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Many of the Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition settled in the Ottoman Empire, leaving behind, at the wake of Empire, large Sephardic communities in South-East Europe: mainly in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kalmi Baruh, writer and philosopher^[1]
Emerik Blum, businessman, founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo^[2]
Ivan Ceresnjes, architect-researcher, former president of the Jewish community in Bosnia and Herzegovina and vice-chairman of the Yugoslav Federation of Jewish Communities, 1992–1996^[3]
Oskar Danon, composer and conductor^[4]
David Elazar, Israeli general and Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces^[5]
Jakob Finci, politician, ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Switzerland
Daniel Kabiljo, painter
Daniel Ozmo, painter
Isaac Pardo, rabbi of Sarajevo
Robert Rothbart, basketball player (Jewish mother)^[6]
Isak Samokovlija, writer^[7]

Bulgaria

Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist^[8]
Binyamin Arditi
Aron Aronov, tenor
Mira Aroyo, member of the band Ladytron
Gabi Ashkenazi
Michael Bar-Zohar
Maxim Behar, president of M3 Communications Group
Haim Bejarano, Torah scholar and chief rabbi
Shimon Bejarano
Alexander Bozhkov, vice-premier (Jewish mother)^[9]
Elias Canetti, author and Nobel Prize winner
Sabetay Djaen, rabbi and teacher
Carl Djerassi
Itzhak Fintzi, dramatist^[10]
Pini Gershon
Moshe Gueron
Shlomo Kalo
Nikolay Kaufman, musicologist and composer^[11]
Yehezkel Lazarov
Moshe Leon
Milcho Leviev, jazz composer (Jewish father)^[12]
Raphael Mechoulam
Moni Moshonov
Ya'akov Nehushtan
Ya'akov Nitzani
Jules Pascin, artist (Jewish father)^[10]
Isaac Passy, philosopher^[10]
Solomon Passy, foreign minister,^[13] son of Isaac Passy
Valeri Petrov
Georgi Pirinski, Jr.
David Primo
Sarah-Theodora
Victor Shem-Tov
Maxim Staviski
Angel Wagenstein, author & screenwriter^[14]
Alexis Weissenberg, pianist^[15]
Jaime Yankelevich
Emanuel Zisman

Croatia

Viktor Axmann, architect
Slavko Brill, sculptor and ceramics artist
Julio Deutsch, architect
Hugo Ehrlich, architect
Ignjat Fischer, architect
Josip Frank, Croatian politician
Stjepan Gomboš, architect
Branko Grünbaum, mathematician
Leo Hönigsberg, architect
Rikard Lang, prominent Croatian university professor, lawyer and economist, UN's expert
Slobodan Lang, physician, politician, humanitarian
Slavko Löwy, architect
Rudolf Lubinski, architect
Branko Lustig, film producer and winner of two Academy Awards
Blessed Ivan Merz, beatified in 2003
Oscar Nemon, sculptor
Vladimir Šterk, architect
Ivo Stern, founder of the "Zagreb Radiostation"
Karlo Weissmann, physician and founder of the first sanatorium in Osijek
Dragutin Wolf, industrialist, founder of the food company Koestlin in Bjelovar

Cyprus

Aristobulus of Britannia (converted to Christianity)
Barnabas (mentioned in the New Testament)
Mike Brant, French-based singer (Cyprus-born)
Epiphanius of Salamis (converted to Christianity)
- John the Merciful
Arie Zeev Raskin, rabbi

Greece

Montenegro

Jelena Đurović, writer, politician and journalist

North Macedonia

Haim Estreya Ovadya, Yugoslav partisan
Rafael Moshe Kamhi
Žamila Kolonomos, Sephardi Jewish partisan, writer, academic, and political activist

Serbia

David Albahari, writer
David Albala, military officer, physician, diplomat, and Jewish community leader
Oskar Danon, composer
Oskar Davičo, poet
Filip David, playwright and columnist
Predrag Ejdus, actor
Vanja Ejdus, actress
Rahela Ferari, actress
Ivan Ivanji, writer
Enriko Josif, composer
Danilo Kiš, writer
Marko Kon, pop singer
Shaul Ladany, Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian
Tommy Lapid, former Israeli politician of Hungarian descent, born in Novi Sad
Paulina Lebl-Albala, feminist, translator, literary critic, literature theoretician, and professor of literature in Belgrade
Sonja Licht, political activist
Izidor Papo, cardiac surgeon, general-colonel of the Yugoslav Army medical unit
Moša Pijade, politician, painter, art critic and publicist
Eva Ras, actress
Seka Sablić, actress^[16]
Erich Šlomović, art collector
Aleksandar Tišma, writer

Slovenia

Katja Boh, politician
Berta Bojetu, author
Israel Isserlin, Medieval rabbi
Lev Kreft, sociologist and politician
Dušan Šarotar, author and editor

Turkey

Ishak Alaton, co-founder of Alarko Holding
Aaron Alfandari, writer
Solomon Eliezer Alfandari, Sephardic rabbi
Isak Andic, is a Spanish billionaire businessman
Seyla Benhabib, political theorist^[17]
Can Bonomo, musician from İzmir who represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan
Abraham Salomon Camondo, Ottoman-Italian financier and philanthropist; patriarch of the Camondo family
Elijah Capsali, first Hakham Bashi (Turkish: Chief Rabbi) of the Ottoman Empire
Moses Capsali, Hakham Bashi
Isaac Carasso, Ottoman Jewish entrepreneur and businessman
Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter
Menahem Egozi, talmudist
Üzeyir Garih, co-founder of Alarko Holding
Fernando Gerassi, Turkish artist
Françoise Giroud, politician
Umut Güzelses, Turkish-Israeli football player
Ishak Haleva, current Hakham Bashi of Turkey
Israel Hanukoglu, biochemist
Barzillai ben Baruch Jabez, talmudist
Victoria Kamhi, pianist^[18]
Emanuel Karasu, Salonica-born Ottoman statesman
Tchéky Karyo, French actor and musician; born in Istanbul, father is Turkish-Jewish
Hila Klein, Israeli-American YouTuber; mother is of Turkish-Jewish descent
Morris Levy, music industry executive
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, American politician
Linet, Turkish-Israeli singer
Alejandro Mayorkas, American politician
Leandra Medine, author and blogger; father, Mois Medine, is of Turkish-Jewish descent
Elijah Mizrachi, Hakham Bashi^[19]
Darío Moreno, İzmir-born musician^[20]
Chaim Nahum, Hakham Bashi^[19]
Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi
Joseph Nasi, Portuguese Ottoman trader and the first non-Muslim to be appointed to the rank of Sanjak-bey (governor)
Abraham Palacci, grand rabbi of İzmir
Joseph Palacci, rabbi of İzmir
Rahamim Nissim Palacci, grand rabbi of İzmir
Haim Palachi, grand rabbi of İzmir
Emin Pasha, physician, naturalist, and governor
Mosè Piccio, lexicographer
Haim Saban, Israeli-American TV producer; mother was of Turkish-Jewish descent
Berry Sakharof, Israeli rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer
Silvio Santos, media tycoon and television host
Rotem Sela, Israeli actress best known for starring in the Israeli television series Beauty and the Baker (2013–2021).
Izak Senbahar, American real estate developer
Lenore Skenazy, activist and founder of the Free-Range kids movement
Joseph Taitazak, Spanish-born Ottoman rabbi and Kabbalist
Sabbatai Zevi, Sephardic rabbi and Kabbalist
Jaklin Kornfilt, theoretical linguist

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[1] "Time, People, Memories". benevolencija.eu.org (in Croatian and English). Archived from the original on 4 December 2023.

[2] "Home". ceeol.com.

[3] "The Destruction of the Memory of Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe; a Case Study: Former Yugoslavia – Interview with Ivan Ceresnjes". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.

[4] Voices of Yugoslav Jewry By Paul Benjamin Gordiejew, p. 62

[5] "David Elazar | Israeli military commander | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 26 April 2024.

[6] "ספסל- הבית של הכדורסל הישראלי - אינפורמציה, סטטיסטיקה וחדשות יומיות על כל השחקנים, הקבוצות והליגות". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.

[7] Palavestra, Predrag. "Jewish Writers in Serbian Literature: Isak Samokovlija" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

[8] Encyclopædia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"

[9] Bakardjieva, Teodora. "Jews in Bulgaria". sefarad.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.

[autogenerated1-10] "Renowned Bulgarian Jews". Archived from the original on 9 December 2006.

[11] "Българи юдеи ("Bulgarian Jews")" (in Bulgarian). Ziezi. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2009.

[12] "Plovdiv, tourism, property, real estates, Bulgaria, travel agency, hotels, Pictures, maps, tour, restaurant, vacation, holiday, visit, wine, roses, architecture, sea, relaxing, art, artist, craftsmen, souvenirs, comfort, affordable". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2006.

[13] The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

[14] "Abraham le Poivrot, roman de Angel Wagenstein". www.bulgaria-france.net. 22 July 2016.

[15] "Alexis Weissenberg (Piano) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.

[16] Vukica Strugar (3 June 2012). "Seka Sablić: Kad porastem, biću bogata" (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti.

[17] "Continental Philosophy - Book Reviews". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

[18] "La Mujer Engañada: A romance in the Judeo-Spanish tradition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2006. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

[autogenerated2-19] "Jewish Intellectual Timeline". Archived from the original on 26 May 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

[20] "Actors - Dario Moreno". Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

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List of South-East European Jews

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Greece

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Serbia

Slovenia

Turkey

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