List of Dutch Jews

Tobias Asser, Nobel Prize for Peace winner

Jozef Israëls (portrait by Jan Veth) and his son Isaac Israëls are among the most famous Dutch-Jewish artists.

Self-portrait of Eduard Frankfort

Daniël de Ridder, Israeli-Dutch soccer player

Raoul Heertje, stand-up comedian

Arnold Heertje, economist, father of Raoul

Leon de Winter, writer

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Job Cohen, politician

This page is a list of notable Dutch Jews, arranged by field of activity.

Economists

• Hendrik S. Houthakker
• Arnold Heertje

Historians

• Evelien Gans (Jewish father)

Jurists

• Tobias Asser (1838-1913), Nobel Prize for Peace winner in 1911
• Eduard Meijers (1880-1954), founding father of the Dutch new civil code
• Max Moszkowicz
• Bram Moszkowicz (Son of Max Moskowicz)

Mathematicians

• Rehuel Lobatto (1797-1866)
• Emanuel Lodewijk Elte (1881-1943)
• Julius Wolff (1882-1945)
• Wim Cohen (1923-2000), mathematician

Actors and comedians

Actors

• Edwin de Vries (born 1950), actor and director (Jewish father)

Comedians

• Raoul Heertje (born 1963), stand-up comedian
• Micha Wertheim (born 1972), stand-up comedian

Artists

Painters

• Helen Berman (born 1936)
• Paul Citroen (1896–1983)
• Jozef Israëls (1824–1911)
• Isaac Israëls (1865–1934)
• Marianne Franken (1884–1945)
• Eduard Frankfort (1864–1920)
• Jesse Kluytmans (1841–????)
• Martin Monnickendam (1874–1943)
• Max Bueno de Mesquita (1913–2001)
• Benjamin Prins (1860–1934)
• Mommie Schwarz (1876-1942)

Other artists

• David Laurent de Lara (c.1806-1876), limner, born in Amsterdam, based in London.
• Joseph Jessurun de Mesquita (1865–1890), photographer
• Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868–1944), graphic artist
• Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863–1939), sculptor
• Willy Lindwer, movie / documentary director

Politicians

• Lodewijk Asscher - PvdA politician, born in Amsterdam (Jewish father)
• Job Cohen, former PvdA politician and mayor of Amsterdam
• Onno Hoes, former mayor of Maastricht, former chairman CIDI
• Aletta Jacobs, first Dutch female physician
• Uri Rosenthal, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, political scientist
• Harry Wijnschenk, former MP

Businesspeople

• Samuel van den Bergh (1864–1941), co-founder of Unilever, politician
• Israël Kiek (1811–1899), photographer
• Abraham Icek Tuschinski (1886–1942), cinema entrepreneur and Holocaust victim

Sports people

Field hockey

• Carina Benninga, Olympic champion, bronze

Gymnastics

• Estella Agsteribbe, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz
• Elka de Levie, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
• Helena Nordheim, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
• Anna Polak, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
• Judijke Simons, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór

Soccer

• Daniël de Ridder (born 1984) Celta de Vigo forward winger/attacking midfielder (Wigan Athletic & U21 national team; Jewish-Israeli mother)
• Samuel Scheimann, football player
• Sjaak Swart, Ajax and Dutch international footballer (Jewish father)

Tennis

• Tom Okker (Jewish father), won 1973 French Open Men's Doubles, 1976 US Open Men's Doubles, highest world ranking #3 in singles, and #1 in doubles

Volleyball

• Aryeh "Arie" Selinger, US & Dutch, player & coach
• Avital Selinger, Olympic silver

Writers

• Manja Croiset, author and poet
• Gideon Levy (Dutch journalist) (born 1970)
• Anne Frank
• Xaviera Hollander, author (Jewish father)
• Baruch Spinoza, philosopher
• Leon de Winter, author

See also

• History of the Jews in the Netherlands
• List of Dutch Israelis
• List of West European Jews

• http://www.research.leiden.edu/famous/meijers.html
• (Dutch) Gast Achteraf: Raoul Heertje, VPRO website
• Dr. Allison Siffre Guedalia Kupietzky. Benjamin L. Prins : Dutch Jewish Genre Painter - Holland 1860-1934 : catalogue raisonné, 1996
• (Dutch) Joodsch Lyceum en huwelijk. Leiden University. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
• Onno Hoes nieuwe voorzitter CIDI, Joods.nl
• Parlement.com biography
• de Ridder – "De Ridder ... is Jewish and has an Israeli mother."