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Vadim Alexeev was viewed 35146 times.

• 1. Vadim Alexeev is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vadim Alexeev , Kazakhstan born Israeli
  
  April 21, 1970) is a retired world-class Soviet/Israeli Olympic breaststroke swimmer
  

Vadim Gutzeit was viewed 34974 times.

• 2. Vadim Gutzeit is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vadim Gutzeit , Ukrainian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  
  At the 2001 Maccabiah Games, Gutzeit, who is Jewish, won the silver medal in the individual sabre, losing the gold medal match to Olympian Sergey Sharikov of Russia
  

Vadim Milov was viewed 35032 times.

• 3. Vadim Milov is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vadim Milov , Russian born Israeli Swiss grandmaster, 2683
  
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Valentyn Mankin was viewed 36105 times.

• 4. Valentyn Mankin is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Valentyn Mankin , Soviet/Ukrainian, the only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes in 1968, 1972, and 1980, silver in 1976,
  
  Mankin is Jewish
  

Valery Belenky was viewed 35177 times.

• 5. Valery Belenky is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Valery Belenky , Azerbaijani gymnast, Olympic champion
  
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Vanessa Bayer was viewed 25778 times.

• 6. Vanessa Bayer is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vanessa Bayer (born November 14, 1981) is an American actress and comedienne best known as a cast member on Saturday
  
  While attending college, she interned on the television shows Sesame Street and Late Night with Conan O'Brien and participated in the cast of Bloomers, an all-female musical and sketch comedy troupe.[7] Bayer is Jewish and was part of the all-Jewish cast of Second City's stage show Jewsical: The Musical, a musical that presented a comedic take on Jewish
  

Vanessa Carlton was viewed 34213 times.

• 7. Vanessa Carlton is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and
  
  
  

Vanessa Feltz was viewed 29603 times.

• 8. Vanessa Feltz is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vanessa Jane Feltz (born 21 February 1962) is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on
  
  Vanessa Feltz was born in Islington, London, and grew up in Pine Grove, Totteridge. On her radio show she frequently refers to Totteridge as "the Beverly Hills of North London", and her middle-class Jewish background as like "growing up in Fiddler on the Roof [with her] as Topol"
  

Vanessa Phelps was viewed 24611 times.

• 9. Vanessa Phelps is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vanessa Jane Feltz (born 21 February 1962) is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on
  
  Vanessa Feltz was born in Islington, London, and grew up in Pine Grove, Totteridge. On her radio show she frequently refers to Totteridge as "the Beverly Hills of North London", and her middle-class Jewish background as like "growing up in Fiddler on the Roof"
  

Vasily Smyslov was viewed 35014 times.

• 10. Vasily Smyslov is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vasily Smyslov , Soviet/Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2620
  
  
  

Vera Katz was viewed 35351 times.

• 11. Vera Katz is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Portland, Oregon: Vera Katz (1992–2004)
  
  Vera Katz was born on August 3, 1933 as Vera Pistrak in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] Her parents had fled Moscow, Russia, after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, settling in Germany.[1] As Jewish Mensheviks, the family fled for France when Vera was 2 months old as Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power
  

Veruca Salt was viewed 35048 times.

• 12. Veruca Salt is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Veruca Salt , 1990s alternative rock band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Nina Gordon (guitarist vocalist, songwriter) Louise Post (guitarist, vocalist, songwriter) and James Shapiro
  
  
  

Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor was viewed 25096 times.

• 13. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (born September 8, 1953 in Moscow) is a prominent European public figure, philanthropist,
  
  Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (Russian: Вячеслав Моше Кантор, born on September 8, 1953 in Moscow) is a prominent European public figure, international philanthropist, entrepreneur and investor Contents 1 Biography 2 Civic activities 2
  

Vic Morrow was viewed 30976 times.

• 14. Vic Morrow is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor
  
  Morrow was born in the Bronx, (New York) to a middle class Jewish family,[1] the son of Jean (née Kress) and Harry Morrow, an electrical engineer
  

Vic Seixas was viewed 27883 times.

• 15. Vic Seixas is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Elias Victor Seixas, Jr. (born August 30, 1923) is an American former tennis
  
  Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry
  

Vic Ziegel was viewed 26382 times.

• 16. Vic Ziegel is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor "Vic" Ziegel (August 16, 1937 – July 23, 2010) was an American sports
  
  
  

Victor Blank was viewed 22895 times.

• 17. Victor Blank is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Sir Maurice Victor Blank, (born 9 Nov. 1942)[1] is a British businessman and philanthropist.
  
  The Jewish Chronicle
  

Victor Borge was viewed 30894 times.

• 18. Victor Borge is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Borge , actor & writer
  
  Borge was born Børge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, Denmark, into a Jewish family
  

Victor Fleming was viewed 30329 times.

• 19. Victor Fleming is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Fleming Oscar winning film director, cinematographer, and producer known for co directing films The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939), among many others.
  
  
  

Victor Garber was viewed 24949 times.

• 20. Victor Garber is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Joseph[citation
  
  Born in London, Ontario, Garber is of Russian Jewish descent
  

Victor L Berger was viewed 30292 times.

• 21. Victor L Berger is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor L. Berger , (Socialist WI: 1911–13, 1919, 1923–29)
  
  
  

Victor L. Berger was viewed 30344 times.

• 22. Victor L. Berger is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Luitpold Berger (1860 - 1929) was a founding member of the Socialist Party of America and an important and influential Socialist journalist who helped
  
  Victor Berger was born to a Jewish family[1][2] in
  

Victor Mikhalevski was viewed 35302 times.

• 23. Victor Mikhalevski is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Mikhalevski , Belarusian born Israeli grandmaster
  
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Victor Perez was viewed 30519 times.

• 24. Victor Perez is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisian world champion flyweight boxer
  
  
  

Victor Vancier was viewed 21709 times.

• 25. Victor Vancier is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Vancier (born December 25, 1956), commonly referred to by his Hebrew name, Chaim Ben Pesach (Hebrew: חיים בן
  
  National Chairman of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in the United States
  

Victor Young was viewed 19186 times.

• 26. Victor Young is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Young (August 8, 1900 â€“ November 10, 1956)[1]
  
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Victor Zilberman was viewed 35003 times.

• 27. Victor Zilberman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victor Zilberman , Rumanian Olympic welterweight bronze medal winner
  
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Victoria Coren was viewed 24229 times.

• 28. Victoria Coren is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victoria Elizabeth Coren is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player. Coren writes weekly columns for The Observer and
  
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Victoria Nuland was viewed 35059 times.

• 29. Victoria Nuland is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Victoria Nuland , U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO (2005 2008)
  
  
  

Vidal Sassoon was viewed 26207 times.

• 30. Vidal Sassoon is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vidal Sassoon, CBE (17 January 1928 Ã¢â‚¬â€œ 9 May 2012) was a British hairdresser, credited with creating a
  
  His parents were Sephardi Jews
  

Viktor Barna was viewed 35172 times.

• 31. Viktor Barna is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Viktor Győző Barna[1] (Braun) (August 24, 1911, in Budapest,
  
  Barna, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981
  

Viktor Korchnoi was viewed 24904 times.

• 32. Viktor Korchnoi is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Viktor Korchnoi , Russian born Dutch Swiss
  
  Korchnoi was born on March 23, 1931 in Leningrad, USSR, to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother
  

Viktor Vekselberg was viewed 21996 times.

• 33. Viktor Vekselberg is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (Russian: Виктор Феликсович Вексельберг,
  
  Victor Vekselberg was born in 1957 to a Ukrainian Jewish father and a Russian mother[7
  

Vilna Gaon was viewed 33120 times.

• 34. Vilna Gaon is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  He was one of the most influential Rabbinic authorities since the Middle Ages, and – although he is counted among the sages known as the Acharonim – he is held by many authorities after
  
  When he reached a more mature age, Elijah decided to go into "exile" and he wandered in various parts of Europe including Poland and Germany, as was the custom of the pious of the time. By the time he was twenty years old, rabbis were submitting their most difficult halakhic problems to him. Scholars, Jewish and non-Jewish, sought his insights into mathematics and astronomy
  

Vincent Elbaz was viewed 23939 times.

• 35. Vincent Elbaz is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vincent Elbaz (born 3 February 1971) is a French actor. He has appeared in many French
  
  Elbaz was born in Paris, France, to a Jewish family from Morocco
  

Vinessa Shaw was viewed 25305 times.

• 36. Vinessa Shaw is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American film actress and model. Shaw has starred in numerous motion pictures since the early 1990s and has had her
  
  
  

Vitali Golod was viewed 35125 times.

• 37. Vitali Golod is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vitali Golod , Ukrainian born Israeli grandmaster
  
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Vitaly Chekhover was viewed 35119 times.

• 38. Vitaly Chekhover is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vitaly Chekhover , Russian
  
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Vitaly Davydov was viewed 35224 times.

• 39. Vitaly Davydov is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vitaly Davydov , Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1964, 1968, 1972, World & European champion 1963 1971, runner up 1972
  
  
  

Vitaly Pisetsky was viewed 34647 times.

• 40. Vitaly Pisetsky is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  
  
  
  

Vito Schnabel was viewed 22273 times.

• 41. Vito Schnabel is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vito Schnabel (born July 27, 1986) is an independent curator and art dealer based in New York
  
  
  

Vittorio Gassman was viewed 25389 times.

• 42. Vittorio Gassman is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vittorio Gassman, Knight Grand Cross, OMRI (born Vittorio Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29
  
  He was born in Genoa to a German father, Heinrich Gassmann, and a Pisan Jewish mother, Luisa Ambron
  

Vivian Joseph was viewed 35425 times.

• 43. Vivian Joseph is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vivian Joseph , U.S. figure skater, U.S. Junior National Champion, U.S. Championships gold, 2 time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
  
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Vladimir Horowitz was viewed 22527 times.

• 44. Vladimir Horowitz is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Самiйло́вич Го́ровиць, Volodymyr Samijlovich
  
  Although Horowitz was Jewish and Wanda Catholic, this was not an issue, as neither was observant
  

Vladimir Liberzon was viewed 34968 times.

• 45. Vladimir Liberzon is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vladimir Liberzon , Russian born Israeli grandmaster
  
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Vladimir Spivakov was viewed 22005 times.

• 46. Vladimir Spivakov is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov (Russian: Владимир Теодорович Спиваков) (born September 12, 1944 in Ufa) is a leading Russian conductor and
  
  
  

Vladimir Vukovic was viewed 34946 times.

• 47. Vladimir Vukovic is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vladimir Vukovic , Croatian
  
  Nationality Croat Vladimir Vuković (26 August 1898, Zagreb – 18 November 1975, Zagreb) was a Croatian Jewish[1][2] chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist
  

Volodymyr Zelenskyy was viewed 1676 times.

• 48. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a] (also romanized as Zelensky or Zelenskiy;
  
  Born to a Ukrainian Jewish family, Zelenskyy grew up as a native Russian speaker in Kryvyi Rih, a major city of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine
  

Vyacheslav Ragozin was viewed 35637 times.

• 49. Vyacheslav Ragozin is Jewish or partially Jewish.
  Vyacheslav Ragozin , Russian grandmaster