res-What I really am is pro my people, the Anglo-Celtic peoples of the British Isles who made this country great.
I believe many of these people had a hand in "making this country great" too.
Abraham - First patriarch of the Jewish People. Born in Ur of the Chaldeans around the 19th century BC. God established a Covenant with him symbolized by male circumcision.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon - First Hebrew-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1966). b. in 1888 in Buczacz, Galicia.
Woody Allen - American filmmaker and comic genius.
Bernard Baruch - Financial wizard. Born 1870 in Camden, South Carolina. Stock analyst and statesman. Served as advisor to several US presidents inclluding Wilson and Roosevelt.
Saul Bellow - Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1976. b. 1915 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. Gave his name to the town library of Lachine.
Jack Benny - The world's finest comedian. b. 1894 in Waukegan, Illinois. American comedian, radio and TV star.
Henri Bergson - Outstanding French Philisopher. Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 1928. b. 1859 in Paris, France.
Irving Berlin - America's most beloved songwriter. b. 1888 in Temin, Siberia Russia. Wrote thounsands of songs as "God Bless America", and "White Christmas". Life magazine chose him as one of its 100 most important Americans of the 20th century.
Isaiah Berlin - Intellectual giant. b. 1909 in Riga, Latvia. Philosopher and political scientist.
Leonard Bernstein - The greatest maestro of his era. b 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusets. Composed "West Side Story" ranked as one of the greatest musical theater pieces written by an American.
Louis Brandeis - The first Jewish US Supreme Court Justice. b. 1856 in Louisville, KY.
Stephen G. Breyer - US Supreme Court Justice
Martin Buber - Modern Jewish Theologian
Elias Canetti - Bulgarian Writer and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient. b. 1905. Holds a doctorate in Chemistry also.
Benjamin Cardozo - Great American Justice. b. 1970 in NYC. Ranked as one of the 10 most outstanding figures in American Judicial history.
Marc Chagall - Quintessential 20th Century Jewish Artist.
Andre Citröen - Major French Industrialist dubbed the "French Henry Ford".
Aaron Copland - Dean of American Composers. b. 1900 Brooklyn, NY.
Alan m. Dershowitz - Famous American Lawyer. One of America's best-known and controversial lawyers.
Emile Durkheim - The founder of Modern Sociology. b. 1858 in Epinal, France.
Paul Ehrlich - Curer of Syphylis. b. 1845 Strehelen, Poland. German medical researcher. Discovered Salvarsan, the drug that cured syphylis.
Albert Einstein - Profoundly influential Theoretical Physicist. b. 1879, Ulm, Germany. Won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his research on the photoeletric effect.
Felix Frankfurter - Longtime US Supreme Court Justice.
Sigmund Freud - Founder of Psychoanalysis. Famous psychologist and Austrian Physician. b. 1856 in Frieberg, Moravia (now Czech Republic).
Milton Friedman - Nobel Prize-winning Economist. b. 1912, in Brooklyn NY.
George Gershwin - American Composer. b. 1898 in Brooklyn, NY. Composer of the Opera "Porgy and Bes".
Arthur Goldberg - US Supreme Court Justice and Cabinet Member. b. 1908 in Chicago. IL.
Samuel Goldwyn - Early Hollywood Mogul. b. 1882, Warsaw, Poland. American film executive.
Benny Goodman - "The King of Swing". b. 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. Clarinetist and orchestra leader.
Dustin Hoffman - One of Hollywood's Best Actors. b. 1937 in LA, California.
Harry Houdini - "The greatest escape artist of all Time". b. 1874 in Budapest, Hungary.
Al Jolson - American entertainer. b. 1886 in Srednik, Lithuania. American actor and singer.
Franz Kafka - Influential European Novelist. b. 1883 in Prague, Czech Republic. Czech writer. Recognized as one of the greatest figures of modern European literature.
Louis Kahn - Outstanding architect. b. 1901 in Iesel Island, Estonia. Unorthodox and innovative, believed architecture must follow the "will" of space and construction material.
Mordecai Kaplan - Founder of the reconstructionist movement of modern Jewry. b. 1881, Svencionya, Lithuania. American religious thinker.
Jerome Kern - Great composer of American Musicals. b NYC 1885.
Larry King - America's premier talk show host. b. 1933 in Brooklyn, NY.
Calvin Klein - Pioneer in Casual Chic. b. 1942 in the Bronx, NY.
Sandy Koufax - One of baseball's best pitchers. b. 1935 in Brookklyn NY.
Ralph Lauren - Preeminent American Fashion Designer. b. 1939 in the Bronx, NY.
Herbert Lehman - American Liberal Political Leader. b. 1878 in NYC. Served as senator for 8 years. 4 term governor of NY.
Walter Lippmann - Dean of American Journalists. b. 1889 in NYC.
Norman Mailer - Enfant Terrible of American Letters. b. 1923 in Long Branch, NJ. Won Pulitzer Prize in 1967.
Groucho Marx - Wisecracking American comedian. b. 1890 NY.
Louis b. Mayer - Hollywood Mogul. b. 1885 in Minsk, Russia. American film executive. Gave American Greta Garbo and Jimmy Stewart.
Eric Mendelssohn - Influential 20th Century Architect. b. 1887 in Allenstein, East Prussia (now in Poland).
Moses Mendelssohn - German Philosopher. b. in Desau, Germany in 1729.
Daniel Mendoza - Father of Modern Boxing. b. 1764 in London, England.
Yehudi Menuhin - Outsdtanding violinist. b. 1916 in NYC. American violinist.
Arthur Miller - Oustanding American Dramatist. b. 1915 in NYC. American playright. Wrote award winning masterpieces All My Sons, Death of A Salesman.
Amedeo Modigliani - Archetypal 20th Century Artist. b. 1884 in Livorno, Italy.
Moses - Founder of the Jewish Nation. b. in Egypt in 13th century BC. Led the children of Israel out of Egypt in what is known as the Exodus, the critical event leading to the emergency of the Jewish people.
Adolph Ochs - Founder of the New York Times. b. 1858 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
J. Robert Oppenheimer - Disllusioned Father of the Atomic Bomb. b. 1904 in NYC. American physicist. Directed the ultra-secret Manhattan Project during WWII.
William S. Paley - Founder of the TV network CBS. b. 1901 Chicago, IL.
Camille Pissarro - Renowned French Impressionist Painter. b. 1830 on St Thomas, the Virgin Islands. He was an important figure to younger artists such as Paul Cezanne and Paul Gaugin.
Otto Preminger - Controversial Hollywood Film Director. b. 1906 in Vienna, Austria.
Isador Isaac Rabi - Winner of the 1944 Nobel Price for Physics. b. 1898 in Rymanow, Austria.
Edward G. Robinson - Hollywood Tough Guy. American actor b. in Bucharest, Romania in 1893.
Richard Rodgers - Composer of Memorable Broadway Musicals. b. 1902 in NYC.
A. M. Rosenthal - Outstanding Editor of the New York Times. b. 1922 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Philip Roth - The Quintenessential American-Jewish Writer. b. 1933 Newakr, NJ. American novelist.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild - Banker and Financier. b. 1743 in Frankfurt, Germany. The Rothschild family helped in large part finance the founding of Belgium, and the building of the Suez Canal.
Artur Rubinstein - American Pianist. b. 1889 in Warsaw, Poland. A child prodigy. Considered one of the finest pianists of his era.
Jonas Salk -Developer of the First Effective Polio Vaccine. b. 1914 in NYC. American epidemiologist. Founded the Salk Institute where research is now being conducted to develop a vaccine to precent AIDS.
David Sarnoff - Broadcasting Pioneer and Executive. b. 1891 in Uzlian, Russia. Fouded the first broadcast network NBC. Also was head of the RCA Corporation and was a pioneer in the development of radio, and TV.
Jacob Schiff - American Industrial Financier and Philanthropist. b. 1847 in Frankfurt, Germany. Was head of one of America's largest investment banks: Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Ben Shahn - Major American-Jewish Artist. b. in Kaunas, Russia 1969.
Isaac Bashevis Singer - Winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature. b. 1904 in Radzymin, Poland.
George Soros - Financier and Philanthropist. b. 1930 in Budapest, Hungary. Holocasut survivor. As manager of the Quantum Fund, produced the best investment record on Wall Street. In 1993 Soros earned a record-breaking $1.1 billion making him the #1 American income according to Financial Magazine.
Steven Spielberg - American Filmmaker. b. 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His movies: E.T, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, the Indiana Jones trilogy, and Schindler's List were all-time box-office hits.
Baruch Spinoza - Philosopher and Excommunicant. b. 1632 in Amsterdam, Holland. His writings provided the basis for modern biblical criticism. He was forced to endure the most famous excommunication in Jewish history for his heretical views on Judaism.
Mark Spitz - Record-breaking Swimmer. b. 1950 in Modesto, California. Seven Gold Medals in the 1972 Munich Plympics.
Isaac Stern - American Violinist. b. 1920 in Kremenets, USSR. Has been called America's greatest musical ambassador.
Alfred Stieglitz - Father of Photography as Art. b. 1863 in Hoboken, NJ.
Leon Trotsky - Russian Revolutionary. b. 1879 in Yankova, Southern Ukraine.
John Von Neumann - Mathematician and Computer Pioneer. b. 1903 in Budapest, Hungary. John Von Neumann discovered how to detonate the atomic bomb.
Selman Waksman - Physiology and Medicine Nobel Prize Recipient 1952 for his discovery of the anti-biotic streptomycin. b. 1888 in Priluka, the Ukraine. American biochemist.
Elie Wiesel - Nobel Peace Prize Recipient and Witness to the Holocaust. b. 1928 in Sighet, Romania. American Jewish intellectual. Human rights activist.
Herman Woul - Bestselling American Novelist. b. 1915 in NYC. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for his novel The Caine Mutniy.
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