Yiddish-speaking people

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

Israeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)

Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)

Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)

Polish-American writer (1904–1991)

Sir Michael Caine is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cultural icon. He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Caine is one of only five male actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in five different decades. In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

American physicist (1898–1988)

American general and diplomat (1937–2021)

Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)

American actor (1931–2015)

Austrian-American economist (1881–1973)

American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)

Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

Israeli politician, a founder of the Israeli Labor Party and Prime Minister (1895-1969)

American singer and actress (1937–2025)

Romanian-American actor (1893-1973)

American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)

American politician; 99th Mayor of New York City (1934–45)

Canadian-American film producer (1884–1957)

American anarchist writer and feminist

English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)

American essayist and visual art critic (1909-1994)

Holocaust survivor and Israeli historian (1926–2024)

Israeli writer (1932–2018)

Sanford Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, he played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. Koufax was the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award, each time winning unanimously and the only pitcher to do so when a single award was given for both leagues; he was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in 1963. Retiring at age 30 due to chronic pain in his pitching elbow, Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 at age 36, the youngest player ever elected.

Latvian-American linguist (1923-2018)

Polish Marxist historian and Trotskyist communist (1907-1967)

Soviet politician (1897-1970)

British actor

Romanian writer

Austrian philosopher (1864-1937)

Polish American Yiddish novelist and translator (1893-1944)

Jewish Romanian opera singer (1904-1942)

Israeli-American author, rabbi, activist (1991-)

Union organizer, suffragist, activist (1886-1982)

Austrian journalist, actor and writer (1914–1998)

Canadian radio and television show host (1921-2017)

American politician (1904-1986)

American actress (1917-1993)

Polish-born American radio, stage, film and television actor

American historian of art (1904–1996)

Jewish American humorist

22nd governor of Minnesota (1891-1936)

(1891-1954) Jewish writer

novelist, translator and lecturer

Ukrainian peasant outlaw

Israeli politician

anti-Zionist Jewish leader of Neturei Karta, rabbi

American actor (1921–2011)

Egyptian-Canadian actor

Israeli politician

Israeli/Australian artist (1920-2017)

Israeli politician

Canadian activist (1903-2000)

Director of Israeli Intelligence (1918-2007)

American journalist (1887–1938)

Reform rabbi (1877-1948)

Israeli physician (1918–2015)

French trade-unionist, former secretary general of the Confédération générale du travail (1924-2003)