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List of British Jews is a list of Jewish people from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

Although the first Jews may have arrived on the island of Great Britain with the Romans, it wasn't until the Norman Conquest of William the Conqueror in 1066 that organised Jewish communities first appeared in England. These existed until 1290 when the Jewish population of England was expelled by King Edward I of England. (Hence plays such as The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice were written when England was essentially devoid of Jews.)

There was never a corresponding expulsion from Scotland. Indeed the eminent Jewish-Scottish scholar David Daiches states in his autobiographical Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood that there are grounds for saying that Scotland is the only European country which has no history of state persecution of Jews.

Jews were readmitted to England and Wales in 1656 by Oliver Cromwell, and emancipation took place in 1858. In the late 19th century there was mass Jewish immigration from anti-semitic Russia, and the 1930s saw an influx of refugees from Nazism. The Jewish population peaked at 450,000, but has since declined due to low birth rate, intermarriage and emigration. According to the 2001 census, the current population is around 240,000, most of whom live in London, though many experts consider this an underestimate. The following is a list of some prominent British Jews.


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Political figures

MPs

British Members of Parliament listed chronologically by first election date (in brackets):

Other

Religious leaders

Scientists

See also: List of Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society

Physicists

Chemists

Biologists

Mathematicians and statisticians

Computer scientists

Academic figures

Philosophers

Social scientists

Medical

Economists

Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182-3)

Historians

Theologians and Hebraists

Showbusiness

Film actors

TV actors

Directors/producers/executives

Comedians

Theatre

Radio

Other

Musicians

Popular musicians

Producers/managers

Classical musicians

Songwriters

Other

Writers

Authors

Poets

Playwrights

Journalists

Artists

Fine arts

Designers and Architects

Business and the professions

Food

Retail

Civil service

  • Sir Hermann Bondi , Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Energy
  • John Fox, Government Statistician
  • Sir Claus Moser , Lord Moser, Government Statistician

Law

Media

Finance

Sports

Boxing

Chess

Other

Military

References

See also

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