List of converts to Christianity from Judaism

The Jewish Encyclopedia gives some statistics on conversion of Jews to Protestantism, to Roman Catholicism, and to Orthodox Christianity (which it calls erroneously Greek Catholicism; Greek or Byzantine Catholics are under the See of Rome, not in the Orthodox Church).JewishEncyclopedia.com – STATISTICS: Some 2,000 European Jews converted to Christianity every year during the 19th century, but in the 1890s the number was running closer to 3,000 per year—1,000 in Austria Hungary (Galizian Poland), 1,000 in Russia (Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania), 500 in Germany (Posen), and the remainder in the English world.
* Paul the Apostle – early Christian leader and author of many New Testament epistles.Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints, 3rd edition. New York:Penguin Group, 1995. ISBN 0-14-051312-4.
* Abd-al-Masih (martyr) – a convert martyred for his faith Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints'. St. Louis, Missouri: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.
* Michael Solomon Alexander – first Anglican Bishop of JerusalemAlexander's Apostasy: First Steps to Jerusalem. by Brian Taylor, from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
* Petrus Alphonsi – physician in ordinary to King Alfonso VI of Castile"Alphonsi, Petrus." Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906
* Juan Alfonso de Baena – medieval Castilian troubadour"Baena, Juan Alfonso De." Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906
* Lovisa Augusti – opera singer and actress.Nordisk familjebok, vol 1. A – Barograf
* Eduard Bendemann – German painter
* Sir Julius Benedict – English composer
* Leo de Benedicto Christiano – medieval financierGregorovius, Ferdinand. Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV Part 1. 1905.
* Theodor Benfey – German philologist"Converts to Christianity, Modern:" Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906
* David Berkowitz – American serial killer http://forgivenforlife.org/
* Michael Bernays – German professor of literature
* Gottfried Bernhardy – German philologist and literary historian
* Ludwig Börne – German political writer and satirist
* John Braham – English tenor opera star
* Moritz Wilhelm August Breidenbach – German jurist
* Julius Friedrich Cohnheim – German pathologist
* Isaac da Costa – Dutch language poet
* Abraham Capadose – Dutch physician and writer; friend of Isaac da Costa
* Carl Paul Caspari – Norwegian theologian
* Jehuda Cresques – Catalan cartographerHamy, Bulletin de Géographie, 1891, pp. 218-222.
* Ferdinand David – German virtuoso violinist and composer
* Ludwig Dessoir – German actor
* Benjamin Disraeli – British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party in the 19th centuryRobert Blake, Disraeli, 3. Norman Gash, reviewing Blake's work, argued that Benjamin's claim to Spanish ancestry could not be entirely dismissed. "Norman Gash, review of Disraeli, by Robert Blake". The English Historical Review, Vol. 83, No. 327. (Apr., 1968), 360–364.
* Alfred Döblin – German expressionist novelistSimon, John Pursued by Nazis and Other Demons, New York Times, July 12, 1992
* Bob Dylan – popular musician who converted to Christianity in 1979.Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades: Revisited, Clinton Heylin, pgs. 491-520; Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, Howard Sounes, pgs. 324–326, 356;
The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan (2nd edition), Nigel Williamson, pgs. 112-113; Bob Dylan's Unshakeable Monotheism -- Part III: The 1980s in Jewsweek; "Bob Dylan" Encyclopædia Britannica; Bob Dylan Finds His Source, from Christianity Today, Noel Paul Stookey, January 4, 1980; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; He later began studying with Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism,Bob Dylan: Tangled Up In Jews though his current religious affiliation is uncertain. See also information on Dylan's Conversion to Christianity, Born-again period and Religious beliefs.
* Alfred Edersheim – Biblical scholar
* Rachel Felix – French-Swiss theatre actress
* Pero Ferrús – Castilian poetBrian Dutton, Joaquín González Cuenca (editors), Cancionero de Juan Alfonso de Baena (Madrid: Visor Libros, 1993), 534-544.
* Achille Fould – French financier and politician
* Jacob Frank – 18th century Jewish reformerArthur Mandel: The Militant Messiah: The Story of Jacob Frank and the Frankists. Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press: 1979: ISBN 0-391-00973-7.
* The Reverend Canon Dr Giles Fraser – Christian minister and former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral
* Heinrich von Friedberg – German jurist and statesman Friedberg, Heinrich, von) Jewish Encyclopedia
* Ludwig Friedländer – German philologist
* Eduard Gans – German philosopher and jurist, exponent of the conservative Right HegeliansEncyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Gans, Eduard.
* Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt – German astronomer and painter
* Fritz Haber – German chemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry Dan Charles, "The Tragedy of Fritz Haber", National Public Radio (July 11, 2002)
* Karl Landsteiner – Austrian biologist and physician, In 1930 he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism in 1890Anna L. Staudacher: "… meldet den Austritt aus dem mosaischen Glauben". 18000 Austritte aus dem Judentum in Wien, 1868–1914: Namen – Quellen – Daten. Peter Lang, Frankfurt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-55832-4, p. 349
* Gerty Cori – Czech-American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/cori.htmlhttps://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/cori.html
* Max Born – German physicist and mathematician, he won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics.
* Boris Pasternak – Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958. He Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from JudaismFleishman, pp 264–266.
* Heinrich Heine – German writer
* Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle – German physician, pathologist and anatomist
* Jorge Isaacs – Colombian writer, politician and soldierCarvajal, Mario. Vida y pasión de Jorge Isaacs. Manizales, 1937.
* Heinrich Jacoby – German educator
* Georg Jellinek – German legal philosopherDuncan Kelly, "Revisiting the Rights of Man: Georg Jellinek on Rights and the State". Law and History Review vol. 22, no. 3 (Fall 2004).
* Paul S. L. Johnson – American scholar and pastorA Brief Biography of Paul S.L. Johnson from the Present Truth Library, which catalogues the works of Paul S.L. Johnson.
* David Kalisch – German playwright and humorist
* Felix Philipp Kanitz – Austro-Hungarian naturalist, geographer, ethnographer, archaeologist and author of travel noteshttp://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=87&letter=K "Kanitz, Felix Philipp"] Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906.
* Andrew Klavan – filmmaker and novelist The World According to Andrew Klavan. Uncommon Knowledge. Filmed on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
* Leopold Kronecker – German mathematician and logician
* Hermann Lebert – German physician
* Karl Lehrs – German classical scholarEncyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Lehrs, Karl.
* Osip Mikhailovich Lerner – 19th century Russian intellectual and lawyerAdler, Jacob, A Life on the Stage: A Memoir, translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-679-41351-0. p. 200.
* Fanny Lewald – German author
* Tsaritsa Theodora of Bulgaria – wife of tsar Ivan Alexander, tsaritsa in the late Second Bulgarian Empire
* Jean-Marie Lustiger – Cardinal, former Archbishop of Paris Duquin, Lorene Hanley, A Century of Catholic Converts, Our Sunday Visitor: Huntington, Indiana, 2003, pp. 114–116.
* Heinrich Gustav Magnus – German chemist and physicist
* Ludwig Immanuel Magnus – German mathematician
* Gustav Mahler – composer (1860–1911)Wikipedia Entry
*Alexander Men – Russian priest, Orthodox theologian and author (assassinated 1990) Alexander Men#Biography|Wikipedia Entry
* Hugh Montefiore – Anglican Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987
* Robert Moses – politician and "master builder" of 20th century New York City
* Felix Mendelssohn – composer (1809–1847)
* Karl Friedrich Neumann – German orientalist
* Robert Novak – raised in secular Jewish culture, he converted to Catholicism in May 1998 after his prolific career as a journalist, columnist, and political commentator.
* Harry Frederick Oppenheimer – South African businessmanFamous Jewish Anglicans
* Francis Palgrave – English historian
* Corey Pavin – PGA golferBPSports.net – U.S. team at Ryder Cup led by believers in Jesus
* Johannes Pfefferkorn – German theologian and writer
* Friedrich Adolf Philippi – German Lutheran theologian
* Howard Phillips – prominent American conservative leader and former presidential candidate
* Lorenzo Da Ponte – Italian librettist
* Harry Reems – adult film actor.The Observer
* David Ricardo – English political economist
* Gillian Rose – British philosopher and sociologist
* Moishe Rosen – founder of Jews for JesusOnline Bio at http://www.jewsforjesus.org/about/headquarters/moishe
* Anton Rubinstein – Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
* Joseph Schereschewsky – Episcopal Bishop of Shanghai, founder of Saint John's University, Shanghai, bible translatorMoffett, Samuel Hugh, History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. 2: 1500–1900, Orbis Books: Maryknoll, New York, 2005, pg. 476.
* Eduard von Simson – German jurist and politician
* Dan Spitz – lead guitarist of the heavy metal band AnthraxBeliefnet.com
* Friedrich Julius Stahl – Prussian jurist and conservative thinker
* Edith Stein – nun, martyr, saintGarcia, Laura. "Edith Stein — Convert, Nun, Martyr." Crisis 15, no. 6 (June 1997): 32-35
* Siegbert Tarrasch – challenger for the World Chess Championship Chess Notes 5997 by Edward Winter (chess historian)
* Mordechai Vanunu – considered a whistle-blower on Israel's nuclear programme who was subsequently kidnapped, tried and imprisoned by Israel.Long walk to freedom. The Guardian.
* Rahel Varnhagen (born Rahel Levin) – writer and salonisteLong walk to freedom
* Simone Weil – French philosopher and activist >
* Otto Weininger – Austrian philosopher
* Joseph Wolff – German missionary
* Sir Moses Ximenes – 18th century English merchant
* David Levy Yulee – United States Senator from FloridaDavid Levy Yulee
*Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. – American actorTrinity Broadcasting Network InterviewTime on his involvement with PTL"Good News for Israel" videos
* Israel Zolli – former Chief Rabbi of RomeCatholic Culture : Missing Page Redirect
* Shia LaBeouf – Hollywood actor who decided to leave Judaism and become a Christian while playing a Christian character in the movie Fury (2014).Actor Shia LaBeouf Says He Found God While Filming 'Fury'Shia LaBeouf Converts From Judaism to Christianity After ‘Fury’ He had previously contributed to a book entitled I am Jewish in 2004.Jewish Shia LaBeouf Converts to Christianity with Brad Pitt's Help After 'Finding God' Filming Fury
*Jacob Frank – 18th-century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi. He later converted to Christianity in Poland in 1759.
== See also ==
*Apostasy in Judaism
*Who is a Jew?
*Hebrew Catholics
*Messianic Judaism
== References ==
 
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