From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of
Scottish people of some Jewish background, or
Jewish people with a
Scottish background or connection.
See
History of the Jews in Scotland for more information.
Academic figures and scientists
Ruth Adler , child welfare campaigner and human rights campaigner
Charlotte Auerbach , geneticist
[1]
Philip Cohen ,
FRS
FRSE professor of biochemistry, University of Dundee, winner of the
Royal Medal and other awards
David Daiches , writer and literary critic, professor of English, University of Sussex; father of
Jenni Calder
Jack D. Dunitz , chemist
Alfred Edersheim , Bible scholar
Charles Frank , maker of scientific instruments
Ralph Glasser , psychologist, economist, author of The Gorbals Trilogy
Professor Sir
Abraham Goldberg , Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow
Philip Hobsbaum , academic and literary critic at Glasgow University; an influence on many Scottish writers as diverse as
Aonghas MacNeacail and
Jeff Torrington
A C Jacobs , poet
Hans Kosterlitz , professor of pharmacology, University of Aberdeen
Lesley Lokko , architect, academic, and novelist
Stefan Reif , emeritus professor of medieval Hebrew studies, University of Cambridge and director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit
John Michael Robson , geneticist, University of Edinburgh
George Sassoon , electronics engineer, translator and author; son of
Siegfried Sassoon , buried on
Mull , where he spent much of his childhood
Leonard Schapiro ,
[2] historian
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg , contemporary Torah scholar and author
Arts, literature and music
Chaim Bermant , author
Jenni Calder , literary figure and daughter of
David Daiches
Ivor Cutler , poet, songwriter and humourist
Hannah Frank , sculptor, studied under Benno Schotz
Muriel Gray ,
[3] author, The Tube presenter
Howie B , DJ, musician and producer
Jeremy Isaacs , broadcaster
David Knopfler , member of
Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler , co-founder (with brother David), lead vocalist, and lead guitarist for the band
Dire Straits
Peter Kravitz , literary critic, editor of the compilation Contemporary Scottish Fiction
Daniel Lobell , stand-up comedian and podcaster
Macdonald brothers, grandsons of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker
Emeric Pressburger
Miriam Margolyes , actor,
Harry Potter
Isi Metzstein , modernist architect
Saul Metzstein , filmmaker, director of
Late Night Shopping
Rebecca Pidgeon , actor, singer and songwriter (grew up in Edinburgh)
[4]
B. Marcus Priteca , Seattle architect
Jack Ronder , author, dramatist, playwright
Hugo Rifkind , journalist
Benno Schotz , sculptor
Shulman brothers (
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound ;
Gentle Giant ), rock musicians (born in Glasgow)
J. David Simons , author
Edith Simon , artist
Robin Spark , artist
Scottie Wilson , artist and designer, born in Glasgow
Eric Woolfson , musician and composer, founding member of
The Alan Parsons Project
Politicians
Malcolm Rifkind
Athletes
Noam Dar , professional wrestler
Gary Jacobs , Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) boxing champion welterweight
[5]
Business and the professions
Religious and communal leaders
Show business
Oscar Hammerstein II, right
People of both Scottish and Jewish heritage
Simon Cowell , presenter of The X Factor
[10] (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
David Duchovny , American actor,
X-Files
[11]
[12]
[13] (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
Isla Fisher , Australian actress, born to Scottish parents, converted to Judaism upon marriage to
Sacha Baron Cohen ;
[14]
[15]
[16] has described herself as "quite observant"
[17]
Oscar Hammerstein II , American lyricist, librettist, and theatrical producer (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
Norman Swan , Australian paediatrician known for his work as a science and medical broadcaster on
ABC , born in Glasgow
Zarif , singer
[18] (Scottish father, Iranian Jewish mother)
Muriel Spark (Scottish-Jewish father, English Anglican mother)
Eugene Levy , actor known for his roles in the
American Pie series and
Schitt's Creek .
See also
References