List of Sephardic Jews

A

• Abraham Amigo, Israeli rabbi of Sepharadi descent
• Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain
• Lior Ashkenazi, Israeli actor
• Ben Ashkenazy, American billionaire real estate developer
• Moran Atias, an Israeli-American actress
• Jacques Attali, Algerian-born French economist, advisor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991
• Hank Azaria American actor and known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated series The Simpsons
• Max Azria Tunisian-born American fashion designer

  B

• Yves Béhar, Swiss designer, entrepreneur and sustainability advocate
• Judah P. Benjamin, American politician and statesman
• Aldo Bensadoun, Canadian businessman, founder of the ALDO Group
• Maurice Berger, cultural historian, art critic, curator
• John Berman, news anchor for CNN.
• Miri Bohadana, Israeli actress, model, and presenter
• Can Bonomo, Turkish singer
• Alain de Botton, Swiss writer and philosopher
• Alain Boublil, Tunisian-born French lyricist of the musical Les Misérables
• Caryl Brahms, British writer
• June Brown, British actress
• Tony Bullimore, British yachtsman

  C

• Neve Campbell, Canadian film and television actress
• David Samuel Carasso, 19th-century traveler and writer
• Isaac and Daniel Carasso, founders of Danone
• Benjamin N. Cardozo, Supreme Court Justice
• Gabrielle Carteris, American actress best known for her role in the TV series 90210
• Omri Casspi, Israeli NBA player
• Jacob Castello, 17th-century poet
• Joseph Cayre, co-founder of record label Salsoul Records, video tape distributor and producer GoodTimes Entertainment, and video game publisher GT Interactive Software.
• Stanley Chera, American real estate developer
• Joseph Chetrit, an American real estate investor and developer and founder of the Chetrit Group.
• Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
• Hélène Cixous, Algerian-born French feminist critic
• Maurice Abraham Cohen, educator
• Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Jean-François Copé, French politician; former President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the French National Assembly; Sephardic mother

  D

• Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-born Israeli politician & one of the founders of Shas.
• Jacques Derrida, Algerian-born French philosopher
• Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Patrick Drahi, billionaire founder of international news channel i24news
• Victor Drai, nightclub owner, entrepreneur and film producer.
• Julien Dray, Algerian-born French politician, member of the National Assembly for the Socialist Party
• Solomon Dwek former American real estate investor and convicted felon

  G

• Meir Shmuel Gabay, first and only Israeli to be elected to the United Nations General Assembly for any office.
• Yakir Gabay, Israeli-born billionaire who founded Aroundtown SA. Son of Meir Shmuel Gabay.
• Sonia Gardner, co-founder of hedge fund Avenue Capital Management
• Sonny Gindi, co-founder of the Century 21department store.
• Lewis Goldsmith, Anglo-French journalist and political writer
• Eydie Gormé, American singer.
• Eva Green, French actress and model
• Philip Guedalla, biographer

  H

• Joseph Hackmey Israeli businessman and art collector.
• Tzachi Halevy, Israeli actor best known for the TV series Fauda
• Gisèle Halimi, French civil rights advocate and feminist
• Serge Halimi, French journalist and newspaper editor
• Eli Harari, founder of SanDisk
• Serge Haroche, French physicist
• Sir Joshua Hassan, Gibraltarian politician, and first Mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar
• Jacob Hassan, Spanish academic, writer, and university professor
• Daniel G. Hedaya, American actor
• Sir Basil Henriques, philanthropist
• Jack Hidary, technology entrepreneur and researcher
• Murray Hidary, composer, fine art photographer and entrepreneur.

  J

• Mitchell R. Julis, co-founding partner of Los Angeles hedge fund Canyon Capital Advisors.

  K

• Moshe Kahlon, Israeli politician, Minister of Finance since 2015
• Paul Kodish, British professional drummer

  L

• Albert Laboz, New York City real estate developer
• Marc Lasry, American billionaire financier
• Mélanie Laurent, French actress, singer, pianist, director, and screenwriter
• Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet, best remembered for her sonnet engraved on the Statue of Liberty
• Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian physician and neurobiologist
• Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher
• David Levy, former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Housing and Construction and as a Minister without Portfolio
• Eugene Levy Canadian actor
• Jackie Levy, Israeli politician and former mayor of Beit She'an
• Orly Levy, Israeli politician and former member of Yisrael Beiteinu

  M

• Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
• Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer, actress, and television personality
• Paul Marciano, co-founder of Guess? Inc.
• Phil Margo, American Musician, member of The Tokens
• David Mazouz, American actor best known for Gotham
• Lea Michele, American actress best known for Glee.
• Fred Melamed, American actor and writer
• Raphael Meldola, British chemist and first president of the Maccabaeans
• Raphael Meldola, English rabbi
• Pierre Mendès France, French politician, Prime Minister 1954-55
• Daniel Mendoza, 19th-century English pugilist, prizefighter
• David Mimran, film producer and director. Married to former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Julie Ordon. Son of Jean-Claude Mimran.
• Jean Claude Mimran, French businessman & former owner of Lamborghini. Father of David Mimran. Brother of Patrick Mimran.
• Patrick Mimran, former owner & CEO of Lamborghini. Brother of Jean Claude Mimran & uncle of David Mimran.
• Yosef Mizrachi, Israeli-born haredi rabbi based in Monsey, New York
• Ken Moelis, American businessman and billionaire, founder of Moelis & Company
• Frederic Mocatta, English philanthropist
• Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter
• Moses Montefiore, British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London
• Edgar Morin, French sociologist and philosopher
• Georges Moustaki, French singer-songwriter

  N

• David Nahmad, billionaire fine art dealer
• Ezra Nahmad, billionaire art collector and dealer
• Helly Nahmad , owner of Helly Nahmad London, and son of Ezra Nahmad
• Helly Nahmad , owner of Helly Nahmad Gallery in New York, and son of Ezra's brother David Nahmad
• Moses ben Nahman, medieval Jewish scholar and rabbi
• Géraldine Nakache, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• Joseph Nakash, co-founder of Jordache Enterprises, Inc.

  O

• Jerry Orbach, actor best known for roles in Dirty Dancing and Law & Order

  P

• Abraham Palacci, grand rabbi of Izmir
• Rahamim Nissim Palacci, grand rabbi of Izmir
• Joseph Palacci, rabbi of Izmir
• Charles Palache, American mineralogist
• Haim Palachi, grand rabbi of Izmir
• Samuel Pallache, Moroccan-Dutch envoy, corsair
• Joseph De la Penha, Dutch trader
• Murray Perahia, American concert pianist
• Rafi Peretz, Israeli Minister of Education
• Victor Perez, Tunisian boxer
• Abraham Cohen Pimentel, Head Rabbi of the Portuguese / Spanish Synagogue of Amsterdam
• Azaria Piccio, Venetian
• Daniel Pinto , British-French financier
• Inês Pires, Mistress of King John I of Portugal; ancestor of Dukes and Portuguese Kings of the House of Braganza and many of European royalty and nobility

  R

• Lior Raz, Israeli screenwriter & actor best known for starring in Fauda
• Miri Regev, Israeli MK of Likud
• Daniela Ruah, Portuguese-American actress

  S

• Haim Saban, Israeli-American billionaire who founded Saban Entertainment
• Safdie brothers, American independent film directors
• Haym Salomon, Polish-born American businessman who helped finance the American Revolutionary War
• Silvio Santos, Brazilian entertainer and businessman; born Senor Abravanel, descendant of Don Isaac Abravanel
• Hugh Sebag Montefiore, British Historian and Lawyer
• Simon Sebag Montefiore, British historian
• Jerry Seinfeld, American stand-up comedian known for playing titular character in TV series Seinfeld
• Vic Seixas, American Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis player
• Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor; Knight of the Realm
• David Serero, French architect; sephardi ancestors from Morocco
• David Serero, French opera singer and actor; sephardi ancestors from Morocco
• Silvan Shalom, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Israel
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
• Joseph Sitt, founder of global real estate company Thor Equities.
• Raphael Soriano, Rhodes-born California Mid-Century Modern architect
• Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Portuguese origin
• Henry Stern , California State Senator
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politician; Finance Minister, 1997–99; President of the International Monetary Fund, 2007–11; Sephardic mother
• Jeff Sutton , American real estate developer and billionaire

  T

• Alona Tal, Israeili singer and actress
• Isaac Touro, Touro College named in his honor. Touro Syn Father of Judah Touro.
• Judah Touro, American businessmen & philanthropist. Touro College & Touro Synagogue are named in his honor.
• Yitzhak Tshuva, Israeli businessman and chairman of El-Ad Group

  W

• Len Wein, American comic book writer & co-creator of DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine

  Z

• Ahmed Zayat, owner of Thoroughbred racer horses and Triple Crown winner American Pharaoh.

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