List of Romanian Jews
Overview
This is a list of Romania
n Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
- Aaron AaronsohnAaron AaronsohnAaron Aaronsohn was a Jewish agronomist, botanist, and Zionist activist. Aaronsohn was the discoverer of wild emmer , believed to be "the mother of wheat."-Biography:...
, botanist - J. J. BenjaminJ. J. BenjaminJ. J. Benjamin was a Romanian-Jewish historian and traveler. His pen name was "Benjamin II", in allusion to Benjamin of Tudela.-Life and travels:...
, historian - Martin BercoviciMartin BercoviciMartin Bercovici was a Romanian electrical engineer who contributed to the development of energy engineering education in Romania and to the plan of electric networks building of Romania...
, energy engineer - Nicolae CajalNicolae CajalNicolae Cajal was a Romanian Jewish physician, academic, politician, and philanthropist. He was President of the Jewish Communities' Federation of Romania from 1994 to his death....
, virologist and Jewish community leader - Constantin Dobrogeanu-GhereaConstantin Dobrogeanu-GhereaConstantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea was a Romanian Marxist theorist, politician, sociologist, literary critic, and journalist....
, sociologist and Marxist theorist - Lazăr EdeleanuLazar EdeleanuLazăr Edeleanu was a Romanian chemist of Jewish origin.He was the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine at the University of Berlin and the inventor of the modern method of refining crude oil.- His childhood and studies:...
, chemist - David EmmanuelDavid Emmanuel (mathematician)David Emmanuel was a Romanian Jewish mathematician and member of the Romanian Academy, considered to be the founder of the modern mathematics school in Romania.He received his Ph.D...
, mathematician - Zicman FeiderZicman FeiderZicman Feider was a Jewish Romanian acarologist. He carried out the taxonomical and systematical study of many Acarina groups: Trombidia, Ixodoidea, Oribatidae, Gamasidea, Rhinonyssidae, Erythraeidea, Prostigmata from Romania; Nicolletiellidae and Sternostoma genus throughout the world; some...
, biologist, acarologist - Herman FinerHerman FinerHerman Finer was a Bessarabian-born British political scientist and Fabian socialist. He taught for many years at the University of Chicago...
, political scientist - Moses GasterMoses GasterMoses Gaster was a Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation, London, and a Hebrew linguist. He was also the son-in-law of Michael Friedländer, principal of Jews' College. The surname Gaster is taken from Spanish Castro, indicating his Sephardic...
, chakham, Hebrew linguist - Alexandru GraurAlexandru GraurAlexandru Graur was a Romanian linguist.Born into a Jewish family in Botoşani, Graur graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris . He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Sorbonne...
, linguist - Lucien Goldmann [philosopher, critic, sociologist]
- Joseph M. JuranJoseph M. JuranJoseph Moses Juran was a 20th century management consultant who is principally remembered as an evangelist for quality and quality management, writing several influential books on those subjects. He was the brother of Academy Award winner Nathan H...
, industrial engineer - Ernest KleinErnest KleinErnest Klein, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian linguist, author, and rabbi.Klein was born in Szatmárnémeti , in Partium — a region of Austria-Hungary at the time, it is now in Romania; he received his PhD at the University of Vienna in 1925...
, linguist - Liviu LibrescuLiviu LibrescuLiviu Librescu was a Romanian-Israeli-American scientist and academic professor whose major research fields were aeroelasticity and aerodynamics...
, physicist - Mario LivioMario LivioMario Livio is an astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. He is currently an astronomer and head of public outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope...
, astrophysicist - George Lusztig, mathematician
- Edward LuttwakEdward LuttwakEdward Nicolae Luttwak is an American military strategist and historian who has published works on military strategy, history and international relations.-Biography:...
, economist and historian - Solomon MarcusSolomon MarcusSolomon Marcus is a Romanian mathematician, member of the Mathematical Section of the Romanian Academy and Emeritus Professor of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Mathematics...
, mathematician - Meinhard E.
