List of Scottish Jews
This is a list of Scottish people of some Jewish background, or Jewish people with a Scottish background or connection.

See History of the Jews in Scotland for more information.

Academic figures and scientists 
 Ruth Adler, child welfare campaigner and human rights campaigner
 Charlotte Auerbach, geneticist
 Philip Cohen, FRS FRSE professor of biochemistry, University of Dundee, winner of the Royal Medal and other awards
 David Daiches, writer and literary critic, professor of English, University of Sussex; father of Jenni Calder
 Jack D. Dunitz, chemist
 Alfred Edersheim, Bible scholar
 Charles Frank, maker of scientific instruments
 Ralph Glasser, psychologist, economist, author of The Gorbals Trilogy
 Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg, Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow
 Philip Hobsbaum, academic and literary critic at Glasgow University; an influence on many Scottish writers as diverse as Aonghas MacNeacail and Jeff Torrington
 A C Jacobs, poet
 Hans Kosterlitz, professor of pharmacology, University of Aberdeen
 Stefan Reif, emeritus professor of medieval Hebrew studies, University of Cambridge and director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit
 John Michael Robson, geneticist, University of Edinburgh
 George Sassoon, electronics engineer, translator and author; son of Siegfried Sassoon, buried on Mull, where he spent much of his childhood
 Leonard Schapiro, historian
 Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, contemporary Torah scholar and author

Arts, literature and music 
 Chaim Bermant, author 
 Jenni Calder, literary figure and daughter of David Daiches
 Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humourist
 Hannah Frank, sculptor, studied under Benno Schotz
 Muriel Gray, author, The Tube presenter
 Howie B, DJ, musician and producer
 Jeremy Isaacs, broadcaster
 David Knopfler, member of Dire Straits
 Mark Knopfler, co-founder (with brother David), lead vocalist, and lead guitarist for the band Dire Straits
 Peter Kravitz, literary critic, editor of the compilation Contemporary Scottish Fiction 
 Daniel Lobell, stand-up comedian and podcaster
 Macdonald brothers, grandsons of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger
 Andrew Macdonald, producer, Trainspotting 
 Kevin Macdonald, director, Touching the Void
 Miriam Margolyes, actor, Harry Potter
 Isi Metzstein, modernist architect
 Saul Metzstein, filmmaker, director of Late Night Shopping
 Rebecca Pidgeon, actor, singer and songwriter (grew up in Edinburgh)
 B. Marcus Priteca, Seattle architect
 Jack Ronder, author, dramatist, playwright
 Hugo Rifkind, journalist
 Benno Schotz, sculptor
 Shulman brothers (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound; Gentle Giant), rock musicians (born in Glasgow)
 Derek Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
 Phil Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
 Ray Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
 J. David Simons, author
 Edith Simon, artist
 
 Robin Spark, artist 
 Scottie Wilson, artist and designer, born in Glasgow
 Eric Woolfson, musician and composer, founding member of The Alan Parsons Project

Politicians

 Myer Galpern, Labour MP
 Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, Secretary of State for Scotland, elder son of Hannah de Rothschild
 Neil Primrose, MP and soldier, younger son of Hannah de Rothschild
 Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative MP
 Manny Shinwell, Labour MP

Athletes
 Noam Dar, professional wrestler
 Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) boxing champion welterweight

Business and the professions 

 Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, first female Court of Session judge
 Sir Monty Finniston, industrialist, chairman of British Steel Corporation
 Esta Henry, art and antiques dealer in the 20th century
 Sir Isaac Wolfson, businessman and philanthropist
 Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, barrister and judge

Religious and communal leaders 
 Rabbi Salis Daiches, father of David Daiches
 Rabbi Cyril Harris, Chief Rabbi of South Africa
 Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman
 Rabbi Yaakov Benzion Mendelson
 Rabbi Nancy Morris, first female rabbi in Scotland
 Rabbi Louis Isaac Rabinowitz
 Rabbi Naftoli Shapiro

Show business 

 Ronni Ancona (Sephardi), comedian
 Arnold Brown, comedian
 Jerry Sadowitz, comedian

People of both Scottish and Jewish heritage 

 Simon Cowell, presenter of The X Factor (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
 David Duchovny, American actor, X-Files (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
 Isla Fisher, Australian actress, born to Scottish parents, converted to Judaism upon marriage to Sacha Baron Cohen; has described herself as "quite observant"
 Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist, librettist, and theatrical producer (Jewish father, Scottish mother)
Norman Swan, Australian paediatrician known for his work as a science and medical broadcaster on ABC, born in Glasgow
 Zarif, singer (Scottish father, Iranian Jewish mother)
 Muriel Spark (Scottish-Jewish father, English Anglican mother)

See also 
 History of the Jews in Scotland

References 

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