List of Scottish Jews

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.

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
Shamai Davidson psychotherapist and Holocaust scholar
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
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, historian^[2]
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, contemporary Torah scholar and author

Visual and performing arts, literature and music

Ronni Ancona, actor, comedian and impressionist^[3]
Chaim Bermant, author
Arnold Brown, comedian
Jenni Calder, literary figure and daughter of David Daiches
Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humourist
Hannah Frank, sculptor, studied under Benno Schotz
Muriel Gray, author, The Tube presenter^[4]
Howie B, DJ, musician and producer
Jeremy Isaacs, broadcaster
A C Jacobs, poet
Bernat Klein, textile artist
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
- Andrew Macdonald, producer, Trainspotting
- Kevin Macdonald, director, Touching the Void
Miriam Margolyes, actor
Isi Metzstein, modernist architect
Saul Metzstein, filmmaker, director of Late Night Shopping
Rebecca Pidgeon, actor, singer and songwriter, married to playwright David Mamet^[5]
Jack Ronder, author, dramatist, playwright
Hugo Rifkind, journalist
Jerry Sadowitz, comedian
Benno Schotz, sculptor
Shulman brothers (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound; Gentle Giant), rock musicians
- Derek Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
- Phil Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
- Ray Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
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