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This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
Academics Aaron Aaronsohn , botanistJ. J. Benjamin , historianMartin Bercovici , energy engineerRandolph L. Braham , political scientist, historianNicolae Cajal , virologist and Jewish community leaderGedeon Dagan , hydrologistLidia Dengelegi Abrams , psychologistConstantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea , sociologist and Marxist theoristLazăr Edeleanu , chemistZicman Feider , biologist, acarologist[1] Herman Finer , political scientist[2] Peter Freund , theoretical physicistMoses Gaster , chakham, linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leaderLucien Goldmann , philosopher, critic, sociologistAlexandru Graur , linguistMichael Harsgor , historianJoseph M. Juran , industrial engineerErnest Klein , linguistCharles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist[3]
Liviu Librescu , physicist[4] Mario Livio , astrophysicistEdward Luttwak , economist and historianNorman Manea , writer and college professorMeinhard E. Mayer , physicistSerge Moscovici , social psychologistVictor Neumann , historian and political analystAndrei Oișteanu , historian and anthropologistZigu Ornea , literary criticJulius Popper , explorerLazăr Șăineanu , (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folkloristItamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historianHeimann Hariton Tiktin , linguistVladimir Tismăneanu , historian and political analystro:Leon Volovici (1938–2011), literary historian and historian, professor of Modern JewryDavid Wechsler , psychologistAvram Leib Zissu , political leader, Zionist activist, author, opinion journalistMathematicians Artists Avigdor Arikha , painterVictor Brauner , painter and photographerSorel Etrog , sculptorAndré François , painter and graphic artist (Jewish father)Idel Ianchelevici , sculptorMarcel Iancu , architect and painterIosif Iser , painterIsidore Isou , Letterist Alex Leon , painterMoissaye Marans , sculptorM. H. Maxy , painterConstantin Daniel Rosenthal , painterReuven Rubin , painterHerman Sachs , muralistArthur Segal , painterSaul Steinberg , cartoonistHedda Sterne , painter, sculptor and graphic artistNicolae Vermont , painter and graphic artistJean Weinberg , photographerMedi Dinu , painterBusiness people Film and stage figures Israil Bercovici , playwrightLauren Bacall , actressLucian Bratu , director/film producerChristian Calson , director/writerI.A.L. Diamond , screenwriterAbraham Goldfaden ,founder of Yiddish-language theaterMarin Karmitz , director, producerElina Löwensohn , actressSigmund Mogulesko Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress[2] Bernard Natan , film producerOvitz family , circus actors and traveling musiciansEdward G. Robinson , actorAbba Schoengold [5] Dumitru Solomon , playwrightJacob Sternberg , directorMusicians Dana International , israeli singer and musicianShlomo Artzi , musician now living in IsraelAlexander Uriah Boskovich , composerAlma Gluck , sopranoClara Haskil , pianistPhilip Herschkowitz , music theorist and composerGabriel Iranyi , composerMindru Katz , pianistSammy Lerner , composerYoel Levi , conductorSergiu Luca , violinistRadu Lupu , pianistSilvia Marcovici , violinistIon Marin ,conductorJoseph Moskowitz , klezmer musicianMoishe Oysher , cantor and singerBeverly Sills , opera singerMendi Rodan . conductor, composer and violinist.Political figures Martin Abern , Trotskyist activistColette Avital , Israeli politicianDavicion Bally , public servantOlga Bancic , communist activistSilviu Brucan , communist politician and dissidentSimion Bughici , communist politicianAvram Bunaciu , communist politicianIosif Chișinevschi , communist politicianAlexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea , communist activistMișu Dulgheru , communist activist, spyMiriam Eshkol , wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol Max Goldstein , communist activistSerge Klarsfeld , anti-Nazi activistDavid Korner , Trotskyist activistAlex Kozinski , judgeLeon Lichtblau , communist activistSamuel Leibowitz , attorneyVasile Luca , communist politicianGheorghe Gaston Marin , communist politicianNati Meir , politicianGhiță Moscu , communist activist and politicianAlexandru Nicolschi , communist politicianAna Pauker , communist politicianMarcel Pauker , communist politicianMircea Răceanu , diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)Valter Roman , communist politicianPetre Roman , politician (Jewish father)Leonte Tismăneanu , communist politicianGhizela Vass , communist activistReligious figures Moses Gaster , rabbi, philologist, community leader, early ZionistErnest Klein , rabbiMoses Rosen , rabbiMoses Josef Rubin , rabbiAlexandru Șafran , rabbiMeir Shapiro , rabbiNicolae Steinhardt , Christian Orthodox monk (Jewish father)Richard Wurmbrand , minister of religionSportspeople Baseball All Star Kevin Youkilis Basketball Boxing Canoeing Leon Rotman , sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titlesChess Fencing Table tennis Writers Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018), novelist and Holocaust survivorIuliu Barasch , physician and writerSrul Bronshtein , poetNina Cassian , poetPaul Celan , poetAndrei Codrescu , poet and essayistVladimir Colin , short story writer and novelistBenjamin Fondane , poet, playwright, and literary criticAbraham Goldfaden , poet and playwrightIsidore Isou , poetIrving Layton , poetStan Lee born Stanley Martin Lieber, writer, editor, publisher, and co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe.Gherasim Luca , poetIsac Ludo , novelistNorman Manea , novelistCilibi Moise , storyteller and humoristSașa Pană , poet and short story writerMaurice Samuel , novelistElias Schwarzfeld , historian and novelistMihail Sebastian , playwrightNicolae Steinhardt , writer (Jewish father)Alexandru Toma , poetTristan Tzara , poet and essayistTudor Vianu , literary criticIlarie Voronca , poet and essayistElie Wiesel , writerHaralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writerGellu Naum , poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator (Jewish Mother, Maria Naum née Rosa Gluck)See also References
^ Contribution of the Romanian Jews to Culture and Civilisation , Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, Hasefer Press, Bucharest, 2004, ISBN 973-630-067-6 ^ [1] "Mr. Herman Finer, an Englishman, Jewish"; born Jassy, Roumania (Who was Who)^ Blumenthal, Ralph (28 May 1987). "DR. CHARLES KREMER, 89, DIES; PRESSED TRIFA WAR CRIME CASE" . nytimes.com . Retrieved 30 July 2016 . ^ Jewish Chronicle ^ Jacob Adler , "A Life on the Stage: A Memoir", translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-679-41351-0 . 68, 125, 203, 221^ "Jews in Sports: Basketball" . Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved May 25, 2010 . 
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