Mishnah
• Rachel Adler1943Rachel Adler is unquestionably among the leading constructive Jewish theologians…
• Rachel Antonoff2008Womenswear designer who launched her eponymous label in 2008
• Rachel Bilson1981Actress known for The O.C. and Hart of Dixie (Jewish father)
• Rachel Bloom1987American actress and co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
• Rachel Cowan1941From New York to Israel, Rabbi Rachel Cowan had a hand in developing many aspects of…
• Rachel Ertel1939Born in 1939, Rachel Ertel is a translator and an essayist.
• Rachel FeinsteinStand-up comedian and regular on Last Comic Standing.
• Rachel Félix1838La plus grande tragédienne du XIXe siècle : elle ressuscita à elle seule Corneille et…
• Rachel Hays SulzbergerRachel Hays Sulzberger maintained an active volunteer career in public service, in both…
• Rachel Kagan (Cohen)1888One of two women to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence, Rachel Kagan shaped…
• Rachel LuriaRachel Luria (Rokhl Lurye) was a writer of Yiddish short fiction and investigative…
• Rachel Maddow1973Emmy-winning MSNBC anchor and political commentator with documented Jewish paternal…
• Rachel Mordecai Lazarus1788Proud of her Jewish heritage but conflicted about her faith, Rachel Mordecai Lazarus was…
• Rachel Morpurgo1790Italian Hebrew poet Rachel Morpurgo was part of the renaissance of Hebrew poetry and…
• Rachel NatelsonAs a young girl, Rachel Natelson corresponded with an uncle who had been studying with…
• Rachel SalamanderRachel Salamander is a writer, scholar, editor, and publisher.
• Rachel Sassoon BeerRachel Sassoon Beer was the first woman to edit a national newspaper when she…
• Rachel Schneerson1932Physician who co-developed the Hib conjugate vaccine against childhood meningitis.
• Rachel SheinkinTony Award — Best Book of a Musical
• Rachel SkidelskyIn 1894, at a time when “working mother” was a contradiction in terms for middle-class…
• Rachel Stevens1998English singer, member of pop group S Club 7
• Rachel TimonerRabbi and spiritual leader of a major American congregation.
• Rachel Weisz1970Oscar-winning actress, star of The Constant Gardener
• Rachel Wischnitzer1885Rachel Wischnitzer was a pioneer in the fields of Jewish art history and synagogue…
• Rachel Zoe2011Fashion stylist and designer, founder of the Rachel Zoe collection
• Racheli EdelmanRacheli Edelman, a leading Hebrew publisher in her own right, is a scion of two of…
• Rachmiel Levine1910Endocrinologist who showed that insulin acts by promoting glucose transport into cells.
• Racie Adler1872Racie Friedenwald Adler helped shape a number of Jewish institutions, most significantly…
• Radia Perlman1951Invented the spanning-tree protocol enabling modern Ethernet.
• Radu Lupu1945Romanian pianist celebrated for his interpretations of Schubert and Brahms
• Radu Mihaileanu1998Réalisateur de Train de vie et de Va, vis et deviens, César du meilleur scénario original
• Rae D. Landy1885A disciplined nurse who put her own safety at risk time and again for others, Rae Landy…
• Rafael Eitan1978Paratroop and division commander who halted the Syrian offensive on the Golan in 1973
• Rafi Bistritzer2020Israeli physicist who predicted magic-angle graphene superconductivity
• Rahel Hirsch1870Physiologist, physician, and teacher Rahel Hirsch worked for nearly two decades at the…
• Rahel Katznelson1885A thinker and teacher, Rahel Katznelson was one of the early activists in the Labor…
• Rahel Levin Varnhagen1771Rahel Levin Varnhagen was the first intellectual Jewish woman in German history who…
• Rahel StrausRahel Goitein Straus, a pioneering woman medical doctor trained in Germany, was a model…
• Rahel Yanait Ben-ZviRahel Yanait Ben-Zvi was the second First Lady of Israel, wife to President Yizhak…
• Rahm Emanuel2009White House Chief of Staff under President Obama
• Rain Pryor1969Actress, writer and performer, daughter of Richard Pryor.
• Rainer Weiss2017Decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
• Raissa L’vovna Berg1913Raissa Berg worked was an eminent geneticist until Soviet Russian policies forced her out…
• Raïssa Maritain1941Philosophe et poétesse, auteur des Grandes Amitiés : avec son mari Jacques Maritain elle…
• Rajzel Zychlinski1910Rajzel Zychlinski’s poetry was shaped by the hopes and horrors of the twentieth century.
• Ralph Alpher1921Cosmologist
• Ralph Anspach1973Economics professor who created Anti-Monopoly and won the ten-year lawsuit that put…
• Ralph Bakshi1938Pioneering animator who directed 'Fritz the Cat' and the animated 'The Lord of the Rings'.
• Ralph Benjamin1946Invented the trackball — the ancestor of the computer mouse — for the Royal Navy in 1946…
• Ralph Gomory1984Invented the cutting-plane method of integer programming
• Ralph H. Baer1972Invented the home video game console (the 'Brown Box'/Magnavox Odyssey, 1972) and the…
• Ralph Hirschmann2000Chemist who achieved the first total synthesis of an enzyme
• Ralph Hirshmann1922Organic chemist known for peptide and drug synthesis at Merck
• Ralph Kirshbaum1946Classical cellist
• Ralph Landau1916Chemical engineer known for the propylene oxide production process
• Ralph Lauren1967Fashion Designer and Business Magnate
• Ralph Phillips1913Functional analysis
• Ralph Rainger1938Composer of 'Thanks for the Memory' (Academy Award 1938)
• Ralph Raphael1921Organic chemist known for natural product synthesis using acetylenes
• Ralph Roberts1963Bought a 1,200-subscriber Mississippi cable system in 1963 and built it into Comcast…
• Ralph Steinman1943Awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for discovering dendritic cells and their role in adaptive…
• Rama Burshtein1967Orthodox Israeli filmmaker of Fill the Void.
• Randi Zuckerberg1982American businesswoman and early Facebook marketing executive.
• Randy Lerner1962Owner of the Cleveland Browns (NFL) from 2002 to 2012 and of Aston Villa (English soccer)…
• Randy Newman1943Songwriter and film composer for Pixar films including Toy Story
• Randy Schekman1948Awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for discovering genes controlling the cell's vesicle…
• Raoul Berger1901Constitutional scholar and early advocate of originalist interpretation of the…
• Raoul Bott1923Topology
• Raphael Bob-Waksberg1984American writer and creator of BoJack Horseman.
• Raphael Lemkin1948Polish-Jewish lawyer who coined the word 'genocide' (1944) and single-handedly campaigned…
• Raphael Levine1938Theoretical chemist known for molecular reaction dynamics
• Raphael Meldola1849Chemist known for the dye Meldola's blue
• Raphael Patai1910Ethnographer and folklorist of Jewish and Middle Eastern cultures
• Raphael Salem1898Harmonic analysis
• Raphael Suares1898Cairo banker who, with his brothers Joseph and Félix, co-founded the National Bank of…
• Raphael Wallfisch1953Classical cellist
• Raquel Liberman1900In 1930, by publicly denouncing the Zwi Migdal, a Jewish traffickers’ organization that…
• Rashbamc. 1130Grandson of Rashi
• Rashel Mironovna Khin1863Rashel Mironovna Khin hosted salons that made her the toast of Imperial Russia, and, with…
• Rashi1040Medieval French rabbi whose commentaries on the Torah and Talmud remain foundational
• Rashid al-Din Hamadani1307Vizir de l'Ilkhanat et auteur du Jami' al-tawarikh, la première histoire universelle du…
• Rashida Jones1976Actress and writer, star of Parks and Recreation
• Raul Hilberg1961Founder of Holocaust historiography
• Rav (Abba Arikha)c. 220Founder of the academy at Sura and a central architect of the Babylonian Talmud
• Rav Ashic. 400Chief redactor of the Babylonian Talmud at the academy of Sura
• Rav Hisdac. 297Chef de l'académie de Sura après Rav Houna, maître des règles de pureté, de mariage et de…
• Rav Hunac. 257Chef de l'académie de Sura pendant quarante ans, il fit de la Babylonie le centre mondial…
• Rav Nachman bar Yaakovc. 290Juge en chef de l'exilarcat et maître du droit civil juif : ses règles sur la preuve, le…
• Rav Papac. 352Fondateur de l'académie de Naresh et auteur des règles de méthode — les « kelalim de Rav…
• Rav Yosef bar Hiyyac. 330Surnommé « Sinaï » pour l'étendue de sa mémoire des traditions, il dirigea l'académie de…
• Ravac. 340Babylonian Amora and head of the academy at Mahoza
• Ravina Ic. 400Avec Rav Ashi, la « fin de l'enseignement » : les deux hommes rassemblèrent et mirent en…
• Raviv Ullman1986Israeli-American actor known for Disney's Phil of the Future.
• Ray Alexander (Simons)1913Ray Alexander began her involvement in communist and trade unionist organizations as a…
• Ray Evans1915Songwriter (Que Sera, Sera)
• Ray Frank1861Known as the 'girl rabbi of the golden West,' the first Jewish woman to preach formally…
• Ray Gilbert1947Lyricist of 'Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah' (Academy Award 1947)
• Ray HarmelRay Harmel was a powerful force in the trade union movement in Apartheid South Africa, a…
• Ray Jackendoff1945Linguist known for conceptual semantics within generative grammar.
• Ray Karchmer Daily1891Ophthalmologist Ray Karchmer Daily fought for equality and accessibility for women and…
• Ray Solomonoff1926Founded algorithmic information theory.
• Raymond Aron1905French political philosopher and sociologist
• Raymond Aubrac1943Leader of Libération-Sud and of the French Resistance's secret army
• Raymond GoldsteinFluid mechanics
• Raymond KaufmanHelped establish the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons' pedagogical structure…
• Raymond Klibansky1905Philosopher and historian of philosophy
• Raymond Kurzweil1948Invented omni-font OCR and text-to-speech systems.
• Raymond Loewy1929Pioneer of industrial design (Coca-Cola bottle, Shell/Exxon logos, Studebaker, Air Force…
• Raymond Mindlin1906Elastician of the Mindlin plate theory
• Raymond Stora1930Physicist
• Raymond-Raoul Lambert1943Directeur de L'Univers israélite et de l'aide aux réfugiés, auteur du Carnet d'un témoin
• Rayna Batya BerlinRayna Batya Berlin was a Lithuanian woman committed to religious study who argued that…
• Rebecca Fischel GoldsteinThe quintessential rebbetzin [rabbi’s wife], Rebecca Fischel Goldstein was a prime mover…
• Rebecca FranksA British Loyalist in the American Revolution, Rebecca Franks was known in high society…
• Rebecca Gratz1781Pioneer of American Jewish women's philanthropy and education who founded female…
• Rebecca Horn1972Créatrice des « extensions du corps » — masques, ailes, prolongements de doigts — et des…
• Rebecca Machado Phillips1746Rebecca Machado Phillips tended her community by founding soup kitchens and aid societies…
• Rebecca Minkoff2005Handbag and fashion designer, co-founder of the Rebecca Minkoff brand
• Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein1888In 1920, Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein became the first woman lawyer allowed to practice in…
• Rebecca Schaeffer1967Rising actress of 'My Sister Sam' whose 1989 murder spurred California's landmark…
• Rebecca Schweitzer1880Rebecca Schweitzer’s generosity helped underwrite important early projects throughout…
• Rebecca SieffRebecca Sieff, the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family from Manchester, England, played…
• Rebecca SolomonRebecca Solomon’s success as a professional artist was remarkable in the mid-nineteenth…
• Rebecca Sugar1987American animator and creator of Steven Universe.
• Rebecca Thurman Bernstein1896Rebecca Thurman Bernstein was lauded by local and national organizations for her efforts…
• Rebecca Touro LopezRebecca Touro Lopez successfully appealed to the Rhode Island State Legislature to…
• Rebecca Walker1969Author and third-wave feminist known for her memoirs and essays on identity.
• Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut1864Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut made her mark on the American Jewish community in the areas of…
• Rebekah Gumpert Hyneman1812Rebekah Gumpert Hyneman was one of a small group of American Jewish women who published…
• Recha Freier1892German-born Recha Freier founded Youth Aliyah in 1933, which assisted in sending Jewish…
• Red Auerbach1966The winningest architect in NBA history: 9 titles coaching the Boston Celtics, 16 in total
• Red Buttons1919Comedian and Oscar-winning actor ('Sayonara')
• Red Holzman1970Basketball Hall of Fame coach
• Regina D. StroockBorn in New York City in 1875 to a life of privilege, Regina Stroock parlayed her talents…
• Regina Jonas1902Regina Jonas longed to become a rabbi for most of her life, and despite significant…
• Regina Kaplan1887Regina “Kappy” Kaplan was nurse, teacher, hospital administrator, and health care…
• Regina MargaretenRegina Margareten was hailed as the “Matzah Queen” and the “matriarch of the kosher food…
• Regina MundlakRegina Mundlak was a skilled artist who exhibited her works in Warsaw at the Society for…
• Regina Resnik1922Regina Resnik, world-famous opera singer and leading lady at New York’s Metropolitan…
• Regina Schoental1906Our knowledge of toxic substances in plants, in fungi, and of aromatic and other…
• Regina Spektor1980Soviet-born singer-songwriter and a leading figure of the anti-folk piano scene.
• Régine Karlin-Orfinger1911Régine Karlin’s resistance activities would alone have warranted esteem and recognition…
• Reina Hartmann1880Reina Goldstein Hartmann focused her career on improving the lives of Jewish women in her…
• Reinhard Bendix1916Comparative historical sociologist
• Reinhard Selten1994Nobel laureate in economics (1994) for pioneering game theory
• Reinhold Baer1902Group theory
• Reinhold Benesch1919Biochemist who showed how 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate regulates hemoglobin's oxygen binding
• Reizia Cohen Klingberg1920Reizia Cohen Klingberg began her career as a teacher, but when she began hearing reports…
• Remedy1972Wu-Tang-affiliated rapper who wrote the Holocaust song 'Never Again'.
• Remi Wolf1996Funk-pop singer-songwriter ('Photo ID').
• René Cassin1968Principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Rene Frydman1943Co-delivered Amandine, the first French IVF (test-tube) baby, in 1982
• René Goscinny1959Created Astérix (1959, with Uderzo) and wrote Lucky Luke, Iznogoud and Le Petit Nicolas —…
• René Leibowitz1913Conductor and composer
• René Mayer1953Prime Minister of France (1953) and a founding architect of the European Coal and Steel…
• René Spitz1887Psychoanalyst known for research on hospitalism and infant deprivation
• Renee HarrisRenee Harris survived tragedy aboard the Titanic to become New York’s first female…
• Renée Poznanski1994Historienne des juifs de France sous l'Occupation, autrice d'Être juif en France pendant…
• Reshef Tenne1944Chemist who discovered inorganic fullerene-like nanostructures and nanotubes
• Reuben David1951Fondateur du zoo de Kankaria à Ahmedabad, l'un des meilleurs de l'Inde, du parc d'enfants…
• Reuben Fine1914Chess grandmaster and theorist
• Reuben Greenberg1982First African-American police chief of Charleston, South Carolina, credited with sharply…
• Reuben Grinberg1941Directeur de l'ORT France et animateur du comité Amelot, président de la Fédération des…
• Reuben Klamer1960Created the modern version of The Game of Life (1960) and held 200+ toy patents.
• Reuben Mattus1960Polish-Jewish immigrant who created Haagen-Dazs ice cream in New York (1960), inventing…
• Reuben Ottenberg1882Physician who performed the first blood transfusion using compatibility cross-matching.
• Reuel Abraham1965Luftwaffe pilot who, after witnessing an SS execution of Jews in Poland, sabotaged his…
• Reuven Rivlin201410th President of Israel (2014-21)
• Reuven RubinsteinComputer & information scientist
• Rhoda Kaufman1888Rhoda Kaufman helped create social welfare organizations throughout Georgia and overcame…
• Richard Adler1921Broadway songwriter (The Pajama Game)
• Richard Anconina1983French actor from a Moroccan Sephardic Jewish family
• Richard Arnowitt1928Physicist
• Richard Axel1946Awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize for discovering odorant receptors and the organization of…
• Richard Beer-HofmannPlaywright
• Richard Bellman1920Invented dynamic programming.
• Richard Belzer1944Stand-up comedian turned iconic TV detective John Munch across ten series
• Richard Benjamin1938Actor and director ('Westworld', 'My Favorite Year')
• Richard Bernstein1923Physical chemist, pioneer of molecular reaction dynamics
• Richard Berry1980French actor and director born Richard Elie Benguigui to a Sephardic Jewish family
• Richard Bersohn1925Physical chemist known for molecular photochemistry and photodissociation
• Richard Brauer1901Representation theory
• Richard Brooks1912Director-writer ('Elmer Gantry', 'In Cold Blood', 'Blackboard Jungle')
• Richard Cash1941Physician who helped develop oral rehydration therapy, saving millions from diarrheal…
• Richard Courant1888Applied mathematics
• Richard Danielpour1956Classical composer
• Richard Desmond2000Media owner of Express Newspapers, OK! magazine and Channel 5
• Richard Donner1930Director of 'Superman: The Movie' and 'Lethal Weapon'
• Richard Dreyfuss1977American actor from a Jewish family
• Richard Ellmann1918Definitive biographer of Joyce, Wilde and Yeats
• Richard Epstein1943Libertarian legal scholar of property and torts
• Richard Feynman1948Quantum Electrodynamics
• Richard Finkelstein1930Microbiologist, research on cholera toxin and pathogenesis
• Richard Friend1953Physicist
• Richard Gale1932American philosopher of religion and metaphysics
• Richard Garwin1928Physicist
• Richard Gershon1932Immunologist who discovered suppressor (regulatory) T cells
• Richard Gerstl1908Premier peintre expressionniste autrichien : ses portraits et ses autoportraits, peints…
• Richard GilmanLiterary & drama critic
• Richard Goldschmidt1878Geneticist who advanced ideas on sex determination and macroevolution.
• Richard GoldsteinFluid mechanics
• Richard Goode1943American pianist from a Jewish immigrant family, the first American-born pianist to…
• Richard GreenbergTony Award — Best Play
• Richard Held1922Experimental psychologist, research on visual perception and development
• Richard Hell1977Punk musician and writer
• Richard Herrnstein1930Experimental psychologist known for the matching law in behavior
• Richard Hofstadter1916Two-time Pulitzer-winning historian of American political culture
• Richard HowardPulitzer Prize for Poetry
• Richard Jeffrey1926Philosopher of probability and decision theory
• Richard Kadison1925Operator algebras
• Richard Kahn1905Keynesian economist who formulated the concept of the employment multiplier
• Richard Karp1935Foundational work on NP-completeness
• Richard Kind1956Actor known for Spin City, Mad About You and Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Richard Klausner1951Cell biologist and former director of the US National Cancer Institute
• Richard KlugerPulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
• Richard Kolodner1953Molecular biologist, research on DNA mismatch repair and hereditary cancer
• Richard Kroner1884German idealist philosopher
• Richard L. Simon1924Co-founded Simon & Schuster, which began with the crossword puzzle book and helped create…
• Richard Lazarus1922Psychologist known for the cognitive appraisal theory of stress and coping
• Richard Leibler1914Co-developed the Kullback-Leibler information divergence.
• Richard Lerner1938Immunochemist who developed catalytic antibodies and combinatorial antibody libraries
• Richard Levin1947Economist
• Richard Levinson1968Co-creator of Columbo, Murder, She Wrote and Mannix
• Richard Lewis1947Stand-up comedian ('the Prince of Pain') and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' co-star
• Richard Lewisohn1875Surgeon who developed sodium citrate anticoagulation, making stored blood transfusion…
• Richard Lewontin1929Evolutionary geneticist who pioneered the use of molecular methods to measure genetic…
• Richard LiebenEconomist
• Richard Lindzen1940Atmospheric physicist known for research on atmospheric dynamics and tides
• Richard Lipton2014Complexity theorist
• Richard Losick1943Molecular biologist known for work on gene regulation and bacterial development
• Richard Maibaum1962Wrote or co-wrote 13 James Bond films, from Dr. No to Licence to Kill
• Richard Myler1930Interventional cardiologist, pioneer of coronary angioplasty
• Richard Perle1941US defense policy advisor (Assistant Secretary of Defense)
• Richard Pipes1923Historian of Russia and the Soviet Union
• Richard Popkin1923Historian of philosophy, scholar of skepticism
• Richard Posner1939Federal appellate judge and founding figure of the law and economics movement
• Richard Rado1906Combinatorics
• Richard Réti1889Chess grandmaster and hypermodern theorist
• Richard Rodgers1943Composer - The Sound of Music and Oklahoma!
• Richard Rogers1977Architecte du Centre Pompidou et du Lloyd's Building, prix Pritzker 2007
• Richard SennettSociologist
• Richard Setlow1988Discovered DNA repair of ultraviolet damage
• Richard Sherman1928Disney songwriter (Mary Poppins)
• Richard Shiffrin1942Cognitive psychologist known for the Atkinson-Shiffrin memory model
• Richard Snyder1932CEO of publisher Simon & Schuster
• Richard StallmanComputer & information scientist
• Richard Stanley1944Algebraic and enumerative combinatorics
• Richard Stein1925Polymer chemist known for the optical and physical properties of polymers
• Richard Taruskin2017The most influential musicologist of his generation
• Richard Thaler2017Contributions to behavioral economics
• Richard von Mises1883Probability, statistics, and applied mathematics
• Richard Webster1918Widely called 'the father of cosmetic surgery,' he helped found the American Academy of…
• Richard Weil1876Physician known for research on blood transfusion and immunology
• Richard Willstätter1915Research on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll
• Richard Wurmbrand1967Pasteur né juif, sauveteur de Juifs sous l'occupation, quatorze ans de prison en Roumanie…
• Richard Wurtman1936Neuroscientist who elucidated melatonin's role in sleep and diet's effect on brain…
• Richard Zare1939Physical chemist known for laser chemistry and analytical spectroscopy
• Richard ZeckhauserEconomist
• Richea Gratz1774Born into a wealthy Philadelphia family, Richa Gratz became the first Jewish women to…
• Rick Cohen1952Chairman of C&S Wholesale Grocers and founder of the warehouse-automation firm Symbotic.
• Rick Hoffman2011Actor
• Rick Moranis1984Canadian Jewish actor/comedian ('Ghostbusters', 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids')
• Rick Rubin1984Co-founded Def Jam Recordings (1984)
• Rico Saccani1952Opera conductor
• Rika Zaraï1969Israeli-French singer born in Jerusalem, popular French-language recording artist.
• Rikudah PotashCrowned “the Poetess of Jerusalem” by Sholem Asch, Rikudah Potash wrote in Yiddish about…
• Rina NikovaRina Nikova, a pioneer of classical and biblical ballet in Palestine, distinguished…
• Rina SchenfeldRina Schenfeld is an Israeli dancer and choreographer who uses objects of daily life to…
• Rina YerushalmiTheater director and choreographer Rina Yerushalmi, one of Israel’s leading artists, is…
• Rita Arditti1934Rita Arditti was an Argentinian Sephardic scientist, feminist, educator, and activist who…
• Rita Charmatz DavidsonRita Charmatz Davidson’s career in the Maryland court system was a series of hard-earned…
• Rita Eleanor Hauser1934Rita E. Hauser’s was a trailblazer for women in law, politics, and foreign affairs at a…
• Rita Levi-Montalcini1986Nerve Growth Factor
• Rita Rosani1944Schoolteacher from Trieste and the only Italian woman to die in combat as a partisan
• Rita Sapiro Finkler1888Rita Sapiro Finkler was a pioneer in the field of endocrinology, making important…
• Riv-Ellen Prell1947Anthropologist Riv-Ellen Prell initiated ethnographic study of ordinary American Jews…
• River Phoenix1970Acclaimed young actor of Stand by Me and My Own Private Idaho.
• Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim1925Born in Wilkomir, Lithuania, in 1925, the much-awarded Rivka Basman began writing poetry…
• Rivka Carmi1948Rivka Carmi is a medical geneticist, neonatologist, pediatrician, the first woman to be…
• Rivka GuberThrough her work as a soldier, writer, teacher, and volunteer supporting immigrants…
• Rivka Kuper Liebeskind1920Rivka Liebeskind joined the Akiva Zionist movement as a teenager, becoming a leader in…
• Rivka SturmanRivka Sturman was a pioneer in creating Israeli folk dance and established the style and…
• Rivkah PerelisRivkah Perelis was a Polish-born historian whose research focused on the Holocaust and…
• Rivke Bas Me’ir TiktinerRivke bas Me’ir Tiktiner, a preacher and teacher for women, was the first woman author of…
• Rivke Savich Golomb1905Rivke Savich Golomb was an educator and Yiddishist who taught at Jewish schools in…
• Roald Hoffmann1981Theories concerning the course of chemical reactions (orbital symmetry rules)
• Rob Bourdon2000Drummer and co-founder of the rock band Linkin Park (maternal Ashkenazi Jewish descent).
• Rob Cohen2001Director of The Fast and the Furious and xXx
• Rob Glaser1962Founder and CEO of RealNetworks
• Rob Reiner1947Actor-turned-director of classics like 'This Is Spinal Tap', 'The Princess Bride', and 'A…
• Rob Schneider1999American actor and comedian (SNL, Deuce Bigalow)
• Robbie Robertson1943Guitarist-songwriter of The Band ('The Weight').
• Robert Abeles1926Biochemist known for enzyme reaction mechanisms and mechanism-based (suicide) inhibitors
• Robert Abelson1928Political psychologist
• Robert Adler1956Co-invented the wireless television remote control (Zenith Space Command, 1956).…
• Robert AlterLiterary & drama critic
• Robert Aumann2005Game Theory
• Robert Axelrod1984Author of The Evolution of Cooperation on the iterated prisoner's dilemma
• Robert Badinter1928Justice Minister who abolished the death penalty in France
• Robert Bárány1876Otologist awarded the 1914 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the physiology and…
• Robert BarroEconomist
• Robert Bergman1942Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization
• Robert BlochAuthor
• Robert Blumofe2013Co-created work-stealing scheduling (Cilk) for parallel computing
• Robert Brout1928Physicist
• Robert BrusteinLiterary & drama critic
• Robert C. Merton1997Nobel laureate in economics (1997) for the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model
• Robert Capa1947Photographe de guerre, cofondateur de l'agence Magnum Photos
• Robert Cohen1959Classical cellist
• Robert Cohen (scénariste)1991Scénariste des Simpson, de The Ben Stiller Show et de The Big Bang Theory
• Robert ColesPulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
• Robert Cover1943Legal scholar of law and narrative
• Robert de Rothschild1933Fondateur en 1933 du Comité national de secours aux réfugiés allemands victimes de…
• Robert Debré1882Founder of modern French paediatrics and architect of the 1958 teaching-hospital (CHU)…
• Robert DorfmanEconomist
• Robert Downey Jr1965Actor (Ally McBeal, Iron Man)
• Robert Downey Sr.1936Underground satirist ('Putney Swope')
• Robert EisnerEconomist
• Robert Emden1862Astrophysicist known for the Lane-Emden theory of stellar and gaseous-sphere structure
• Robert Evans1972Paramount production chief ('The Godfather' era) and producer of 'Chinatown'
• Robert Fano1917Pioneer of information theory and data compression.
• Robert Fischell1929Physicist and prolific inventor of implantable medical devices, including cardiac and…
• Robert Fogel1993Renewal of economic history using quantitative and economic-theory methods
• Robert Frankston1949Co-invented VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet.
• Robert FreedmanTony Award — Best Musical
• Robert Furchgott1916Awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for discovering nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the…
• Robert Gamzon1944Founder of the French Jewish scouts, whose clandestine 'Sixieme' saved thousands of…
• Robert Gertner1989Scholar of incomplete contracts and default rules
• Robert GordonEconomist
• Robert Guralnick1950Finite group theory and representation theory
• Robert H. Mnookin1942Negotiation and dispute-resolution scholar
• Robert Hartman1910Philosopher, developer of formal axiology (the science of value)
• Robert Hauser1942Sociologist of social stratification and status attainment
• Robert HeilbronerEconomist
• Robert Herman1914Physicist
• Robert Hertz1881French sociologist and anthropologist known for studies of death and the symbolism of the…
• Robert Hofstadter1915Physicist
• Robert HornTony Award — Best Book of a Musical
• Robert Jastrow1925Astrophysicist
• Robert Jay Lifton1926Psychiatrist and pioneer of psychohistory and trauma studies
• Robert Job1944Cadre de l'OSE, sauveteur d'enfants dans le réseau Garel puis secrétaire général de…
• Robert K. Merton1994Founder of the sociology of science
• Robert Kahn1974Co-invented the TCP/IP protocols that run the Internet
• Robert Kanigher1956Wrote the story that opened comics' Silver Age (Showcase #4, 1956) introducing Barry…
• Robert Karplus1927Physicist
• Robert Kates1991Geographer and pioneer of sustainability science
• Robert Kirshner2015Astronomer of supernova cosmology
• Robert Klane1989Screenwriter of Weekend at Bernie's
• Robert Klein1942Stand-up pioneer of the observational style
• Robert Kraft1941Owner and chairman of the New England Patriots (NFL) since 1994
• Robert Kraichnan1928Physicist
• Robert Kronfeld1904Austrian gliding champion and sailplane designer
• Robert Kurshan2005Brought model checking to industrial hardware verification
• Robert KuttnerEconomist
• Robert L. Bernstein1923Publisher who founded Helsinki Watch, which grew into Human Rights Watch, and led it as…
• Robert Langer1948Biomedical engineer who pioneered controlled drug-delivery systems and tissue engineering.
• Robert Lefkowitz1943Awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.
• Robert LekachmanEconomist
• Robert Lord1933Screenwriter of One Way Passage (Academy Award 1933)
• Robert Lowie1883Boasian anthropologist, author of 'Primitive Society' and expert on the Crow
• Robert Malcolm Goldwyn1930Editor-in-chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for 25 years, elevating it to the…
• Robert Marshak1916Physicist
• Robert Moses1934Urbaniste de New York (parcs, ponts, autoroutes), figure majeure et très contestée
• Robert NemiroffTony Award — Best Musical
• Robert Nozick1938Political philosopher, author of 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia'
• Robert PindyckEconomist
• Robert Pinsky1940American poet and three-term US Poet Laureate
• Robert Pirosh1949Screenwriter of Battleground (Academy Award 1949) and A Day at the Races
• Robert PollakEconomist
• Robert Putnam2000Author of Bowling Alone on social capital
• Robert Remak1815Embryologist who established that cells arise by division and defined the three embryonic…
• Robert Riskin1934Frank Capra's writer: It Happened One Night (Academy Award 1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
• Robert Rosen1934Theoretical biologist known for work on the nature and organization of living systems
• Robert Rosenthal1933Psychologist known for research on experimenter and expectancy effects
• Robert Rossen1949Writer-director of All the King's Men and The Hustler
• Robert Rubin1995US Secretary of the Treasury 1995-1999
• Robert Sachs1916Physicist
• Robert Sapolsky2004Neuroendocrinologist
• Robert Sarver1961Owner of the Phoenix Suns (NBA) and Phoenix Mercury (WNBA) from 2004 until selling in 2023
• Robert Schapire2003Co-inventor of AdaBoost and the theory of boosting in machine learning
• Robert Schatten1911Operator theory
• Robert SchenkkanTony Award — Best Play
• Robert SchnitzerChemotherapy researcher
• Robert Serber1909Physicist
• Robert Sheckley2001Satirical science-fiction writer named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy…
• Robert Sherman1925Disney songwriter (Mary Poppins)
• Robert Shostak2005Co-formulated the Byzantine Generals problem of fault-tolerant computing
• Robert Silbey1940Theoretical chemist known for condensed-phase spectroscopy and energy transfer
• Robert Silverberg1972Science-fiction writer of Dying Inside and Lord Valentine's Castle
• Robert Simha1912Polymer physicist of free-volume theory
• Robert Singer1976Advanced plastic surgery patient safety, establishing accreditation standards for…
• Robert Sinsheimer1920Biophysicist who studied viral DNA and helped launch the Human Genome Project
• Robert Siodmak1900Film-noir director of The Killers.
• Robert Solovay1938Set theory
• Robert Solow1987Economic Growth Theory
• Robert Starer1924Classical composer
• Robert Steinberg1922Theory of algebraic groups
• Robert Sternberg1949Psychologist known for the triarchic theory of intelligence
• Robert SummersEconomist
• Robert Tarjan1948Pioneered graph and data-structure algorithms
• Robert Towne1974Screenwriter of Chinatown (Academy Award 1974), often called the greatest screenplay ever
• Robert von Lieben1878Physicist
• Robert Wald1947Physicist
• Robert Weinberg1942Cancer biologist who isolated the first human oncogene and first tumor-suppressor gene.
• Robert Weinstein1954Co-founder of Miramax and The Weinstein Company
• Robert Weyl1978Pharmacien et archéologue du judaïsme alsacien, sauveur des cimetières et des vestiges…
• Roberta Kaplan1966Litigator who won United States v. Windsor at the Supreme Court, a decisive step toward…
• Roberta Peters1930Singer Roberta Peters led a career spanning more than half a century as one of the…
• Roberto Saviano2006Écrivain et journaliste, auteur de Gomorra, sous protection policière depuis 2006
• Robin Morgan1941Editor of the landmark anthology 'Sisterhood Is Powerful,' co-founder of the Women's…
• Robin Washington1995Journalist and broadcaster
• Rod Serling1924Screenwriter who created and hosted the landmark anthology series 'The Twilight Zone'.
• Roderigo Lopes1581Portuguese converso physician, house physician of St Bartholomew's Hospital and chief…
• Rodney Dangerfield1921Stand-up comedian and actor, 'no respect' persona
• Rodrigo de Castroc. 1590Hamburg physician
• Rodrigo de Cota1470Poète castillan du Diálogo entre el Amor y un Viejo, candidat au premier acte de La…
• Roger Berg1950Fondateur du Journal des communautés, secrétaire général du Consistoire central et…
• Roger Corman1970Made or produced more than 500 films and trained a generation: Coppola, Scorsese…
• Roger Hanin1989French actor/director born Roger Levy to a Jewish family in Algiers (Navarro, Le Grand…
• Roger IkorAuthor
• Roger KahnAuthor
• Roger Kornberg2006Studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
• Roger Myerson1951Nobel laureate (2007) for foundational work on mechanism design and game theory
• Roger Penrose1931Mathematical physicist
• Roger Rees1982Actor who won the Tony Award and the Olivier Award for 'The Life and Adventures of…
• Roger TemamFluid mechanics
• Roger Zabel1954French sports television and radio presenter.
• Roi Klein2006Golani officer who smothered a grenade with his body to save his soldiers (2006)
• Rokhel Brokhes1880Rohkel Brokhes offered an intimate and poignant glimpse into Jewish family life in Russia…
• Rokhl Auerbakh1903Rokhl Auerbakh (1903–1976), a member of the Polish-Jewish literary elite, ran a soup…
• Rokhl Faygnberg (Imri)Rokhl Faygnberg witnessed many of the defining events of modern Jewish history in her…
• Rokhl Häring Korn1898Rokhl Häring Korn is a major figure in modern Yiddish literature.
• Rokhl HolzerRokhl Holzer earned a reputation as an actress with a talent for transforming herself to…
• Roland Dobrushin1929Probability
• Roland Glowinski1937Computational mechanician
• Roland Goetschel1981Spécialiste de la kabbale espagnole, fondateur des études juives à Strasbourg puis à la…
• Roland Moreno1974Inventor of the smart card (carte a puce)
• Rolf Landauer1927Established the thermodynamics of computation (Landauer's principle).
• Romain Gary1914French novelist, only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice
• Roman Abramovich1995Investor and Former Chelsea FC Owner
• Roman Jakobson1896Founder of structural linguistics and modern phonology
• Roman Polanski1933Filmmaker (The Pianist)
• Roman Vishniac1938Photographer of Jewish life in eastern Europe on the eve of its destruction, and a…
• Romana Goodman1885Romana Goodman (1885-1955) was a staunch feminist and passionate Zionist who helped…
• Romanos le Mélode540Hymnographe byzantin, maître du kontakion, auteur de l'Hymne acathiste attribué
• Ron NesherIsraeli musician and performer active in the Israeli music scene.
• Ron Perlman2004American actor from a Jewish family (Hungarian, German and Polish roots)
• Ron Rifkin1938Actor ('Alias'
• Ron Sommer1949CEO of Deutsche Telekom (1995-2002)
• Ronald Bass1988Screenwriter of Rain Man (Academy Award 1988)
• Ronald Breslow1931Organic chemist known for artificial enzymes and biomimetic chemistry
• Ronald Cohen1972Co-founded Apax Partners and is called the father of British venture capital
• Ronald Coifman1941Harmonic analysis and wavelet theory
• Ronald Dworkin1931Legal philosopher
• Ronald Fagin2014Founder of finite model theory (Fagin's theorem) and database theory
• Ronald Finn1930Physician whose work helped prevent Rhesus (Rh) hemolytic disease of the newborn
• Ronald Freedman1917Demographer and pioneer of the study of fertility and family planning
• Ronald Harwood2002Screenwriter of The Pianist (Academy Award 2002) and The Dresser
• Ronald J. Gilson1946Corporate law scholar
• Ronald Lauder1964Chairman of the Clinique cosmetics laboratories and heir to the Estée Lauder beauty empire
• Ronald Levy1941Oncologist whose work on lymphoma led to rituximab, a pioneering cancer antibody drug.
• Ronald M. Evans1949Molecular biologist who discovered the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors governing…
• Ronald Perelman1978Investor via MacAndrews & Forbes
• Ronald ProbsteinFluid mechanics
• Ronald Rivlin1915Father of nonlinear continuum mechanics and rubber elasticity
• Ronald Vale1959Cell biologist who discovered kinesin, a motor protein that transports cargo within cells.
• Ronen Chen1993Israel's most internationally distributed fashion designer
• Roni Duani1986Israeli actress appearing in Israeli film and television.
• Ronit Elkabetz1964Ronit Elkabetz (1963-2016) was one of Israeli cinema's leading actors.
• Ronit Matalon1959Ronit Matalon was an Israeli writer of Egyptian heritage who wrote and published in…
• Ronitt RubinfeldComputer & information scientist
• Ronnen Harary1994Co-founded Spin Master and co-created PAW Patrol, which airs in 160 countries
• Ronnie Kosloff1948Theoretical chemist known for quantum molecular dynamics and thermodynamics
• Roosje VosRoosje Vos was an organizer of the Dutch socialist movement and an editor of De…
• Rosa EskenaziRoza Eskenazi was a renowned Greek singer who had a long and influential career.
• Rosa Ginossar1890Rosa Ginossar’s determined lobbying of the British Authority in Palestine won women the…
• Rosa Grena Kliass1932Rosa Kliass is a trailblazer in the field of Brazilian landscape architecture.
• Rosa LuxemburgProfiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
• Rosa ManusRosa Manus was a Dutch leader in international women’s movements for suffrage and…
• Rosa Mordecai1839In the 1850s, Rosa Mordecai attended the famed Sunday school that her great-aunt Rebecca…
• Rosa PalatnikRosa Palatnik, born in a shtetl near Lublin, was a prolific Yiddish author.
• Rosa SchapireRosa Schapire was one of the few women to pursue art history studies at a time when the…
• Rosa Sonneschein1847Rosa Sonneschein created and edited the American Jewess, the first English-language…
• Rosa Welt-Straus1856Rosa Welt-Straus was a women’s rights activist who was active in the struggle for women’s…
• Rosa Zimmern Van VortRosa Zimmern Van Vort was a member of Virginia’s first generation of trained nurses.
• Rosalie Cohen1910A lifelong Zionist, Rosalie Cohen worked to promote Jewish culture and education both on…
• Rosalie Loew Whitney1893Rosalie Loew Whitney was the first woman to become the acting attorney of the New York…
• Rosalie Silberman Abella1946Rosalie Silberman Abella became Canada’s first Jewish woman judge and youngest ever judge…
• Rosalie Solomons PhillipsBetween her family ties to the American Revolution, her political work, and her efforts…
• Rosalind Franklin1952DNA Structure Discovery (Photo 51)
• Rosalind Preston1935Rosalind Preston is a leading British philanthropist and advocate for various Jewish and…
• Rosalind Wiener Wyman1930Rosalind Wiener Wyman was the youngest person ever elected to the Los Angeles City…
• Rosalyn Tureck1913Classical pianist
• Rosalyn Yalow1977Radioimmunoassay
• Rosanna Dyer Osterman1809Rosanna Dyer Osterman’s supplies helped travelers explore the western frontier, but it…
• Rose (Berman) GoldsteinAn early advocate of increased rights and responsibilities for women in Jewish life, Rose…
• Rose Ausländer1901Rose Ausländer was an acclaimed German-language poet, whose poetry reflects her awe for…
• Rose Brenner1884As president of the National Council of Jewish Women, Rose Brenner focused on inclusion…
• Rose Chernin1901Ambivalent about Judaism, passionately Marxist, charismatic, and courageous, Rose Chernin…
• Rose DunkelmanRose Dunkelman was an innovative, industrious Canadian Zionist leader who worked…
• Rose Eytinge1835Reportedly the first American theater actress to earn a three-figure salary, Rose Eytinge…
• Rose Franken1895Rose Franken was a celebrated Broadway playwright and director, a Hollywood screenwriter…
• Rose Friedman1910Economist and author who co-wrote Free to Choose with Milton Friedman.
• Rose Gell Jacobs1888One of the most prominent leaders of Hadassah, Rose Jacobs promoted traditional types of…
• Rose Gollup Cohen1880In her short life, Rose Gollup Cohen was a unionized factory worker and a domestic…
• Rose GrueningRose Gruening created a number of social assistance organizations to aid immigrant…
• Rose Haas Alschuler1887Rose Haas Alschuler founded and directed more than twenty nursery schools and early…
• Rose I. Bender1895Rose I. Bender was an early twentieth-century Zionist activist who served extensively in…
• Rose Kaplan1867Rose Kaplan was a trained nurse who worked with Hadassah to help establish its first…
• Rose Kohler1873Rose Kohler was a multitalented woman who was known as an accomplished painter and…
• Rose KushnerWith a self-described “streak of stubbornness, and a loud voice as well,” Rose…
• Rose Laub Coser1916Sociologist Rose Laub Coser redefined major concepts in role theory—the idea that our…
• Rose Luria Halprin1896Rose Luria Halprin helped lead Zionist organizations through the tumultuous period of…
• Rose Mattus1960Co-created Häagen-Dazs (1960) with her husband Reuben and sampled it into America's…
• Rose Michtom1902Co-created the teddy bear and made the first ones by hand
• Rose Pastor Stokes1879Rose Pastor Stokes was called the “Cinderella of the sweatshops” when, as a young…
• Rose PesottaRose Pesotta was an iconic labor organizer and president of the International Ladies'…
• Rose Schneiderman1911Labor leader whose advocacy after the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire drove New York's…
• Rose Shoshana1895Rose Shoshana began her acting career in the Yiddish theater world, playing Manke in Got…
• Rose VitelesRose Viteles was an American-born social worker and volunteer who, after moving to…
• Rose WortisRose Wortis was an active union organizer and member of the Communist Party in the first…
• Roseanne Barr1952Comedian and actress, star of the sitcom Roseanne.
• Rosi Wolfstein-FröhlichRosi Wolfstein’s life constituted a battle against war, racism, and social injustice.
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley2015English model and entrepreneur
• Rosika Schwimmer1877Hungarian feminist and suffragist who founded the Hungarian Feminist Association and…
• Rosina Lhévinne1880Pianist and teacher
• Ross Stolzenberg1946Sociologist specializing in demography, stratification and quantitative methods
• Rotem Sela1983Israeli model, actress and television presenter.
• Roy Glauber1925Physicist
• Roy Grinker1900Psychiatrist known for research on war stress and psychosomatics
• Roy Lichtenstein1963Pioneer of American Pop Art
• Roy Medvedev1971Historien du stalinisme, auteur de Que l'histoire juge, figure de la dissidence soviétique
• Roy RadnerEconomist
• Roy Rappaport1926Ecological anthropologist known for 'Pigs for the Ancestors' and ritual studies
• Roy ReznikIsraeli co-founder of Wiz and its head of research and development, and co-founder of…
• Roz Chast1954One of New York’s most distinct Jewish cultural voices, Roz Chast is most famous for her…
• Róża Pomeranc-MelcerRóża Pomeranc Melcer was a social reformer, feminist, and Zionist active in Galicia and…
• Roza RobotaA member of the Jewish underground in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, Roza Robota was…
• Roza Shabad-Gawronska1882A pediatrician trained in Germany and Russia, specializing in the care of infants and…
• Roza Shoshana JoffeRoza Shoshana Joffe was a teacher who made Aliyah from the Ukraine, determined to…
• Rozka Korczak1943Jewish partisan leader in the Vilna ghetto underground and the forests of Lithuania
• Rozka Korczak-Marla1921Rozka Korczak-Marla was active in underground resistance during World War II, serving in…
• Rozsa Peter1905Founder of recursive function theory
• Ruby DanielRuby Daniel’s 1995 book, Ruby of Cochin: An Indian Jewish Woman Remembers, combines…
• Ruby Myers (Sulochana)1925Star du cinéma muet indien, productrice, prix Dadasaheb Phalke 1973
• Rudi Gernreich1964Avant-garde fashion designer, creator of the monokini and unisex fashion
• Rudolf Arnheim1904Pioneer of the psychology of art and visual perception
• Rudolf AuspitzEconomist
• Rudolf Barshai1924Conductor and violist
• Rudolf Goldscheid1870Austrian sociologist and founder of fiscal sociology
• Rudolf Heidenhain1834Physiologist who advanced the understanding of glandular secretion and kidney function.
• Rudolf HilferdingEconomist
• Rudolf Kolisch1896Classical violinist
• Rudolf Kompfner1909Physicist
• Rudolf Magnus1873Pharmacologist known for research on body posture and the physiology of muscle tone
• Rudolf Peierls1907Physicist
• Rudolf Schindler1888Physician who developed the first practical semiflexible gastroscope.
• Rudolf Schwarz1905Orchestra conductor
• Rudolf Serkin1903Bohemian-American pianist noted for his interpretations of the German classical…
• Rudolf Spielmann1883Chess grandmaster
• Rudolf Vrba1944Escaped Auschwitz in April 1944 and co-wrote the Vrba-Wetzler report, the first detailed…
• Rudolph Charousek1873Chess master
• Rudolph Lipschitz1832Analysis
• Rudolph Loewenstein1898Psychoanalyst and co-founder of ego psychology
• Rudolph Marcus1923Chemist awarded the Nobel Prize for the theory of electron transfer in chemical systems
• Rudolph Minkowski1895Astronomer
• Rudolph Schoenheimer1898Biochemist who introduced isotope labeling to study the dynamic state of body metabolism.
• Rufus Isaacs, 1er marquis de Reading1921Premier juif Lord Chief Justice d'Angleterre, ambassadeur à Washington, vice-roi des Indes
• Rupert HolmesTony Award — Best Musical
• Russell Ackoff1919Pioneer of operations research and systems thinking
• Ruth Aliav-Klüger1910Ruth Aliav-Klüger was the only woman among the early members of Mosad le-Aliyah Bet, the…
• Ruth AlmogRuth Almog is an Israeli novelist and children’s author.
• Ruth AmiranArcheologist Ruth Amiran directed many of Israel's important excavation projects.
• Ruth Arnon1933Immunologist who co-developed Copaxone, a leading treatment for multiple sclerosis.
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg1933US Supreme Court Justice and champion of gender equality.
• Ruth Barcan Marcus1921Philosopher and logician, pioneer of quantified modal logic
• Ruth Behar1956Award-winning cultural anthropologist Ruth Behar has conducted groundbreaking research in…
• Ruth Benesch1925Biochemist who, with Reinhold Benesch, revealed the control of hemoglobin oxygen transport
• Ruth Bernard FromensonRuth Bernard Fromenson was an early twentieth-century Zionist and Jewish communal worker…
• Ruth Bondy1923Ruth Bondy was an author, a journalist, and a gifted translator.
• Ruth Bunzel1898Boasian anthropologist known for her ethnographic studies of Zuni culture and art
• Ruth DarRenowned Israeli designer Ruth Dar works consistently with the top directors in Israeli…
• Ruth Dayan1954Founder of Maskit (1954), Israel's first fashion house, which employed new immigrants and…
• Ruth Dreifuss1940Ruth Dreifuss was the first Jewish member of the Federal Government of Switzerland and…
• Ruth E. Fizdale1908Ruth E. Fizdale is credited with making modern social work a profession.
• Ruth Eshel1942Dancer, choreographer, and dance researcher Ruth Eshel has been a major contributor to…
• Ruth F. Brin1921Ruth F. Brin helped transform modern prayer with her evocative writing, translation, and…
• Ruth Fainlight1931Writer and poet Ruth Fainlight’s work interweaves feminism and elements of Judaism, often…
• Ruth First1925Ruth First was a prolific writer and her penetrating investigative journalism exposed…
• Ruth Gavison1945Ruth Gavison was an Israeli human rights expert and law professor.
• Ruth Gay1922Through her writing, Ruth Glazer Gay captured an engaging view of the Jewish community…
• Ruth Gikow1915Ruth Gikow’s figurative paintings and murals offered her a means to comment on society…
• Ruth Gruber1911Reporter and writer Ruth Gruber dedicated her life to rescuing and covering the stories…
• Ruth Hagy Brod1911Ruth Hagy Brod was a versatile and peripatetic career woman who worked for nearly fifty…
• Ruth Handler1959Barbie Doll and Mattel Co-founder
• Ruth Kisch-ArendtRuth Kisch-Arendt, an Orthodox Jew, became one of Germany’s foremost performers of lieder…
• Ruth Klüger1931A Holocaust survivor from Vienna (1931-2020), Ruth Klüger emigrated to the United States…
• Ruth Landes1908Anthropologist known for 'The City of Women' and studies of race and gender
• Ruth LapidothProfessor Ruth Lapidoth is a major Israeli expert in international law.
• Ruth Laredo1937Classical pianist
• Ruth Lewinson1895Born in 1895, Ruth Lewinson was one of the earliest female Jewish lawyers in the United…
• Ruth Lewis Farkas1906Ruth Lewis Farkas’ remarkable and varied career ranged from creating a retail chain that…
• Ruth Louisa CohenRuth Cohen, Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, from 1954 until 1972, was the first…
• Ruth Mack Brunswick1897Psychoanalyst Ruth Mack Brunswick served as a crucial sounding board for Sigmund Freud…
• Ruth Messinger1940Following successive careers as a New York City politician and director of a major Jewish…
• Ruth MuskalRuth Muskal’s term as commanding officer of the Women’s Corps (1973–1975) of the Israel…
• Ruth Nanda Anshen1900Ruth Nanda Anshen, twentieth-century philosopher, lecturer, and author, was an…
• Ruth Peggy Sophie Parnass1927Born in Germany, Ruth Peggy Sophie Parnass was sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis.
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala1986Refugee from Nazi Germany
• Ruth Rubin1906Ruth Rubin devoted a lifetime to the collection and preservation of Yiddish folklore in…
• Ruth Sager1918Geneticist who established the field of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) genetics.
• Ruth Schloss1922Through her socio-political artworks, Israeli painter Ruth Schloss (1922-2013) directed…
• Ruth SperlingRuth Sperling is an esteemed Israeli scientist.
• Ruth Westheimer1980Psychosexual therapist known as Dr Ruth
• Ruth WhitmanPoet Ruth Whitman was known for her acclaimed translations of Yiddish poetry, as well as…
• Ruth Wisse1993Foremost scholar of Yiddish literature
• Ruth Ziv-AyalRuth Ziv-Ayal, a director and choreographer, is a pioneer in Israeli experimental…
• Rutu Modan2007Israeli comics artist whose Exit Wounds (2007) and The Property (2013) both won the…
• Ryan Braun2011Baseball
• Ryan Cohen2011Fondateur de Chewy en 2011, premier commerce en ligne d'articles pour animaux aux…
• Ryan Potter2014American actor

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