List of South-East European Jews Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Many of the
Jews expelled from the
Iberian Peninsula during the
Spanish Inquisition settled in the
Ottoman Empire, leaving large
Sephardic communities in South-East Europe: mainly in
Bulgaria,
Turkey,
Greece and
Yugoslavia (though the latter in particular also had a large
Ashkenazi population). Here is a list of some prominent South-East European Jews, arranged by country of origin.
Bulgaria
- Maxim Behar, president of M3 Communications Group
- Alexander Bozhkov, vice-premier (half Jewish)
- Elias Canetti, novelist, Nobel prize (1981)
- Carl Djerassi, developer of the oral contraceptive pill (Bulgarian father)
- Itzhak & Samuel Fintzi, actors
- Mia Kirshner, actress (Bulgarian mother)
- Milcho Leviev, jazz musician
- Andrey Lukanov, prime minister (half Jewish)
- Jules Pascin, artist
- Solomon Passy, foreign minister
- David Peretz, painter
- Ivan Shishman, czar (1371-1393) (half Jewish)
- Pancho Vladigerov, composer
- Angel Wagenstein, author & screenwriter
- Alexis Weissenberg, pianist
Croatia
Cyprus
- Mike Brant, French-based singer (Cyprus-born)
Greece
- Maurice Abravanel, conductor
- Saul Amarel, Artificial Intelligence pioneer
- Hank Azaria, voice actor (Greek grandparents)
- Gina Bachauer, pianist
- Isaac Carasso, founder of Danone
- Gabrielle Carteris, tv actress (Greek parents)
- Albert Cohen, novelist
- Jamie-Lynn DiScala, actress (Greek father)
- Roza Eskenazi, Rebetika singer
- Diane Von Furstenberg, fashion designer (Greek mother)
- Pete Sampras, tennis player (quarter Jewish)
- Silvio Santos, tv host (Greek parents)
Macedonia, FYRo
- Esma Redzepova, Romany singer (half Jewish) (unconfirmed)
Serbia & Montenegro
- Danilo Kis, writer (half Jewish)
- Mosa Pijade, communist politician
Slovenia
Turkey
- Seyla Benhabib, political theorist
- Nicole Farhi, fashion designer (Turkish parents)
- Eydie Gormé, singer (Turkish mother)
- Thilda Kemal, translator & wife of author Yasar Kemal
- Dario Moreno, singer
- Neil Sedaka, singer (Turkish father)
See also: List of Jews, Bulgarians, Croatians, Greeks, Serbs, Slovenians, Turks
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