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Fabrice Benichou was viewed 38255 times.

• Fabrice Benichou is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fabrice Benichou , French world champion super bantamweight boxer
  
  Benichou is of Spanish-Jewish heritage
  

Fagin was viewed 25400 times.

• Fagin is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fagin (pron.: /
  
  
  

Faina Melnik was viewed 38059 times.

• Faina Melnik is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Faina Melnik , USSR, Olympic champion
  
  Melnik is Jewish, and was born in Bakota, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
  

Fannie Hurst was viewed 30090 times.

• Fannie Hurst is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fannie Hurst (October 18, 1889 - February 23, 1968)[1] was an American
  
  Fannie Hurst with Eleanor Roosevelt in 1962 Hurst was born in Hamilton, Ohio, the only surviving child of a well-to-do Jewish family
  

Fanny Brice was viewed 38238 times.

• Fanny Brice is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fanny Brice (1891–1951) Comedian, singer
  
  Fanny Brice (occasionally spelled Fannie Brice) was the stage name of Fania Borach, born in New York City, the third child of relatively well-off saloon owners of Hungarian Jewish descent
  

Fanny Rosenfeld was viewed 38028 times.

• Fanny Rosenfeld is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fanny Rosenfeld , Canadian runner and longjumper, Olympic champion
  
  Rosenfeld, who was Jewish,[1
  

Fat Mike was viewed 26099 times.

• Fat Mike is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Michael John Burkett (born January 31, 1967), better known as Fat Mike is an American musician, producer, lead vocalist, and bassist for the punk rock band
  
  He is of Jewish heritage, but is an atheist
  

Faye Kellerman was viewed 29670 times.

• Faye Kellerman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Faye Kellerman (born 1952) is an American author of mystery
  
  Kellerman is a practicing Orthodox Jew, as is her husband, the novelist Jonathan Kellerman. Her writing frequently deals with Jewish themes and characters, incorporating them into the framework of the traditional mystery. The Peter Decker books, for example, center on a police detective raised as a Southern Baptist who returns to his Jewish roots after falling in love with Rina Lazarus, an Orthodox Jew, while investigating a rape that took place near a yeshiva
  

Felicity Kendal was viewed 24498 times.

• Felicity Kendal is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Felicity Ann Kendal, CBE (born 25 September 1946) is an English actress known for her television and stage work. Kendal has appeared in numerous stage and
  
  
  

Felix Bressart was viewed 4538 times.

• Felix Bressart is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and
  
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Felix Frankfurter was viewed 28006 times.

• Felix Frankfurter is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the
  
  Frankfurter was encouraged by Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis to become more involved in Zionism.[4] With Brandeis he lobbied President Wilson to support the Balfour Declaration, a British government statement supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.[4] In 1918, he participated in the founding conference of the American Jewish Congress in Philadelphia creating a national democratic organization of Jewish leaders from all over the US
  

Felix Mendelssohn was viewed 25316 times.

• Felix Mendelssohn is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (German: [ˈjaːkɔp ˈluːtvɪç
  
  Mendelssohn aged 12 (1821) by Carl Joseph Begas Felix Mendelssohn was born on 3 February 1809, in Hamburg, at the time an independent city-state,[n 2] in the same house where, a year later, the dedicatee and first performer of his Violin Concerto, Ferdinand David, was to be born. Mendelssohn's father was the banker Abraham Mendelssohn, the son of the German Jewish
  

Fernando Verdasco was viewed 3403 times.

• Fernando Verdasco is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fernando Verdasco Carmona (born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. Verdasco started playing tennis at four
  
  
  

Fiona Geminder was viewed 4528 times.

• Fiona Geminder is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Richard J. Pratt (born Ryszard Przecicki; 10 December 1934 – 28 April 2009[1]
  
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Fiorello LaGuardia was viewed 38128 times.

• Fiorello LaGuardia is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fiorello LaGuardia (1934–45; Episcopalian; Jewish mother)
  
  His father, Achille La Guardia, was a lapsed-Catholic from Cerignola, and his mother, Irene Coen, was a Jew from Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
  

Fivush Finkel was viewed 25337 times.

• Fivush Finkel is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Philip “Fyvush” Finkel (born October 9, 1922) is an American actor best known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the
  
  Finkel was born at home in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York City, the third of four sons of Jewish immigrant tailor Harry Finkel, from Warsaw, Poland, and housewife Mary, from Minsk, then part of Soviet Union
  

Flavius Josephus was viewed 36078 times.

• Flavius Josephus is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Flavius Josephus (ca.38-ca.100 C.E.) - historian, recorded the Destruction of Jerusalem.
  
  Parents Matthias Jewish noblewoman Titus Flavius Josephus (37 – c
  

Flora Cross was viewed 38227 times.

• Flora Cross is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Flora Cross (1993–), film actress ( Bee Season)
  
  Flora is Jewish
  

Flora Purim was viewed 5072 times.

• Flora Purim is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke.
  
  Purim was born in Rio de Janeiro to Jewish parents who were both classical musicians: her father Naum Purim played violin and her mother Rachel Vaisberg was a pianist
  

Florence P Kahn was viewed 37964 times.

• Florence P Kahn is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Florence P. Kahn , (R CA, 1925–37); first Jewish woman representative
  
  Religion Judaism Florence Prag Kahn (November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948) was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress
  

Florence P. Kahn was viewed 37770 times.

• Florence P. Kahn is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  
  
  
  

Florenz Ziegfeld was viewed 32838 times.

• Florenz Ziegfeld is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Florenz Ziegfeld , legendary director, producer, and creator of theatre shows, who is widely known as " The Father of American burlesque", and who pioneered the vaudeville and burlesque art forms through his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Foll
  
  
  

Fran Drescher was viewed 37029 times.

• Fran Drescher is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, author, singer, talk show host, political lobbyist and health activist. Drescher is best known for
  
  Drescher was born in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York,[1] the daughter of Sylvia, a bridal consultant, and Morty Drescher, a naval systems analyst.[2] Her Ashkenazi Jewish family is of South-East and Central European origin
  

Fran Fine was viewed 24119 times.

• Fran Fine is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  The following is a list of characters from The
  
  Fran is lowbrow, but has practical and common sense, having grown up in a close-knit Jewish family in Flushing, Queens
  

Fran Warren was viewed 25048 times.

• Fran Warren is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frances Wolfe (March 4, 1926 – March 4, 2013[1]), known by her stage name, Fran Warren,
  
  She was born into a Jewish family in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City
  

Frances Faye was viewed 27853 times.

• Frances Faye is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frances Faye (November 4, 1912 – November 8, 1991) was an American cabaret and show tune
  
  She was born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City
  

Frances Fox Piven was viewed 23577 times.

• Frances Fox Piven is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frances Fox Piven (born October 10, 1932)[1] is an American professor of political
  
  Piven was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada,[2] of Russian Jewish immigrant parents,[3
  

Francis Lederer was viewed 37965 times.

• Francis Lederer is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Francis Lederer (1899 2000) Czech born (later American) actor
  
  
  

Francis Salvador was viewed 37936 times.

• Francis Salvador is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Francis Salvador , first Jewish member of a colonial legislature.
  
  February 2007) Francis Salvador (1747 – August 1, 1776) was the first American Jew to be killed in the American Revolution, fighting on the South Carolina frontier
  

Francois Cevert was viewed 37588 times.

• Francois Cevert is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Francois Cevert , French Formula One driver
  
  His father was a Russian-Jewish emigre who had been brought to France as a young boy by his parents, to escape the persecution of the Jews under the Tsarist autocracy
  

Francois Rozenthal was viewed 37596 times.

• Francois Rozenthal is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  
  
  Rozenthal is Jewish, and is the identical twin brother of Maurice Rozenthal, who is also a French ice hockey player
  

Fran�ois Truffaut was viewed 25069 times.

• Fran�ois Truffaut is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  François Roland Truffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was an influential film director, screenwriter,
  
  
  

Frank Gehry was viewed 37709 times.

• Frank Gehry is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank[1] Owen Goldberg; February 28,
  
  His parents were Polish Jews
  

Frank Lautenberg was viewed 37867 times.

• Frank Lautenberg is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Lautenberg Democratic New Jersey 2003 Previously served 1982–2001
  
  Lautenberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to Mollie (née Bergen) and Sam Lautenberg, impoverished Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, who had arrived in the United States as infants
  

Frank Licht was viewed 37907 times.

• Frank Licht is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Licht , governor of Rhode Island (D RI: 1969–73)
  
  May 30, 1987) was an American politician and the 67th Governor of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1973, serving as the first Jewish Governor in Rhode Island state history
  

Frank Loesser was viewed 27797 times.

• Frank Loesser is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Henry Loesser ( 
  
  
  

Frank Lowy was viewed 25217 times.

• Frank Lowy is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Lowy, AC (born 22 October 1930) is an Australian-Israeli businessman.
  
  Ethnicity Jewish[1]
  

Frank Oz was viewed 37885 times.

• Frank Oz is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Oz (1944–) real name Richard Frank Oznowicz, acclaimed English born film director, actor and puppeteer. As a puppeteer his characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster a
  
  Oz's Dutch/Polish father was Jewish
  

Frank Rosenthal was viewed 2531 times.

• Frank Rosenthal is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Lawrence "Lefty" Rosenthal (June 12, 1929 – October 13, 2008) was a professional sports bettor, former Las Vegas casino executive, and
  
  American Jewish Life
  

Frank Spellman was viewed 37830 times.

• Frank Spellman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank Spellman , U.S. middleweight Olympic silver medal
  
  In addition to being inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in its class of 2003 / 2004, Spellman was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983
  

Frank Stallone was viewed 35964 times.

• Frank Stallone is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frank P. Stallone, Jr. (born July 30, 1950) is an American actor, singer/
  
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Frankie Vaughan was viewed 24325 times.

• Frankie Vaughan is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frankie Vaughan, CBE, DL (3 February 1928 – 17 September 1999
  
  He was born Frank Abelson to a Jewish family in Devon Street, Liverpool, England
  

Franklin Israel Moses Jr was viewed 37670 times.

• Franklin Israel Moses Jr is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Franklin Israel Moses, Jr. , governor of South Carolina (R SC: 1872–74) (raised Washington Bartlett , governor of California (D
  
  
  

Franklin J Moses Sr was viewed 38384 times.

• Franklin J Moses Sr is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Franklin J. Moses, Sr. , politician, judge, and attorney important in the history of 19th Century South Carolina
  
  The Jews of South Carolina
  

Franklin J. Moses Jr was viewed 37620 times.

• Franklin J. Moses Jr is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  
  
  
  

Franklin J. Moses Sr. was viewed 37564 times.

• Franklin J. Moses Sr. is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  
  
  
  

Franz Kafka was viewed 28760 times.

• Franz Kafka is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Franz Kafka (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈkafka]; 3
  
  Kafka was born into a middle-class, German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At his lifetime, most of Prague population spoke Czech and the division between Czech and German speaking people was a tangible reality, as both groups were strengthening their national identity. Jewish community often found itself in between the two sentiments, naturally raising questions about a place to which one belongs
  

Franz Waxman was viewed 9543 times.

• Franz Waxman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Franz Waxman (/?w�ksm?n/; 24 December 1906 � 24 February 1967) - born Franz Wachsmann - was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre.
  
  Franz Waxman (/?w�ksm?n/; 24 December 1906 � 24 February 1967) - born Franz Wachsmann - was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre.
  

Fred Astaire was viewed 37880 times.

• Fred Astaire is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Astaire (real name Frederick Austerlitz), the most influential and innovative dancer, and choreographer in the history of dance on film, who was also a Broadway stage dancer, singer and actor.
  
  Astaire's father was born in Linz, Austria, to Jewish
  

Fred Neulander was viewed 23478 times.

• Fred Neulander is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Neulander (born August 14, 1941) was convicted of paying two men to carry out a "hit" on his wife Carol Neulander who was murdered in the family home in 1994. He is currently serving a prison term of 30 years to life in
  
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Fred Oberlander was viewed 37686 times.

• Fred Oberlander is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Oberlander , Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler.
  
  Oberlander was nominated to represent Austria at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, but he wrote, “For obvious reasons, being Jewish, I refused
  

Fred Sadoff was viewed 37777 times.

• Fred Sadoff is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Sadoff (1926 1994) Actor in South Pacific
  
  
  

Fred Savage was viewed 37806 times.

• Fred Savage is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Savage (1976–), actor and television director known best for role on (
  
  Savage was born in Chicago. The son of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who was an industrial real estate broker and consultant.[1] His brother is actor Ben Savage, and his sister is actress/musician Kala Savage. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, Ukraine, Germany, and Latvia
  

Fred Susskind was viewed 32677 times.

• Fred Susskind is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Susskind , South African Test batsman
  
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Fred Trueman was viewed 37717 times.

• Fred Trueman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Trueman , English fast bowler (Jewish maternal grandmother, and was happy to be regarded as Jewish)
  
  In the 1990s, Trueman discovered that Mrs Stimpson was Jewish, making him Jewish in Jew
  

Fred Wilpon was viewed 32571 times.

• Fred Wilpon is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Wilpon , U.S., owner of the New York Mets
  
  
  

Fred Zinnemann was viewed 37667 times.

• Fred Zinnemann is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fred Zinnemann , Austrian born Oscar winning director
  
  His family was Jewish
  

Freddie Prinze was viewed 27595 times.

• Freddie Prinze is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Freddie Prinze (born Frederick Karl Pruetzel; June 22, 1954 – January 29, 1977) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Prinze was
  
  
  

Freddie Roman was viewed 28304 times.

• Freddie Roman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Freddie Roman (born Fred Kirschenbaum 1937 in Jamaica, Queens, New York) is a
  
  CentralNotice --> Freddie Roman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Freddie Roman (born Fred Kirschenbaum 1937 in Jamaica, Queens, New York) is a Jewish-American stand-up comedian, best known for his frequent appearances at "Borscht Belt" hotels
  

Freddie Trueman was viewed 24980 times.

• Freddie Trueman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frederick Sewards ("Fred") Trueman OBE (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English
  
  Fred Trueman was born at no. 5, Scotch Springs, Stainton near Maltby, West Riding of Yorkshire.[1] He said himself that he weighed 14 lb 1 oz (6.4 kg) at birth and was delivered by his grandmother Mrs Stimpson.[2] Her maiden name was Sewards and Trueman's parents decided to honour her by naming him Frederick Sewards Trueman.[1] In the 1990s, Trueman discovered that Mrs Stimpson was Jewish, making him Jewish in Jewish law. He said that he was happy to be called Jewish.
  

Frederic Mishkin was viewed 24085 times.

• Frederic Mishkin is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frederic Stanley "Rick" Mishkin (born January 11, 1951) is an American economist and professor at the
  
  Religion Jewish
  

Frederick Wiseman was viewed 37477 times.

• Frederick Wiseman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Frederick Wiseman , documentary director
  
  
  

Fritz Feld was viewed 16901 times.

• Fritz Feld is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fritz Feld (October 15, 1900 – November 18, 1993) was a German-American film character actor who appeared
  
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Fritz Kreisler was viewed 27394 times.

• Fritz Kreisler is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born violinist and composer.
  
  Born of a Jewish heritage, he was baptised at age twelve
  

Fritz Lang was viewed 37531 times.

• Fritz Lang is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fritz Lang , film director, screenwriter, and producer
  
  Whereas Lang was worried about the advent of the Nazi regime, partly because of his Jewish heritage,[8
  

Fritz Mannheimer was viewed 24669 times.

• Fritz Mannheimer is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fritz Sjölin Mannheimer (19 September 1890 – 9 August 1939) was a German-born and, from 1936, Dutch banker and art collector who
  
  Born in to a Jewish family[1
  

Fritzi Burger was viewed 32318 times.

• Fritzi Burger is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fritzi Burger , Austrian figure skater, Olympic 2 time silver, World Championship 2 time silver
  
  She was Jew
  

Fyvush Finkel was viewed 32375 times.

• Fyvush Finkel is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Fyvush Finkel (1923–), actor
  
  Finkel was born at home in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York City, the third of four sons of Jewish immigrant tailor Harry Finkel, from Warsaw, Poland, and housewife Mary, from Minsk, then part of Soviet Union