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List of Belarusian Jews

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List of Belarusian Jews
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Presented below are lists of notable Belarusians of Jewish descent, Jewish people born on the territory of present-day Belarus or of full or partial Belarusian Jewish origin.

Scientists

Mathematicians

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Politicians

United States

Canada

International

Israel

Russian Empire and the USSR and Russia

Belarus

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Writers

Journalists

Historians

Composers and musicians

Artists

Businesspeople

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Religious leaders

Rabbis

Hasidic rebbes

Sportspeople

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Military people

Other

  • Kirk Douglas, of Belarusian Jewish parents
  • Jackie Mason, whose parents were Jewish emigrants from Smalyavichy in the Minsk Region
  • Lisa Kudrow, her ancestors emigrated from Belarus
  • Scarlett Johansson, actress and singer, maternal Jewish grandparents came from Minsk.
  • Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Israeli linguist, father of modern Hebrew language, born in Luzhki near Viciebsk
  • Frank Gehry, an architect, his paternal grandmother came from Pinsk[4]
  • Harrison Ford, whose maternal grandfathers were Jewish emigrants from Minsk.
  • Robert B.G. Horowitz, attorney, whose paternal grandparent were Jewish emigrants from Minsk.
  • Sacha Baron Cohen, of Belarusian Jewish grandparents

See also

References

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