# List of Scottish Jews

This is a list of Scottish people of some Jewish background, or Jewish people with a Scottish background or connection.
See History of the Jews in Scotland for more information.

## Academic figures and scientists

* Ruth Adler, child welfare campaigner and human rights campaigner
* Charlotte Auerbach, geneticist
* Philip Cohen, FRS FRSE professor of biochemistry, University of Dundee, winner of the Royal Medal and other awards
* David Daiches, writer and literary critic, professor of English, University of Sussex; father of Jenni Calder
* Jack D. Dunitz, chemist
* Alfred Edersheim, Bible scholar
* Charles Frank, maker of scientific instruments
* Ralph Glasser, psychologist, economist, author of The Gorbals Trilogy
* Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg, Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow
* Philip Hobsbaum, academic and literary critic at Glasgow University; an influence on many Scottish writers as diverse as Aonghas MacNeacail and Jeff Torrington
* A C Jacobs, poet
* Hans Kosterlitz, professor of pharmacology, University of Aberdeen
* Lesley Lokko, architect, academic, and novelist
* Stefan Reif, emeritus professor of medieval Hebrew studies, University of Cambridge and director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit
* John Michael Robson, geneticist, University of Edinburgh
* George Sassoon, electronics engineer, translator and author; son of Siegfried Sassoon, buried on Mull, where he spent much of his childhood
* Leonard Schapiro, historian
* Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, contemporary Torah scholar and author

## Arts, literature and music

* Chaim Bermant, author
* Jenni Calder, literary figure and daughter of David Daiches
* Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humourist
* Hannah Frank, sculptor, studied under Benno Schotz
* Muriel Gray, author, The Tube presenter
* Howie B, DJ, musician and producer
* Jeremy Isaacs, broadcaster
* David Knopfler, member of Dire Straits
* Mark Knopfler, co-founder (with brother David), lead vocalist, and lead guitarist for the band Dire Straits
* Peter Kravitz, literary critic, editor of the compilation Contemporary Scottish Fiction
* Daniel Lobell, stand-up comedian and podcaster
* Macdonald brothers, grandsons of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger
** Andrew Macdonald, producer, Trainspotting
** Kevin Macdonald, director, Touching the Void
* Miriam Margolyes, actor, Harry Potter
* Isi Metzstein, modernist architect
* Saul Metzstein, filmmaker, director of Late Night Shopping
* Rebecca Pidgeon, actor, singer and songwriter (grew up in Edinburgh)
* B. Marcus Priteca, Seattle architect
* Jack Ronder, author, dramatist, playwright
* Hugo Rifkind, journalist
* Benno Schotz, sculptor
* Shulman brothers (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound; Gentle Giant), rock musicians (born in Glasgow)
** Derek Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
** Phil Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
** Ray Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
* J. David Simons, author
* Edith Simon, artist
* Robin Spark, artist
* Scottie Wilson, artist and designer, born in Glasgow
* Eric Woolfson, musician and composer, founding member of The Alan Parsons Project

## Politicians

* Myer Galpern, Labour MP
* Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, Secretary of State for Scotland, elder son of Hannah de Rothschild
* Neil Primrose, MP and soldier, younger son of Hannah de Rothschild
* Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative MP
* Manny Shinwell, Labour MP

## Athletes

* Noam Dar, professional wrestler
* Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) boxing champion welterweight

## Business and the professions

* Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, first female Court of Session judge
* Sir Monty Finniston, industrialist, chairman of British Steel Corporation
* Esta Henry, art and antiques dealer in the 20th century
* Sir Isaac Wolfson, businessman and philanthropist
* Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, barrister and judge

## Religious and communal leaders

* Rabbi Salis Daiches, father of David Daiches
* Rabbi Cyril Harris, Chief Rabbi of South Africa
* Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman
* Rabbi Yaakov Benzion Mendelson
* Rabbi Nancy Morris, first female rabbi in Scotland
* Rabbi Louis Isaac Rabinowitz
* Rabbi Naftoli Shapiro

## Show business

* Ronni Ancona (Sephardi), comedian
* Arnold Brown, comedian
* Jerry Sadowitz, comedian

## People of both Scottish and Jewish heritage

* Simon Cowell, presenter of The X Factor (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
* David Duchovny, American actor, X-Files (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
* Isla Fisher, Australian actress, born to Scottish parents, converted to Judaism upon marriage to Sacha Baron Cohen; has described herself as "quite observant"
* Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist, librettist, and theatrical producer (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
* Norman Swan, Australian paediatrician known for his work as a science and medical broadcaster on ABC, born in Glasgow
* Zarif, singer (Scottish father, Iranian Jewish mother)
* Muriel Spark (Scottish-Jewish father, English Anglican mother)
* Eugene Levy, actor known for his roles in the American Pie series and Schitt's Creek.