List of Latin American Jews
Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus' crew. Since then, the Jewish population of Latin America has risen to more than 500,000 — more than half of whom live in Argentina, with large communities also present in Brazil, Chile and Mexico.[1]
The following is a list of some prominent Latin American Jews, arranged by country of origin:
Argentina
- Ernesto Acher, musician-humorist, former member of the group Les Luthiers
- Marcos Aguinis, journalist / writer[2]
- José Alperovich, governor of the Tucumán Province[3]
- Héctor Babenco, film director (Argentinian-born)[4]
- Daniel Barenboim, conductor and pianist[5]
- Tania Bíder revolutionary fighter[6]
- Marcelo Birmajer, writer[7]
- Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen[8]
- Jácobo Bolbochán, chess player
- Julio Bolbochán, chess player
- Mauricio Borensztein (better known as Tato Bores), comedian
- Daniel Burman (1973 – ) filmmaker[9]
- Israel Adrián Caetano, film director
- Andres Cantor, Sports Commentator
- Sergio Chejfec, writer
- Mario Davidovsky, composer[10]
- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, writer
- Giora Feidman, klezmer musician [5]
- Movsas Feigins, chess player
- Rubén Felgaer, chess player
- Daniel Filmus Ex-Argentine Education Minister
- Paulino Frydman, chess player
- Juan Gelman, poet
- Alberto Gerchunoff, writer[11]
- Max Glücksmann, pioneer of Argentine music and film industries[12]
- Osvaldo Golijov, classical composer[13]
- Guillermo Israilevich, soccer player of Israeli National Team (Jewish Father)
- Martín Jaite, former tennis player
- Guido Kaczka, actor, show host
- Mauricio Kagel, classical composer
- Daniel Katz, mayor of Mar del Plata
- León Klimovsky, film director
- Alejandro Lerner, singer/composer
- Miguel Lifschitz, mayor of Rosario (Jewish Father)
- César Milstein, immunologist, Nobel prize[14]
- Marcos Mundstock, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers
- Miguel Najdorf, chess player
- Gastón Needleman, chess player
- Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers
- Alicia Partnoy, writer
- Raquel Partnoy, painter[15]
- Jorge Pelikán, chess player
- Melina Petriella, actress
- Alejandra Pizarnik, poet
- Isaias Pleci, chess player
- Julio Popper, engineer and colonizer of Tierra del Fuego, from Romania.
- Daniel Rabinovich, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers
- Ariel Rot, musician
- Cecilia Roth, actress
- Jaime José Rotman, soccer player
- Lalo Schifrin, composer
- Aaron Schwartzman, chess player
- Samuel Schweber, chess player
- Ana María Shua, writer[16]
- Gerardo Sofovich, actor / producer
- Hugo Sofovich, director / producer
- Ariel Sorin, chess player
- Juan Pablo Sorín, soccer player[17]
- Coti Sorokin, songwriter / musician / composer
- Ana Maria Stekelman, Tango choreographer
- Adrián Suar, actor / TV producer,
- Jorge Telerman, Ex mayor of Buenos Aires
- Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
- Bernardo Verbitsky, novelist[11]
- Horacio Verbitsky, journalist[11]
- Bernardo Wexler, chess player
- Bernardo Kliksberg, coordinator of the Inter-American Development Bank Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics, and Development; decorated by Guatemala for "eminent services to the country and to the continent"
- Oscar Strasnoy, classical composer
Brazil
- Clara Ant, political activist and presidential adviser
- Jom Tob Azulay, film director
- Hector Babenco, film director
- Eduardo Saverin, Co-founder and CFO of Facebook.
- Leoncio Basbaum, physician and political activist
- Moysés Baumstein, holographer, film/video producer, painter, writer
- Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player
- Samuel Benchimol, entrepreneur and Amazon pioneer
- Abraham Bentes, army commander
- Daniel Benzali, TV actor
- Claudio Besserman Vianna, comedian
- Joel Birman, writer
- Eva Altman Blay, sociologist and politician
- Debora Bloch, actress
- Ilan Wainstein, art director
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso, field marshal
- Boris Casoy, journalist
- Otto Maria Carpeaux, literary critic
- Moyses Chahon, army commander
- Juca Chaves, comedian, composer and singer
- Victor Civita, journalist
- Deborah Colker, dancer and choreographer
- Arnaldo Cohen, pianist
- Gilberto Dimenstein, journalist
- Alberto Dines, journalist
- Tufi Duek, fashion designer
- Dina Dublon, director
- German Efromovich, entrepreneur
- Benny Feilhaber professional soccer player[18]
- Fortuna, singer and composer
- Vilém Flusser, philosopher
- Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and writer
- José Goldemberg, educator, physicist and minister
- Mario Haberfeld, racing driver
- Alexandre Herchcovitch, fashion designer
- Wladimir Herzog, journalist
- Luciano Huck, TV show host
- Roberto Justus, advertiser and TV host [6]
- Isaac Karabtchevsky, musician and conductor
- Jacques Klein, pianist [7]
- Samuel Klein (businessman), entrepreneur [8]
- Samuel Kicis, army commander
- Ithamara Koorax, jazz singer
- Miguel Krigsner, entrepreneur and environmentalist
- Celso Lafer, diplomat [9]
- Cesar Lattes, physicist
- Jaime Lerner, politician (governor Paraná state), urban planner
- Alexandre Levy, musician
- José Lewgoy, actor and director
- Clarice Lispector, writer´
- Gerson Levi-Lazzaris, ethnoarchaeologist
- Carlos Maltz, drummer of rock band Engenheiros do Hawaii
- Salomão Nauslausky, army commander
- Noel Nutels, public health physician and human rights activist
- Carlos Nuzman, sportsman and president of Olympic Committee [10]
- Ivo Perelman, jazz saxophonist [11]
- Olga Benário Prestes, German-born communist militant
- Sultana Levy Rosenblatt, writer
- Dan Reuven, Engineer
- Edmond Safra, banker [12]
- Jacob Safra, banker
- Joseph Safra, banker
- Moise Safra, banker
- Silvio Santos, (Senor Abravanel), TV show host
- Mario Schenberg, physicist
- Moacyr Scliar, writer
- Lasar Segall, artist
- Ricardo Semler, entrepreneur
- Amir Slama, fashion designer
- Henry Sobel, Rabbi, community leader
- Mauricio Waldman, sociologist and politician
- Yaron Lichtenstein, Responsável pela arte marcial Krav-Magá no mundo
- Yara Yavelberg, political activist
- Mayana Zatz, geneticist
- Benjamin Zymler, auditor-general
Chile
- Volodia Teitelboim, lawyer, politician and author.
- Baruch Arensburg, professor of Anatomy
- Claudio Bunster, scientist (Jewish mother)[19]
- Roberto Dueñas, modeling agent[20]
- Daniel Emilfork, actor
- Leonardo Farkas, businessman
- Don Francisco (Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld), Television Host[21]
- Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman[22]
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born)[23]
Colombia
- Main: Colombian Jews
- Jorge Isaacs, Poet and novelist
- Jaime Gilinski Bacal, Banker, Real Estate Developer, and Philanthropist
- Isaac Gilinski Sragowicz, Banker, Ambassador
- James Martin Eder, Industrialist, entrepreneur, pioneer
- Ramon Gomez Portillo, Journalist, Writer, Poet
Cuba
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- Francisco Henríquez-Abreu (Abreu, which literally translates to 'The Hebrew one'). Was an author, Doctor and president (1916) (Jewish father and mother)
- Eugenio Generoso de Marchena, minister of commerce (1882-1883), banker, presidential candidate (1892), executed (1892)
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Honduras
Main articles: List of Honduras Jews and
History of the Jews in HondurasDaniel Barrera
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Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
- Alegría Hudes, Quiara – author, playwright. Wrote the book for Broadway's musical In the Heights. Her play, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007.[26]
- Sandy Alomar, Sr. father was Jewish but an agnostic who allowed his children to be brought up Catholic
- Anderson, Axel – actor/director, Anderson made his debut in Puerto Rican television with a sitcom named Qué Pareja a local version of I Love Lucy.
- Blaine, David – magician, Blaine is also an endurance artist and Guinness Book of Records world record-holder.
- Brugman, Mathias – was a leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry).
- Kaplan, Julio – Puerto Rican chess player and former world junior champion.
- Katz Montiel, Marco – composer for Zoey's Zoo and trombonist with Charlie Palmieri and Mon Rivera.
- Leavitt, Raphy – composer, director and founder of "La Selecta"
- Lehman, Manny – DJ and producer.
- Levy, Hila – U.S. Air Force, made history in 2007 when she became the first Puerto Rican Rhodes Scholar.
- Meyers, Ari – actress, Best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the Kate & Allie (1984) TV series.
- Ostow, Micol – author of "Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa" and "Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane".
- Phoenix, Joaquin – actor, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Gladiator in 2000 and in 2005, he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, and won a Golden Globe in the same category in 2006 for his role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line.
- Prinze, Freddie – actor, was best known as the star of Chico and the Man.
- Prinze Jr., Freddie – actor, Prinze starred in several Hollywood films which included Delgo, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, as well as She's All That, and Scooby-Doo.
- Rivera, Geraldo – journalist
- Seijo, Jorge – Puerto Rican radio and television personality
- Starr, Brenda K. – salsa singer, her seventh album, Atrevete a Olvidarme, titled, "Tu Eres" earned her a nomination by the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2006.
- St.Iago-Peretz Bennazar, Frantz S. – theologian, philosopher
- Snyder, Aaron Cecil – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
- Tassler, Nina – President of CBS Entertainment.[27]
- Ticotin, Rachel – actress, starred in Critical Condition, Where the Day Takes You Falling Down Total Recall and in Con Air, where she earned an ALMA Award for her role as prison guard Sally Bishop.
- Ticotin, Sahaj – vocalist/guitarist from the Rock band Ra.[28]
Uruguay
Venezuela
- Main: Venezuelan Jews
- Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist
- Amador Bendayán, actor, comedian
- Manuel Blum, computer scientist
- Jacques Braunstein, economist, publicist, disc jockey
- Gerardo Budowski, chess master
- Ilan Chester, composer, pop singer
- Paulina Gamus, politician
- Alicia Freilich, writer, novelist, journalist
- Reynaldo Hahn, composer
- Ricardo Hausmann, professor, academic
- Karina, pop singer
- Moisés Kaufman, screenwriter, director
- Andres Levin, musician
- Yucef Merhi,artist, poet
- Moisés Naím, editor, economist
- Teodoro Petkoff, journalist, economist
- Maurice Ruah, tennis player
- Veronica Schneider, actress
See also
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References