Russian Empire
Jews from Russian Empire
119 entries
Aaron Twersky of Chernobyl Ukrainian rabbi Judaism 
Abba Hillel Silver American rabbi and Zionist leader Judaism A Abel Pann peintre, lithographe et graveur israélien (1883-1963) Visual Arts A Abraham Goldfaden Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (1840–1908) Literature A Abraham Harkavy Russian historian and orientalist (1835–1919) History 
Abraham Isaac Kook Chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865–1935) Philosophy A Abraham Jacob Paperna Russian Jewish educator and author Literature A Abraham Mapu Lithuanian Hebrew novelist (1808–1867) Literature 
Abraham Moses Luncz Russian scholar and editor History A Abraham Shalom Friedberg Russian Jewish Hebrew writer, editor and translator History A Abraham Zevi Idelsohn Jewish ethnologist and composer Linguistics A Abram Yampolsky Soviet violinist (1890–1956) Music 
Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn אדמו"ר לחסידי חב"ד ענף לאדי Judaism C Chava Shapiro Volhynian Jewish writer Literature C Clara Rockmore Lithuanian violinist and thereminist (1911–1998) Music D David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister of Israel (1948–1953; 1955–1963) Politics D David Bergelson Yiddish-language playwright and writer (1884–1952) Literature D David Nowakowsky Russian composer Music D Deborah Lifchitz Expert on Semitic Ethiopian languages Linguistics D Djumshud Ashurov Soviet-Juhuri composer Music D Dmitri Klebanov Soviet Ukrainian composer and teacher (1907–1987) Music D Dmitry Pokrass Soviet composer (1899–1978) Music D Dora Gordine Estonian-British artist (1895–1991) Visual Arts D Dovber Schneuri Second Rebbe of Chabad (1773–1827) Literature D Dovid Hofshteyn Yiddish poet Literature E Eduard Bagritsky Russian and Soviet poet Literature E Efim Minin Belarusian artist and graphic artist (1886–1937) Visual Arts E El Lissitzky Soviet Avantgarde artist (1890–1941) Visual Arts E Elchonon Wasserman Belarusian Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (1874–1941) Judaism E Elena Gnesina Russian composer and teacher (1874–1967) Music E Eliezer Ben-Yehuda Russian-Jewish linguist and journalist (1858–1922) Linguistics E Eliezer Zusia Portugal Bessarabian-born American rabbi (1898–1982) Judaism E Elizaveta Dorfman Russian painter (1899–1942) Visual Arts E Elsa Triolet Russian-French writer and translator (1896–1970) Literature 
Emanuel Goldberg Israeli physicist and inventor Physics E Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist (1869–1940) Philosophy E Emmanuel Metter Russian conductor (1878–1941) Music E Ester Rachel Kamińska Polish actress (1870–1925) Film & Stage I Ilya Bolotowsky Russian-American painter (1907–1981) Visual Arts I Ilya Ehrenburg Soviet writer (1891–1967) Literature 
Ilya Prigogine Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003) Astronomy I Ilya Selvinsky Soviet writer (1899–1968) Literature I Immanuel Velikovsky Russian-American writer and catastrophist Literature I Iosif Amusin Soviet historian, orientalist, and papyrologist (1910–1984) History I Iosif Rebelsky Soviet psychiatrist, psychologist, and educator Psychology I Iosif Shklovsky Soviet astronomer (1916–1985) Astronomy I Ira Jan Russian artist, writer (1869–1919) Visual Arts I Irène Némirovsky French novelist (1903–1942) Literature I Isaac Baer Levinsohn Russian writer (1788–1860) Literature I Isaac Barb Linguistics I Isaac Mikhnovsky Musical artist Music I Isaac Rumsch Lithuanian Hebrew writer (1822–1894) Linguistics I Isaak Brodsky Soviet painter Visual Arts I Isaak Dunayevsky Soviet composer and conductor (1900–1955) Music I Isaak Illich Rubin Soviet lawyer and economist History I Isaak Mints Soviet historian (1896–1991) History 
Isaiah Berlin British philosopher (1909–1997) Philosophy I Israel Friedlander Polish Rabbi (1876–1920) Linguistics I Israel Grodner Lithuanian actor (c. 1848 – 1887) Film & Stage I Israel Zinberg Russian-Jewish chemist and historian Chemistry I Issay Dobrowen Russian and Norwegian composer (1891–1953) Music I Isser Yehuda Unterman Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel (1964-1972) Judaism I Izrail Metter escritor ruso Literature J Jacob Ben-Ami Russian-born Jewish stage actor (1890–1977) Film & Stage J Jacob Dinezon Russian Jewish novelist (1851-1919) Literature J Jacob Epstein (banker) Polish banker (1771–1843) Business J Jacques Lipchitz Lithuanian-born French cubist sculptor Visual Arts J Jakub Natanson Polish scientist and banker Chemistry J Jascha Heifetz Russian-American violinist (1901–1987) Music J Joel Engel (composer) Russian music critic and composer (1868–1927) Linguistics 
Josef Ringo Russian scientist, inventor, and writer Literature J Joseph Barsky Israeli architect (died 1943) Visual Arts J Joseph Bovshover Russian-American poet Literature J Joseph Günzburg Russian financier and philanthropist (1812–1878) Business J Joseph Hertzberg Russian writer and translator Literature 
Joseph Hirsch Dünner Dutch Jewish leader and scholar (1833–1911) Literature J Joseph Löb Sossnitz Russian-American scholar (1837–1910) Mathematics J Joshua Steinberg russisch-jüdischer Gelehrter Literature R Raphael Nathan Nota Rabinovicz Writer and rabbi (1835–1888) Literature R Romain Gary French writer and diplomat (1914–1980) Literature 
Roman Jakobson Russian linguist (1896–1982) Linguistics R Roman Vishniac Russian-American photographer Biology R Rosa Luxemburg Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919) Economics 
Sabina Spielrein Russian physician and psychoanalyst (1885–1942) Medicine S Salomon Maimon Lithuanian Jewish philosopher (1753–1800) Philosophy S Salomon Mandelkern russisch-jüdischer Dichter, Übersetzer, Lexikograf, Rabbiner und Schriftsteller (1846-1902) Literature S Samuel Joseph Fuenn Jewish scholar (1818–1891) Literature S Samuel Maykapar Russian composer (1867–1938) Music S Samuel Peltyn polski wydawca i publicysta żydowskiego pochodzenia Linguistics S Samuel Pokrass Russian-born Soviet and American composer (1894–1939) Music S Samuel S. Cohon American rabbi (1888–1959) Judaism S Samuil Agurskii Belarusian Bundist and historian (1884–1947) History S Samuil Feinberg Russian pianist and composer (1890–1962) Music S Samuil Marshak Russian writer and poet (1887–1965) Linguistics S Sara Adler Russian-born American actress in the Yiddish theater Film & Stage S Sarah Reisen Belarusian-American Jewish poet Literature