List of Galician (Eastern European) Jews
List of Galicia (Eastern Europe) Jews - Jews born in Galicia or identifying themselves as Galitzianer ("Galician" in Yiddish and German). Those born after the Congress of Vienna would be considered subjects of the Austrian empire and those after the foundation of the dual monarchy in 1867 and before the end of ww1 in 1918, would have been Austro-Hungarian citizens.
Religious figures
- Eliezer Adler, the founder of the Jewish Community in Gateshead, England
- Yosef Babad
- Josef Samuel Bloch
- Martin Buber
- Zvi Hirsch Chajes
- Elimelech of Lizhensk
- Israel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov)
- Jacob Frank, Jewish messianic claimant who combined Judaism and Christianity
- Ben Zion Halberstam, Second Rebbe of Bobov
- Chaim Halberstam of Sanz
- Naftali Tzvi Halberstam, Fourth Rebbe of Bobov
- Shlomo Halberstam, First Rebbe of Bobov
- Arthur Hertzberg
- Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov
- Nachman Krochmal
- Hirschel Levin, Chief Rabbi at London and Berlin
- Samuel Judah Löb Rapoport (Shir)
- Shalom Rokeach, the first Rebbe of Belz (Hasidic dynasty)
- Yehoshua Rokeach, the second Rebbe of Belz
- Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I), the third Rebbe of Belz
- Aharon Rokeach, the fourth Rebbe of Belz
- Mordechai Rokeach, Rav of Bilgoray
- Sholom Mordechai Schwadron
- Meir Shapiro, Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva
- Dov Berish Weidenfeld
- Israel Zolli, Chief Rabbi of Rome, converted to Christianity
Political figures
- Muhammad Asad, Jewish religious writer who converted to Islam, Pakistani diplomat
- Isaac Deutscher, Polish-British political activist and historian
- Abba Hushi, Israeli mayor of Haifa
- Julian Klaczko, Polish-Austrian politician
- František Kriegel, Czechoslovak politician
- Walter Krivitsky, Soviet spy
- Manfred Lachs, Polish diplomat and jurist
- Pinhas Lavon, Israeli politician
- Herman Lieberman, Polish socialist politician
- Karl Radek, Bolshevik politician
- Jakob Rosenfeld, Chinese general
- Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish foreign affairs minister
- Dov Sadan, Israeli academic and politician
- Hans Shippe, Chinese journalist and military person
- Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York
- Józef Światło, Polish intelligence officer
- Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy
- Shevah Weiss, Israeli speaker of the Kneset
- Simon Wiesenthal, hunter of Nazis
- Grigory Yavlinsky, Russian politician
Academics
Cultural figures
Chess players
- Izak Aloni, born in Lviv
- Alexander Beliavsky, born in Lviv
- Oscar Chajes, born in Brody
- Arthur Dunkelblum, born in Cracow
- Salo Flohr, born in Horodenka
- Henryk Friedman, lived in Lviv
- Edward Gerstenfeld, born in Lviv
- Max Judd, born in Cracow
- Salo Landau, born in Bochnia
- Menachem Oren, lived in Cracow
- Oskar Piotrowski, lived in Lviv
- Jakob Rosanes, born in Brody
- Leon Stolzenberg, lived in Ternopil
- Oscar Tenner, born in Lviv
- Daniel Yanofsky, born in Brody
Others
See also
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