List of Jews in sports

 

This list includes Jews who have had outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria is: a) 1-3 places winners at major international tournaments; b) for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; c) owners of world records d) Jewishness forms part of the person's identity.

See also: List of Jewish American sportspeople

Commissioners, managers, and owners

• Roman Abramovich, Russia, owner of Chelsea Football Club
• Leslie Alexander, U.S., owner of Houston Rockets & Houston Comets
• Micky Arison, U.S., owner of the Miami Heat
• Red Auerbach, U.S. 5' 10" guard, NBA coach & GM, Hall of Fame^[1]
• Gary Bettman, U.S., National Hockey League Commissioner
• Arthur Blank, U.S., owner of the Atlanta Falcons; owner of the Arena Football League Georgia Force
• Steve Bornstein, U. S., president and CEO of the NFL Network
• Larry Brown, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Alan N. Cohen, U.S., former co-owner of the Boston Celtics and the New Jersey Nets; Chairman & CEO of the Madison Square Garden Corporation; former owner of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers
• Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner
• Mark Cuban, U.S., owner of Dallas Mavericks
• William Davidson, U.S., Chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, principal owner of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA, the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL
• Al Davis, U.S. football owner/coach, Oakland Raiders
• Barney Dreyfuss, U.S., owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Steve Ellman, U.S., owner of the Phoenix Coyotes
• Theo Epstein, U.S., General Manager of the Boston Red Sox
• Lawrence Frank, U.S. basketball coach, unique in that did not play on high school, college, or professional level
• Marty Friedman, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Don Garber, U.S., Major League Soccer Commissioner
• Arcadi Gaydamak, Russia, owner of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
• Alexandre Gaydamak, France & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C.
• Dan Gilbert, U.S., owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Sid Gillman, U.S. football coach
• Avram Glazer, U.S., joint Chairman of the Manchester United board
• Joel Glazer, U.S., Chairman of Manchester United
• Malcolm Glazer, U.S., owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United
• Paul Godfrey, Canada, CEO & President of the Toronto Blue Jays
• Eddie Gottlieb, U.S. basketball coach, owner Philadelphia Warriors, NBA founder
• Ernie Grunfeld, U.S. basketball player & GM
• Ludwig Guttmann [25], founder of the Paralympics
• Sydney Halter, the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League
• Cecil Hart, Canadian hockey coach/manager Montreal Canadiens; original Hart Trophy named after father David, & current one after him^[2]
• Paul Heyman, U.S. professional wrestling manager
• Melissa Hiatt, U.S. professional wrestling manager
• Nat Holman, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Red Holtzman, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Yoel Judah, U.S. boxer & trainer
• Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of the Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Herb Kohl, U.S., owner of the Milwaukee Bucks
• Bob Kraft, U.S., owner of the New England Patriots & New England Revolution
• Jerry Krause, U.S., former General Manager of the Chicago Bulls
• Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich
• Manny Leibert, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame^[3]
• Randy Lerner, US, owner of the Cleveland Browns, owner of Aston Villa^[4]
• Lerner family, US, owners of the Washington Nationals
• Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur
• Marv Levy, U.S., former football coach & current General Manager of Buffalo Bills
• Jamie McCourt, U.S., owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, only current female owner in major league baseball (Jewish father, and therefore not considered Jewish under orthodox Jewish law)
• Art Modell, U.S., former owner of the Baltimore Ravens
• Joe Pasternack, U.S., Men's basketball coach of the University of New Orleans
• Gabe Paul, U.S., long-time President & General Manager of the Cleveland Indians
• Bruce Pearl, U.S., Men's basketball coach of the University of Tennessee
• David Pleat, English football manager, Tottenham Hotspur ^[5]
• Maurice Podoloff, the first president of the National Basketball Association
• Abe Pollin, U.S, owner of the Washington Wizards, former owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals & the WNBA's Washington Mystics
• Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964-78
• Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989-2002
• Bruce Ratner, U.S., owner of the New Jersey Nets
• Jerry Reinsdorf, U.S., owner of the Chicago Bulls & the Chicago White Sox
• Ernie Roth, U.S. professional wrestling manager
• Henry Samueli, U.S. owner of the Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation
• Abe Saperstein, U.S. founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters
• Dolph Schayes, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Irving Scholar, English, owner of Tottenham Hotspur
• Howard Schultz, U.S. owner of Seattle Supersonics; founder of Starbucks
• Bud Selig, U.S., Major League Baseball Commissioner
• Mark Shapiro, U.S., General Manager of the Cleveland Indians
• Allie Sherman, U.S. football player & coach, New York Giants
• Ed Snider, U.S., owner of the Philadelphia Flyers
• Daniel Snyder, U.S., owner of Washington Redskins
• David Stern, U.S., National Basketball Association Commissioner
• Stuart Sternberg, U.S., owner of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine
• Alan Sugar, English, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
• Lawrence Tanenbaum, Canada, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs & the Toronto Raptors
• Preston Robert Tisch, U.S., from 1991 until his death in 2005 Tisch owned 50% of the New York Giants American football team
• Zygi Wilf, principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings^[6]
• Fred Wilpon, U.S., owner of the New York Mets
• Lewis Wolff, U.S., owner of the Oakland Athletics
• Max Zaslofsky, U.S. basketball player & coach

Sportscasters & promoters

• Kenny Albert, U.S. sportscaster
• Marv Albert, U.S. sportscaster
• Mel Allen, U.S. sportscaster, New York Yankees play-by-play announcer
• Eddie Andleman, U.S. WEEI sportscaster
• Bob Arum, U.S. boxing promoter
• Chris Berman, U.S. ESPN talk show host (father Jewish)
• Len Berman, U.S. sportscaster
• Bonnie Bernstein, U.S. ESPN sportscaster
• Dave Cohen, U.S. Georgia State University radio announcer
• Linda Cohn, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Myron Cope, U.S. Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer
• Howard Cosell, U.S. sportscaster
• Rich Eisen, U.S. former ESPN, NFL network anchor
• Josh Ellis, U.S. Ohio State Radio & Delaware Cows broadcaster
• Eddie Epstein, U.S. ESPN sportswriter
• Matt Friedman, U.S. Ohio State Radio broadcaster
• Joel Gertner, U.S. professional wrestling promoter
• Hank Goldberg, U.S. football analyst
• Mike Greenberg, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Paul Heyman, U.S. professional wrestling manager & promoter
• Joe Jacobs, U.S. boxing promoter
• Dana Jacobson, U.S. co-host ESPN's Cold Pizza
• Billy Jaffe, U.S. New York Islanders sportscaster
• Jackie Kallan, U.S. boxing promoter
• Max Kellerman, boxing broadcaster
• Suzy Kolber, U.S. ESPN sportswriter
• Tony Kornheiser, U.S. radio show host, t.v. show host, author
• Michael Landsberg, Canadian TSN anchor
• Steve Levy, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Al Michaels, U.S. sportscaster
• Johnny Most, U.S. Boston Celtics sportscaster
• Sam Muchnick U.S. wrestling promoter
• Elliott Price, Canadian Montreal Expos radio play-by-play
• Karl Ravech, U.S. ESPN journalist
• Scott Reiss, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Howie Rose, U.S. New York Islanders sportscaster
• Sam Rosen U.S. New York Rangers on TV, NHL on OLN, NFL on Fox sportscaster
• Dick Schaap, U.S. sportswriter & broadcaster
• Jeremy Schaap, U.S. sports commentator & broadcaster (son of Dick Schaap)
• Charley Steiner, U.S. Los Angeles Dodgers radio-TV play-by-play announcer
• Dick Stockton, U.S. TNT broadcaster
• Steve Stone, U.S. WGN broadcaster
• Suzyn Waldman, U.S. New York Yankees TV play-by-play announcer & current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio; 1st woman to hold either position on regular basis for Major League baseball team
• Warner Wolf, U.S. sportscaster, w/CBS 9 in Washington DC & CBS 2 in New York City, now w/WABC NewsTalkRadio 77 in NYC

Sportsmen

Artistic gymnastics

• Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, Olympic champion (5 times)

Baseball

• Cal Abrams, U.S. outfielder
• Josh Appell, U.S. pitcher
• Morrie Arnovich, U.S. outfielder, All-Star
• Brad Ausmus, U.S. catcher, All-Star, 3-time Gold Glove
• Ross Baumgarten, U.S. starting pitcher
• José Bautista, pitcher
• Rod Beck, pitcher
• Bo Belinsky, U.S. pitcher
• Moe Berg, U.S. catcher & shortstop
• Ron Blomberg, U.S. DH, first baseman, and outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter^[7]
• Lou Boudreau, U.S. shortstop, 8-time All-Star, Batting Title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager
• Ryan Braun, U.S. third baseman
• Craig Breslow, U.S. relief pitcher
• Harry Danning, U.S. catcher, 4-time All-Star
• Moe Drabowsky, U.S. pitcher^[8]
• Mike Epstein, U.S. first baseman
• Harry Feldman, U.S. pitcher
• Scott Feldman, U.S. relief pitcher
• Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian player, silver medallist for Australia in 2004 Athens Olympics.
• Matt Ford, U.S. pitcher
• Sam Fuld, U.S. outfielder
• Sid Gordon, U.S. outfielder & third baseman, 2-time All-Star
• John Grabow, U.S. relief pitcher
• Shawn Green, U.S. right fielder, 2-time All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
• Adam Greenberg, U.S. baseball player
• Hank Greenberg, U.S. first baseman & outfielder, 5-time All-Star, 2-time MVP, 4-time Home Run Champion, 4-time RBI Leader, Baseball Hall of Fame
• Jason Hirsh, U.S starting pitcher
• Ken Holtzman, U.S. starting pitcher, 2-time All-Star
• Joe Horlen, U.S. pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader
• Brian Horwitz, U.S. outfielder
• Gabe Kapler, U.S. outfielder
• Ian Kinsler, U.S second baseman
• Mike Koplove, U.S. relief pitcher
• Sandy Koufax, U.S. starting pitcher, 6-time All-Star, MVP, 3-time Cy Young Award, 5-time ERA leader, 3-time Wins leader, 2-time W-L% leader, 4-time strikeouts leader, Baseball Hall of Fame
• Nadav Krasner, Israeli Olympic baseball team
• Alan Levine, U.S relief pitcher
• Mike Lieberthal, U.S. catcher (father Jewish), Gold Glove
• Elliott Maddox, U.S outfielder & third baseman
• Jason Marquis, U.S. starting pitcher, Silver Slugger
• Erskine Mayer, U.S. pitcher
• Buddy Myer, U.S. second baseman, shortstop, and third baseman, 2-time All-Star, Batting Average title, Stolen Base title
• David Newhan, U.S. outfielder, DH, second baseman, & third baseman
• Jeff Newman, U.S. catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager
• Barney Pelty, U.S. pitcher
• Lipman Pike, U.S. outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4-time Home Run champion, RBI leader
• Jake Pitler, U.S second baseman
• Scott Radinsky, U.S. relief pitcher
• Jimmie Reese, U.S. second baseman, coach
• Aaron Rifkin, U.S. first baseman
• Dave Roberts, U.S pitcher
• Saul Rogovin, U.S pitcher
• Al (Flip) Rosen, U.S. third baseman & first baseman, 4-time All-Star, MVP, 2-time Home Run champion, 2-time RBIs leader
• Goody Rosen, Canadian outfielder, All-Star
• Scott Schoeneweis, U.S. pitcher
• Art Shamsky, U.S. outfielder & first baseman
• Larry Sherry, U.S. relief pitcher
• Norm Sherry, U.S. catcher
• Moe Solomon, U.S outfielder
• Adam Stern, Canadian outfielder
• George Stone, U.S. outfielder, 1-time batting title
• Steve Stone, U.S. starting pitcher, All-Star, Cy Young Award
• Steve Wapnick, U.S relief pitcher
• Justin Wayne, U.S. pitcher
• Phil Weintraub, U.S. first baseman & outfielder
• Steve Yeager, U.S. catcher
• Kevin Youkilis, U.S first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder
• Ben Zeskind, U.S. second baseman
• Eddie Zosky, U.S shortstop

Basketball

• David Bluthenthal, U.S. Euroleague 6' 7" forward (Fortitudo Bologna)^[9]
• Sam Balter, U.S. guard, Olympic champion
• Tal Brody, U.S. & Israeli Euroleague 6' 2" shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Larry Brown, U.S. ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3-time All-Star, 3-time assists leader, & NBA coach, Olympic champion
• Shay Doron, Israeli & U.S. WNBA 5' 9" guard (New York Liberty)
• Lior Eliyahu, Israeli 6' 8" forward, NBA draft 2006 (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), but completing mandatory IDF service & playing in the Euroleague (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Jordan Farmar, U.S. NBA 6' 2" point guard (Los Angeles Lakers)^[10]
• Marty Friedman, U.S. 5' 7" guard & coach
• Tamir Goodman, U.S. & Israeli Israel Division II 6' 3" shooting guard (Maccabi Shoham)
• Jerry Greenspan, U.S. NBA 6' 5" forward
• Ernie Grunfeld, U.S. NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion
• Yotam Halperin, Israeli 6' 5" point guard, NBA draft 2006 (Seattle Supersonics)
• Art Heyman, U.S. NBA 6' 5" forward/guard
• Nat Holman, U.S. ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame
• Red Holzman, U.S. BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2-time All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame
• Louis Klotz, U.S. NBA 5' 7" point guard
• Rudy LaRusso, U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5-time All-Star
• Nancy Lieberman, U.S. USBL 5' 10" point guard, Hall of Fame
• Donna Orender (Geils), U.S. WBA All-Star
• Gary Plummer, U.S. NBA 6' 9" forward/center
• Lennie Rosenbluth, U.S. NBA 6' 4" forward
• Danny Schayes, U.S. NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)
• Dolph Schayes, U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3-time FT% leader, 1-time rebound leader, 12-time All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach
• Ossie Schectman, U.S. NBA 6' 0" guard
• Jon Scheyer, U.S. Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard
• Barney Sedran, U.S. Hudson River League and New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame
• Amit Tamir, Israeli Euroleague 6' 10" forward/center (Spirou Charleroi)
• Neal Walk, U.S. NBA 6' 10" center
• Max Zaslofsky, U.S. NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1-time FT % leader, 1-time points leader, All-Star, & ABA coach

Boxing

• Barney Aaron (Young), English-born U.S. boxer, Hall of Fame
• Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), U.S. world champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Monte Attell, U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Max Baer ("Madcap Maxie"), U.S. world champion heavyweight boxer, ¼ Jewish, wore a big Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame
• Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), U.S. world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Fabrice Benichou, French world champion super bantamweight boxer
• Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), English world champion junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Maxie Berger, Canadian world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Samuel Berger, U.S. Olympic champion heavyweight boxer
• Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick," "Kid Murphy," and "Young Murphy"), U.S. world champion junior lightweight boxer
• Larry Boardman,^[3] U.S. # 2 ranked lightweight boxer
• Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), U.S. world champion light welterweight boxer
• Joe Choynski,^[3] ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), U.S. heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Robert Cohen, French & Algerian world champion bantamweight boxer
• Al Bummy Davis (Abraham Davidoff), U.S. welterweight & lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), U.S. world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli U.S. undefeated middleweight boxer
• György Gedó, Hungarian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
• Abe Goldstein, U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), U.S. welterweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Roman Greenberg, Israeli undefeated heavyweight boxer
• Stéphane Haccoun, French boxer
• Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), French world champion bantamweight boxer
• Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Daniel Judah, U.S. light heavyweight boxer
• Josiah Judah ("Gorilla"), U.S. boxer
• Yoel Judah, U.S. boxer & trainer
• Zab Judah ("Super"), U.S. world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight boxer
• Louis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"),^[3] Russian-born U.S. world champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Julie Kogon,^[3] U.S. lightweight boxer
• Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Artie Levine, U.S. middleweight & light heavyweight boxer
• Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Harry Lewis ("Harry Besterman"), U.S. world champion welterweight boxer
• Ted 'Kid' Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), English world champion welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Sammy Luftspring, Canadian welterweight boxing champion, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Saoul Mamby, U.S. world champion junior welterweight boxer
• Al McCoy (Albert Rudolph), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Daniel Mendoza, English boxer, Hall of Fame
• Samuel Mosberg, U.S. Olympic champion lightweight boxer
• Bob Olin, U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer
• Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisian world champion flyweight boxer
• Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), U.S. world champion lightweight & junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, wore Star of David on trunks
• Shamil Sabirov, Russian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
• Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), U.S. junior welterweight undefeated boxer
• Isadore “Corporal Izzy” Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), U.S. world champion flyweight boxer
• Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer
• "Lefty" Lew Tendler, U.S. bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), U.S. lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Sammy Waltz,^[3] U.S. boxer
• Victor Zilberman, Rumanian Olympic welterweight bronze medal winner

Canoeing

• Leonid Geishtor, USSR canoeist, Olympic champion
• Michael Kolganov, Israeli canoeist, world champion, Olympic bronze medal

Chess

• Aaron Alexandre, German-born French-English
• Evgeny Agrest, Belarusian-born Swedish grandmaster, Highest Rating through April 2007=2561
• Simon Alapin, Lithuanian
• Boris Alterman, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2615
• Yuri Averbakh, Russian grandmaster, 2445
• Boris Avrukh, Israeli grandmaster & world U-12 champion, 2652
• Abraham Baratz, Romanian-born French
• Liudmila Belavenets, Russian woman grandmaster
• Alexander Beliavsky, Ukrainian-born Slovenian grandmaster & world junior champion, 2710
• Joel Benjamin, U.S. grandmaster, 2662
• Hans Berliner, German-born U.S. world correspondence chess champion
• Ossip Bernstein, Ukrainian-born French grandmaster
• Arthur Bisguier, U.S. grandmaster, 2455
• Benjamin Blumenfeld, Belarusian-born Russian
• Mark Bluvshtein, Russian-born Canadian grandmaster, 2544
• Jacobo Bolbochan, Argentinian
• Julio Bolbochan, Argentinian grandmaster, 2485
• Isaac Boleslavsky, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian/Soviet grandmaster & world champion
• Gyula Breyer, Hungarian
• David Bronstein, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster, 2590
• Agnieszka Brustman, Polish woman grandmaster, 2383
• Oscar Chajes, Ukrainian/Polish/Austrian-born U.S.
• Rudolph Charousek, Hungarian
• Erich Cohn, German
• Wilhelm Cohn, German
• Josef Cukierman, Polish-born French, committed suicide during Holocaust
• Moshe Czerniak, Polish-born Palestinian/Israeli
• Arnold Denker, U.S. grandmaster, 2293
• Maxim Dlugy, Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2531
• Josif Dorfman, Ukrainian-born French grandmaster, 2610
• Arthur Dunkelblum, Polish-born Belgian
• Roman Dzindzichashvili, Georgian-born Israeli American grandmaster
• Berthold Englisch, Austrian
• Yakov Estrin, Russian grandmaster, CC WC 1972-76
• Larry Evans, U.S. grandmaster, 2530
• Samuel Factor, Polish-born U.S.
• Ernst Falkbeer, Austrian
• Movsas Feigins, Latvian-born Argentinian
• Ruben Felgaer, Argentine grandmaster, 2624
• Reuben Fine, U.S. grandmaster
• Robert Fischer, U.S. grandmaster & world champion, 2785
• Alexander Flamberg, Polish
• Salo Flohr, Ukrainian-born Czech & Soviet grandmaster
• Maurice Fox, Ukrainian-born Canadian
• Gunnar Friedemann, Estonian
• Paulino Frydman, Polish-born Argentinian
• Semen Furman, Belarusian-born Russian grandmaster
• Boris Gelfand, Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Efim Geller, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Vitali Golod, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Harry Golombek, English
• Alon Greenfeld, U.S.-born Israeli grandmaster
• Gisela Kahn Gresser, U.S. woman master
• Yehuda Gruenfeld, Polish-born Israeli grandmaster, 2550
• Eduard Gufeld, Ukrainian grandmaster, 2565
• Boris Gulko, German-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2643
• Isidor Gunsberg, Hungarian-born English
• Ilya Gurevich, Russian-born U.S. grandmaster & junior world champion, 2575
• Mikhail Gurevich, Ukrainian-born Russian Turkish grandmaster, 2694
• Lev Gutman, Latvian-born Israeli German grandmaster, 2530
• Daniel Harrwitz, Prussian/Polish/German-born English French
• Israel Horowitz, U.S.
• Bernhard Horwitz, German-born English
• Alexander Huzman, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Dawid Janowski, Belarusian/Polish-born French grandmaster
• Gregory Kaidanov, Ukrainian-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2695
• Julio Kaplan, Argentine-born Puerto Rican U.S. grandmaster & world junior champion
• Mona May Karff, Moldovan-born U.S. woman master
• Isaac Kashdan, U.S. grandmaster
• Garry Kasparov, Azerbaijani-born Soviet/Russian grandmaster & world champion, 2851
• Alexander Khalifman, Russian grandmaster & world champion, 2702
• Alexander Koblencs, Latvian
• Artur Kogan, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580
• Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Ignatz von Kolisch, Hungarian/Slovakian-born Austrian grandmaster
• George Koltanowski, Belgian-born U.S. grandmaster
• Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born Dutch Swiss grandmaster, 2695
• Yona Kosashvili, Georgian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580
• Borislav Kostić, Austrian-born Serbian grandmaster
• Yair Kraidman, Israeli grandmaster, 2455
• Ljuba Kristol, Russian-born Israeli woman grandmaster, 2415
• Abraham Kupchik, Belarusian/Polish-born U.S.
• Alla Kushnir, Russian Israeli woman grandmaster
• Salo Landau, Polish-born Dutch, killed by the Nazis
• Edward Lasker, Polish/German-born U.S.
• Emanuel Lasker, Prussian/German/Polish-born U.S. grandmaster & world champion
• Anatoly Lein, Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2555
• Konstantin Lerner, Ukrainian grandmaster, 2575
• Grigory Levenfish, Polish/Russian-born grandmaster
• Irina Levitina, Russian-born U.S. woman grandmaster
• Vladimir Liberzon, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Andor Lilienthal, Russian-born Hungarian/Soviet grandmaster
• Johann Löwenthal, Hungarian-born U.S. English
• Moishe Lowtzky, Ukrainian-born Polish, killed by Nazis
• Jonathan Mestel, British grandmaster & world U-16 champion, 2540
• Jacques Mieses, German-born English grandmaster
• Victor Mikhalevski, Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Vadim Milov, Russian-born Israeli Swiss grandmaster, 2683
• Jacob Murey, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Miguel Najdorf, Polish-born Argentine grandmaster
• Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born Danish
• Menachem Oren, Polish-born Palestinian/Israeli
• Julius Perlis, Polish-born Austrian
• Isaias Pleci, Argentinian
• Judit Polgár, Hungarian grandmaster, 2735
• Susan Polgár, Hungarian-born U.S. grandmaster & world champion, 2577
• Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born Israeli international master, 2500
• Lev Polugaevsky, Belarusian/Soviet grandmaster, 2640
• Yosef Porath, German-born Palestinian/Israeli
• Lev Psakhis, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2625
• Dawid Przepiórka, Polish, killed by Nazis
• Abram Rabinovich, Lithuanian-born Russian
• Ilya Rabinovich, Russian
• Vyacheslav Ragozin, Russian grandmaster
• Teymour Radjabov, Azerbaijani grandmaster
• Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born U.S. grandmaster
• Richard Réti, Slovakian/Hungarian-born Czech
• Maxim Rodshtein, Israeli U-16 world champion
• Kenneth Rogoff, U.S. grandmaster
• Michael Rohde, U.S. grandmaster, 2585
• Michael Roiz, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2611
• Samuel Rosenthal, Polish-born French
• Gersz Rotlewi, Polish
• Eduardas Rozentalis, Lithuanian grandmaster, 2688
• Akiba Rubinstein, Polish grandmaster
• Gersz Salwe, Polish grandmaster
• Emanuel Schiffers, Russian
• Adolf Schwarz, Hungarian-born Austrian
• Gregory Serper, Uzbekistani-born Russian U.S. grandmaster
• Leonid Shamkovich, Russian Israeli U.S. grandmaster
• Yury Shulman, Belarusian-born U.S. grandmaster
• Ilya Smirin, Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2702
• Vasily Smyslov, Soviet/Russian grandmaster & world champion, 2620
• Gennady Sosonko, Russian-born Dutch grandmaster
• Jon Speelman, English grandmaster
• Rudolf Spielmann, Austrian-born Swedish
• Leonid Stein, Ukrainian-born Russian grandmaster
• Endre Steiner, Hungarian
• Herman Steiner, Slovakian/Hungarian-born U.S.
• Lajos Steiner, Romanian/Hungarian-born Australian
• Wilhelm Steinitz, Czech-born Austrian & U.S. grandmaster & world champion
• Emil Sutovsky, Israeli grandmaster, 2697
• Peter Svidler, Russian grandmaster
• László Szabó, Hungarian grandmaster
• Mark Taimanov, Ukrainian/Russian grandmaster
• Mikhail Tal, Soviet/Latvian grandmaster & world champion, 2645
• Siegbert Tarrasch, Polish/German grandmaster
• Savielly Tartakower, Russian-born Austrian/Polish/French grandmaster
• Jean Taubenhaus, Polish-born French
• Mark Tseitlin, Israeli grandmaster
• Anatoly Vaisser, Kazakhstani-born French grandmaster
• Boris Verlinsky, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Vladimir Vuković, Croatian
• Max Weiss, Slovakian/Hungarian-born Austrian
• Michael Wilder, U.S. grandmaster
• Simon Winawer, Polish
• Heinrich Wolf, Austrian, killed by Nazis
• Daniel Yanofsky, Polish/Ukrainian-born Canadian grandmaster
• Leonid Yudasin, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2692
• Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Azeri-born Russian Israeli woman grandmaster
• Johannes Zukertort, Polish-born German English

Cricket

• Ali Bacher, South African batsman & administrator (several relatives were also cricketers, including Adam Bacher)
• Dennis Gamsy, South African Test wicket-keeper
• Norman Gordon, South African fast bowler
• Michael Klinger, Australian batsman
• Jon Moss, Australian allrounder for the Victoria Bushrangers
• Fred Susskind, South African Test batsman