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*] (1908–96), TV actor and comedian<ref name="amseterdam">{{cite news | last =Bettinger| first =Matthew| coauthors=| title =Jewish influence, from Ellis Island to Ron Jeremy| pages=| publisher =The Justice| date =October 29, 2002 | url =http://www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2002/10/29/Forum/Column.Jewish.Influence.From.Ellis.Island.To.Ron.Jeremy-309321.shtml?norewrite200611260205&sourcedomain=www.thejusticeonline.com| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1908–96), TV actor and comedian<ref name="amseterdam">{{cite news | last =Bettinger| first =Matthew| coauthors=| title =Jewish influence, from Ellis Island to Ron Jeremy| pages=| publisher =The Justice| date =October 29, 2002 | url =http://www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2002/10/29/Forum/Column.Jewish.Influence.From.Ellis.Island.To.Ron.Jeremy-309321.shtml?norewrite200611260205&sourcedomain=www.thejusticeonline.com| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref>
*] (1929), ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1929), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1965–), stand-up comedian, and host of ''Insomniac with Dave Attell''<ref name="attell">{{cite news | last =Pefferman| first =Naomi| coauthors=| title =Late-Nite Jew| pages=| publisher =]| date =August 31, 2001 | url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7357| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1965–), stand-up comedian; host of '']''<ref name="attell">{{cite news | last =Pefferman| first =Naomi| coauthors=| title =Late-Nite Jew| pages=| publisher =]| date =August 31, 2001 | url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7357| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref>
*] (1894–74), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="benny">{{cite news | last =Pfefferman| first =Naomi| coauthors=| title =.| pages=| publisher =]| date =February 14, 2003 | url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10066| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1894–74), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="benny">{{cite news | last =Pfefferman| first =Naomi| coauthors=| title =.| pages=| publisher =]| date =February 14, 2003 | url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10066| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref>
*] (1908–2002), ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1908–2002), ''see'' "Actors" above
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*] (1948–), ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1948–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1952–), comedian *] (1952–), comedian
*] (1909–2000), humorist and concert pianist<ref name="borge">{{cite news | last =Tregarthen| first =Cheryl| coauthors=| title =Victor Borge| pages=| publisher =Nordic Notes| date =| url =http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/scanlink/nornotes/vol4/articles/borge.html| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref> *] (born '''Børge Rosenbaum''', 1909–2000), humorist and concert pianist<ref name="borge">{{cite news | last =Tregarthen| first =Cheryl| coauthors=| title =Victor Borge| pages=| publisher =Nordic Notes| date =| url =http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/scanlink/nornotes/vol4/articles/borge.html| accessdate =November 26, 2006 }}</ref>
*] (1971–), actress, writer, and comedian<ref name="alex1">{{cite web | last =Phipps| first =Keith| authorlink =| coauthors =| title=Random Rules: Alex Borstein| publisher =A.V. Club| date =November 20, 2006 | url =http://www.avclub.com/content/node/55488| format =| accessdate =November 21, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1971–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="alex1">{{cite web | last =Phipps| first =Keith| authorlink =| coauthors =| title=Random Rules: Alex Borstein| publisher =A.V. Club| date =November 20, 2006 | url =http://www.avclub.com/content/node/55488| format =| accessdate =November 21, 2006 }}</ref>
*] (1936–), stand-up comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker *] (1936–), stand-up comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker
*] (1891–1951), comedian, singer *] (1891–1951), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ] ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1947–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1926–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1925–66), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Bruce1">{{cite news | last =Parker| first =James| coauthors=| title ='Those words...'| pages=| publisher =The Boston Globe| date =December 3, 2006 | url =http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/12/03/those_words/| accessdate =December 3, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1925–66), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Bruce1">{{cite news | last =Parker| first =James| coauthors=| title ='Those words...'| pages=| publisher =The Boston Globe| date =December 3, 2006 | url =http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/12/03/those_words/| accessdate =December 3, 2006 }}</ref>
* ] (1896–1996), ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1896–1996), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1919–2006), comedian and actor<ref name="judaicaref" /><ref name="Warden1">{{cite news | last =Fox| first =Michael| coauthors=| title =Borat nips Gibson as No. 1 anti-Semite in show biz| pages=| publisher =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| date =December 22, 2006 | url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/31211/format/html/displaystory.html| accessdate =December 22, 2006 }}</ref> *] (born '''Aaron Chwatt''', 1919–2006), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="judaicaref" /><ref name="Warden1">{{cite news | last =Fox| first =Michael| coauthors=| title =Borat nips Gibson as No. 1 anti-Semite in show biz| pages=| publisher =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| date =December 22, 2006 | url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/31211/format/html/displaystory.html| accessdate =December 22, 2006 }}</ref>
*] (1892–1964), ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1892–1964), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1922–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian * ] (born '''Andrew Clay Silverstein''', 1957–), comedian
* ], comedian * ] (1902–86), comedian
* "Professor" ], comedian * "Professor" ] (1914–), comedian
* ], comedian, actor * ] (1964–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1947–), ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1947–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1921–2004), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1947–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian, actor * ] (1959–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ] (1930–78), comedienne who played the Catskills, and poked fun at her weight * ] (born '''Sophie Feldman''', 1930–78), comedienne who poked fun at her weight
* ], the Three Stooges * ] (1902–75), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1951–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="franken">'''Franken''' — "Immediately after, a clip shows Franken suggesting that if he opts to run, he “would be the only New York Jew in the race who grew up in Minnesota.” On Sunday I asked nonchalantly if that meant he considered himself a New York Jew as well as a Minnesotan. “That was a joke,” he said, laughing hysterically once more."</ref> *] (1951–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="franken">'''Franken''' — "Immediately after, a clip shows Franken suggesting that if he opts to run, he “would be the only New York Jew in the race who grew up in Minnesota.” On Sunday I asked nonchalantly if that meant he considered himself a New York Jew as well as a Minnesotan. “That was a joke,” he said, laughing hysterically once more."</ref>
*] (1979–) comedian, actor, and three time champion bodybuilder<ref>Noted as one of several Jewish comedians at "</ref> *] (1979–) comedian, actor, and three-time champion bodybuilder<ref>Noted as one of several Jewish comedians at "</ref>
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1970 –), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1962–), stand-up comedian and actress<ref name="jgold">{{cite web | last =Swartz| first =Shauna| authorlink =| coauthors =| title=Meet Judy (aka Jewdy) Gold| publisher =AfterEllen.com| date =November 21, 2006 | url =http://www.afterellen.com/People/2006/11/judygold.html| accessdate =November 21, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1962–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="jgold">{{cite web | last =Swartz| first =Shauna| authorlink =| coauthors =| title=Meet Judy (aka Jewdy) Gold| publisher =AfterEllen.com| date =November 21, 2006 | url =http://www.afterellen.com/People/2006/11/judygold.html| accessdate =November 21, 2006 }}</ref>
* ], comedian, actor * ] (born '''Fred Sheldon Greenfield''', 1926–), comedian, actor
* ], comedian, actor * ] (1935–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*], ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1948–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1924–2003), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1975–), actress/comedian<ref name="handler1">'''Handler''' — {{cite news | last =Smason | first =Alan | coauthors = | title =Comely comic reveals laughs in ‘Horizontal Life’ | pages = | publisher =Cleveland Jewish News | date = | url =http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2006/02/02/news/local/comic0203.txt | accessdate =November 16, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1975–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="handler1">'''Handler''' — {{cite news | last =Smason | first =Alan | coauthors = | title =Comely comic reveals laughs in ‘Horizontal Life’ | pages = | publisher =Cleveland Jewish News | date = | url =http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2006/02/02/news/local/comic0203.txt | accessdate =November 16, 2006 }}</ref>
*], ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1945–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*], comedian, actor, writer *] (1983–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1979–), comedian, author, and columnist *] (1979–), comedian, author, and columnist
*], eccentric stand-up comedian who has perfected the neurotic Jewish person schtick. *] (1963–), stand-up comedian; neurotic Jewish person schtick.
*], writer, director, actor, comedian, producer, photographer, who is the creator/co-star of the TV show '']'' (along with fellow Jewish comedian ]), and creator/co-writer of the series '']''. *] (1973–), writer, director, actor, comedian, producer, photographer; creator/co-star of TV show '']'' (w/fellow Jewish comedian ]), and creator/co-writer of the series '']''
* ], ] & ], the ] * ], ] & ], the ], ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian * ] (1898–1981), comedian
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1886–1950), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], stand-up comedian, actor, voice-actor known for creating, writing, and starring in animated sitcom ] * ] (1946–), stand-up comedian, actor, voice-actor; created, wrote, and starred in animated sitcom '']''
* ], comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, ] clarinetist, director, writer, actor * ] (1909–85), comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, ] clarinetist, director, writer, actor
*], ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1949–84), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1913–87), ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1913–87), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian * ] (born '''Irwin Alan Kniberg''', 1927–2004), comedian
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1942–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1967–), actor and comedian<ref name="lehr">{{cite journal | last =Bloom| first=Nate| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Celebrity Jews| journal =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| volume =| issue =| pages =| publisher =| date =November 24, 2006 | url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30962/format/html/displaystory.html| doi =| id =| accessdate =November 22, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1967–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="lehr">{{cite journal | last =Bloom| first=Nate| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Celebrity Jews| journal =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| volume =| issue =| pages =| publisher =| date =November 24, 2006 | url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30962/format/html/displaystory.html| doi =| id =| accessdate =November 22, 2006 }}</ref>
* ], satirist, musician<ref></ref> * ] (1928–), satirist, musician<ref></ref>
* ], comedian * ] (1906–72), comedian
⚫ * ] (1962–), stand-up comedian; frequent ] guest
⚫ *], comedian, writer and TV actor on "]"
⚫ * ], stand-up comedian and frequent ] guest
* ] (1926–), ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1926–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian * ] (1947–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*], stand-up comedian of political humor *] (1956–), stand-up comedian; political humor
* ], comedian, radio host * ] (1963–), comedian, radio host
⚫ * ], (], ], ], Zeppo, ]), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1931–) ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="mason">'''Mason''' — "Jewish comedian Jackie Mason..."</ref> *] (1931–) ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="mason">'''Mason''' — "Jewish comedian Jackie Mason..."</ref>
⚫ * ], (], ], ], Zeppo, ]), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1929–) ] ] Comedienne and actress, partner and wife of ]<ref name="Meara1">{{cite news | last =O'Toole| first =Lesley| coauthors=| title =Ben Stiller: 'Doing comedy is scary'| pages=| publisher =The Independent| date =December 22, 2006 | url =http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece| accessdate =December 22, 2006 | location=London}}</ref> *] (1929–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Meara1">{{cite news | last =O'Toole| first =Lesley| coauthors=| title =Ben Stiller: 'Doing comedy is scary'| pages=| publisher =The Independent| date =December 22, 2006 | url =http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece| accessdate =December 22, 2006 | location=London}}</ref>
* ] (real name '''Lorne David Lipowitz'''), comedian, writer, director, producer, who is the sole creator, writer, director and producer of '']'' and who also produced various film and TV projects that spun off from it * ] (born '''Lorne David Lipowitz''', 1944–), comedian, writer, director, producer; the sole creator, writer, director, and producer of '']''
*] (1945–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="midler">{{cite web | last =Takiff| first =Jonathan| authorlink =| coauthors =| title='Tis the season...| publisher =Philadelphia Daily News| date =November 21, 2006 | url =http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16064276.htm| accessdate =November 21, 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061201044704/http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16064276.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = December 1, 2006}}</ref> *] (1945–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="midler">{{cite web | last =Takiff| first =Jonathan| authorlink =| coauthors =| title='Tis the season...| publisher =Philadelphia Daily News| date =November 21, 2006 | url =http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16064276.htm| accessdate =November 21, 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061201044704/http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16064276.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = December 1, 2006}}</ref>
*] (1953–), stand-up comedian, actor<ref name="LMiller1">{{cite news | last =Miller| first =Larry| coauthors=| title =I'm... dreaming... of a white... Chri – ummm, holidays| pages=| publisher =The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles| date =December 22, 2006 | url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16993| accessdate =December 22, 2006 }}</ref> *] (1953–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="LMiller1">{{cite news | last =Miller| first =Larry| coauthors=| title =I'm... dreaming... of a white... Chri – ummm, holidays| pages=| publisher =The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles| date =December 22, 2006 | url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16993| accessdate =December 22, 2006 }}</ref>
*], stand-up comedian; deadpan delivery; uses non sequitur one-liners. *] (1981–), stand-up comedian; deadpan delivery; uses non sequitur one-liners.
*] (1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor<ref name="Warden1" /> *] (1916–2006), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Warden1" />
⚫ *] (1979–), comedian, writer, and TV actor on '']''
* ], (1946–89), ''see'' "Actors" above * ], (1946–89), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ] (1944–), comedic actor, director, writer, producer * ] (1944–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ], ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ], ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ], ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (aka Spenny), writer, director, producer, and comedian; the co-star of ] along with fellow Jewish comedian ]. *] (aka Spenny), writer, director, producer, and comedian; co-star of '']''
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1926–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] ('''Al Ritz''', '''Jimmy Ritz''', '''Harry Ritz'''), Jewish American comedy team<ref name="judaicaref" /> *] (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="judaicaref" />
*] (1933–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Rivers">'''Rivers''' — "Jewish comedienne JOAN RIVERS has launched a scathing attack on MEL GIBSON..."</ref> *] (1933–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Rivers">'''Rivers''' — "Jewish comedienne JOAN RIVERS has launched a scathing attack on MEL GIBSON..."</ref>
* ], comedian, actor, writer * ] (1982–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], stand-up comedian; "The Roastmaster General". * ] (born '''Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz''', 1965–), stand-up comedian; "The Roastmaster General".
⚫ * ] (1969–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], stand-up comedian who uses Jewish humor in her act. * ] (1953–), stand-up comedian; uses Jewish humor
⚫ * ], ''see'' "Actors" above
*], ''see'' "Actors" above *], ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1966–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Warden1" /> *] (1966–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Warden1" />
*] (1978–), actor, comedian *] (1978–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*] (1950–), stand-up comedian; often X-rated and controversial<ref>'''Schimmel''' — "I was supposed to have them until after Christmas, but my ex-wife told the kids that since I'm Jewish and don't celebrate Christmas, Santa would not come to my house and they would miss opening presents from Santa on Christmas morning."</ref> *] (1950–), stand-up comedian; often X-rated and controversial<ref>'''Schimmel''' — "I was supposed to have them until after Christmas, but my ex-wife told the kids that since I'm Jewish and don't celebrate Christmas, Santa would not come to my house and they would miss opening presents from Santa on Christmas morning."</ref>
*] (1966–), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director<ref name = "seder">'''Seder''' — "says Seder, who's Jewish and has dark curly hair"</ref> *] (1966–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name = "seder">'''Seder''' — "says Seder, who's Jewish and has dark curly hair"</ref>
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1954–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian, actor * ] (1949–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian, actor * ] (born '''Abraham Schönberg''', 1868–1949), comedian, actor
* ], satirist, musician * ] (1924–73), satirist, musician
* ], stand-up comedian, actress, and writer * ] (1970–), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1911–85), ''see'' "Actors" above
* ], comedian, ''The Pit Bull of Comedy'' * ] (1955–), comedian, "The Pit Bull of Comedy"
* ], ''see'' "Actors" above * ] (1960–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*], comedian, actress, writer, star of ] recurring on "]" *] (1973–), comedian, actress, writer, star of '']'' recurring on '']''
*] (1942–), comedian, actor, author, writer and director. *] (1942–), comedian, actor, author, writer, and director.
*], Jewish American comedy team consisting of ], ], and ]. *], Jewish American comedy team consisting of ], ], and ].
*], ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="film.guardian.co.uk"/> *] (1962–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="film.guardian.co.uk"/>
*] (1965–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Warden1" /> *] (1965–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Warden1" />
*] (1927–), comedian and actor<ref name="Meara1" /> *] (1927–), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="Meara1" />
*] (1958–2002), comedian and actor *] (1958–2002), comedian and actor
*], comedic actor *] (1957–), comedic actor
*] (1952–), comedian, puppeteer known for his TV show ''Weinerville'' and his act ''Rockin Rocko and Tony'' on the ] *] (1952–), comedian, puppeteer known for TV show '']'' and the ]
*], ''see'' "Actors" above *] (1933–), ''see'' "Actors" above
*], comedian, actor, and writer; lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, witty, philosophical and sometimes deeply confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liners *] (1955–), comedian, actor, and writer; lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery
*] (1886–1966), comedian and actor<ref name="judaicaref" /> *] (1886–1966), ''see'' "Actors" above<ref name="judaicaref" />
*], comedian and violinist; one-liner style *] (1906–98), comedian and violinist; one-liner style
*] (1957–), political, satirical singer, songwriter and guitarist with left-wing opinions, creating satirical comedy songs. *] (1957–), political, satirical singer, songwriter and guitarist with left-wing opinions, creating satirical comedy songs.
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This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.

Actors

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

1930s

  • Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935—), Yiddish-speaking film director, writer, actor, musician, and stand-up comedian; raised in an Orthodox Jewish family
  • Alan Arkin (1934—), film actor, director
  • Barbara Barrie (1931—), actress and author of children's books
  • Richard Benjamin (1938—), actor and film director
  • Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen, 1937—), film/TV actress, editor, producer, and director
  • Eddie Carmel (1936–72), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"
  • Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932—), TV actress (The Young and the Restless)
  • Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938—), film/TV actor
  • Charles Grodin (1935—), actor and former cable talk show host
  • Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1932—), actress (Seinfeld)
  • Judd Hirsch (1935—), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)
  • Dustin Hoffman (1937—), two-time Oscar winning actor
  • Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor
  • Harvey Keitel (1939—), actor
  • Walter Koenig (1936—), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek)
  • Yaphet Kotto (1937—), African-American actor (son of Cameroonian Crown Prince), (role in Alien)
  • Martin Landau (1931—), film/TV actor
  • Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–91), actor, producer, and director
  • Louise Lasser (1939—), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
  • Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932—), actress
  • Linda Lavin (1937—), stage, film, and TV actress
  • Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz, 1935—), singer and actor (The Carol Burnett Show)
  • Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz, 1933–98), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's TV show host
  • Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931—), actor and TV director (Barney Miller)
  • Tina Louise (1934—), model, singer, and film/TV actress
  • Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1931—), stand-up comedian/actor
  • Paul Mazursky (1930—), film director and actor
  • Barry Newman (1931—), actor
  • Leonard Nimoy (1931—), Yiddish-speaking son of Orthodox Jewish parents; film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer; wrote and directed on the Star Trek films and series (in which he played Spock)
  • Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
  • Ron Rifkin (1939—), actor, director
  • Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, 1933—), comedienne, actress, talk show host, and celebrity
  • George Segal (1934—), film and stage actor
  • Susan Strasberg (1938–99), actress (In Praise of Older Women)
  • Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932—), Oscar-winning English/American film actress and sex symbol
  • Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933—), actor and comedian

1920s

  • Marty Allen (1922–), stand-up comedian and actor
  • Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927–), singer and actor
  • Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1925–2009), actress
  • Ed Asner (1929–), actor
  • Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–), film and stage actress
  • Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter
  • Shelley Berman (1926–), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor
  • Herschel Bernardi (1923–86), film, Broadway, and TV actor
  • Theodore Bikel (1924–), character actor, folk singer, and musician
  • Larry Blyden (1925–75), actor
  • Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days)
  • Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926–), director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian; pioneered comedy style of mixing comedy with real historic events
  • Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–66), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist
  • Susan Cabot (1927–86), actress
  • Sid Caesar (1922–), comic actor and writer
  • Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926–), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer
  • Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor
  • Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–90), (converted to Judaism) entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"
  • Peter Falk (1927–), actor
  • Fyvush Finkel (1923–), actor
  • Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer and father of Carrie Fisher
  • Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927–), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director
  • Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker, 1924–2003), stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer; used Jewish humor in his act
  • Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)
  • Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne, 1928–73), Lithuanian-born actor; British and American films
  • Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky, 1922–), film/TV actor
  • Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–65), actress, singer
  • Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor
  • Jack Klugman (1922–), actor
  • Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor
  • Al Lewis (born Albert Meister, 1920–2006), actor (Grandpa Munster)
  • Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, 1926–), comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian, slapstick humor and charity fund-raising telethons; wrote, directed, produced, and starred in films The Ladies Man (1961), The Errand Boy (1961), The Patsy (1964), and The Nutty Professor (1963)
  • Bill Macy (1922–), actor
  • Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–81), Polish-born film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
  • Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
  • Anne Meara (1929–), comedienne and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller
  • Marilyn Monroe (1926–62), actress, singer, and model
  • Vic Morrow (1929–82), actor
  • Paul Newman (1925–2008), Academy Award-winning actor and film director, philanthropist, founder of "Newman's Own"
  • Charlotte Rae (1926–), actress from The Facts of Life
  • Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg, 1920–2004), comic actor
  • Carl Reiner (born 1922), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian
  • Regina Resnik (1922–), opera singer and actress
  • Don Rickles (1926–), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy
  • Fred Sadoff (1926–94), actor in South Pacific
  • Mort Sahl (1927–), stand-up comedian and actor, pioneered style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols and May, and Dick Gregory; wrote jokes for speeches delivered by President Kennedy
  • Rod Serling (1924–75), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)
  • Simone Signoret (1921–85), Academy Award-winning French actress
  • Jerry Stiller (1927–), comedian and actor
  • Mel Tormé (1925–99), actor, musician, known as "The Velvet Fog", jazz singer and songwriter; wrote over 400 songs including The Christmas Song ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire").
  • Abe Vigoda (1921–), film/TV actor (The Godfather)
  • Jack Warden (born John Lebzelter, 1920–2006), Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated actor
  • Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift, 1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-winning actress

1910s

  • Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor
  • Martin Balsam (1919–96), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
  • John Banner (1910–73), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes)
  • Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor
  • Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacob, 1911–76), Academy Award-nominated film actor
  • Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, 1916), actor (Spartacus)
  • John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–52), actor
  • Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–99), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress
  • Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts
  • Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1913–87), film actor, singer and comedian
  • Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Kiesler, 1914–2000), actress, invented early form of spread spectrum communications technology, a key to modern wireless communication
  • Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, 1910–2005), character actor
  • Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–77), stage and film actor
  • Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor
  • Luise Rainer (1910–), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress
  • Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–80), singer and actress, noted performer on Broadway
  • Dinah Shore ((born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–94), singer and actress
  • Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–99), film actress
  • Phil Silvers (1911–85), entertainer and comedy actor
  • Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor
  • Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s
  • Eli Wallach (1915–), film, TV and stage actor
  • Sam Wanamaker (1919–93), actor and director
  • Keenan Wynn (1916–86), character actor

1900s

  • Stella Adler (1901–92), actress and acting teacher
  • Jack Albertson (1907–81), actor (Chico and the Man)
  • Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor
  • Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms
  • Joe Besser (1907–88), comedian (Three Stooges)
  • Mel Blanc (1908–89), voice actor and comedian, "The Man of a Thousand Voices”, created voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble.
  • Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein, 1901–75), Canadian American actor and comedian
  • Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, 1909–86), film actor
  • Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Hesselberg, 1901–81), actor, won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony, and an Emmy)
  • Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–75), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)
  • John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann, 1902–88), actor; won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
  • Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz, 1903–52), one of the Three Stooges
  • Sam Levene (1905–80), Russian/American stage and film actor
  • Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–64), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)
  • Zeppo Marx (1901–79), member of the Marx Brothers
  • Sandy Meisner, (1905–97), actor and acting coach; developed acting methodology known as the "Meisner Technique"
  • Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, 1901–65, 1904–85, 1907–86), Jewish comedy team
  • Natalie Schafer (1900–91) actress (Gilligan's Island)
  • Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg, 1901–82), actor, director, and acting teacher in theater and film, who according to author Mel Gussow "revolutionized the art of acting”

1890s

  • Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, 1894–1974), comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, TV, and film actor
  • Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress
  • Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer
  • George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor
  • Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer, actor, songwriter
  • Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977) Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type
  • Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress
  • Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz, 1897–1975), "leader" of the Three Stooges
  • Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz, 1895–1955), member of the Three Stooges
  • Sam Jaffe (born Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984) Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor
  • Irving Kaufman (born Isidore Kaufman, 1890–1976), singer, recording artist, and vaudeville performer
  • Francis Lederer (1899–2000) Czech-born American actor
  • Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor
  • Paul Lukas (1895–1971) Hungarian American film actor
  • Groucho Marx (born Julius Marx, 1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own
  • Gummo Marx (born Milton Marx, 1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers
  • Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895–1967), Austrian-born American Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor
  • Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress
  • Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV
  • Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor
  • Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol

1880s

  • Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre
  • Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "Vamp"
  • Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Ullman, 1883–1939) actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro in which he starred himself
  • Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), singer and actor
  • Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers
  • Harpo Marx (born Adolph Marx, 1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers
  • Sophie Tucker (born Sonya Kalish, 1884–1966), actress, singer, and comedienne
  • Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor
  • Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), character actor in silent films during 1920s; also appeared on stage and in early sound films (All Quiet on the Western Front)
  • Ed Wynn (born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, 1886–1966), comedian and actor

Pre–1880s

  • Alla Nazimova (born Miriam Leventon, 1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer
  • Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939) Ukrainian-born American singer, actor, Yiddish theater icon
  • Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), Russian-born American actor, Yiddish theater
  • Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–68), actress, dancer, painter, and poet; converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands

Comedians

Music

Singers and songwriters

  • Paula Abdul, singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer; the main choreographer of the Jacksons, Janet Jackson, and films such as Coming to America, Action Jackson, Jerry Maguire, The Running Man, American Beauty (1999 film), Oliver Stone's The Doors, and the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks’ character in Big.
  • The Adolescents, predominantly Jewish hardcore punk band led by Tony Cadena (real name Anthony Brandenburg), who were one of the leading bands of the 1980s punk revival.
  • Agent Orange, predominantly Jewish punk rock band led by Jewish frontman and songwriter Mike Palm, who pioneered the concept of mixing of punk rock with surf music.
  • Herb Alpert, composer, songwriter, lead singer and horn player with Tijuana Brass, whose musical accomplishments include 5 number one hits, 28 albums on the Billboard charts, 8 Grammy Awards, 14 Platinum albums and 15 Gold albums, and who as of 1996 had sold 72 million albums, as well as writing many songs such as Baby Talk, Wonderful World and Alley-Oop.
  • Sean Altman, founder and lead singer of the singing group Rockapella.
  • The Ames Brothers, all-Jewish singing quartet with original vocal interactions, consisting of Jewish members Joe Ames, Gene Ames, Vic Ames, and Ed Ames (real names Urick)
  • Anthrax, thrash metal band with a strong Jewish membership that includes founding members, guitarists, and songwriters Scott Ian (guitarist, songwriter), Dan Lilker (lead guitarist, songwriter), and Dan Spitz (lead guitarist, songwriter)
  • Asleep at the Wheel, a predominantly Jewish Country/Western Swing band, who have won nine Grammy Awards since their inception in 1970, and have released more than 20 studio albums, and charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country charts. Both main members Ray Benson (lead singer, lead guitarist, songwriter, producer), Lucky Oceans (pedal steel guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, real name Reuben Gosfield ) are Jewish
  • Harold Arlen, singer, composer, songwriter, and musician.
  • Kenneth Ascher, musician (keyboards), singer, songwriter and musical arranger, (as he was for John Lennon and Yoko Ono and with fellow Jewish songwriter Jim Steinman on Meat Loaf's album Bat out of Hell).
  • Howard Ashman songwriter
  • David Axelrod, songwriter, arranger and producer across musical genres.
  • Babes in Toyland, early female grunge band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Kat Bjelland (electric guitar, lead vocals), Maureen Herman (bass, vocals)
  • Burt Bacharach, musician, songwriter, singer, musical arranger, producer, pianist.
  • Bad Religion, rock band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Brett Gurewitz (lead guitarist, songwriter, founding member), Greg Graffin (lead singer), Greg Hetson (lead guitarist, songwriter), Lucky Lehrer (voted the "best punk drummer of all-time" by fanzine, Flipside), Jay Ziskrout, Brooks Wackerman, Davy Goldman, Pete Finestone and Bobby Schayer.
  • Marty Balin, (real name Martyn Buchwald), lead singer and songwriter for Jefferson Airplane
  • Jeff Barry (real name Joel Adelberg), Tin Pan Alley and Songwriters Hall of Fame songwriter, singer, and record producer, who created many pop standards, and who also sometimes teamed up with fellow Jewish songwriter Cynthia Weil.
  • Len Barry (real name Leonard Borisoff), lead singer, songwriter and musician who influenced artists including John Lennon; a founding member of the predominantly Jewish '60s rock pioneering band The Dovells
  • The Barry Sisters (Claire and Minnie Bagelman), Yiddish jazz singers in the 1940s–60s and who sang Yiddish songs, jazz, and popular recordings in Yiddish, and also recorded with other Jewish singers such as Barbra Streisand and American chazan (Cantor); Moishe Oysher
  • Beastie Boys, all-Jewish NY rap/rock band consisting of Jewish members Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz.
  • Beck, Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter.
  • Leonard Bernstein, eclectic classical composer whose legacy includes poignant explicitly Jewish themed compositions, as well as a composer of works such as West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town
  • Irving Berlin, (real name Israel Isadore Baline), Yiddish speaking son of Orthodox Jewish parents (his father was a Jewish Cantor at the synagogue), and the most prolific songwriter and lyricist of all time who wrote over 3000 songs including White Christmas, God Bless America, Easter Parade, There's No Business Like Show Business, and Cheek To Cheek
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears, all-Jewish band that created a new style of music by fusing rock, Klezmer (Jewish art music), blues, pop music, horn arrangements and Klezmer/jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as "jazz-rock”, who also performed at Woodstock. Its Jewish members include Al Kooper, Jim Fielder, Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker, Jerry Weiss, Dick Halligan, Steve Katz, and Bobby Colomby.
  • Michael Bolton, singer and songwriter
  • Mike Bloomfield, lead guitar, composer, and musician, who became one of the first music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess.
  • The Blues Project, all-Jewish, "psychedelic rock pioneering jam band".
  • Bratmobile, first-generation Riot Grrrl band that has a predominantly Jewish membership including Allison Wolfe (lead singer, songwriter), Molly Neuman
  • David Bromberg, guitar virtuoso and singer-songwriter who has a eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock & roll equally well. Nominated for a Grammy in 2008.
  • Carrie Brownstein, musician, actress, and music blogger; lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter in the Portland, Oregon-based indie rock band Sleater-Kinney, and also of Heavens to Betsy
  • Randy California, (real name Randy Craig Wolfe), lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter of the rock band Spirit. He died while saving his son from drowning.
  • Shlomo Carlebach, prolific singer-songwriter; was also a Jewish religious teacher, composer, and known as "The Singing Rabbi". Although his roots lay in traditional Orthodox yeshivot, he branched out to create his own movement combining Hasidic-style warmth and personal interaction, public concerts, and song-filled synagogue services.
  • Eric Carmen, singer/songwriter/pianist and leader of The Raspberries who wrote and sang the songs All By Myself, Go All the Way, Never Gonna Fall in Love Again.
  • The Cars, predominantly Jewish New Wave rock band, whose Jewish members include Ric Ocasek (singer, rhythm guitarist), Elliot Easton (real name Elliot Steinberg, lead guitarist, singer), Benjamin Orr (real name Benjamin Orzechowski, bass guitar player, vocalist), and Greg Hawkes (keyboardist)
  • Sharon Cheslow, musician, composer, and artist. who 1981, formed Chalk Circle, Washington, D.C.'s first all-female punk band. She has since become an accomplished artist who works between different mediums
  • Harry Chapin, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for folk rock songs such as Taxi, W*O*L*D, and the number-one hit Cat's in the Cradle.
  • Alex Chilton, songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer best known as the leader of the bands Big Star, and Box Tops.
  • Richie Chodes, Leader of the "novelty pop" Elephant 6 based band Kingsauce. Richie sneaks a lot of Yiddish into his songs.
  • Marc Cohn, singer-songwriter and musician, whose songs include Walking in Memphis
  • Cy Coleman (real name Seymour Kaufman), composer, songwriter, singer, jazz pianist, and major contributor to the Great American Songbook, whose songs include "Big Spender", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Hey, Look Me Over", "If My Friends Could See Me Now" and "Witchcraft".
  • Concrete Blonde, predominantly Jewish alternative rock band led by Jewish members Johnette Napolitano, and James Mankey (also of the band Sparks)
  • Harry Connick, Jr., singer/crooner, composer, arranger, and pianist
  • Carol Connors (real name Annette Kleinbard), singer-songwriter and composer; lead singer of the pop vocal trio The Teddy Bears, which also included Phil Specter, and composed songs including Tomorrow Is Another Day, The Journey and Someone's Waiting for You, from the Disney film The Rescuers (with fellow Jewish songwriter Sammy Fain), and the 1960s hit "Hey Little Cobra"
  • Aaron Copland, composer known as "the dean of American composers" and an accomplished pianist; was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition
  • Country Joe and the Fish, the quintessential anti-Vietnam protest rock band, has a predominantly Jewish membership; performed at Woodstock
  • Chris Cornell, lead singer/songwriter of the era-defining alternative rock band Soundgarden and also of Audioslave, who is known for his distinctive high octave range voice as well as for his songwriting
  • Dick Dale, surf-rock guitarist, known as "The King Of The Surf Guitar".
  • Glenn Danzig, singer, songwriter, musician, and entrepreneur, who is the founder of the bands the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig
  • Joe Dassin, American/French singer-songwriter and composer. Born to devout Jewish parents (his father was the film noir director and Yiddish theatre actor Jules Dassin)
  • Hal David, musician and Burt Bacharach's writing partner
  • Taylor Dayne, 1980s singer, songwriter, dance artist, actress
  • Paul Desmond, (real name Paul Emil Breitenfeld), composer and jazz alto saxophonist known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for "composing that group's greatest hit", Take Five
  • Neil Diamond, singer, guitarist, and songwriter, of Sweet Caroline. He worked in the Brill Building and wrote all his own songs, as well as many songs for others such as I'm a Believer for The Monkees. Sometimes called “The Jewish Elvis” even though Elvis Presley was Jewish himself
  • The Dictators, all-Jewish proto-punk pioneering band whose Jewish members include bassist/vocalist Andy Shernoff, lead guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman (who is also a founding member of the heavy metal band Manowar), lead singer Handsome Dick Manitoba (real name Richard Blum), rhythm guitarist Scott Kempner, and drummer Stu Boy King. They were "one of the very first (if not the actual first) punk bands in history, and they subsequently invented the infamous punk rock sound/genre."
  • Ani Difranco, Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who released over 20 albums
  • David Draiman, lead singer and principal songwriter for the alternative metal band Disturbed
  • Dream Theater, progressive rock band whose Jewish members include Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess
  • Adam Duritz, Lead Singer and main songwriter for the alternative band Counting Crows
  • Bob Dylan, singer, songwriter who revolutionized folk music with songs like Blowin' in the Wind and Like a Rolling Stone
  • Jakob Dylan, Bob Dylan’s son, lead singer, songwriter of the predominantly Jewish Grammy Award winning rock band The Wallflowers
  • Elliot Easton, (real name Elliot Steinberg), lead guitarist, songwriter, vocalist with the band The Cars
  • The Electric Prunes, experimental predominantly Jewish "psychedelic rock pioneering band", who laid the groundwork for psychedelic and experimental rock music, which earned them their status as an innovative cult band.
  • The 13th Floor Elevators, predominantly Jewish "psychedelic rock pioneering band".
  • Danny Elfman, lead singer and chief songwriter of the new-wave band Oingo Boingo, and later a much praised film/TV composer; his scores include The Simpsons Theme, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, and the scores to other Tim Burton films
  • Cass Elliot, Mama Cass from The Mamas & the Papas
  • Ramblin' Jack Elliott, country musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist
  • Roky Erickson, singer, songwriter, harmonica player, guitarist, and founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators; a "pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre", as well as a solo artist.
  • Tamas Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, songwriter, lead guitarist, producer, co-founder, and original drummer for Punk rock pioneers The Ramones, who wrote their songs I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and Blitzkrieg Bop, and played lead guitar on all the albums he produced for them
  • Donald Fagen, lead singer and principal songwriter of Steely Dan whose songs include Do it Again and Peg
  • Eddie Fisher, singer, entertainer and father of Carrie Fisher
  • Bela Fleck, banjo virtuoso and composer of his Grammy-winning group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
  • Charles Fox, prolific Hall Of Fame composer/songwriter who wrote the song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and the dramatic theme music of Wide World of Sports.
  • Ace Frehley, lead guitarist best known as an original member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, who has inspired numerous up-and-coming rockers to pick up the guitar in the 1970s, and come the '90s, was listed by just about every contemporary rock guitarist (Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Pantera's Dimebag Darrell, etc.) as an important influence
  • David Freiberg, lead vocalist, songwriter, and bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship
  • Kinky Friedman, singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for the Texas Monthly. He once lead a band called the Texas Jewboys
  • The Fugs, The first underground/indie band, has a predominantly Jewish membership which includes main members Tuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders, Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber They invented the notion of the now infamous DIY (Do it yourself) underground sensibility in rock, that directly or indirectly influenced every punk, indie or art-rock band that came after them
  • Art Garfunkel, part of the biggest-selling music duo in history with Jewish friend Paul Simon
  • George Gershwin, quintessential 20th century classical composer who created a style of Klezmer (Jewish art music) influenced classical music through such works as Rhapsody in Blue. As well as a composer of popular songs (with his brother Ira Gershwin) such as "Summertime" and "Someone to Watch Over Me".
  • Michael Gira, lead singer, principal songwriter of the goth rock band Swans
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor, predominantly Jewish membership including Efrim Menuck (also of the band A Silver Mt Zion), Thierry Amar (who also participates with Black Ox Orkestar, a Yiddish folk band), Aidan Girt, and Thea Pratt
  • Benny Goodman, jazz and Klezmer musician, composer, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman"
  • Steve Goodman, singer/songwriter, lyricist, and guitarist, who, despite suffering from Leukemia his entire career and his early death, became influential artist, with songs covered by many artists
  • Eydie Gormé, singer and performer with Jewish husband Steve Lawrence
  • Jarrod Gorbel Lead singer of The Honorary Title
  • Lesley Gore, (real name Lesley Sue Goldstein), singer-songwriter of the "girl group era". Had her first hit with It's My Party at age 16 and became recognized teen pop singer and sex symbol of the 1960s, and was influential on riot-grrrl bands including fellow Jewish singer-songwriter Kathleen Hanna
  • Adam Goren lead singer, songwriter, musician best known as the sole member of the synth punk band Atom and His Package
  • Norman Greenbaum, wrote and sang Spirit in the Sky
  • Howard Greenfield, Grammy Award-winning Tin Pan Alley and Songwriters Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, and lyricist, who wrote many pop standards.
  • David Grisman, bluegrass/newgrass mandolin virtuoso and composer of acoustic music.
  • Josh Groban, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter
  • Guns N' Roses, Jewish members include Slash (lead guitarist, songwriter, real name Saul Hudson), Ron Thal aka "Bumblefoot" (lead guitarist, songwriter, producer), and Steven Adler (songwriter, drummer).
  • Arlo Guthrie, singer-songwriter who often sings songs of protest against social injustice.
  • Marvin Hamlisch, prolific songwriter, a child prodigy, and is together with fellow Jewish composer Richard Rodgers "the only individual to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize". His songs include Nobody Does it Better and The Way We Were
  • Oscar Hammerstein, songwriter, with Jewish friend Richard Rodgers. The two are best known for their compositions from Oklahoma and The Sound of Music
  • Kathleen Hanna, lead singer/songwriter of the punk band Bikini Kill, founder of the infamous Riot grrrl movement, and leader of the dance-punk band Le Tigre. Hanna also released a solo album under the name Julie Ruin.
  • Joe Harnell, composer and arranger, whose father played in a Klezmer band, and who composed the score for The Incredible Hulk including the ballad "The Lonely Man", and who also composed scores for The Bionic Woman, Alien Nation, and V, for which he was awarded an Emmy in 1986
  • Mickey Hart, drummer for The Grateful Dead
  • Richard Hell, (real name Richard Meyers), songwriter, lead singer, bass-player and Punk rock pioneer, who through his band Richard Hell and the Voidoids defined the Punk sound, attitude, as well as its image of torn clothes and safety pins, which Malcolm Mclaren used for the Sex Pistols
  • Jerry Herman, Songwriters Hall of Fame composer, songwriter, lyricist, and singer, known for his pioneering work in Broadway musical theater, and for composing many pop standards including Hello, Dolly!", one of the most popular tunes ever to have originated in a Broadway musical, and was a #1 hit in the United States for Louis Armstrong, knocking The Beatles from #1. His scores include all the songs to the hit Broadway musicals Milk and Honey, Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles
  • Kristin Hersh, lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Throwing Muses, and also a solo artist.
  • Al Hoffman, songwriter, musician and member of the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame; a hit songwriter active in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, responsible for many number one hits through each decade, many of which are still sung and recorded today. His songs include all the songs from Disney's Cinderella including A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes and Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (written with fellow Jewish songwriters Mack David and Jerry Livingston), and Mairzy Doats and were recorded by almost every star of that era including Frank Sinatra ("Close To You", "I'm Gonna Live Until I Die"), Billy Eckstine ("I Apologize") Perry Como ("Papa Loves Mambo", "Hot Diggity"), Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong ("Who Walks In When I Walk Out")
  • Susanna Hoffs, lead singer/songwriter for The Bangles, and songwriter of their hit Eternal Flame
  • James Horner, composer and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and has won two Academy Awards for his score and song compositions for the film Titanic in 1997, which includes My Heart Will Go On. His other scores include An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Casper (1995). Aliens (1986, earning his first Academy Award nomination), A Beautiful Mind
  • Lux Interior (real name Erick Lee Purkhiser), lead singer, songwriter, and founding member of the garage punk band The Cramps, (from 1976 until his death in February 2009), who are recognized as innovators of the "psychobilly/gothabilly" genre, as well as "garage punk" and "horror punk".
  • Jane's Addiction, Alternative rock band with strong Jewish membership that includes Perry Farrell (lead singer/songwriter), Eric Avery (bass), and Stephen Perkins (drums).
  • Janis Ian, female singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and science fiction author who had a successful career throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and songwriter, and who in 1975 won a Grammy Award for her song At Seventeen
  • Scott Ian, founding member, guitarist, singer and songwriter for the seminal thrash metal band Anthrax
  • Jay and the Americans, all-Jewish pop/rock band from the 1960s
  • Jefferson Airplane, psychedelic folk rock band, has a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Marty Balin (lead singer), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitarist), Paul Kantner (bass player), Jack Casady (guitarist, bass player), Spencer Dryden (drummer), David Freiberg (vocalist bass player)
  • The Jesus Lizard, predominantly Jewish alternative indie rock band, whose Jewish members include David Yow (lead singer, also a founding member of noise rock band Scratch Acid), Duane Denison (lead guitarist), David Wm. Sims (bass guitar player, also a founding member of noise rock band Scratch Acid), and Mac McNeilly (drummer).
  • The J. Geils Band, Jewish rock band whose Jewish members include Peter Wolf, Stephen Bladd, Magic Dick, J. Geils, Seth Justman, and Danny Klein. Sometimes called "The Jewish Rolling Stones".
  • Billy Joel, singer, songwriter known for his many #1 hits (aka The Piano Man)
  • Eric Johnson, guitarist, singer and songwriter and pianist, who regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, New Age, and country and western elements into his recordings.
  • Kitty Kallen, big band singer of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s
  • John Kander, composer, singer, and songwriter who together with Jewish lyricist Fred Ebb wrote all the songs to the frequently revived musicals Cabaret, Chicago, Woman of the Year, Kiss of the Spider Woman.
  • Bronisław Kaper, composer who scored films and musical theater such as the MGM film musical Lili (1953) which included Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo and the TV series The F.B.I. (1965–1974), and who wrote jazz standards such as "Invitation" and "Green Dolphin Street"
  • Jerome Kern, composer/songwriter, and one of the "main pioneers of the modern musical theatre art form", whose songs include such classics as Ol' Man River, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, A Fine Romance, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, All the Things You Are, The Way You Look Tonight, and Who? a 6-week number 1 hit for George Olsen & his Orchestra in 1925
  • Carole King (real name Carole Klein), female singer-songwriter who wrote the most #1 hits of all the writers from the Brill Building and her chart topping solo album Tapestry, and songs ranging from classic standards such as You've Got a Friend, to early 60's dance songs such as the Loco-Motion
  • Gershon Kingsley (real name Götz Gustav Ksinski), pop composer and musician; a " major pioneer of electronic music", and composed the "first ever electronic pop instrumental song"; Popcorn
  • Kiss, rock band with Jewish main members that include Paul Stanley (lead vocals, guitarist), Gene Simmons (lead vocals, bassist), Ace Frehley (lead guitarist), Bruce Kulick (lead guitarist), and Eric Singer (drummer)
  • Kittie, metal band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Morgan Lander (lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, founding member), Mercedes Lander (drummer, vocalist, founding member), Talena Atfield, and Lisa Marx
  • The Klezmatics, all-Jewish Grammy Award winning neo-klezmer music group, who have achieved fame singing in several languages, most notably mixing older Yiddish tunes with other types of more contemporary music, whose Jewish members include composers Matt Darriau, wind instruments, and Frank London, on trumpet, Paul Morrissett playing bass and tsimbl cimbalom, vocalist Lorin Sklamberg on accordion, and Lisa Gutkin on violin, David Licht on drums, Alicia Svigals on violin, David Krakauer, Margot Leverett, and Kurt Bjorling on the clarinet, and who have also collaborated with Israeli violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman
  • The Knack, all-Jewish quirky yet sophisticated New-Wave band, who were years ahead of their time
  • Al Kooper, songwriter, lead singer, lead guitarist, producer
  • Joey Kramer, drummer, back-up singer for Aerosmith
  • Robby Krieger, Lead guitarist, and songwriter of The Doors who wrote some their songs including the hits such as Light My Fire" and Wishful Sinful"
  • Adam Lambert, singer, songwriter and actor
  • Anton Lavey, founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan, author of The Satanic Bible, occultist, musician, composer, organ virtuoso, lead vocalist who recorded several albums
  • Blackie Lawless, lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter of the band W.A.S.P., who has become notorious for his live performances, controversial album covers and lyrics.
  • Steve Lawrence, singer who performs with his Jewish wife Eydie Gorme. Appeared often on the Carol Burnett Show
  • Geddy Lee, Canadian lead singer, bassist, keyboardist, and chief songwriter for the progressive rock band Rush. He was born Gary Lee Weinrib and is the son of Jewish Holocaust survivors. His stage name, Geddy, was inspired by his mother's heavily-accented Yiddish pronunciation of his given first name, Gary.
  • Jerry Leiber, Hall of fame songwriter from the Brill Building who, together with Jewish friend Mike Stoller became influential songwriter and music producer in post-World War II popular music, and wrote defining songs for Elvis and others, including Stand By Me, Hound Dog, Loving You,Don't, Young Blood, Jailhouse Rock, Searchin, Yakety Yak. Their music had a tremendous influence on both John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's songwriting.
  • Letters to Cleo, indie rock/pop band that has a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Michael Eisenstein (lead guitarist, songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist), Kay Hanley (lead singer, guitarist, and wife of Michael Eisenstein) and Scott Riebling (bassist, songwriter, vocalist), who eloquently captured the 90’s alternative rock sound
  • Tony Levin, bass guitar and Chapman Stick virtuoso in rock, as well as a singer, and one the main songwriters/composers of the progressive rock band King Crimson
  • Adam Levine, lead singer and songwriter of Maroon 5
  • Shuki Levy, singer, songwriter, composer, TV writer, director, and executive producer.
  • Rodney Linderman, lead singer and main songwriter of the satirical punk band The Dead Milkmen
  • Jenn Lindsay, anti-folk singer/songwriter
  • Lisa Loeb, singer, songwriter of Stay (I Missed You)
  • Courtney Love, singer and songwriter
  • James Lowe, lead singer, songwriter, and autoharp player for the psychedelic rock pioneers The Electric Prunes
  • Gary Lucas, Grammy-nominated guitar player, lead singer, and songwriter; described as "one of the best and most original guitarists in America" and "the most innovative and challenging guitarists playing today."
  • Lydia Lunch, (real name Lydia Koch), singer, songwriter, poet, writer, actress, who in 1976 formed the predominantly Jewish No Wave band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks with punk-funk-jazz musician James Chance (real name James Siegfried)
  • Harvey Mandel, lead guitarist and songwriter, one of the first rock guitarists to use two-handed fretboard tapping; solo career and played with Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall.
  • Barry Mann (real name Barry Imberman), prolific singer-songwriter who led a double career as both a singer and as a songwriter/composer who wrote many era defining songs, and who has received 56 pop, country, and R&B awards from BMI and 46 Millionaire Awards for radio performances numbering over 1 million plays. He wrote "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", together with fellow Jewish songwriters Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector, which was the most played song of the 20th century with more than 14 million plays.
  • Herbie Mann (real name "Herbert Jay Soloman"), jazz/funk flautist who recorded during 1950s–90s. Played with Ron Carter, Cissy Houston, Duane Allman and Roy Ayers.
  • J Mascis, lead singer, lead guitarist and songwriter for the indie rock band Dinosaur Jr.; also a founding member of and drummer for the band Witch, and has produced records and composed film scores
  • Stephin Merritt, principal singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the indie pop band The Magnetic Fields
  • Linda McCartney, married Paul McCartney and was a keyboard player and vocalist for his band Wings
  • The Mamas & the Papas, vocal group of the 1960s, with a predominatly Jewish membership including John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, and Cass Elliot, who have had many hit singles including California Dreamin' They have sold nearly 40 million records worldwide.
  • Melissa Manchester, singer/songwriter
  • Jeff Mangum, lead singer and main songwriter of the indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel
  • Barry Manilow, singer/songwriter/pianist who writes pop songs, that include Mandy and I Write the Songs, "Copacabana"
  • Handsome Dick Manitoba (real name Richard Blum), punk rock pioneer; frontman for NYC punk originators, The Dictators
  • David Marks, one of the original Beach Boys
  • Johnny Marks, composer and lyricist of Christmas songs like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and A Holly Jolly Christmas
  • Richard Marx, pop/rock singer, songwriter, and record producer, who placed himself in the record books by being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the US charts, and whose hit songs include "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"
  • Mars, predominantly Jewish rock band that pioneered the No Wave genre, and who were a big influence on the art and noise revolution in rock that inspired bands like Sonic Youth, Big Black and Helmet
  • Abel Meeropol composer/songwriter and lyricist who wrote the music and lyrics to the quintessential anti-racism song Strange Fruit
  • Megadeth seminal Thrash metal band with important Jewish members Dave Mustaine (lead singer/guitarist/songwriter), and Marty Friedman (lead guitarist)
  • Randy Meisner, bass guitar player, lead singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock group Eagles.
  • Alan Menken, musical theatre, film composer and pianist, who has won eight Academy Awards as well as ten additional nominations. His compositions include Little Shop of Horrors (Oscar Nominee), The Little Mermaid (Oscar Winner), Beauty and the Beast (Oscar Winner), Newsies, Aladdin (Oscar Winner) (1992), A Christmas Carol (1994 Broadway musical and 2004 TV movie), Pocahontas (Oscar Winner) (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 and 1999 German musical), Hercules (Oscar Nominee) (1997), King David (1997)
  • Idina Menzel, Tony Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked.
  • James Mercer, lead singer and chief songwriter of the indie pop band The Shins
  • Bette Midler, singer of The Rose and Wind Beneath My Wings
  • The Dead Milkmen, predominantly Jewish satirical punk band whose Jewish members include Joe Genaro ("Joe Jack Talcum"; guitar, vocals), Rodney Linderman ("Rodney Anonymous"; vocals, synth), Dave Schulthise ("ave Blood"; bass), Dean Sabatino ("Dean Clean"; drums), and who are known from such songs as their indie Punk anthem Punk Rock Girl, and If You Love Someone Set Them On Fire
  • Ron Miller, songwriter responsible for several of Stevie Wonder's Top Ten hits in the late 1960s, including A Place in the Sun; For Once in My Life; Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday; and Heaven Help Us All.
  • Meredith Monk, composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer, who since the 1960s has created multi-disciplinary works which dwell in the spaces between music, theatre, and dance
  • Keith Morris, punk rock singer and songwriter; the frontman of Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, and Midget Handjob
  • Randy Newman, prolific singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant, satirical, and often melodically sophisticated pop songs, as well for many film scores (such as the Toy Story soundtrack). Songs include Short People, I Love L.A., Rednecks, God’s Song, Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear, You've Got a Friend in Me, In Germany Before the War.
  • Juice Newton (real name Judith Kay Cohen], pop and country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, who has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as a CMA Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively), and who has several Gold and Platinum records to her credit
  • New York Dolls, pioneering Protopunk band that has a predominantly Jewish membership including David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain, Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, Blackie Lawless, whose style helped lay the groundwork for the Punk sound as well as its image
  • NOFX, punk rock band whose Jewish main members include Fat Mike (lead singer, bassist, songwriter), and Eric Melvin (guitarist/songwriter/lead singer).
  • Noodles (real name Kevin Wasserman) lead guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist for Punk band The Offspring
  • Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter
  • Ric Ocasek, singer and rhythm guitarist of New Wave rock band The Cars
  • Buzz Osborne lead singer/guitarist/songwriter of grunge and sludge rock pioneers The Melvins, who were a strong influence on Nirvana.
  • Phil Ochs, singer-songwriter, who pioneered the concept of the (later much imitated) indisputable rock 'n' roll suicide, by hanging himself.
  • Patti Smith Group punk band whose Jewish members include Lenny Kaye (lead guitarist and chief songwriter), Richard Sohl (pianist and songwriter)
  • Phish, jam band that has a strong Jewish membership, and embraces its roots by playing "Yerushalayim Shel Zhahav" by Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer also known as "The First Lady of Israeli song", and "Avenu Malkenu" (another Hebrew song) in concert.
  • Pink, singer and songwriter
  • Robert Pollard, lead singer and prolific main songwriter of the indie rock band Guided by Voices that helped pioneer the lo-fi music genre.
  • Elvis Presley's great-great-grandmother was Jewish. Elvis personally had a Star of David carved into his mother's grave. He also learned the Hebrew alphabet, donated to Jewish charities, had a Rabbi as his spiritual teacher, and he routinely wore a Chai necklace (meaning “Life/Living” in Hebrew) in order to celebrate his Jewish heritage.
  • Buck Ram, songwriter and popular music producer, arranger, saxophone player, and pianist. It has been written that the history of rock and roll could not be written without Buck Ram's contributions (which include the defining hits he wrote for The Platters). He was one of BMI's top five songwriters/air play in its first 50 years. He was also one of the many Jewish songwriters that contributed to the Christmas song cataogue by writing the song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" with fellow Jewish songwriters Walter Kent, and Kim Gannon
  • Joey Ramone, lead singer and songwriter of punk rock pioneers the Ramones, whose songs include I Wanna Be Sedated and Rock 'n' roll High School.
  • Reagan Youth, predominantly Jewish progressive peace punk band, who pioneered the concept of artsy and intricate guitar work within a punk context, and who often utilized Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Party imagery for satirical effect, despite the irony of both of lead singer/chief songwriter Dave Rubinstein’s parents being Jewish Holocaust survivors.
  • Lou Reed, lead singer, composer, lyricist, often imitated guitarist who with his band The Velvet Underground broke down many taboo barriers of what was possible or acceptable in rock music, both musically and lyrically, and thereby laid down the groundwork of all modern indie or DIY (Do it yourself) music. His songs include the anthemic "Perfect Day", "Venus in Furs", "Pale Blue Eyes", "Candy Says", "Femme Fatale", "Stephanie Says", "Sister Ray", and "Walk on the Wild Side"
  • REO Speedwagon, predominantly Jewish melodic rock band from the 1970s and 1980s
  • David Roback, lead guitarist and main songwriter of the psychedelic folk band Mazzy Star.
  • Robbie Robertson (real name Jaime Robert Klegerman), Canadian singer-songwriter, lead guitar player, and pianist of The Band
  • Richard Rodgers, composer and songwriter of musical theatre and popular music. He wrote more than 1,500 songs, 40 musicals, and various TV and film music, including all the songs for The Sound of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and Oklahoma!, including the songs "My Favorite Things", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "My Funny Valentine", "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "Blue Moon", "People Will Say We're in Love", "If I Loved You", "It Might as Well Be Spring", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Getting to Know You", "The Sound Of Music, "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", and "Edelweiss".
  • Buddy Rich, jazz drummer and bandleader; billed as "the world's greatest drummer".
  • Natalia Paruz, aka the 'Saw Lady', who's career spans from Carnegie Hall to the NYC subway (where she could be heard playing Israeli songs on the musical saw since the mid 1990's to the present). Founder/director of the annual NYC Musical Saw Festival.
  • Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Protopunk band, that was involved in early aspects of Punk, New Wave and Indie rock music, led by Jewish members Jonathan Richman (authentic lead singer, principal songwriter, and guitarist) and Ernie Brooks (bassist)
  • David Lee Roth, lead singer and principal songwriter of both the music and lyrics of Van Halen, as well as a successful and solo artist
  • Melanie Safka (real name Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk), usually known professionally as Melanie, is a singer-songwriter who performed at Woodstock and whose songs include the hits "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma", and "Beautiful People". She has sold more than 25 million records.
  • Greg Sage, principal songwriter, idiosyncratic lead guitarist, and lead vocalist for the Portland, Oregon-based punk rock band Wipers, who were an influence on the grunge movement and on bands such as Nirvana and Sonic Youth.
  • Rachel Sage, singer and songwriter, lead singer, pianist, guitarist, whose style is described as beautifully theatrical.
  • Mark Sandman, multi-instrumentalist, lead singer, songwriter, of the alternative rock band Morphine. In addition he was also a musical instrument inventor.
  • Walter Scharf, songwriter, composer, singer and orchestrator.
  • Robert Schneider lead singer, guitarist and keyboardist and songwriter of the indie rock band Apples in Stereo
  • Chuck Schuldiner, lead singer, lead guitarist, principal songwriter of the death metal band Death. Regarded as "The Father of Death Metal".
  • Genya Ravan, (real name Genyusha Zelkowitz) early female punk pioneer, lead singer, songwriter, of idiosyncratic punk bands The Escorts, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, and Ten Wheel Drive
  • Troy Sanders (born 1973), singer/bassist for heavy metal band Mastodon
  • Raymond Scott, idiosyncratic composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor; also was a major pioneer of electronic music. His music was used in many of the Warner Bros. cartoons like Looney Tunes, and Merrie Melodies and also in Ren & Stimpy and The Simpsons.
  • Sebadoh, predominantly Jewish indie rock band that helped pioneer the lo-fi music genre, and whose Jewish members include Lou Barlow, Jason Loewenstein, and Eric Gaffney.
  • Sholom Secunda, Yiddish theatre, Yiddish folk, and opera composer.
  • Neil Sedaka, singer, songwriter, and pianist from the Brill Building who wrote over 1000 songs, and who also sings in Hebrew, and recorded an album of Yiddish songs to express his passion for his Jewish heritage.
  • Sha Na Na, predominantly Jewish rock and roll revival act
  • The Shangri-las, all-Jewish pop girl group of the 1960s whose Jewish members are Mary Weiss, Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss, Marguerite "Marge" Ganser, Mary Ann Ganser, and who charted with often heartbreaking teen melodramas, and are known for "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)"
  • Artie Shaw, (real name Arthur Jacob Arshawsky), jazz and Klezmer clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. Considered to be one of the greatest jazz clarinetists of all time. Author of fiction and non-fiction writings.
  • The Sherman Brothers, singers, songwriters, composers, screenwriters, producers, who wrote the music and lyrics to Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and It's a Small World (After All).
  • Dinah Shore, singer, actress, and TV personality and entertainer during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s, where she enjoyed a string of over 80 charted popular hits.
  • Mort Shuman, singer, pianist and songwriter, who led a double career, first as a prolific songwriter, by writing many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas”, and second as a singer-songwriter who wrote and sang many songs in French, such as Le Lac Majeur, Allo Papa Tango Charlie, Sha Mi Sha, Un Eté de Porcelaine, Brooklyn by the Sea.
  • Josh Silver, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer for heavy metal band Type O Negative who wrote all the songs on their most praised album; Bloody Kisses.
  • Gene Simmons, bass player, main songwriter and singer for Kiss, who penned their song "Love it Loud".
  • Carly Simon, singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist
  • Paul Simon, singer, songwriter from the biggest-selling duo in music history Simon and Garfunkel, and a solo artist
  • Simon & Garfunkel, Jewish singer-songwriter duo consisting of Jewish members Paul Simon (principal songwriter, lead guitarist and lead singer, arranger) and Art Garfunkel (vocalist, arranger) who were the best-selling duo in history
  • Alex Skolnick, jazz and metal lead guitarist, songwriter; has been a member, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the seminal thrash metal band Testament from its formation in San Francisco in 1983 until his departure in 1992.
  • Sleater-Kinney, predominantly Jewish "riot-grrrl" band
  • Phoebe Snow, singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for her 1975 hit "Poetry Man."
  • Social Distortion, predominantly Jewish rock band who were one of the leading bands of the 1980s hardcore punk explosion
  • Sparks, elctro-pop/rock pioneering band that released at least 22 albums, whose main members, Ron Mael (principal songwriter/keyboardist/founding member), Russell Mael (lead singer/songwriter/founding member), Harley Feinstein, and John Mendelssohn are all Jewish.
  • Stephen Sondheim, composer, songwriter, and lyricist of many scores and songs including Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins.
  • Phil Spector, songwriter, singer, and music producer; influenced The Beatles and the Beach Boys to Bruce Springsteen. Best known for his knack for writing and producing defining pop songs and for his production and songwriting on songs such as "Be My Baby", and his subsequent creation of the often imitated "Wall Of Sound" production technique.
  • Regina Spektor, a Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village.
  • Paul Stanley, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Kiss
  • Peter Steele (real name Petrus T. Ratajczyk), lead singer, and bassist for the Goth metal band Type O Negative
  • Steely Dan, both main members, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, are Jewish.
  • Chris Stein, co-founder, lead guitarist and chief songwriter for punk/new-wave band Blondie; wrote most of their big hits including "Sunday Girl", "Heart of Glass", "Picture This", "Dreaming", "Island of Lost Souls", "Rapture", "Rip Her to Shreds". He also ran the Animal Records label.
  • Rachel Stevens – member of S Club 7
  • Steve Stevens (real name Steve Schneider), lead guitarist and songwriter; won a Grammy in 1987 for his performance on the Top Gun soundtrack; is also known for his solo efforts ("Atomic Playboys" and "Flamenco A Go-Go") and for his work with other artists
  • Mike Stoller, Hall of fame songwriter from the Brill Building who, with Jewish friend Jerry Leiber, wrote defining songs for Elvis and others, including "Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Loving You," "Don't", "Young Blood", "Jailhouse Rock", "Searchin", "Yakety Yak". Their music had an influence on both John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's songwriting.
  • Barbra Streisand, multiple record breaking singer, songwriter, actress, and film director, who In 1976 became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Original Song when she composed Evergreen for A Star Is Born
  • Charles Strouse, Broadway composer–songwriter, and singer; wrote all the songs to the musicals Annie, and Bye Bye Birdie.
  • Jules Styne (real name Julius Kerwin Stein), Songwriters Hall of Fame and Theatre Hall of Fame composer, singer, and songwriter, known for his many Broadway musicals, which included several frequently revived shows. His songs include "Don't Rain on My Parade" "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York", "I Still Get Jealous", "Just In Time", Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, “People”, Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week).
  • Suicide, all-Jewish synth-punk band that played a role in punk, synthpop, techno, industrial dance, and Goth music, consisting of Jewish members Alan Vega (lead vocals), and Martin Rev (synthesizers and drum machines.), also known as "The Godfathers of Punk"
  • Ari Teitel, guitarist/mandolinist/percussionist/vocalist and co-founder of The Jam Society; he is often seen with jambands in the Detroit area. He also had feature articles in the Oakland Press and Detroit Jewish News.
  • Television, Protopunk band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Tom Verlaine (lead singer/guitarist/songwriter), Richard Hell (bassist/vocalist/songwriter), Richard Lloyd (guitarist, singer and songwriter), who are influences on punk rock, as well as pioneering an intricate and artsy guitar approach to the genre.
  • Joe Trohman, Guitarist for Fall Out Boy and The Damned Things
  • Albert Von Tilzer (real name Albert Gumm), early American songwriter, and composer; the younger brother of fellow Jewish songwriter Harry Von Tilzer, composed many hit songs, including the unofficial anthem of baseball; Take Me Out To The Ball Game.
  • Harry Von Tilzer (real name Harry Gumm), early American songwriter, and composer whose songs include “Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage, "Cubanola Glide", "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie", "Old King Tut", "All Alone", "Mariutch", "I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid!", "They Always Pick On Me", "I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad", And The Green Grass Grew All Around.
  • The Tokens, all-Jewish quintessential doo-wop vocal band; known from their songs "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Portrait of My Love", "Tonight I fell in Love"
  • Ron Thal, AKA "Bumblefoot", shred guitarist, songwriter and producer.
  • Mel Torme, musician, known as The Velvet Fog; wrote over 400 songs including The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).
  • The Manhattan Transfer, all-Jewish vocal group whose Jewish members include Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel
  • The Turtles seminal 60's pop rock band with main Jewish founding members Howard Kaylan (lead singer/songwriter, real name Howard Kaplan) and Mark Volman (guitarist,saxophonist,vocalist); had hits with such songs as the Flower power anthem "Happy Together", and "Elenore". They later transformed themselves into the band Flo and Eddie
  • Twisted Sister, heavy metal band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Dee Snider (lead singer, songwriter), Jay Jay French (lead guitarist, songwriter, real name John Segall), Mark Mendoza (bassist, songwriter, real name Mark Glickman)
  • The United States of America, experimental rock and psychedelic band with a predominantly Jewish membership whose works are an example of early electronic music in rock and roll.
  • Tom Verlaine (real name Thomas Miller), singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock band Television.
  • 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.
  • Scott Walker (real name Scott Engel), lead singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist of The Walker Brothers, and a solo artist. Walker has been a continuing influence on other artists, and was also among the first to adopt the electric bass guitar
  • The Walker Brothers, all-Jewish art rock/pop group consisting of Jewish members Scott Walker (real name Scott Engel, lead vocalist, chief songwriter, multi-instrumentalist), John Walker (real name John Maus, guitarist, vocalist), Gary Walker (drummer).
  • Diane Warren, country and pop music singer-songwriter, whose songs as of 2006 had received six Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, and seven Grammy Award nominations. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001, and her success in the US has been paralleled in the UK, where she has been rated one of the most successful songwriters in singles chart history as well as the third-most-successful female.
  • The Weavers, pioneering predominantly Jewish folk music quartet; sold millions of records at the height of their popularity; inspired the commercial "folk boom" that followed them in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Ween, eccentric alternative rock band whose Jewish members include Gene Ween (lead singer, main songwriter), and Dave Dreiwitz (bassist, songwriter)
  • Cynthia Weil, Tin Pan Alley and Songwriters Hall of Fame singer and songwriter; writes and sings with her Jewish husband Barry Mann, and with fellow Jewish songwriter Jeff Barry. She became an important writer during the emergence of rock and roll, and continues to write songs for contemporary artists, winning awards including a number of Grammy Awards.
  • Kurt Weill, composer, songwriter and son of Orthodox Jewish parents (his father was a Cantor at the synagogue); one of the leading composers for the stage as well as the concert hall; wrote operettas and songs including The Threepenny Opera, Alabama Song, Mack the Knife, September Song. His unique and theatrical Jewish cabaret inspired composing style influenced generations of High Art and Low Art songwriters and performers, and many of his compositions have explicit Jewish themes to them in their style, titles, and musical structure, as he remained a devout Orthodox Jew throughout his life.
  • Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, singer, songwriter daughters of Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson. They formed the group Wilson Phillips with Chynna Phillips.
  • George David Weiss, composer and songwriter and President of the Songwriters Guild of America, whose songs include "What a Wonderful World" (covered by Louis Armstrong), Can't Help Falling in Love with You (covered by Elvis Presley), "Let's Put It All Together", "That Sunday, That Summer", Mr. Wonderful", "Lullaby of Birdland", "Stay with Me". His songs have been recorded by singers including Tom Jones, Mel Tormé, Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington, The Stylistics, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Max Weinberg, drummer of the E Street Band, and as the leader of The Max Weinberg 7, the house band for Late Night with Conan O'Brien as well as the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, where the band will become Max Weinberg and the Tonight Show Band.
  • Ben Weinman, principal songwriter and lead guitarist for the band The Dillinger Escape Plan; the founder and only original member remaining in the band.
  • Leslie West (real name Leslie Weinstein), lead guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter of the band Mountain
  • Peter Wolf, (real name Peter W. Blankfield), lead singer and songwriter for The J. Geils Band, and a solo artist.
  • Steve Wynn, lead singer and main songwriter for alternative band Dream Syndicate.
  • X (American band), predominantly Jewish first wave punk band whose Jewish members include Exene Cervenka (lead vocals), John Doe (real name John Duchac, bass and vocals), Billy Zoom (real name Tyson Kindell, guitar) and DJ Bonebrake (drums).
  • Peter Yarrow, chief singer and songwriter from the band Peter, Paul and Mary; co-wrote the folk anthem "Puff the Magic Dragon".
  • Yo La Tengo, indie rock band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Ira Kaplan (aka the Jewish Hendrix), Georgia Hubley, Dave Schramm, Stephan Wichnewski, Mike Lewis; pioneered the modern indie rock genre
  • Youth Brigade all-Jewish punk band consisting of Jewish members Adam Stern, Mark Stern, Shawn Stern
  • Robin Zander, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the power pop band Cheap Trick
  • John Zorn, prolific composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist; is strongly influenced by his Jewish roots and Klezmer music, to which his Klezmer quartet Masada is a testimony

Music businessmen

Dance

Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are winners of the Tony Award for Best Choreography.

  • Paula Abdul, singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer; the main choreographer of the Jacksons, Janet Jackson, and of films Coming to America, Action Jackson, Jerry Maguire, The Running Man, American Beauty (1999 film), Oliver Stone's, The Doors, and the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks’s character in Big.
  • Michael Bennett, director, producer, dancer, choreographer **
  • Stanley Donen, film director and choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals", and whose films include Singin' in the Rain.
  • Josephine Earp, wife of Wyatt Earp
  • Eliot Feld, dancer and choreographer
  • Ron Field, choreographer **
  • Michael Kidd, choreographer **
  • Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario
  • Bella Lewitzky, dancer, choreograher, & teacher
  • Arthur Murray, dance instructor
  • Jerome Robbins , Oscar-winning director, and choreographer and filmmaker **
  • Anna Sokolow, dancer & choreographer

Film directors

Magicians

Models

Producers, screenwriters and creators (film and TV)

Film and TV executives

TV and radio presenters

  • Special K. DJ
  • Dan Abrams, MSNBC anchor
  • Marv Albert, sportscaster
  • Mel Allen, radio sportscaster
  • Chuck Barris, presenter of Dating Game, Gong Show
  • Kitty Carlisle, panelist on To Tell the Truth, arts advocate
  • Connie Chung, news anchor (converted)
  • Liz Claman, host of CNBC Morning Call; daughter of devout Jewish parents, and a member of the Jewish charitable organization Hadassah and has been featured in an article in that organization's magazine, as well as being a Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister program at the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services of Manhattan.
  • Myron Cope, sportscaster
  • Howard Cosell, sportscaster
  • Katie Couric, presenter of The Today Show'
  • Jim Cramer, TV reporter
  • Don Francisco, presenter of Sabado Gigante
  • Joe Frank, radio personality
  • Al Franken (1951–) comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator and radio host
  • Allen Funt, presenter of Candid Camera
  • Ira Glass, presenter of This American Life
  • Marty Glickman, sports announcer
  • Terry Gross, host of NPR Fresh Air
  • Mary Hart (1950–) see "Actors" above
  • Daryn Kagan (1963–) host of CNN Live Today
  • Murray Kaufman, known as "Murray the K", New York disc jockey who helped promote the Beatles; called "The Fifth Beatle" by George Harrison
  • Ted Koppel, presenter of Nightline
  • Ricki Lake, presenter of Ricki
  • Matt Lauer, host of The Today Show
  • Dave Lieberman, presenter of Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
  • Bill Maher, ex-presenter of Politically Incorrect
  • Howie Mandel, host of Deal or no Deal
  • Dave Marash, Al Jazeera English anchor
  • Al Michaels
  • Bill Nye, comedian, TV host, science educator and mechanical engineer, popularly known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy"; host of the children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy
  • Suze Orman, financial advisor, author, motivational speaker, and TV host of The Suze Orman Show on CNBC; has written six consecutive New York Times Best Sellers; and has written, co-produced, and hosted six PBS specials based on her books; and is the most successful fundraiser in the history of public television
  • Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976) carpenter on Trading Spaces
  • Ron Popeil, inventor and marketing personality; known as “the Salesman Inventor of the Century”, and “the Father of the Infomercial”; sold his inventions on a TV concept (the infomercial) that he pioneered, and is also related to Jewish singer/actress Ashley Tisdale
  • Maury Povich, talk-show host
  • Geraldo Rivera, news reporter (Jewish mother)
  • Joan Rivers (1933–) talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedienne, and celebrity
  • Peter Sagal host of "Wait, Wait..don't Tell Me" on NPR
  • Michael Savage, KNEW radio host
  • Morley Safer, journalist for 60 Minutes born in Canada but lives in New York
  • Carl Sagan, astronomer, astrochemist, author, and popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences, who wrote and presented the most widely watched PBS program in history; Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which was based on his own books, and also pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
  • Judith Sheindlin, aka Judge Judy
  • Laura Schlessinger, radio talk-show host of Dr. Laura
  • Daniel Schorr (1916–2010) journalist covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio
  • Elliot Segal, host of radio show, Elliot in the Morning
  • Dinah Shore, see "Actors" above
  • Howie Schwab, sports trivia expert on ESPN
  • Jerry Springer (born 1944) host of The Jerry Springer Show
  • Dave Spector, personality and commentator
  • Herb Stempel, quiz show contestant
  • Bill Stern, radio sportscaster
  • Howard Stern, radio shock jock, author, actor and producer
  • Symphony Sid Torin, jazz disc jockey and personality
  • Jon Stewart, see "Actors" above
  • Teresa Strasser, writer and TV personality known for hosting the home makeover show While You Were Out on TLC, and for being a co-host on The Adam Carolla Show
  • Mike Wallace (born 1918) journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent
  • Barbara Walters (born 1929) media personality, a regular fixture on morning TV shows (Today and The View), evening news magazines (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News, as the first female evening news anchor

Theater

Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asteriks (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asteriks (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.

Circus

  • Abe Goldstein, was regarded as "the Greatest Irish Cop Clown" in the business and worked for Ringling Bros. and other circuses
  • Paul Binder, co-founder, ringmaster and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus

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