List of Scottish Jews-The Daily Ledger

This is a list of Scottish people of some Jewish background, or Jewish people with a Scottish background or connection.

See History of the Jews in Scotland for more information.

List of Scottish Jews

Academic figures and scientists

Ruth Adler, child welfare campaigner and human rights campaigner

Charlotte Auerbach, geneticist

Philip Cohen, FRS FRSE professor of biochemistry, University of Dundee, winner of the Royal Medal and other awards David Daiches, writer and literary critic, professor of English, University of Sussex; father of Jenni Calder Jack D. Dunitz, chemist Alfred Edersheim, Bible scholar Charles Frank, maker of scientific instruments Ralph Glasser, psychologist, economist, author of The Gorbals Trilogy Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg, Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow Philip Hobsbaum, academic and literary critic at Glasgow University; an influence on many Scottish writers as diverse as Aonghas MacNeacail and Jeff Torrington A C Jacobs, poet Hans Kosterlitz, professor of pharmacology, University of Aberdeen Stefan Reif, emeritus professor of medieval Hebrew studies, University of Cambridge and director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit John Michael Robson, geneticist, University of Edinburgh George Sassoon, electronics engineer, translator and author; son of Siegfried Sassoon, buried on Mull, where he spent much of his childhood Leonard Schapiro, historian Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, contemporary Torah scholar and author

List of Scottish Jews

Arts, literature and music

Chaim Bermant, author

Jenni Calder, literary figure and daughter of David Daiches

Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humourist

Hannah Frank, sculptor, studied under Benno Schotz

Muriel Gray, author, The Tube presenter

Howie B, DJ, musician and producer

Jeremy Isaacs, broadcaster

David Knopfler, member of Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler, co-founder (with brother David), lead vocalist, and lead guitarist for the band Dire Straits Peter Kravitz, literary critic, editor of the compilation Contemporary Scottish Fiction Daniel Lobell, stand-up comedian and podcaster Macdonald brothers, grandsons of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger Andrew Macdonald, producer, Trainspotting Kevin Macdonald, director, Touching the Void Miriam Margolyes, actor, Harry Potter Isi Metzstein, modernist architect Saul Metzstein, filmmaker, director of Late Night Shopping Rebecca Pidgeon, actor, singer and songwriter (grew up in Edinburgh) B. Marcus Priteca, Seattle architect Jack Ronder, author, dramatist, playwright Hugo Rifkind, journalist Benno Schotz, sculptor Shulman brothers (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound; Gentle Giant), rock musicians (born in Glasgow) Derek Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Phil Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ray Shulman, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter J. David Simons, author Edith Simon, artist

List of Scottish Jews

Robin Spark, artist

Scottie Wilson, artist and designer, born in Glasgow

Eric Woolfson, musician and composer, founding member of The Alan Parsons Project

Politicians

Myer Galpern, Labour MP

Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, Secretary of State for Scotland, elder son of Hannah de Rothschild Neil Primrose, MP and soldier, younger son of Hannah de Rothschild Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative MP Manny Shinwell, Labour MP