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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 Zhores Alferov , physicist, Nobel Prize (2000), born in Viciebsk (Jewish mother)Yakov Zel'dovich , physicistLev Vygotsky , psychologistSeymour Lubetzky , cataloging theoristSemyon Kosberg , Soviet aircraft and rocket engineer, born in Słucak Lera Boroditsky , Cognitive psychologistNoam Chomsky , linguistPaul Krugman , economistPaul B. Sigler , biochemist, parents from MienskMathematicians Politicians United States Canada David Lewis (Losz), ex-leader of the NDP International Israel Shimon Peres , Israeli prime minister, Nobel Prize winner (1994)Chaim Weizmann , first president of Israel, inventor of synthetic acetone, born in Motal Menachem Begin , Israeli prime minister, Nobel Prize winner (1978), born in Brest Yitzhak Shamir , Israeli prime minister (1984–85 1988–90), born in Ruzhany Zerach Warhaftig , born in Vaukavysk Berl Katznelson , One of the intellectual founders of the Labor movement in IsraelKadish Luz , Israeli speaker of the Knesset, born in Bobruysk Yitzhak Rabin , Israeli prime minister, Nobel Prize winner (1994)Writers Isaac Dov Berkowitz , Israeli writerŹmitrok Biadula , Belarusian poetMorris Raphael Cohen , philosopherLeon Kobrin Lazar Lagin Ayn Rand , father born in Brest-Litovsk David Pinski , American and Israeli writer, born in Mahiliou Ryhor Reles Mendele Mocher Sforim , writerCarlos Sherman , Belarusian-Uruguayan writer and translator (Jewish father)Immanuel Velikovsky , cosmology writerCelia Dropkin , American poet (Yiddish)Samuel Ornitz , American novelist and screenwriterJournalists Historians Composers and musicians Artists Léon Bakst , painter and scene- and costume designerMarc Chagall , painterOssip Zadkine , sculptor (Jewish father)Michel Kikoine , painterNaum Gabo , sculptorAntoine Pevsner , sculptorPinchus Kremegne , painterChaïm Soutine , painterMark Rothko , painterEl Lissitzky , painter ('greater' Belarus)Businesspeople Michael Marks , co-founder of Marks and Spencers Louis B. Mayer , co-founder MGM Ralph Lauren , fashion designer, son of Belarusian-Jewish emigrantsIda Rosenthal , founder of Maidenform Brassieres, born in Minsk David Sarnoff , head of RCA Ruslan Kogan Gary Vaynerchuk Sheryl Sandberg , technology executive, her maternal ancestors came from Vidzy [1] Jared Kushner , real estate developer, his paternal grandparents came from Navahrudak [2] [3] Michael Bloomberg (founder of Bloomberg L.P. ), whose maternal grandfather was an immigrant from what is present-day Belarus.Jacob Rutstein , businessmanReligious leaders Rabbis Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin , yeshiva dean of Volozhin Yeshiva Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, yeshiva dean of Mir Yeshiva (Belarus) Shlomo Harkavy , spiritual dean of Grodno Yeshiva Yosef Yozel Horowitz , founder and dean of Novardok Yeshiva Yisrael Meir Kagan , author, yeshiva dean, and spiritual leader of world-JewryBoruch Ber Leibowitz , yeshiva dean of Kaminetz Yeshiva Isser Zalman Meltzer , rabbi and yeshiva in Slutsk and JerusalemYisroel Yaakov Lubchansky , spiritual dean of Baranovich Yeshiva Aaron of Pinsk , rabbi in Pinsk Pesach Pruskin , rabbi and yeshiva dean in Kobrin David Rappoport , yeshiva dean of Baranovich YeshivaShimon Shkop , yeshiva dean of the Grodno YeshivaChaim Soloveitchik , rabbi in Brest Joseph Soloveitchik , rabbi and yeshiva dean in Boston and New YorkYitzchok Zev Soloveitchik , rabbi in BrestYosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi), rabbi in Slutsk and Brest Chaim Leib Tiktinsky , yeshiva dean of Mir YeshivaNaftoli Trop , yeshiva dean of Radin Yeshiva Chaim Volozhin , yeshiva dean of Volozhin YeshivaYitzchak Volozhin , yeshiva dean of Volozhin YeshivaElchonon Wasserman , yeshiva dean of Baranovich YeshivaShabsi Yogel , yeshiva dean in Slonim and JerusalemHasidic rebbes Sportspeople Yuri Foreman Military people Other Kirk Douglas , of Belarusian Jewish parentsJackie Mason , whose parents were Jewish emigrants from Smalyavichy in the Minsk RegionLisa Kudrow , her ancestors emigrated from BelarusScarlett 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 grandparentsSee also References ^ "Finding Your Roots Season 5 Episode 4". PBS . ^ Rudnik, Alesia; Smok, Vadzim (November 18, 2016). "What Does Trump's Presidency Mean for Belarus?". Belarus Digest . Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018 . ^ Rice, Andrew (January 8, 2017). "The Young Trump: Jared Kushner's Rise to Unimaginable Power". New York . Archived from the original on January 15, 2017. ^ "Finding Your Roots Season 3 Episode 5". PBS .
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