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Jews had lived in the Iberian peninsula since the Dark Ages, experiencing a Golden Age under Muslim rule. Following the Reconquista and increasing persecution, they were expelled from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1497. Their descendants, known as the Sephardim, settled mainly in North Africa, South-East Europe, the Netherlands, England, and America. Jews were only formally readmitted to the peninsula in the late 19th century. The modern Jewish Iberian population is based on post-war immigration and numbers around 14,000. The following is a list of prominent Iberian Jews arranged by country of origin: Image File history File links Star_of_David. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:NOR Wikipedia is not the place for original research such as new theories. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... The Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain, also known as the Golden Age of Arab Rule in Spain, refers to a period of history during the Muslim occupation of Spain in which Jews were generally accepted in Spanish society and Jewish religious, cultural, and economic life blossomed. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Conquista redirects here. ... Sephardim (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew SÉ™fardi, Tiberian Hebrew ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Sfaradim, Tiberian Hebrew ) are a subgroup of Jews, generally defined in contrast to Ashkenazim and/or . ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

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Portugal

Pre-expulsion

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Post-expulsion

Abraham ben Salomon Usque (given the Christian name Duarte Pinhel) was a 16th century Portuguese Jew. ... António José da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, 8 May 1705 - Lisbon 18 October 1739), was a Portuguese dramatist, known as the Jew (O Judeu). ... This article incorporates text from the public domain 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia Antonio Fernandez Carvajal was Portuguese merchant, and the first endenizened English Jew; born about 1590, probably at Fundão, Portugal; died in London November 10, 1659. ... Baruch Spinoza Benedictus de Spinoza (November 24, 1632 _ February 21, 1677), named Baruch Spinoza by his synagogue elders and known as Bento de Spinoza or Bento dEspiñoza in the community in which he grew up. ... The garden of Pontoise, painted 1875. ... Emanuel Mendez da Costa (1717 – 1791) was a Jewish English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Don Pacifico became famous in 1850 as the trigger of a notorious international incident. ... Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi (Gracia is Spanish for the Hebrew Hannah; also known as Beatrice de Luna Miques, her Christianized name; 1510–1569) was one of the wealthiest Jewish women of Renaissance Europe. ... Isaac da Costa (born January 14, 1798 in Amsterdam; died April 28, 1860 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands) was a Dutch language poet. ... Dr. Jacob Mendes Da Costa, or Jacob Mendez Da Costa (February 7, 1833, Saint Thomas/São Tomé, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean - September 12, 1900) was an American surgeon. ... Jacob Rodrigues Pereira (1715-1780) was born in the village of Peniche, Portugal, from a Portuguese-Jewish family. ... Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, GCIH, GColL (pron. ... Judah Leon Abravanel (or Abrabanel, otherwise known as: in Latin, Leo Hebraeus; in Portuguese, Leão Hebreu; in Spanish, León Hebreo; in Italian, Leone Ebreo; in English, Leo the Hebrew; and in Hebrew, יהודה בן יצחק אברבנאל [Yehuda ben Yitzhak Abravanel]) (c. ... Menasseh Ben Israel (1604-1657), Jewish rabbi, scholar, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher, founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam in 1626. ... Pedro Nunes (latin, Petrus Nonius), (1502, Alcácer do Sal – August 11, 1578, Coimbra) was a Portuguese mathematician, maybe born from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family. ... Converso (Spanish and Portuguese for a convert, from Latin conversus, converted, turned around) and its feminine form conversa referred to Jews or Muslims or the descendants of Jews or Muslims who had converted, sometimes unwillingly, to Catholicism in Spain and Portugal, particularly during the 1300s and 1400s. ... Rodrigo Lopez (c. ... Portrait of Sabato Morais, from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. ... Silvio Santos (born Senor Abravanel on December 12, 1930) is a TV show host in Brazil and owner of SBT, the second largest Brazilian television network. ... Uriel da Costa (ca. ...

Spain

Pre-expulsion

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia Son of Don Juceph; born in the village of Ablitas, near Tudela, from which place he derived his name; died in 1342. ... Abulafia (the Latinized version of the Arabic name أبو العافية, Abu-l-Afiyya, Hebrew: ‎) can refer to: Partial genealogy of the Abulafia family of Spain. ... Abraham Abulafias Light of the Intellect 1285, Vat. ... Isaac ben Reuben Albargeloni (b. ... Joseph Albo was a Spanish rabbi, and theologian of the fifteenth century, known chiefly as the author of the work on the Jewish principles of faith, Ikkarim. ... Petrus Alphonsi (born Moses Sepharadi) was a controversial Jewish polemicist and physician in ordinary to King Alfonso VI of Castile who converted to Christianity. ... The Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history. ... Map of the route Benjamin of Tudela (flourished 12th century) was a medieval Spanish Jewish Rabbi, traveler and explorer. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas (c. ... Abraham ben David was a Jewish, French commentator on the Talmud. ... Rabbi Abraham Ben Meir Ibn Ezra (also known as Ibn Ezra, or Abenezra) (1092 or 1093-1167), was one of the most distinguished Jewish men of letters and writers of the Middle Ages. ... Abraham Cresques (d. ... Solomon Ibn Gabirol, also Solomon ben Judah, is a Spanish Jewish poet and philosopher. ... Jacob Gaón was a Basque tax collector, (born in Vitoria, dead in Tolosa (Guipúzcoa), 1463). ... Judah Ha-Levi, also Yehudah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi (Hebrew רבי יהודה הלוי) (c. ... Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi (Abraham son of [Rabbi] Hiyya the Prince/President) (1070–1136) was a Spanish Jewish mathematician and astronomer, also known as Savasorda (from the Arabic Sâhib as-Shurta). ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (c. ... Asher ben Jehiel (or Rabeinu Osher ben Yechiel) (1250? 1259?-1328), an eminent rabbi and Talmudist often known by his Hebrew acronym the ROSH (literally Head), was born in western Germany and died in Toledo, Spain. ... Yosef Caro (1488 - March 24, 1575) was one of the most significant leaders in Rabbinic Judaism and the author of the Shulchan Arukh, an authoritative work on Halakhah (Jewish law). ... David Qimchi (sometimes written David Kimchi) (1160-1235) was judaic rabbi also known as RaDaK and a son of rabbi Joseph Kimchi. ... Dunash ben Labrat (920-990) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain and a student of Rabbi Saadia Gaon. ... Rabbi Moses ben Shem-Tov de Leon (c. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Levi ben Gershon (Levi son of Gerson), better known as Gersonides or the Ralbag (1288-1344), was a famous rabbi, philosopher, mathematician and Talmudic commentator. ... Commonly used image indicating one artists conception of Maimonidess appearance Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Hebrew: רבי משה בן מיימון; Arabic: Mussa bin Maimun ibn Abdallah al-Kurtubi al-Israili; March 30, 1135—December 13, 1204), commonly known by his Greek name Maimonides, was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher. ... Nahmanides (1194 - c. ... Bahya ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda) Full name: Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, known to Talmud scholars (in Hebrew) as the Rabbeinu Bechaya (Our Rabbi Behaya), was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century. ... Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (September 29, 1547 - April 23, 1616), was a Spanish author, best known for his novel Don Quixote de la Mancha. ... Hasdai (Abu Yusuf ben Yitzhak ben Ezra) ibn Shaprut born about 915 at Jaen; died 970 or 990 at Cordova in Spain, was a Jewish physician, diplomat, and patron of science. ... Abraham Zacuto (אברהם זכות) (portuguese: Abraão ben Samuel Zacuto) was a Spanish astronomer, mathematician and historian who served as Royal Astronomer in the 15th Century to King John II of Portugal. ... Luis De Torres was Christopher Columbuss interpreter on his first voyage to the New World. ...

Post-expulsion

Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, born Juan Álvarez Méndez (Cádiz, 25 February 1790-Madrid, 3 November 1853), was a Spanish economist and politician. ... Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera... Isaac Carasso was an olive oil merchant of Jewish Greek origin. ... Daniel Carasso, a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family and the son of Isaac Carasso, founded the United States Dannon company and built up the Groupe Danone into a multinational business. ... Groupe Danone SA is an international food products company with its central headquarters in France, specializing in dairy products, especially famous for its yoghurt. ... Gabriel Abraham Rojas or Gabriel Rojas (1966-) is a Catalan and Jewish cross-country runner. ... Jon Juaristi Linacero (born in Bilbao, in 1951) is a poet, essayist, and Spanish translator in Castilian and Basque. ... Victoria Kamhi de Rodrigo (d. ... The young Joaquin Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo, Marqués de los jardines de Aranjuez (Spanish, Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez), (22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999) was a Spanish composer, and virtuoso pianist, of classical music. ... Doña Alicia Koplowitz Romero de Juseu, marquise of Bellavista, (Spanish: Doña Alicia Koplowitz Romero de Juseu, marquesa de Bellavista) is a Spanish magnate and business woman, ranking Spains richest woman in Forbes Worlds Richest People list. ... Doña Esther Koplowitz, marquesa de Casa Peñalver y de Cardenas de Monte Hermoso (b. ... Diego Laynez (or Lainez), (1512-1565), the second general of the Society of Jesus, was born in Castile, and after studying at Alcala joined Ignatius of Loyola in Paris, being one of the six who with Loyola in August 1534 took the vow of missionary work in Palestine in the... Juan March i Ordinas (1880–1962) was a financier and British agent on the side of Francoist forces during and after the Spanish Civil War. ... An ombudsman (English plural: ombudsmans or ombudsmen) is an official, usually (but not always) appointed by the government or by parliament, who is charged with representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints reported by individual citizens. ... Fernando de Rojas (c. ... Converso (Spanish and Portuguese for a convert, from Latin conversus, converted, turned around) and its feminine form conversa referred to Jews or Muslims or the descendants of Jews or Muslims who had converted, sometimes unwillingly, to Catholicism in Spain and Portugal, particularly during the 1300s and 1400s. ... Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... A stock market is a market for the trading of company stock, and derivatives of same; both of these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. ... Milton Milt Wolff (born 1915) is an American veteran of the Spanish Civil War, the last surviving commander of the Lincoln Battalion of XV International Brigade, and a prominent social activist. ... A banner of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. ... José Carlos Cataño, born on 30 August 1954 in La Laguna, Canary Islands is an Spaniard poet. ...

Notes

  1. ^ See[1], retrieved from the Jerusalem Post of the 7th of November, 2003:

    Jerusalem Post: I understand that you have Jewish ancestry in your family. What is your personal connection to the Jewish people? Do you consider yourself to be a Jew?.

    Jorge Sampaio: My grandmother belonged to a Jewish family that came from Morocco in the beginning of the 19th century. She married a non-Jewish naval officer who later was Foreign Affairs minister. I am naturally very proud of this ancestry and of all those that I call my "favorite Jewish cousins," one of whom is the president of the Lisbon Jewish Community, as I am proud of the ancestry on my non-Jewish father's side. Personally, I am agnostic, and I do not consider myself a Jew; but I am proud, as I said, of my ancestors.

  2. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "Jewish physician"
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed 2007), art. Columbus, Christopher; Encyclopaedia Britannica, art. Columbus, Christopher
    Research published in 2004 suggests that Columbus was not Jewish [2], [3], though even the expert quoted in these sources agrees that it is not conclusive: "It's quite possible that his ancestors were from elsewhere and may have had a different religion." [4].
  4. ^ * Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Cervantes

The Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history. ... The Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and their faith, Judaism. ... ... The Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and their faith, Judaism. ...

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List of Iberian Jews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (243 words)
Jews had lived in the Iberian peninsula since the Dark Ages, experiencing a Golden Age under Arab rule.
Jews were only formally readmitted to the peninsula in the late 19th century.
Here is a list of prominent Iberian Jews arranged by country of origin.
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