List of Jews in religion

Biblical figures

:"See: List of Jewish Biblical figures".

Rabbis

:"See: List of rabbis".

Religious Figures by Country

Germany

Rabbis

* Hermann Adler
* Nathan Marcus Adler
* Samuel Adler (rabbi)
* Amnon of Mainz (Amnon of Mayence, Mentz), medieval rabbi, paytan
* Amram of Mayence (Mentz), rabbi of whom the following legend is told, Christian saint
* Yair Bacharach
* Leo Baeck, Reform rabbi & scholar
* Jacob ben Asher, medieval rabbi (German-born?)
* Isaac ben Jacob Bernays/Isaac Bernays (27 November, 1792 Weisenau (now Mainz), - 1 May, 1849, Hamburg), Jewish theologian
* Carlebach family
** Ephraim Carlebach
** Joseph Carlebach
** Shlomo Carlebach
* Mordecai ben Hillel
* Asher ben Jehiel, medieval rabbi and Talmudist, father of Jacob ben Asher
* Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi
* Gershom ben Judah
* Yehuda ben Meir
* Eliezer ben Nathan, medieval rabbi
* Yaakov ben Yakar
* Wolf Breidenbach
* Israel Bruna (born at Bruenn)
* Yosef Burg
* David Einhorn, Reform rabbi
* Jacob Emden
* Ettlinger pedigree
* David Fränkel
* Hugo Chanoch Fuchs
* Abraham Geiger, Reform rabbi
* Jakob Guttmann (rabbi)
* Julius Guttmann
* Isaak (Yitzhak) Heinemann (1876, Frankfurt/Main - 1957, Jerusalem), Judaist
* Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller
* Susannah Heschel
* Samson Raphael Hirsch, Orthodox rabbi
* Samuel Holdheim, Reform rabbi
* Walter Homolka
* Israel Isserlin
* Regina Jonas, Reform rabbanith
* Kaufmann Kohler, Reform rabbi
* Pinchas Lapide
* Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin
* Gunther Plaut
* Petachiah of Ratisbon, medieval rabbi, traveller
* Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg
* Elazar Rokeach
* Meir of Rothenburg
* Shimon Schwab
* Moses Sofer
* Moritz Spanier (1853-1938), Jewish theologian
* Hermann Tietz (rabbi) (born on Posen district)
* Abraham of Worms

cholars

* Felix Adler
* Hugo Bergmann (born in Prague)
* Max Bodenheimer
* David Cassel
* Ismar Elbogen
* Emil Ludwig Fackenheim
* Heinrich Graetz, Jewish historian (born on Posen)
* Manuel Joël, Jewish philosopher
* Isaak Markus Jost, Jewish historian
* Jonas Fränkel
* Marcus Kalisch, Biblical scholar
* Jakob Klatzkin
* Israel Lewy
* Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish Enlightenment philosopher
* David Rosin
* Gershom Scholem, Jewish scholar & historian
* Ernst Simon
* Friedrich Weinreb (born on Lemberg)
* Benedict Zuckermann
* Leopold Zunz, Jewish scholar

Other

* Ayya Khema, Buddhist teacher (born Jewish)
* Adolf Lasson
** Georg Lasson
* Johannes Pfefferkorn, antisemitic controversialist (born Jewish)
* Friedrich Adolf Philippi
* Johann Peter Spaeth (Moses Germanus Ashkenazi), a Christian German Proselyte
* Edith Stein, canonized nun, Holocaust victim (born Jewish)

Hungary

* Taub family and Kaliv rebbi from Nagykalló
* Teitelbaum family of Satmar (Sátoraljaújhely, Szatmárnémeti, Máramarossziget)
* Ratzfert rebbe and Teitelbaum family from Újfehértó (scion of Satmar, Klauzenberg, Brazil)
* Eliezer Berkovits, rabbi
* Joseph Hirsch Weiss (Weissfeld), rabbi
* Solomon Aaron Wertheimer, rabbi, scholar
* Joseph Breuer
* Henrik Bródy
* Sándor Büchler, rabbi, educator, historian
*Aaron Chorin, rabbi
* Leopold Cohen, rabbi, Messianic
* Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, rabbi
* J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain [http://books.google.com/books?id=LLuPS1yVDf8C&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=%22joseph+herman+hertz%22+hungary&source=web&ots=yzEE5q1HYi&sig=z0OEjo8iYkucEdcU-EfylBpxLTw]
* Solomon H. Sonneschein, rabbi
* Aaron Tanger, rabbi
* Isaac Tyrnau
* Joachim Jacob Unger
* Wahrmann family
** Israel ben Solomon Wahrmann, rabbi and Talmudist
** Judah Wahrmann, rabbi
* Aaron Wise (Weisz Áaron), rabbi
* Stephen Samuel Wise, Zionist leader & rabbi
* Puppa rebbe and Greenwald (Grűnwald, Grinvald) family from Pápa, Huszt, Belz
* Sanz-Klausenberger rebbe and Halberstam family from Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
* Ludwig Lichtenstein
* Michoel Ber Weissmandl
* Béla Wenckheim

United Kingdom

Other religious leaders

* Selig Brodetsky, President of the British Board of Deputies
* Barnett Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
* Greville Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
* Ewen Montagu, President of the United Synagogue
* Claude Montefiore, co-founder of British Liberal Judaism
* Anthony Rothschild, First president of the United Synagogue

United States

Other

*Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis - Hungarian born founder of Hineni

Other religious leaders (including Jews associated with religions outside of Judaism)

* Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, 10th century purported Karaite
* Anan ben David, purported founder of the Karaites
* Ya'acov Al-Kirkisani, Karaite leader
* Daniel Al-Kumisi, 9th Century Karaite leader
* Apostles, the "Twelve Apostles", first followers of Jesus
* Aviel Barclay, first certified Soferet S"M (female Torah and Mezuzah scribe)
* Jacob Frank, self-proclaimed messiah in Poland, founder of Frankists
* John the Baptist (Yochanan ha-Matbil), revered by Christians
* Jesus of Nazareth, (Yeshua ha-Notzri) inspired the creation of Christianity
* Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal (raised Catholic)
* Mary (Miryam), mother of Jesus
* Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus
* Ram Dass, modern American Hindu author
* Simon of Galilee, considered the first Pope
* St. Teresa of Avila, Catholic saint (parents were "Conversos")
* Saul of Tarsus (Paul), early Christian leader
* Edith Stein, Catholic nun, Holocaust victim
* Swami Paramatmananda (born Neil Rosner), was involved in setting up Mata Amritanandamayi Center in San Ramon, CA
* Maurice Frydman Polish Jew who lived in India and was involved in translating Nisargadatta's "I am That." Was close to Gandhi and Nehru