United States
Jews from United States
731 entries
J Joseph Silverstein American violinist and conductor Music J Joseph Solman Belarusian-born American expressionist painter Visual Arts J Joseph Stiglitz American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1943) Physics J Joseph Weber American physicist (1919-2000) Physics J Joseph Weinberg American physicist (1917–2002) Physics J Joseph Yasser American organist and music theorist (1893–1981) Music J Josh Appelbaum American screenwriter and producer Film & Stage J Josh Evans (film producer) American filmmaker Music J Josh Friedman American screenwriter Film & Stage J Josh Gondelman American writer and comedian Film & Stage J Josh Greenfeld American writer (1928–2018) Literature J Joshua Angrist Israeli–American economist Economics J Joshua Bell American violinist and conductor Music J Joshua Bloch (rabbi) Lithuanian-born American rabbi and librarian (1890–1957) Literature J Joshua Brand American television writer and producer Film & Stage J Joshua Kulp Israeli Talmudic scholar (born 1970) Judaism 
Joshua L. Goldberg Belarusian-born American rabbi and U.S. Navy chaplain (1896–1994) Judaism J Joshua Lederberg American molecular biologist (1925–2008) Medicine J Joyce Antler Academic; women's historian; founder of multiple important organizations and programs History J Joyce Jacobson Kaufman Jewish American chemist Physics R Raphael Bronstein Lithuanian-born violinist and violin professor (1896 - 1988) Music R Raphael Hillyer American musician (1914–2010) Music R Raphael Lasker Judaism R Raphael Patai Hungarian-Jewish ethnographer, historian, and anthropologist History R Raphael Soriano Greek-born American architect and educator (1904 - 1988) Visual Arts R Rashi Fein American economist Economics R Rashida Jones American actress (born 1976) Literature R Rav Shmuel American musician and rabbi Music 
Ray Kurzweil American computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1948) Technology R Raya Garbousova Russian-born American cellist and teacher (1909–1997) Music R Raymond D. Mindlin American mechanical engineer (1906–1987) Technology R Reba Paeff Mirsky American musician and writer (1902–1966) Literature R Rebecca Alpert American academic and rabbi Judaism R Reizl Bozyk American actress Film & Stage R René Spitz Austrian-American psychoanalyst Medicine R Renee Rabinowitz Israeli-American psychologist and lawyer (1934–2020) Psychology R Reuven Hammer American rabbi, scholar, religious leader Judaism R Richard A. Weinberg American psychologist (1943–2025) Psychology R Richard Avedon American photographer (1923–2004) Visual Arts R Richard Axel American molecular biologist (born 1946) Biology R Richard Blackwell American journalist and fashion critic Film & Stage R Richard Brooks American filmmaker and writer (1912–1992) Literature R Richard C. Blum American investor (1935–2022) Business R Richard D. Wolff American Marxian economist (born 1942) Economics 
Richard Davidson American psychologist Biology R Richard Elfman American film director (born 1949) Music R Richard Herrnstein American psychologist (1930–1994) Psychology R Richard J. Allen (writer) American television soap opera writer (born 1959) Film & Stage 
Richard Jacobs (rabbi) American rabbi Judaism R Richard L. Rubenstein American rabbi and theologian (1924–2021) Philosophy R Richard Lerner American research chemist (1938–2021) Chemistry R Richard N. Levy American Reform rabbi (1937–2019) Judaism R Richard Podolor American musician, record producer, and songwriter (1936–2022) Music R Richard Posner American federal judge and legal scholar (born 1939) Economics R Richard Tucker American opera singer (1913–1975) Music R Richard Zare American chemist Chemistry R Rifka Angel Russian-American artist Visual Arts R Roald Hoffmann Nobel laureate theoretical chemist Chemistry R Rob Cohen American film director and producer Film & Stage R Robert A. Bernhard American banker (1928–2019) Business R Robert Aumann Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930) Mathematics R Robert C. Bak psychiatre et psychanalyste américain d'origine hongroise (1908-1974) Medicine R Robert C. Merton American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1944) Economics R Robert Capa Hungarian-American photographer (1913–1954) Literature R Robert Daum (academic) Judaism R Robert F. Furchgott American biochemist (1916–2009) Chemistry R Robert Fogel American economist and Nobel laureate (1926–2013) Economics R Robert Gordis American rabbi and author Philosophy R Robert Heilbroner American economist (1919–2005) Economics R Robert Herman American astronomer (1914–1997) Physics R Robert Hofstadter American physicist (1915–1990) Physics R Robert J. Avrech American screenwriter Film & Stage R Robert Kaplow American novelist Literature R Robert Karplus Theoretical physicist (1927–1990) Physics R Robert Langs American psychiatrist Psychology R Robert Lefkowitz American physician and biochemist Chemistry R Robert Lekachman American economist (1920–1989) Economics R Robert Levin (musicologist) American classical pianist, musicologist and composer Linguistics R Robert Mark Kamen American screenwriter Literature R Robert Merrill Opera singer and actor (1917–2004) Music 
Robert Moog American electronic music pioneer (1934–2005) Technology 
Robert Plutchik American psychologist (1927–2006) Psychology R Robert Pollack (biologist) American biologist Biology 
Robert S. Langer American scientist and academic Biology R Robert S. Wallerstein Psychology R Robert Sapolsky American endocrinologist (born 1957) Biology R Robert Stolorow American psychoanalyst (born 1942) Philosophy R Robert Wald American gravitational physicist (b. 1947) Physics R Roger D. Kornberg American biochemist and professor of structural biology Chemistry R Roger Myerson American mathematician Mathematics R Rolf Landauer American-German physicist, engineer (1927–1999) Physics 
Roman Jakobson Russian linguist (1896–1982) Linguistics R Roman Totenberg Polish-American violinist and educator (1911–2012) Music R Roman Vishniac Russian-American photographer Biology R Ronald M. Evans American biologist Biology R Rory Albanese American comedian and writer (born 1977) Film & Stage
Joshua L. Goldberg Belarusian-born American rabbi and U.S. Navy chaplain (1896–1994) Judaism J Joshua Lederberg American molecular biologist (1925–2008) Medicine J Joyce Antler Academic; women's historian; founder of multiple important organizations and programs History J Joyce Jacobson Kaufman Jewish American chemist Physics R Raphael Bronstein Lithuanian-born violinist and violin professor (1896 - 1988) Music R Raphael Hillyer American musician (1914–2010) Music R Raphael Lasker Judaism R Raphael Patai Hungarian-Jewish ethnographer, historian, and anthropologist History R Raphael Soriano Greek-born American architect and educator (1904 - 1988) Visual Arts R Rashi Fein American economist Economics R Rashida Jones American actress (born 1976) Literature R Rav Shmuel American musician and rabbi Music Ray Kurzweil American computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1948) Technology R Raya Garbousova Russian-born American cellist and teacher (1909–1997) Music R Raymond D. Mindlin American mechanical engineer (1906–1987) Technology R Reba Paeff Mirsky American musician and writer (1902–1966) Literature R Rebecca Alpert American academic and rabbi Judaism R Reizl Bozyk American actress Film & Stage R René Spitz Austrian-American psychoanalyst Medicine R Renee Rabinowitz Israeli-American psychologist and lawyer (1934–2020) Psychology R Reuven Hammer American rabbi, scholar, religious leader Judaism R Richard A. Weinberg American psychologist (1943–2025) Psychology R Richard Avedon American photographer (1923–2004) Visual Arts R Richard Axel American molecular biologist (born 1946) Biology R Richard Blackwell American journalist and fashion critic Film & Stage R Richard Brooks American filmmaker and writer (1912–1992) Literature R Richard C. Blum American investor (1935–2022) Business R Richard D. Wolff American Marxian economist (born 1942) Economics Richard Davidson American psychologist Biology R Richard Elfman American film director (born 1949) Music R Richard Herrnstein American psychologist (1930–1994) Psychology R Richard J. Allen (writer) American television soap opera writer (born 1959) Film & Stage Richard Jacobs (rabbi) American rabbi Judaism R Richard L. Rubenstein American rabbi and theologian (1924–2021) Philosophy R Richard Lerner American research chemist (1938–2021) Chemistry R Richard N. Levy American Reform rabbi (1937–2019) Judaism R Richard Podolor American musician, record producer, and songwriter (1936–2022) Music R Richard Posner American federal judge and legal scholar (born 1939) Economics R Richard Tucker American opera singer (1913–1975) Music R Richard Zare American chemist Chemistry R Rifka Angel Russian-American artist Visual Arts R Roald Hoffmann Nobel laureate theoretical chemist Chemistry R Rob Cohen American film director and producer Film & Stage R Robert A. Bernhard American banker (1928–2019) Business R Robert Aumann Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930) Mathematics R Robert C. Bak psychiatre et psychanalyste américain d'origine hongroise (1908-1974) Medicine R Robert C. Merton American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1944) Economics R Robert Capa Hungarian-American photographer (1913–1954) Literature R Robert Daum (academic) Judaism R Robert F. Furchgott American biochemist (1916–2009) Chemistry R Robert Fogel American economist and Nobel laureate (1926–2013) Economics R Robert Gordis American rabbi and author Philosophy R Robert Heilbroner American economist (1919–2005) Economics R Robert Herman American astronomer (1914–1997) Physics R Robert Hofstadter American physicist (1915–1990) Physics R Robert J. Avrech American screenwriter Film & Stage R Robert Kaplow American novelist Literature R Robert Karplus Theoretical physicist (1927–1990) Physics R Robert Langs American psychiatrist Psychology R Robert Lefkowitz American physician and biochemist Chemistry R Robert Lekachman American economist (1920–1989) Economics R Robert Levin (musicologist) American classical pianist, musicologist and composer Linguistics R Robert Mark Kamen American screenwriter Literature R Robert Merrill Opera singer and actor (1917–2004) Music Robert Moog American electronic music pioneer (1934–2005) Technology Robert Plutchik American psychologist (1927–2006) Psychology R Robert Pollack (biologist) American biologist Biology Robert S. Langer American scientist and academic Biology R Robert S. Wallerstein Psychology R Robert Sapolsky American endocrinologist (born 1957) Biology R Robert Stolorow American psychoanalyst (born 1942) Philosophy R Robert Wald American gravitational physicist (b. 1947) Physics R Roger D. Kornberg American biochemist and professor of structural biology Chemistry R Roger Myerson American mathematician Mathematics R Rolf Landauer American-German physicist, engineer (1927–1999) Physics Roman Jakobson Russian linguist (1896–1982) Linguistics R Roman Totenberg Polish-American violinist and educator (1911–2012) Music R Roman Vishniac Russian-American photographer Biology R Ronald M. Evans American biologist Biology R Rory Albanese American comedian and writer (born 1977) Film & Stage