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List of Dutch Jews

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This page is a list of notable Dutch Jews, arranged by field of activity.

Sciences

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Samuel Goudsmit (1902-1978) physicist [citation needed]
Hajo Meyer (1924-2014) physicist
Hajo Meyer, Dutch physicist at Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium
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Economists

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Arnold Heertje (1934-2020) professor, writer, columnist [citation needed]
Hendrik S. Houthakker (1924-2008) professor [1]
Arnold Heertje, economist, father of comedian Raoul Heertje
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Jurists

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Tobias Asser (1838-1913) Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911 [2]
Eduard Meijers (1880-1954) founding father of the Dutch new civil code [3]
Bram Moszkowicz has a Jewish father, Max Moszkowicz [citation needed]
Max Moszkowicz [citation needed]
Tobias Asser, Nobel Peace Prize winner
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Mathematicians

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Wim Cohen (1923-2000) mathematician [4]
Rehuel Lobatto (1797-1866) [citation needed]
Emanuel Lodewijk Elte (1881-1943) [citation needed]
Julius Wolff (1882-1945) [citation needed]
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Musicians

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Bart Berman (born 1938) Had a Jewish mother, pianist [5]
Lenny Kuhr (born 1950) Converted into Judaism, singer [6]
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Actors

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Esther de Boer-van Rijk (1853-1937) stage actress [7]
Louis Davids (1883-1939) actor, singer, comedian and revue artist [citation needed]
Caro van Eyck (1915-1979) stage and television actress [8]
Lex Goudsmit (1913-1999) stage and television actor [citation needed]
Raoul Heertje (born 1963) stand-up comedian [9]
Edwin de Vries [nl] (born 1950) actor and director [10]
Micha Wertheim (born 1972) stand-up comedian [citation needed]
Raoul Heertje, stand-up comedian
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Visual arts

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Helen Berman (born 1936) [11]
Paul Citroen (1896-1983) [12]
Frank Diamand [nl] (born 1939) documentary maker and poet [13]
Marianne Franken (1884-1945) [14]
Eduard Frankfort (1864-1920) [15]
Isaac Israëls (1865-1934) [16]
Jozef Israëls (1824-1911) [17]
Jesse Kluytmans (1841-????) [14]
David Laurent de Lara (c.1806-1876) limner, born in Amsterdam, based in London. [18]
Willy Lindwer movie / documentary director [citation needed]
Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863-1939) sculptor [19]
Joseph Jessurun de Mesquita (1865-1890) photographer [20]
Max Bueno de Mesquita (1913-2001) [21]
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944) graphic artist [22]
Martin Monnickendam (1874-1943) [23]
Benjamin Prins (1860-1934) [24]
Mommie Schwarz (1876-1942) [25]
Frans Weisz (born 1938) film director [26]
Jozef Israëls (portrait by Jan Veth) and his son Isaac Israëls are among the most famous Dutch-Jewish artists.[27]
Self-portrait of Eduard Frankfort
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Politicians

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Lodewijk Asscher Leader of the Labour Party • Deputy Prime Minister • Minister of Social Affairs and Employment • MP • (PvdA) [28]
Robbert Baruch Member of the provincial council of South Holland, member of the government executive of the Rotterdam borough of Feijenoord (PvdA) [29]
Sidney J. van den Bergh Minister of Defence • MP • (VVD) [30]
Job Cohen Leader of the Labour Party • Mayor of Amsterdam • State Secretary for Justice • State Secretary for Education and Sciences • MP • (PvdA) [31]
Hedy d'Ancona Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture • State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment • MP • (PvdA) [32]
Onno Hoes Mayor of Haarlemmermeer • Mayor of Maastricht • (VVD) [33]
Ernst Hirsch Ballin Minister of the Interior • Minister of Justice • Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs • MP • (CDA) [34]
Aletta Jacobs Political and women's suffrage activist [35]
Jacob Kohnstamm State Secretary for the Interior • MP • (D66) [36]
Arie Pais Minister of Education and Sciences • MP • (VVD) [37]
Carel Polak Minister of Justice • MP • (VVD) [38]
Wim Polak Mayor of Amsterdam • State Secretary for the Interior • (PvdA) [39]
Max Rood Minister of the Interior • (D66) [40]
Uri Rosenthal Minister of Foreign Affairs • MP • (VVD) [41]
Ivo Samkalden Minister of Justice • Minister of the Interior • Mayor of Amsterdam • MP • (PvdA) [42]
Eegje Schoo Minister for Development Cooperation • MP • (VVD) [43]
Ed van Thijn Minister of the Interior • Mayor of Amsterdam • MP • (PvdA) [44]
Jacques Wallage Mayor of Groningen • State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment • State Secretary for Education and Sciences • MP • (PvdA) [45]
Frans Weisglas Speaker of the House of Representatives • MP • (VVD) [46]
Harry Wijnschenk Leader of the Pim Fortuyn List • MP • (LPF) [47]
Job Cohen, politician
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Business

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Samuel van den Bergh (1864-1941) co-founder of Unilever; politician [48]
Israël Kiek (1811-1899) photographer [49]
Kokadorus Linnewiel (1867-1934) Dutch hawker [50]
Abraham Icek Tuschinski (1886–1942) cinema entrepreneur and Holocaust victim [51]
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Sportspeople

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Estella Agsteribbe Olympic Games champion in team combined exercises and killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz [citation needed]
Carina Benninga former Dutch field hockey player with a gold medal and bronze medal from the Olympic Games [citation needed]
Elka de Levie Olympic champion in team combined exercises [citation needed]
Helena Nordheim Olympic champion in team combined exercises and killed by the Nazis in Sobibór [citation needed]
Tom Okker tennis player who won the 1973 French Open Men's Doubles, 1976 US Open men's doubles, highest world ranking #3 in singles, and #1 in doubles [citation needed]
Anna Polak Olympic champion in team combined exercises; killed by the Nazis in Sobibór [citation needed]
Daniël de Ridder (born 1984) Celta de Vigo forward winger/attacking midfielder (Wigan Athletic & U21 national team) [52][53][54]
Jonathan Rouschop Dror football player of Eijsden 5 [citation needed]
Aryeh "Arie" Selinger United States and Dutch volleyball player and coach [55]
Avital Selinger Volleyball player with a silver medal from the Olympic Games [citation needed]
Judijke Simons Olympic champion in team combined exercises; killed by the Nazis in Sobibór [citation needed]
Sjaak Swart Dutch international footballer who played for AFC Ajax from 1956 to 1973 [50]
Daniël de Ridder, Israeli-Dutch soccer player
Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer
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Writers

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Manja Croiset author and poet [56]
Anne Frank author of Diary of a Young Girl [citation needed]
Etty Hillesum author of Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941–1943 and Letters from Westerbork [citation needed]
Xaviera Hollander author [50]
Gideon Levy (born 1970) Dutch journalist [citation needed]
Minny Mock-Degen (1945-2020) Dutch anthropologist, writer, and publisher [57]
Ida Simons (1911-1960) pianist and writer [58]
Jaap Nunes Vaz (1906-1943) co-founder of Het Parool and member of the Dutch Resistance [59]
Baruch Spinoza Jewish philosopher [citation needed]
Leon de Winter author [citation needed]
Leon de Winter, writer
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Other

  • Jessica Durlacher (born 1961), columnist and novelist
  • Ischa Meijer (1943-1995), journalist, television presenter, actor, and author
  • Natascha van Weezel (born 1986), author and film maker
  • Ronit Palache (born 1984), author and journalist
  • Marcel Möring (born 1957), author
  • Jaïr Stranders (born 1978), artistic leader of Theater Na de Dam
  • Hans Weijel (born 1952), vice-chairman of Centraal Joods Overleg
  • Solomonica de Winter (born 1997), writer and internet personality

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