# List of Romanian Jews

This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.

## Academics

* Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist
* J. J. Benjamin, historian
* Martin Bercovici, energy engineer
* Randolph L. Braham, political scientist, historian
* Nicolae Cajal, virologist and Jewish community leader
* Gedeon Dagan, hydrologist
* Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, sociologist and Marxist theorist
* Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
* Zicman Feider, biologist, acarologist
* Herman Finer, political scientist
* Peter Freund, theoretical physicist
* Moses Gaster, hakham (Sephardi scholar & Rabi), linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leader
* Lucien Goldmann, philosopher, critic, sociologist
* Alexandru Graur, linguist
* Michael Harsgor, historian
* Joseph M. Juran, industrial engineer
* Ernest Klein, linguist
* Charles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist
* Liviu Librescu, physicist
* Mario Livio, astrophysicist
* Edward Luttwak, economist and historian
* Norman Manea, writer and college professor
* Meinhard E. Mayer, physicist
* Serge Moscovici, social psychologist
* Victor Neumann, historian and political analyst
* Andrei Oișteanu, historian and anthropologist
* Zigu Ornea, literary critic
* Julius Popper, explorer
* Lazăr Șăineanu, (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folklorist
* Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historian
* Heimann Hariton Tiktin, linguist
* Vladimir Tismăneanu, historian and political analyst
* David Wechsler, psychologist
* Avram Leib Zissu, political leader, Zionist activist, author, opinion journalist

### Mathematicians

* Peter Constantin, mathematician
* David Emmanuel, mathematician
* Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024), mathematician and lawyer
* Sergiu Hart, mathematician, economist
* George Lusztig, mathematician
* Sergiu Klainerman, mathematician
* Solomon Marcus, mathematician
* Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician

## Artists

* Avigdor Arikha, painter
* Victor Brauner, painter and photographer
* Sorel Etrog, sculptor
* André François, painter and graphic artist
* Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor
* Marcel Iancu, architect and painter
* Iosif Iser, painter
* Isidore Isou, Letterist
* Alex Leon, painter
* Moissaye Marans, sculptor
* M. H. Maxy, painter
* Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, painter
* Reuven Rubin, painter
* Herman Sachs, muralist
* Arthur Segal, painter
* Saul Steinberg, cartoonist
* Hedda Sterne, painter, sculptor and graphic artist
* Nicolae Vermont, painter and graphic artist
* Jean Weinberg, photographer
* Medi Dinu, painter

## Business people

* Max Auschnitt, financier
* Emil Calmanovici, financier and communist activist
* Safra Catz, business executive
* Solomon Leibovici, financier
* Eduardo Saverin (grandson of a Romanian Jew), co-founder of Facebook

## Film and stage figures

* Israil Bercovici, playwright
* Lauren Bacall, actress
* Lucian Bratu, director/film producer
* Christian Calson, director/writer
* Winona Ryder, actress
* Yael Stone, actress
* I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter
* Abraham Goldfaden, founder of Yiddish-language theater
* Marin Karmitz, director, producer
* Elina Löwensohn, actress
* Sigmund Mogulesko
* Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress
* Bernard Natan, film producer
* Ovitz family, circus actors and traveling musicians
* Edward G. Robinson, actor
* Abba Schoengold
* Dumitru Solomon, playwright
* Jacob Sternberg, director

## Miscellaneous

* Iancu Țucărman, Holocaust and Iași pogrom survivor

## Musicians

* Art Garfunkel, composer, singer-songwriter
* Dana International, Israeli singer and musician
* Shlomo Artzi, musician now living in Israel
* Dan Bittman, singer
* Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer
* Dumitru Bughici composer, pianist
* Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, violinist
* Alma Gluck, soprano
* Sarah Gorby singer
* Clara Haskil, pianist
* Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer
* Gabriel Iranyi, composer
* Mindru Katz, pianist
* Max Leibowitz violinist and bandleader
* Sammy Lerner, composer
* Yoel Levi, conductor
* Sergiu Luca, violinist
* Radu Lupu, pianist
* Silvia Marcovici, violinist
* Ion Marin, conductor
* Abraham Moskowitz, singer and theatre actor
* Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician
* Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer
* Simon Paskal singer, cantor and theatre actor
* Mendi Rodan. conductor, composer and violinist.
* Beverly Sills, opera singer

## Political figures

* Martin Abern, Trotskyist activist
* Colette Avital, Israeli politician
* Davicion Bally, public servant
* Olga Bancic, communist activist
* Silviu Brucan, communist politician and dissident
* Simion Bughici, communist politician
* Avram Bunaciu, communist politician
* Iosif Chișinevschi, communist politician
* Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea, communist activist
* Mișu Dulgheru, communist activist, spy
* Miriam Eshkol, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
* Max Goldstein, communist activist
* Michael Howard, British politician
* Serge Klarsfeld, anti-Nazi activist
* David Korner, Trotskyist activist
* Alex Kozinski, judge
* Leon Lichtblau, communist activist
* Samuel Leibowitz, attorney
* Vasile Luca, communist politician
* Gheorghe Gaston Marin, communist politician
* Nati Meir, politician
* Ghiță Moscu, communist activist and politician
* Alexandru Nicolschi, communist politician
* Ana Pauker, communist politician
* Marcel Pauker, communist politician
* Mircea Răceanu, diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)
* Leonte Răutu, communist politician
* Valter Roman, communist politician
* Petre Roman, politician (Jewish father)
* Leonte Tismăneanu, communist politician
* Ghizela Vass, communist activist

## Religious figures

* Moses Gaster, rabbi, philologist, community leader, early Zionist
* David L. Genuth, rabbi
* Ernest Klein, rabbi
* Moses Rosen, rabbi
* Moses Josef Rubin, rabbi
* Alexandru Șafran, rabbi
* Meir Shapiro, rabbi
* Nicolae Steinhardt, Christian Orthodox monk (Jewish father)
* Richard Wurmbrand, minister of religion

## Sportspeople
### Baseball

* Harry Feldman
* Hank Greenberg
* Bud Selig
* Kevin Youkilis

### Basketball

* Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion

### Boxing

* Victor Zilberman, boxer

### 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 titles

### Chess

* Abraham Baratz, chess player
* Alexandru Tyroler, chess player
* Bernardo Wexler, chess player

### Fencing

* Andre Spitzer, fencing master and coach

### Football

* Itay Shechter, soccer player
* Avi Strool, soccer player
* Samuel Zauber, late soccer player
* Rudolf Wetzer, late soccer player
* Jack Moisescu, late soccer player
* Elemer Hirsch, late soccer player
* Nicolae Hönigsberg, late soccer player
* Norberto Höfling, late soccer player

### Table tennis

* Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF

## Writers

* Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018), novelist and Holocaust survivor
* Iuliu Barasch, physician and writer
* Zelig Bardichever, poet and songwriter
* Max Blecher, writer
* Srul Bronshtein, poet
* Nina Cassian, poet
* Paul Celan, poet
* Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
* Vladimir Colin, short story writer and novelist
* Benjamin Fondane, poet, playwright, and literary critic
* Abraham Goldfaden, poet and playwright
* Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman, songwriter, journalist and actor
* D. Iacobescu, poet
* Isidore Isou, poet
* Irving Layton, poet
* Stan Lee (1922–2018) born Stanley Martin Lieber, writer, editor, publisher, and co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe.
* Gherasim Luca, poet
* Isac Ludo, novelist
* Norman Manea, novelist
* Cilibi Moise, storyteller and humorist
* Florin Mugur, author (poetry, prose, essays)
* Sașa Pană, poet and short story writer
* Maurice Samuel, novelist
* Elias Schwarzfeld, historian and novelist
* Mihail Sebastian, playwright
* Nicolae Steinhardt, writer (Jewish father)
* Alexandru Toma, poet
* Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist, founder of Dadaism
* Tudor Vianu, literary critic
* Ilarie Voronca, poet and essayist
* Elie Wiesel, writer
* Haralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writer
* Gellu Naum, poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator (Jewish Mother, Maria Naum née Rosa Gluck)