This section of our website contains information about a large selection of famous Jews throughout history, ranging from Biblical to modern times. There are also a small number of pages about people who were not Jewish but were notable characters mentioned in the Bible.

For detail about any of these famous people, please click on the relevant link in the Table of Contents below.

• Abigail
• Abraham
• Akiva, Rabbi
• Ashlag, Rabbi Yehuda
• Atom Bomb, Jews and the Atom Bomb
• The Baal Shem Tov
• Batsheva
• Ben Gurion, David
• Ben Yehuda, Eliezer
• Biblical Heroes
• Caro, Rabbi Joseph
• Communists
• Composers
• Converts to Judaism
• Court Jews & Politicians
• Deborah
• Delilah
• Dinah
• Doctors & Medical Experts, Sephardi
• Esther
• Eve
• Film Industry
• Frank, Anne
• Hannah
• Heroes of the Jewish People
• Israeli Spies
• Jacob
• Jazz Music
• Jezebel
• Joseph
• Leah
• The Lost Tribes
• Lubavitch (Chabad)
• Maimonides (Rambam)
• Marks & Spencer
• Messiahs, False
• Miriam
• Moses
• Mystics, Women
• Nachman of Breslov, Rabbi
• Naomi
• Nobel Prize Winners
• Rachel
• Rashi
• Rebecca
• Ruth
• Sarah
• Sheba, the Queen of
• Shimon bar Yochai, Rabbi
• Tamar
• The Tribes of Israel
• Wiesel, Elie
• Zangwill, Israel