List of Dutch Jews

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

Economists

Name Notability References Arnold Heertje (1934-2020) professor, writer, columnist [citation needed] Hendrik S. Houthakker (1924-2008) professor [1]

Arnold Heertje, economist, father of comedian Raoul Heertje

Historians

Name Notability References Evelien Gans [2]

Jurists

Name Notability References Tobias Asser (1838-1913) Nobel Prize for Peace winner in 1911 [3] Eduard Meijers (1880-1954) founding father of the Dutch new civil code [4] Bram Moszkowicz has a Jewish father, Max Moszkowicz [citation needed] Max Moszkowicz [citation needed]

Tobias Asser, Nobel Prize for Peace winner

Mathematicians

Name Notability References Wim Cohen (1923-2000) mathematician [5] Rehuel Lobatto (1797-1866) [citation needed] Emanuel Lodewijk Elte (1881-1943) [citation needed] Julius Wolff (1882-1945) [citation needed]

Musicians

Name Notability References Bart Berman (born 1938) pianist [citation needed] Lenny Kuhr (born 1950) singer [6]

Actors

Name Notability References Edwin de Vries (born 1950) actor and director [7] Raoul Heertje (born 1963) stand-up comedian [8] Micha Wertheim (born 1972) stand-up comedian [citation needed]

Raoul Heertje, stand-up comedian

Visual arts

Name Notability References Helen Berman (born 1936) [9] Paul Citroen (1896-1983) [10] Frank Diamand [nl] (born 1939) documentary maker and poet [11] Marianne Franken (1884-1945) [12] Eduard Frankfort (1864-1920) [13] Isaac Israëls (1865-1934) [14] Jozef Israëls (1824-1911) [15] Jesse Kluytmans (1841-????) [12] David Laurent de Lara (c.1806-1876) limner, born in Amsterdam, based in London. [16] Willy Lindwer movie / documentary director [citation needed] Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863-1939) sculptor [17] Joseph Jessurun de Mesquita (1865-1890) photographer [18] Max Bueno de Mesquita (1913-2001) [19] Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944) graphic artist [20] Martin Monnickendam (1874-1943) [21] Benjamin Prins (1860-1934) [22] Mommie Schwarz (1876-1942) [23] Frans Weisz (born 1938) film director [24]

Jozef Israëls (portrait by Jan Veth) and his son Isaac Israëls are among the most famous Dutch-Jewish artists.[25] Self-portrait of Eduard Frankfort

Politicians

Name Notability References Lodewijk Asscher Leader of the Labour Party • Deputy Prime Minister • Minister of Social Affairs and Employment • MP • (PvdA) [26] Robbert Baruch Member of the provincial council of South Holland, member of the government executive of the Rotterdam borough of Feijenoord (PvdA) [27] Sidney J. van den Bergh Minister of Defence • MP • (VVD) [28] Job Cohen Leader of the Labour Party • Mayor of Amsterdam • State Secretary for Justice • State Secretary for Education and Sciences • MP • (PvdA) [29] Hedy d'Ancona Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture • State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment • MP • (PvdA) [30] Onno Hoes Mayor of Haarlemmermeer • Mayor of Maastricht • (VVD) [31] Ernst Hirsch Ballin Minister of the Interior • Minister of Justice • Minister for Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs • MP • (CDA) [32] Aletta Jacobs Political and women's suffrage activist [33] Jacob Kohnstamm State Secretary for the Interior • MP • (D66) [34] Arie Pais Minister of Education and Sciences • MP • (VVD) [35] Carel Polak Minister of Justice • MP • (VVD) [36] Wim Polak Mayor of Amsterdam • State Secretary for the Interior • (PvdA) [37] Max Rood Minister of the Interior • (D66) [38] Uri Rosenthal Minister of Foreign Affairs • MP • (VVD) [39] Ivo Samkalden Minister of Justice • Minister of the Interior • Mayor of Amsterdam • MP • (PvdA) [40] Eegje Schoo Minister for Development Cooperation • MP • (VVD) [41] Ed van Thijn Minister of the Interior • Mayor of Amsterdam • MP • (PvdA) [42] Jacques Wallage Mayor of Groningen • State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment • State Secretary for Education and Sciences • MP • (PvdA) [43] Frans Weisglas Speaker of the House of Representatives • MP • (VVD) [44] Harry Wijnschenk Leader of the Pim Fortuyn List • MP • (LPF) [45]

Job Cohen, politician

Business

Name Notability References Samuel van den Bergh (1864-1941) co-founder of Unilever; politician [46] Israël Kiek (1811-1899) photographer [47] Kokadorus Linnewiel (1867-1934) Dutch hawker [48] Abraham Icek Tuschinski (1886–1942) cinema entrepreneur and Holocaust victim [49] Gerard Philips (1858-1942) co-founder of the Philips Company

Athletes

Name Notability References Estella Agsteribbe Olympic Games champion in team combined exercises and killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz [citation needed] Carina Benninga former Dutch field hockey player with a gold medal and bronze medal from the Olympic Games [citation needed] Elka de Levie Olympic champion in team combined exercises [citation needed] Helena Nordheim Olympic champion in team combined exercises and killed by the Nazis in Sobibór [citation needed] Tom Okker tennis player who won the 1973 French Open Men's Doubles, 1976 US Open men's doubles, highest world ranking #3 in singles, and #1 in doubles [citation needed] Anna Polak Olympic champion in team combined exercises; killed by the Nazis in Sobibór [citation needed] Daniël de Ridder (born 1984) Celta de Vigo forward winger/attacking midfielder (Wigan Athletic & U21 national team) [50][51][52] Jonathan Rouschop Dror football player of Eijsden 5 [citation needed] Aryeh "Arie" Selinger United States and Dutch volleyball player and coach [53] Avital Selinger volleyball player with a silver medal from the Olympic Games [citation needed] Judijke Simons Olympic champion in team combined exercises; killed by the Nazis in Sobibór [citation needed] Sjaak Swart Dutch international footballer who played for AFC Ajax from 1956 to 1973 [48]

Daniël de Ridder, Israeli-Dutch soccer player Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer

Writers

Name Notability References Manja Croiset author and poet [54] Anne Frank author of Diary of a Young Girl [citation needed] Etty Hillesum author of Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941–1943 and Letters from Westerbork [citation needed] Xaviera Hollander author [48] Gideon Levy (born 1970) Dutch journalist [citation needed] Minny Mock-Degen (1945-2020) Dutch anthropologist, writer, and publisher [55] Ida Simons (1911-1960) pianist and writer [56] Jaap Nunes Vaz (1906-1943) co-founder of Het Parool and member of the Dutch Resistance [57] Baruch Spinoza Jewish philosopher [citation needed] Leon de Winter author [citation needed]

Leon de Winter, writer

Other

• Samuel Goudsmit (1902-1978), Dutch-American physicist

See also

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

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