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Mayer Amschel Rothschild
German banker (1744–1812)
Isaac Abrabanel
Portuguese-Spanish Jewish businessman, exegete and philosopher (1437-1508)
Joseph Süß Oppenheimer
German Jewish banker and court Jew in Württemberg
Abraham Zacuto
Spanish Jewish astronomer and rabbi (1452 – c. 1515)
Joseph Nasi
Ottoman Jewish statesman and financier
court Jew
Jewish banker who handled the finances of, or lent money to, European royalty and nobility
Gerson von Bleichröder
German banker (1822–1893)
Israel Jacobson
German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser (1768–1828)
Samson Wertheimer
European rabbi (1658-1724)
Daniel Itzig
German banker (1723-1799)
Samuel Oppenheimer
German-Jewish financier
Karoline Kaulla
German court Jew
Mordecai Meisel
Czech entrepreneur (1528-1601)
Shtadlan
A shtadlan (, ; , ) was an intercessor for a local European Jewish community. They represented the interests of the community, especially those of a town's ghetto, and worked as a "lobbyist" negotiating with the authorities holding power for the safety and benefit of Jews. The process of Jewish intercession is known as shtadlanut ().
Josel of Rosheim
German rabbi and community leader (c.1480–1554)
Servi camerae regis
Bernhard von Eskeles
Austrian financier and private banker
Joseph ibn Naghrela
Spanish rabbi (1035-1066)
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Name given to Jews living in Papal States
Issachar Berend Lehmann
German-Jewish banker, Court Jew in Hanover
Jacob Bassevi
Czech nobleman
Abramo Colorni
Italian-Jewish polymath (1544–1599)
Protected Jew
'''''' (, "protected Jew") was a status for German Jews granted by the imperial, princely or royal courts.
Abraham of Bohemia
Bohemian Jewish banker and tax collector
Abraham Oppenheim
German banker (1804-1878)
Alois Dessauer
German banker
Judah Leon ben Moses Mosconi
Bulgarian rabbi
Simon von Geldern
German writer
Esther Liebmann
German-Jewish financier, Court Jew