List of Iberian Jews
Jews had lived in the Iberian Peninsula since the Ancient Age, experiencing a Golden Age under Muslim rule. Following the Reconquista and increasing persecution, many of them were expelled from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1497 . Some of their descendants, known as the Sephardim , settled mainly in North Africa, South-East Europe, the Netherlands , England, and America. Jews were only formally readmitted to the peninsula in the late 19th century. The modern Jewish Iberian population is based on post-war immigration and numbers around 14,000. The following is a list of prominent Iberian Jews arranged by country of origin:
Portugal
Abraham Aboab Falero (? – 1642), seventeenth century philanthropist .Abraham Zacutus Lusitanus , (1575-1642), physician and medical authorDaniel Blaufuks (1963–), photographer.[ 1] Joshua Benoliel (1873–1932), photojournalist, official photographer for King Carlos I of Portugal .[ 2] Moisés Bensabat Amzalak (1892–1978), Milgram, Avraham (2011). Portugal, Salazar, and the Jews . Yad Vashem. p. 34. ISBN 9789653083875 Isaac Cardoso (1603/1604 – 1683), physician, philosopher, and polemic writer.[ 4] Artur Carlos de Barros Basto (1887–1961), author and military captain.[ 5] Artur Alberto de Campos Henriques (1853–1922), 50th Prime Minister of Portugal .[citation needed Nico Castel (1931–2015) tenor .[ 6] Uriel da Costa (1585–1640), philosopher.[ 7] Abraham Curiel (1545–1609), physician.[ 8] David Curiel (1594–1666), merchant.[ 8] Jacob Curiel (1587–1664), diplomat, merchant and nobleman.[ 8] Tatiana Salem Levy (1979–), novelist.[ 9] Rodrigo Lopez (1517–1594), physician[ 10] Fernão de Loronha (1470–1540), explorer and merchant.[ 11] Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510–1569), wealthy women of Renaissance Europe, became a prominent figure in the Ottoman Empire and developed an escape network that hundreds of Conversos .[ 12] [ 13] Solomon Molcho (1500–1532), mystic and writer.[ 14] Garcia de Orta (1501–1578), herbalist, naturalist and physician.[ 15] Pedro Nunes (1502–1578), mathematician, cosmographer, and professor[ 16] Jacob Rodrigues Pereira (1715–1780), irst teacher of deaf-mutes in France.[ 17] Daniela Ruah (1983–), actress, dual American citizen[ 18] Isaac Henrique Sequeira (1738–1816), Lisbon-born French doctor.[ 19] [ 20] Francisco Sanches (1550 – November 16, 1623), Portuguese born, Spain raised, French skeptic philosopher and physician.José Maria Espírito Santo Silva Ricciardi (1954–), economist and banker.[ 21] David ben Solomon ibn Yahya (1425–1528), rabbi sentenced by King João II to be burned at the stake fled to Corfu.[ 22] Jacob Tirado (1540–1620), founder of the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam .[ 23] Fernando Ulrich (1952–), economist and banking administrator.[ 24] Samuel Usque (1500–1555), author.[ 25] Richard Zimler (1956–), American-born author, dual-citizen.[ 26] [ 27]
Spain
Pre-expulsion
Petrus Alphonsi , 11th & 12th century physician, writer, astronomer, and polemicist.[ 28] Vidal Astori (15th century) merchant and silversmith.[ 29] Bonafos Caballeria (?-1464), historian and anti-Jewish writer.Abraham Cresques (1325–1387), cartographer.[ 30] Jehudà Cresques (1360–1410), cartographer.[ 31] Alfonso de Cartagen (1384–1456), Roman Catholic bishop, diplomat, historian and writer of pre-Renaissance Spain.[ 32] Moses Hamon (1490–1567) physician, historian and phlanthopoist.[ 33] Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez (15th & 16th century), mystic and theologian.[ 34] Felipe Godínez (1588–1637), Portuguese born dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age .[ 35] Jacob ibn Jau (9th century), silk-manufacturer and held a position in the court of the Hisham II .[ 36] Judah ben Joseph ibn Ezra (12th century), physician.[ 37] Joseph Kimhi (1105–1170), rabbi and biblical commentator.[ 38] Antonio de León Pinelo (1589–1660), writer and historian.[ 39] Moses de León (1240–1305), rabbi and Kabbalist who is considered the composer or redactor of the Zohar. =[ 40] Isaac ben Moses Eli (15th century), mathematician.[ 41] Caterina Tarongí (1646–1691), burned alive by the Spanish Inquisition .[ 42] Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (1845–1530), writer.[ 43] Solomon ibn Verga (1460–1554), historian and physician.[ 44] Joseph Zabara (1140–1200), physicist, poet and satirist, writer of the Book of Delights'.[ 45] Abraham Zacuto (1452-c.1515), astronomerFrancisco Perea (1620 – ?), first-generation son of Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain in Peru[ 46]
Post-expulsion
Isak Andic (1953–), Turkish-born businessman and founder Mango .[ 47] Miguel de Barrios (1625–1701), philosopher, historian and poet.[ 48] [ 49] Nissan Ben-Avraham (1957–), Marrano rabbi.[ 50] Esther Bendahan (1964–), Moroccan born author.[ 51] Elena Benarroch (1955–), fashion designer.[ 52] [ 53] Doris Benegas (1951–2016), Venezuelan-born political lawyer, half Jewish.[ 54] José María Benegas (1948–2015), Venezuelan-born politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , half Jewish.[ 54] Ricardo Bofill (1939–), world famous architect, half Jewish.[ 55] Rafael Cansinos-Asséns (1882–1964), poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and translator.[ 56] Abraham Miguel Cardoso (1626–1706), Sabbatean prophet and physician.[ 57] Isaac Carasso (1874–1939), Ottoman born co-founder of Danone .[ 58] Daniel Carasso (1905–2009), Ottoman born co-founder of Danone [ 58] Pancracio Celdrán (1942–2019), professor, intellectual and journalist who specializes in history & literature of antiquity & the medieval period.Claudio Guillén (1924–2007), French-born writer and historian, half Jewish.[ 59] Heinrich Gärtner (1885–1962), Austro-Hungarian -born cinematographer.[ 60] Andrés Herzog (1974–), politician and lawyer;spokesperson of the Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD),half Jewish.[ 61] Jon Juaristi (1951–), poet, essayist and translator, self-confessed former ETA militant. Convert.[ 62] Alicia Koplowitz (1954–), businesswoman and philanthropist, half Jewish.[ 63] Esther Koplowitz (1953–), businesswoman and philanthropist, half Jewish.[ 63] Enrique Múgica Herzog (1932–), lawyer, politician and co-founder of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , half-Jewish.[ 64] [ 65] Romeo Niram (1974–), figurative painter.Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972), diplomat remembered for facilitating escape of tens of thousands of Jews from France, half Jewish.[citation needed Samuel Toledano (1929–1996), Moroccan-born Jewish lawyer and Jewish community leader.[ 66] Joseph de la Vega (1650–1692), well known merchant, poet, and philanthropist in Amsterdam.[ 67]
See also
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