List of notable Jews from New York City

The following is a list of notable Jews from New York City.

Business people

• Leslie Alexander, Owner of Houston Rockets.
• Arthur Blank, Owner of Atlanta Falcons and Home Depot.
• Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman-Sachs.
• Ben Cohen, Co-Founder of Ben and Jerry's with Jerry Greenfield.
• Jeffrey Epstein, Financier
• Jerry Greenfield, Co-Founder of Ben and Jerry's with Ben Cohen.
• Carl Icahn, Investor
• Calvin Klein, Fashion Designer.
• George Lindemann, CEO of Southern Union.
• Bernie Madoff, Former Chair of NASDAQ, Fraudster.
• Marc Mezvinsky, Investment Banker, Son-in-law of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
• Steve Mnuchin, US Secretary of Treasury, Former Hedge Fund Manager.
• Adolph Ochs, Newspaper Publisher.
• Jerry Reinsdorf, Owner of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls.
• Marc Rich, Former Hedge Fund Manager.
• Stephen Ross, Owner of the Miami Dolphins.
• Howard Schultz, Billionaire, Former CEO of Starbucks. Former Owner of the Seattle Supersonics.
• Maurice Tempelsman, Diamond Merchant.
• Jack Warner, Co-Founder of the Warner Bros.
• Allen Weisselberg, CFO of Trump Organization.
• Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook, 5th richest person in the World; World’s Richest Jew.

Cartoonists

• Mort Drucker, Cartoonist for MAD Magazine.
• Will Eisner, Cartoonist and Writer.
• Rube Goldberg, Cartoonist, known for designing complex machine that do a simple task.
• Stan Lee, Creator of Spiderman.
• Mell Lazarus, Creator of Comic Strip, Momma.
• Mark Alan Stamaty, Cartoonist and Author.

Entertainers

• Jason Alexander, Actor, known for playing George Costanza on Seinfeld
• Woody Allen, Director and Actor.
• Adam Arkin, Actor
• Alan Arkin, Director
• Hank Azaria, Actor, known for his voice-overs in The Simpsons
• Lauren Bacall, Actress
• Leonard Bernstein, Composer
• Zach Braff, Actor
• Matthew Broderick, Actor
• Adrien Brody, Actor
• Mel Brooks, Director and Producer.
• James Caan, Actor
• Jennifer Connelly, Actress and Model.
• Tony Curtis, Actor
• Billy Crystal, Actor and Comedian.
• Larry David, Comedian, Co-Creator of Seinfeld
• Robert Downey Jr., Actor
• Julia Louis Dreyfus, Actress, known for playing Elaine Benes in Seinfeld
• Richard Dreyfuss, Actor
• Jesse Eisenberg, Actor, known for playing Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network
• Jon Favreau, Actor
• Art Garfunkel, Singer, Half of Famous Duo, Simon and Garfunkel
• Sarah Michelle Gellar, Actress
• Jennifer Grey, Actress.
• Steve Guttenberg, Actor
• Chelsea Handler, Talk Show Host.
• Danielle Harris, Actress
• Estelle Harris, Actress
• Goldie Hawn, Actress and Director.
• Judd Hirsch, Actor
• Scarlett Johansson, Actress and Model.
• Harvey Keitel, Actor
• David Krumholtz, Actor
• Al Lewis, Actor
• Jerry Lewis, Comedian and Actor.
• Peggy Lipton, Actress, mother of actress Rashida Jones
• Natasha Lyonne, Actress
• Joshua Malina, Actor
• Marx Brothers, A Comedic Group of Brothers.
• Jackie Mason, Comedian
• Matisyahu, Singer
• Idina Menzel, Actress and Singer, known for playing Elsa in Frozen and Elphaba in Wicked.
• Debra Messing, Actress
• Amanda Peet, Actress
• Natalie Portman, Actress
• Joan Rivers, Comedian and Actress.
• Emmy Rossum, Actress
• Paul Rudd, Actor
• Adam Sandler, Actor and Comedian.
• David Schwimmer, Actor and Director.
• Kyra Sedgwick, Actress
• Jerry Seinfeld, Actor and Comedian, Creator of Seinfeld with Larry David.
• George Segal, Actor
• Paul Simon, Singer, Half of Famous Duo, Simon and Garfunkel
• Aaron Sorkin, Producer
• Jon Stewart, Comedian and Former Talk Show Host.
• Ben Stiller, Actor
• Jerry Stiller, Actor and Comedian.
• Barbra Streisand, Singer and Actress.
• Michelle Trachtenberg, Actress

Journalists

• Dana Bash, CNN Anchorwoman.
• Larry King, Former Host of Larry King Live.
• Daniel Pearl, Former Journalist of Wall Street Journal, Murdered in Pakistan.
• Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor, Host of State of the Union.
• Barbara Walters, Host of Multiple TV Shows, Television Personality.

Politicians

• Bella Abzug, Former US Representative from New York.
• Gary Ackerman, Former US Representative from New York.
• Martin C. Ansorge, Former US Representative from New York.
• Abe Aronovitz, Former Mayor of Miami.
• David Axelrod, Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, CNN Contributor.
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice since 1993, nominated by Bill Clinton.
• Martin Behrman, Former Mayor of New Orleans
• Tony Beilenson, Former US Representative from California.
• Ron Bloom, Obama Administration Official
• Sol Bloom, Former US Representative from New York.
• Michael Bloomberg, 108th Mayor of New York City, 10th richest person in the World, CEO of Bloomberg LP.
• Richard Blumenthal, US Senator from Connecticut.
• Rudy Boschwitz, Former US Senator from Minnesota.
• Barbara Boxer, Former US Senator from California.
• Jacob Cantor, Former US Representative from New York.
• Benjamin Cardozo, Former US Supreme Court Justice.
• Emanuel Celler, Former US Representative from New York.
• William W. Cohen, Former US Representative from New York.
• Norm Coleman, Former US Senator from Minnesota.
• Leopold David, Former Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
• Irwin Davidson, Former US Representative from New York, Justice of New York Supreme Court.
• Peter Deutsch, Former US Representative from Florida.
• Samuel Dickstein, Former US Representative from New York.
• Isidore Dollinger, Former US Representative from New York.
• Morris Michael Edelstein, Former US Representative from New York.
• Edwin Einstein, Former US Representative from New York.
• Eliot Engel, US Representative from New York since 1989.
• Leonard Farbstein, Former US Representative from New York.
• Sidney A. Fine, Former US Representative from New York.
• Israel Fischer, Former US Representative from New York
• Barney Frank, Former US Congressman from Massachusetts, served 22 years
• Lois Frankel, US Representative from Florida
• Al Franken, Current US Senator from Minnesota, Former Writer on Saturday Night Live.
• Jeffrey Friedman, Former Mayor of Austin, Texas
• Steven Fulop, Mayor of Jersey City
• Jason Furman, Chair of Council of Economic Advisers under Barack Obama
• Jacob Gilbert, Former US Representative from New York.
• Henry Goldfogle, Former US Representative from New York.
• Josh Gottheimer, US Representative from New Jersey.
• Alan Grayson, Former US Representative from Florida.
• Ernest Gruening, Former US Senator from Alaska.
• Bill Green, Former US Representative from New York.
• Seymour Halpern, Former US Representative from New York.
• Jane Harman, US Representative from California for 16 years.
• Emanuel B. Hart, Former US Representative from New York.
• Louis Heller, Former US Representative from New York.
• Paul Hodes, Former Congressman from New Hampshire for 4 years.
• Elizabeth Holtzman, Former US Representative from New York.
• Lester Holtzman, Former US Representative from New York.
• Leo Isacson, Former US Representative from New York.
• Steve Israel, Former US Representative from New York, served 8 terms.
• Meyer Jacobstein, Former US Representative from New York.
• Jacob K. Javits, Former US Senator from New York.
• Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice, nominated by Barack Obama.
• Vera Katz, Former Mayor of Portland, Oregon
• Arthur George Klein, Former US Representative from New York.
• Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City for 11 years, Former Congressman from New York.
• Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President, Son-in-law of Donald Trump
• Frank Lautenberg, Former US Senator from New Jersey.
• Montague Lessler, Former US Representative from New York.
• Jack Lew, Former US Secretary of the Treasury, White House Chief of Staff under Barack Obama.
• Herbert H. Lehman, Former Governor of New York.
• Jefferson Monroe Levy, Former US Representative from New York.
• Lucius Littauer, Former US Representative from New York, Former Harvard Football Coach.
• Meyer London, Former US Representative from New York.
• Allard Lowenstein, Former US Representative from New York.
• Alan Lowenthal, US Representative, Former California State Senator.
• Mitchell May, Former US Representative from New York.
• Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of Treasury under FDR.
• Robert M. Morgenthau, Former New York County District Attorney.
• Abraham J. Multer, Former US Representative from New York.
• Jerrold Nadler, US Representative from New York for 24 years.
• Richard Ottinger, Former US Representative from New York.
• Theodore Peyser, Former US Representative from New York.
• Nathan D. Perlman, Former US Representative from New York.
• Bertram L. Podell, Former US Representative from New York.
• Joseph Pulitzer, Former US Representative from New York.
• Leo F. Rayfiel, Former US Representative from New York.
• Ed Rendell, Former Governor of Pennsylvania.
• Abraham Ribicoff, Former US Senator from Connecticut.
• Fred Richmond, Former US Representative from New York.
• Benjamin Rosenthal, Former US Representative from New York.
• Albert B. Rossdale, Former US Representative from New York.
• Bernie Sanders, US Senator from Vermont, Unsuccessful Candidate For President.
• Eric Schneiderman, Attorney General of New York
• Allyson Schwartz, Former US Representative from Pennsylvania.
• Jim Scheuer, Former US Representative from New York.
• Chuck Schumer, US Senator from New York, Former US Representative, Senate Minority Leader.
• Florence Shapiro, Former Texas State Senator.
• Isaac Siegel, Former US Representative from New York.
• William I. Sirovich, Former US Representative from New York.
• Stephen J. Solarz, Former US Representative from New York.
• Gladys Spellman, Former US Representative from Maryland.
• Eliot Spitzer, Former Governor of New York.
• Sam Steiger, Former US Representative from Arizona.
• Richard Stone, Former US Senator from Florida.
• Isidor Straus, Former US Representative from New York, Titanic Victim.
• Ludwig Teller, Former US Representative from New York.
• Herbert Tenzer, Former US Representative from New York.
• Ivanka Trump, Daughter of President Donald Trump
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, US Representative from Florida, Former Chairwoman of the Democratic Party.
• Lester D. Volk, Former US Representative from New York.
• Anthony Weiner, Former US Congressman from New York.
• Ted Weiss, US Representative from New York, Former New York City Council Member.
• Robert Wexler, Former US Congressman from Florida.
• Lester Wolff, Former US Representative from New York.
• Nancy Wyman, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
• Lee Zeldin, US Representative From New York.
• Herbert Zelenko, Former US Representative from New York.

Scientists

• Richard Axel, Biologist
• Julius Axelrod, Biochemist
• David Baltimore, Nobel Prize Winner (Physiology and Medicine)
• Allen Bard, Chemist
• Paul Berg, Professor
• Daniel J. Bernstein, Mathematician
• Baruch Blumberg, Physician
• Michael S. Brown, Nobel Prize Winner (Physiology and Medicine)
• Erwin Chargaff, Biochemist
• Stanley Cohen, Nobel Prize Winner
• Brian Dynlacht, biochemist
• Gerald Edelman, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Peter Elias, Computer Scientist
• Gertrude B. Elion, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Edward Feigenbaum, Computer Scientist
• Jerry Fodor, Philosopher
• Shafrira Goldwasser, Scientist
• Stephen Jay Gould, Paleontologist
• Joseph Greenberg, Linguist
• Paul Greengard, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Prize Winner, (Chemistry)
• Michael Heidelberger, Immunologist
• Martin Hellman, Cryptologist
• James Hendler, Researcher
• Ronald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize Winner, (Chemistry), Holocaust Survivor
• Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physics)
• Roman Jakobson, Theorist
• Jay Jasanoff, Linguist
• Bill Labov, Professor
• Bob Kahn, Engineer
• Charles Kelman, Ophthalmologist
• John G. Kemeny, Mathematician
• Leonard Kleinrock, Professor
• Arthur Kornberg, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Roger Kornberg, Nobel Prize Winner, (Chemistry)
• Joseph Kruskal, Statistician
• Solomon Kullback, Cryptanalyst
• Ray Kurzweil, Computer Scientists
• Jaron Lanier, VR Pioneer
• Eric Lander, Mathematician
• Esther Lederberg, Geneticist
• Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Richard Lewontin, Biologist
• Phoebus Levene, Biochemist
• Fritz Lippman, Professor, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Otto Loewi, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Salvador Luria, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Marvin Minsky, Cognitive Scientist
• Jack Minker, Professor
• A.L. Mestel, Surgeon
• H.J. Muller, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Marshall Nirenberg, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Martin Pope, Professor
• Lawrence Rabiner, Engineer
• Ora Mendelsohn Rosen, medical researcher
• Frank Rosenblatt, Psychologist
• Albert Sabin, medical researcher
• Jonas Salk, Polio Vaccine Creator *Bruce Schneier, Cryptographer
• Ben Shneiderman, Computer Scientist
• Abraham Sinkov, Cryptanalyst
• Gabor A. Somorjai, Professor
• Richard Stallman, Programmer
• William Howard Stein, Nobel Prize Winner, (Chemistry)
• Deborah Tannen, Professor
• Michel Thomas, Linguist, Holocaust Survivor
• Harold E. Varmus, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• George Wald, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Max Weinreich, Linguist
• Alexander S. Wiener, Noted Hematologist
• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Nobel Prize Winner, (Physiology and Medicine)
• Charles Yanofsky, Noted Geneticist

Sports people

• Red Auerbach, Former Coach of Boston Celtics, Hall of Famer.
• Joe Bennett, Baseball Player.
• Sue Bird, WNBA Player.
• Larry Brown, Former NBA Coach.
• Ike Davis, First Baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Mike Epstein, Baseball Player.
• Theo Epstein, President of Chicago Cubs, three time World Series Winner.
• Mike Greenberg, Television Show Host.
• Hank Greenberg, Hall of Fame Baseball Player.
• Sandy Koufax, Hall of Fame Baseball Pitcher.
• Randy Lerner and Al Lerner, Owner and Former Owner of the Cleveland Browns.
• Sid Luckman, Former NFL Quarterback.
• Mark Roth, Bowler
• Adam Silver, Current Commissioner of the NBA.
• David Stern, Former Commissioner of the NBA for nearly 20 years.

References

• https://www.forbes.com/profile/arthur-blank/
• http://www.jta.org/2016/11/30/news-opinion/politics/steven-mnuchin-confirms-nomination-as-trumps-treasury-secretary
• https://www.biography.com/people/larry-king-9365072
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000204/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000632/
• http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/us/bernie-sanders-fast-facts/index.html
• http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/us/chuck-schumer-fast-facts/index.html
• http://www.salk.edu/about/history-of-salk/jonas-salk/
• http://baseballhall.org/hof/koufax-sandy