page_title: List of converts to Judaism
section_title: Other Christians who converted to Judaism
hierarchical_section_title: List of converts to Judaism / Converted individuals / From Christianity / Other Christians who converted to Judaism
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context_page_description: See also Who is a Jew? on issues related to the acceptance of conversions throughout the Jewish community.
  Note that a number of prominent celebrities, such as Madonna, Demi Moore, and Ariana Grande have recently become followers of a "new age" version of Kabbalah, derived from the body of Jewish mystical teaching also called Kabbalah, but do not consider themselves – and are not considered – Jewish.
context_section_description: Abraham ben Abraham, convert from the Potocki family, the famed "Ger Tzedek"
  Abraham of Augsburg
  John Adler, American politician
  Aluizio Abranches, Brazilian filmmaker
  Aquila of Sinope, Bible translator
  Art Aragon, Mexican-American boxer
  Curtis Armstrong, American actor
  Tom Arnold, American actor
  Rafael Cansinos Assens, Spanish poet, essayist, literary critic and translator
  Moses ben Avraham Avinu
  Carroll Baker, American actress
  Elizabeth Banks, American actress (Banks has stated that she studied with rabbis, and practices Judaism, though "I did not have my mikveh, so technically I’m not converted", and added, "Frankly, because I’m already doing everything [practicing religious rituals], I feel like I’m as Jewish as I’m ever going to be".)
  Anne Beatts, American comedy writer
  Antonia Bennett, American singer
  Polly Bergen, American actress and singer
  Dany Boon, French comedian
  Elizabeth Brewster, Canadian poet
  May Britt, actress
  Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning Australian-American journalist and author
  Campbell Brown, American television news reporter (lapsed Roman Catholic)
  Ken Burgess, British musician
  Anne Buydens, German-American producer, wife of Kirk Douglas
  Yisrael Campbell, comedian (lapsed Roman Catholic)
  Kate Capshaw, actress (ex-Methodist)
  Rod Carew, Hall of Fame Panamanian former Major League Baseball first baseman, second baseman, and coach who played from 1967 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels.
  Nell Carter, singer and actress
  Marvin Casey, Israeli-American hip hop dancer, choreographer, dance instructor and actor
  Mr. Catra, Brazilian funk singer and actor
  Elizabeth Jane Caulfield, linguist and musician
  Catherine Coulson, actress
  Warder Cresson, politician
  Jim Croce, singer/songwriter
  William Holmes Crosby Jr., physician, considered one of the founders of modern hematology
  Sammy Davis Jr., entertainer
  Zooey Deschanel, actress, singer, entrepreneur
  Natalie Dessay, French soprano
  Jacqueline du Pré, cellist
  Patricia Duff, political activist and United States Democratic Party fundraiser
  Miss Elizabeth, also known as Elizabeth Ann Hulette, U.S. professional wrestling manager
  Hank Eng, Chinese-American politician
  Carlos Escudé, Argentine political scientist and author
  Rachel Factor, American Orthodox Jewish singer, actress and dancer
  Nachman Fahrner, contemporary Jewish singer
  Louis Ferrante, American mobster
  Isla Fisher, model and actress (ex-Methodist)
  Mike Flanagan, Irish-Israeli soldier
  Luke Ford, journalist
  Maureen Forrester, Canadian opera singer
  Paula Fredriksen, former Catholic, historian of religion
  Aaron Freeman, journalist and comedian (lapsed Roman Catholic)
  Maja Ruth Frenkel, Croatian entrepreneur
  Capers Funnye (ex-Methodist), rabbi
  Steve Furness, American football player
  Natan Gamedze, former Protestant, linguist and a Swazi royal, now a black Haredi rabbi
  Scott Glenn, American actor
  Albert Goldsmid, British officer, Founder of the Jewish Lads' Brigade and the Maccabaeans
  Lord George Gordon, nobleman and politician
  Reuben Greenberg, police chief of Charleston, South Carolina
  Lars Gustafsson, Swedish professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas
  Daryl Hall, American musician
  Mary Hart (born 1950), American television personality, long-time host of the entertainment program Entertainment Tonight
  Morris Hatalsky, American professional golfer
  Anthony Heald, American actor
  Henry Hill, American mobster
  Carolivia Herron, writer of children's and adult literature
  Heidi R. Hoover, rabbi,  daughter of a Lutheran bishop
  Monica Horan, actress
  Joel Horlen, American baseball player
  Martha Hyer, actress
  Jenna Jameson, adult entertainer and entrepreneur
  Carolyn Jones, actress
  Thomas Jones (lapsed Roman Catholic)
  Y-Love a/k/a Yitz Jordan, musician
  Jon Juaristi, Spanish writer
  Skip Jutze, American major league baseball player
  Semei Kakungulu
  Walter Kaufmann, German-American philosopher, translator and poet
  Carol Kaye, American musician
  Felicity Kendal, British actress
  Cameron Kerry, politician, brother of John Kerry (lapsed Roman Catholic)
  Jamaica Kincaid, author
  John King, American 
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