List of Argentine Jews

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The history of the Jews in Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus's crew. Since then, the Jewish population of Latin America has risen to more than 500,000 — most of whom live in Argentina, with large communities also present in Brazil. The following is a list of some prominent Argentine Jews:

Athletes[]

Entertainers[]

  • Héctor Babenco, film director
  • Tato Bores, humorist
  • Daniel Burman, filmmaker
  • Julio Chávez, actor
  • Jorge Guinzburg, journalist, theatrical producer, humorist and TV and radio host

Musicians[]

  • Martha Argerich, concert pianist
  • Daniel Barenboim, conductor and pianist
  • Mario Davidovsky, composer
  • Giora Feidman, klezmer musician
  • Max Glücksmann, pioneer of the Argentine music and film industries
  • Osvaldo Golijov, classical composer
  • Alejandro Lerner, singer-songwriter
  • Lalo Schifrin, composer
  • Oscar Strasnoy, composer and conductor
  • Andrés Calamaro, singer-songwriter

Politicians[]

Religion[]

  • Sergio Bergman, rabbi, politician, pharmacist, writer and social activist
  • Abraham Skorka, rabbi and biophysicist

Scientists[]

  • Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen
  • César Milstein, immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine winner

Mathematicians[]

  • Gregory Chaitin, mathematician
  • Beppo Levi, mathematician
  • Cora Sadosky, mathematician
  • Manuel Sadosky, mathematician

Writers[]

  • Marcos Aguinis, journalist, writer
  • Marcelo Birmajer, writer
  • Isidoro Blaisten, writer
  • Sergio Chejfec, writer
  • León Dujovne, writer, philosopher, journalist, essayist
  • Samuel Eichelbaum, writer
  • Juan Gelman, poet
  • Alberto Gerchunoff, writer
  • Noé Jitrik, essayist, literary critic
  • Alberto Manguel, novelist and essayist
  • Alejandra Pizarnik, poet
  • Andrés Rivera, born Marcos Ribak, novelist
  • Alejandro Rozitchner, essayist
  • Ana María Shua, writer
  • César Tiempo, born Israel Zeitlin, writer and screenwriter
  • Jacobo Timerman, political commentator, journalist
  • Bernardo Verbitsky, novelist
  • Horacio Verbitsky, journalist
  • Federico Andahazi, writer

Others[]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

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