# List of Dutch Jews

This page is a list of notable Dutch Jews, arranged by field of activity.

## Sciences

| Name Notability References Samuel Goudsmit (1902-1978) physicist Hajo Meyer (1924-2014) physicist | Hajo Meyer, Dutch physicist at Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium |

## Economists

| Name Notability References Arnold Heertje (1934-2020) professor, writer, columnist Hendrik S. Houthakker (1924-2008) professor | Arnold Heertje, economist, father of comedian Raoul Heertje |

## Historians

| Name | Notability | References |
| Evelien Gans | | |

## Jurists

| Name Notability References Tobias Asser (1838-1913) Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911 Eduard Meijers (1880-1954) founding father of the Dutch new civil code Bram Moszkowicz has a Jewish father, Max Moszkowicz Max Moszkowicz | Tobias Asser, Nobel Peace Prize winner |

## Mathematicians

| Name | Notability |
| Wim Cohen (1923-2000) | mathematician |
| Rehuel Lobatto (1797-1866) | |
| Emanuel Lodewijk Elte (1881-1943) | |
| Julius Wolff (1882-1945) | |

## Musicians

| Name | Notability | References |
| Bart Berman (born 1938) | Had a Jewish mother, pianist | |
| Lenny Kuhr (born 1950) | Converted into Judaism, singer | |

## Actors

| Name Notability References Edwin de Vries (born 1950) actor and director Raoul Heertje (born 1963) stand-up comedian Micha Wertheim (born 1972) stand-up comedian | Raoul Heertje, stand-up comedian |

## Visual arts

| Name Notability References Helen Berman (born 1936) Paul Citroen (1896-1983) Frank Diamand [nl] (born 1939) documentary maker and poet Marianne Franken (1884-1945) Eduard Frankfort (1864-1920) Isaac Israëls (1865-1934) Jozef Israëls (1824-1911) Jesse Kluytmans (1841-????) David Laurent de Lara (c.1806-1876) limner, born in Amsterdam, based in London. Willy Lindwer movie / documentary director Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863-1939) sculptor Joseph Jessurun de Mesquita (1865-1890) photographer Max Bueno de Mesquita (1913-2001) Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944) graphic artist Martin Monnickendam (1874-1943) Benjamin Prins (1860-1934) Mommie Schwarz (1876-1942) Frans Weisz (born 1938) film director | Jozef Israëls (portrait by Jan Veth) and his son Isaac Israëls are among the most famous Dutch-Jewish artists. Self-portrait of Eduard Frankfort |

## Politicians

| Name Notability References Lodewijk Asscher Leader of the Labour Party • Deputy Prime Minister • Minister of Social Affairs and Employment • MP • (PvdA) Robbert Baruch Member of the provincial council of South Holland, member of the government executive of the Rotterdam borough of Feijenoord (PvdA) Sidney J. van den Bergh Minister of Defence • MP • (VVD) Job Cohen Leader of the Labour Party • Mayor of Amsterdam • State Secretary for Justice • State Secretary for Education and Sciences • MP • (PvdA) Hedy d'Ancona Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture • State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment • MP • (PvdA) Onno Hoes Mayor of Haarlemmermeer • Mayor of Maastricht • (VVD) Ernst Hirsch Ballin Minister of the Interior • Minister of Justice • Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs • MP • (CDA) Aletta Jacobs Political and women's suffrage activist Jacob Kohnstamm State Secretary for the Interior • MP • (D66) Arie Pais Minister of Education and Sciences • MP • (VVD) Carel Polak Minister of Justice • MP • (VVD) Wim Polak Mayor of Amsterdam • State Secretary for the Interior • (PvdA) Max Rood Minister of the Interior • (D66) Uri Rosenthal Minister of Foreign Affairs • MP • (VVD) Ivo Samkalden Minister of Justice • Minister of the Interior • Mayor of Amsterdam • MP • (PvdA) Eegje Schoo Minister for Development Cooperation • MP • (VVD) Ed van Thijn Minister of the Interior • Mayor of Amsterdam • MP • (PvdA) Jacques Wallage Mayor of Groningen • State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment • State Secretary for Education and Sciences • MP • (PvdA) Frans Weisglas Speaker of the House of Representatives • MP • (VVD) Harry Wijnschenk Leader of the Pim Fortuyn List • MP • (LPF) | Job Cohen, politician |

## Business

| Name | Notability |
| Samuel van den Bergh (1864-1941) | co-founder of Unilever; politician |
| Israël Kiek (1811-1899) | photographer |
| Kokadorus Linnewiel (1867-1934) | Dutch hawker |
| Abraham Icek Tuschinski (1886–1942) | cinema entrepreneur and Holocaust victim |
| Gerard Philips (1858-1942) | co-founder of the Philips Company |

## Sportspeople

| Name Notability References Estella Agsteribbe Olympic Games champion in team combined exercises and killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz Carina Benninga former Dutch field hockey player with a gold medal and bronze medal from the Olympic Games Elka de Levie Olympic champion in team combined exercises Helena Nordheim Olympic champion in team combined exercises and killed by the Nazis in Sobibór Tom Okker tennis player who won the 1973 French Open Men's Doubles, 1976 US Open men's doubles, highest world ranking #3 in singles, and #1 in doubles Anna Polak Olympic champion in team combined exercises; killed by the Nazis in Sobibór Daniël de Ridder (born 1984) Celta de Vigo forward winger/attacking midfielder (Wigan Athletic & U21 national team) Jonathan Rouschop Dror football player of Eijsden 5 Aryeh "Arie" Selinger United States and Dutch volleyball player and coach Avital Selinger Volleyball player with a silver medal from the Olympic Games Judijke Simons Olympic champion in team combined exercises; killed by the Nazis in Sobibór Sjaak Swart Dutch international footballer who played for AFC Ajax from 1956 to 1973 | Daniël de Ridder, Israeli-Dutch soccer player Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer |

## Writers

| Name Notability References Manja Croiset author and poet Anne Frank author of Diary of a Young Girl Etty Hillesum author of Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941–1943 and Letters from Westerbork Xaviera Hollander author Gideon Levy (born 1970) Dutch journalist Minny Mock-Degen (1945-2020) Dutch anthropologist, writer, and publisher Ida Simons (1911-1960) pianist and writer Jaap Nunes Vaz (1906-1943) co-founder of Het Parool and member of the Dutch Resistance Baruch Spinoza Jewish philosopher Leon de Winter author | Leon de Winter, writer |

## Other

* Solomonica de Winter, writer/Internet personality