Germany
Jews from Germany
99 entries
Abraham Rice American rabbi Judaism C Caesar Hochstetter Musical artist Music C Carl Simon Fried German doctor Literature C Charlotte Knobloch Former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Politics C Clara Immerwahr German chemist (1870–1915) Chemistry C Constantin Brunner German Jewish philosopher Philosophy C Curt Sachs German-Ashkenazi Jewish musicologist (1881–1959) Music D Daniel Lessmann German historian and poet History D David ben Naphtali Fränkel German rabbi (c. 1704–1762) Judaism D Dieter Graumann German jurist Law D Don Jaffe German composer Music E Edgar Wind British art historian (1900–1971) Philosophy E Edith Stein German nun and philosopher (1891–1942) Philosophy E Edmund Meisel Austrian-born composer (1894–1930) Music E Elhanan Rosenstein German rabbi Judaism E Elia Levita Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet (1469–1549) Literature E Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi 12th century German Rabbinic scholar Judaism E Elisabeth Tomalin artista británica Literature E Ellen Auerbach American photographer Visual Arts E Else Lasker-Schüler German poet and playwright (1869–1945) Literature E Else Meidner German painter (1901–1987) Visual Arts 
Emanuel Goldberg Israeli physicist and inventor Physics E Emil Fackenheim German-born Canadian rabbi and philosopher (1916–2003) Philosophy E Emil Ludwig German-Swiss author (1881–1948) Literature E Emil Warburg German physicist (1846–1931) Physics E Emmy Noether German mathematician (1882–1935) Physics E Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg German tosafist and liturgical poet (c. 1110–1175) Literature 
Ephraim Carlebach German rabbi (1879–1936) Judaism E Ephraim Joseph Hirschfeld deutsch-jüdischer Mystiker der Aufklärungszeit, Kabbalist und aktiver Freimaurer Literature E Eric Gutkind German Jewish philosopher (1877–1965) Philosophy E Erich Auerbach German philologist (1892–1957) Linguistics E Erich Fromm German-American psychologist (1900–1980) Economics E Erich Mendelsohn Jewish German British architect Visual Arts E Erich Mühsam German anarchist writer (1878–1934) Literature 
Erik Erikson American psychoanalyst and essayist (1902–1994) Psychology 
Ernst Bloch German Marxist philosopher (1885–1977) Philosophy E Ernst Chain German-born British biochemist (1906–1979) Chemistry E Ernst Haeussermann Austrian theatre director and actor (1916–1984) Literature E Ernst Ising German physicist (1900–1998) Physics E Ernst Kantorowicz German-American historian (1895–1963) History E Ernst Morwitz German-American poet, literary historian, and judge Literature E Ernst Oster מוזיקולוג גרמני Linguistics E Ernst Simmel German-American neurologist and psychoanalyst Psychology E Ernst Toller German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary (1893–1939) Literature E Ernst Tugendhat Czech-born German philosopher (1930–2023) Philosophy E Erwin Panofsky German art historian (1892–1968) Literature E Erwin Schild Canadian Conservative rabbi (1920–2024) Judaism E Eugen Goldstein German physicist (1850–1930) Physics E Eugen Kaufmann German architect Visual Arts E Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy German-American social philosopher Philosophy E Eugene Spiro German-American painter Visual Arts I Ilse Lichtenstädter German-American Arab studies scholar Literature I Imre Kertész Hungarian author (1929–2016) Literature I Ira Rischowski Refugee engineer Technology I Isaac Breuer deutschstämmiger Philosoph Judaism I Isaac Satanow poète polonais Literature I Isaak Markus Jost German historian (1793–1860) History I Israel Meyer Japhet Music J Jack Steinberger German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921–2020) Physics J Jacob Abraham (medalist) German sculptor Visual Arts 
Jacob Emden German rabbi and talmudist (1697–1776) Judaism J Jacob Sonderling German-American rabbi (1878–1964) Literature J Jacob Taubes Austrian sociologist of religion, philosopher and scholar of Judaism (1923-1987) Philosophy J Jacques Offenbach German-born French composer (1819–1880) Music J Jakob Guttmann (rabbi) deutscher Rabbiner und Religionsphilosoph Philosophy J Jalda Rebling German hazzan Music J Joachim Prinz German-American rabbi and activist (1902–1988) Literature J John Polanyi German-born Canadian chemist Physics 
Jonathan Eybeschutz Rabbi and Talmudist accused of secret Sabbatean beliefs (1690–1764) Judaism J Joseph B. Soloveitchik American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher Philosophy 
Raphael Levi Hannover German mathematician and astronomer Astronomy R Richard Gans Physicist (1880–1954) Physics R Richard Rudolf Walzer Anglo-German philologist and philosopher (1900–1975) Philosophy R Robert Dauber Austrian musician Music R Robert Jungk Austrian historian, journalist, and activist (1913–1994) History R Robert Kahn (composer) German composer, pianist, and music teacher Music R Robert Muller (screenwriter) British screenwriter and journalist (1925–1998) Literature R Rolf Landauer American-German physicist, engineer (1927–1999) Physics R Rosa Buchthal German Politician Politics R Rosa Luxemburg Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919) Economics R Rudolf Hamburger German architect and spy Visual Arts R Rudolf Ladenburg German physicist (1882–1952) Physics R Rudolf Leonhard German author and communist activist Literature R Rudolf Peierls German-born British physicist (1907–1995) Physics R Rudolph Loewenstein (psychoanalyst) Polish-American psychoanalyst Medicine R Ruth Lapide German historian and theologian (1929–2022) Philosophy S Salomo Friedlaender German writer (1871–1946) Philosophy S Salomon Kalischer German physicist and composer (1845–1924) Physics S Samuel Adler (rabbi) German-American Reform rabbi (1809–1891) Judaism S Samuel Hirsch German rabbi (1815–1889) Judaism S Sara Levy (née Itzig) German harpsichordist, patron of the arts and music collector Music S Sibylle Boden-Gerstner German fashion designer and journalist Literature S Siegfried Einstein German-Jewish poet and essayist Literature 
Siegfried Kracauer German writer (1889–1966) Literature S Siegmund Spiegel German-American architect and Holocaust survivor (1919–2016) Literature S Simon Wallfisch British-German classical singer and cellist Music