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Revision as of 13:42, 20 July 2004 by Udzu (talk | contribs) (New entry (list))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Since immigration began in the late 19th century, the Jewish population of Latin America has risen to more than 500,000 — more than half of whom live in Argentina, with large communities also present in Brazil and Mexico. Here is a list of some prominent Latin American Jews, arranged by country of origin.
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Argentina
- Daniel Barenboim, conductor & pianist
- Laszlo Biro, inventor
- Andrés Calamaro, singer/songwriter
- Giora Feidman, klezmer musician
- Mauricio Kagel, classical composer
- César Milstein, immunologist, Nobel prize (1984)
- Miguel Najdorf, chess player
- Cecilia Roth, actress
- Lalo Schifrin, composer
- Juan Pablo Sorin, football player
- Jacobo Timerman, journalist
- Horacio Verbitsky, journalist
Brazil
- Hector Babenco, film director
- Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player
- Daniel Benzali, TV actor
- Vilém Flusser, philosopher
- Ithamara Koorax, jazz singer
- Jaime Lerner, Paraná governor, urban planner
- Clarice Lispector, writer
- Oscar Niemeyer, architect
- Ivo Perelman, jazz saxophonist
- Flora Purim, jazz singer
- Silvio Santos, TV show host
- Lasar Segall, artist
Chile
- Marjorie Agosín, human rights activist and writer
- Ariel Dorfman, playwright
- Don Francisco, TV host
Cuba
- Ruth Behar, writer
- Jamie-Lynn DiScala, actress (converted Cuban mother)
- Fabio Grobart, communist party co-founder
El Salvador
- Juan Lindo, president (1841) (half Jewish)
Honduras
- Juan Lindo, president (1847) (half Jewish)
- Ricardo Maduro, president (2002) (born in Panama)
Mexico
- Jorge Castañeda, foreign minister (half Jewish)
- Daniel Catán, composer
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, director (born in Chile)
- Frida Kahlo, painter (half Jewish)
- Ilan Stavans, literary critic
- Henryk Szeryng, violinist
- Leon Trotsky, revolutionary (Mexican exile)
Panama
- Eric Arturo Delvalle, president (1987)
Peru
- Meredith Monk, performance artist
- Alex Perez, artist
- David Waisman, second vice-president
Uruguay
- Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor
Venezuela
- Andres Levin, keyboardist in Yerba Buena
- Moisés Kaufman, founder of NY's Tectonic Theater Project
- Reynaldo Hahn, composer (half Jewish)
- Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel prize (1980)
See also: List of Jews, List of Jews by country