Born in Riga in Livonia, then part of the Russian Empire, the Jewish German-speaking Nimzowitsch came from a wealthy family, where he learned chess from his father, who was a merchant.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut of Russian Jewish heritage, Capp was the eldest child of Otto Philip and Matilda ( Davidson ) Caplin.

Born in Brooklyn, Kushner was educated at Columbia University and later obtained his rabbinical ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary ( JTS ) in 1960.

Born in Berlin, Germany to Jewish parents, he escaped Nazi Germany in January 1936, emigrating with his family to the United States.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Neusner was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ( where he received rabbinic ordination ), the University of Oxford, and Columbia University.

Born in Lyon to a Jewish family, the son of the professor of ancient history Gustave Bloch, Marc studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Fondation Thiers in Paris, then at Berlin and Leipzig.

In 1946, Brando showed his dedication to the idea of a Jewish homeland by performing in Ben Hecht's Zionist play A Flag is Born.

Born in Focşani to a Jewish Romanian family adhering to the Chabad Hasidic branch, he attended yeshivas in Eastern Europe.

Born Paul Bernard into a Jewish family in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France, he was the son of an architect.

Born in Chicago, with Jewish origins, he attended schools in New York and later graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge in England.

Born into an observant Jewish family but an atheist by her teenage years, she was baptized on January 1, 1922 into the Roman Catholic Church.

Born to a poor Jewish family in Dessau and originally destined for a rabbinical career, Mendelssohn educated himself in German thought and literature and from his writings on philosophy and religion came to be regarded as a leading cultural figure of his time by both Germans and Jews.

Also in 1946, he appeared on Broadway in A Flag is Born, also written by Ben Hecht, to help promote the creation of a Jewish state in Israel.

Born into a prosperous ethnic German Jewish family in Arverne, Queens, New York City, Rodgers was the son of Mamie ( Levy ) and Dr. William Abrahams Rodgers, a prominent physician who had changed the family name from Abrahams.

Born Harold Rubin in New York City, he later claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys home.

Born David Selznick to a Jewish family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the son of silent movie distributor Lewis J. Selznick and Florence A.

Born in Marseilles to a Jewish family from Aix-en-Provence, Milhaud studied in Paris at the Paris Conservatory where he met his fellow group members Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre.

Born in Warsaw, Poland, Shahak was the youngest child of a cultured, religious, pro-Zionist, Ashkenazi Jewish family.

Born in London, son of John Abraham ( Jack ) Finzi ( of Italian Jewish descent ) and Eliza Emma ( Lizzie ) Leverson ( daughter of Montague Leverson, of German Jewish descent ), Finzi nevertheless became one of the most characteristically " English " composers of his generation.

Born in London to a Lutheran Saxon merchant and his Jewish wife, when he was three his family relocated to

Born to Jewish parents in San Francisco, his family was financially ruined by the 1906 earthquake.

Born near Alexanderplatz in Berlin to a middle-class Jewish family as Bruno Schlesinger, he began his musical education at the Stern Conservatory at the age of eight, making his first public appearance as a pianist when he was nine.

Born in Budapest of Jewish descent, Gábor was the third and last daughter of Vilmos Gábor ( 1884 – 1962 ), a soldier, and Jolie Gábor ( 1894 – 1997 ), a jeweler.

Born into a middle-class Jewish family, Einhorn studied at the University of Pennsylvania.

We hold that children should be ( 1 ) Conceived in love ; ( 2 ) Born of the mother's conscious desire ; ( 3 ) And only begotten under conditions which render possible the heritage of health.

Born and raised in a house of Jewish heritage, Schwerner attended Pelham Memorial High School in Pelham, New York.

Born Maria Anna Paula Ferdinandine Gräfin von Wurmbrand-Stuppach in Vienna, Austria, of Greco-Austrian heritage, " Etti ," as she was known, was putatively the elder daughter of Count Ferdinand von Wurmbrand-Stuppach ( 1879 – 1933 ) and his wife May Baltazzi ( 1885 – 1981 ), but more likely was the countess's biological child by Count Josef Gizycki.

Born in Székesfehérvár of Jewish heritage, he was educated at the universities of Budapest, Berlin, Leipzig and Leiden with the support of József Eötvös, Hungarian minister of culture.

Born into a family with a long political heritage in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Colosio Murrieta was the descendant of 16th century Italian immigrants to New Spain who settled down in the rural territories of the northwest, in the modern state of Sonora.

Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Van Loan is of Estonian heritage.

Born the son of a soldier in Kassa ( now Košice in Slovakia ) of mixed Armenian ( the surname of his great-grandfather was Saloshyan ), German, Hungarian ( one grandparent ), Slovak and Rusyn heritage.

Born in Paris, of Catholic and Jewish heritage.

Born of Métis and Blackfoot heritage, Cardinal is famous for flowing architecture marked with smooth lines, influenced by his Aboriginal heritage as well as European Expressionist architecture

Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia of Jewish heritage, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France.

Born one of six siblings to a family that traced its heritage to the Revolutionary War era, both parents were teachers and she was raised to be a teacher.

Born in Imperial Russia to a family of Jewish heritage, Ossip Bernstein grew up in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Born in the London Borough of Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Central Foundation Boys ' Grammar School ( now known as Central Foundation Boys ' School ) in Cowper St, Islington, London EC2 and Westminster Kingsway College.

Born in Malaysia to Tamil Hindu parents, Kamahl is of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage.

Born Moshe Stiller in Helsinki, his family was of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, having lived in Russia and Poland before settling in Finland.

Born in Sarajevo, and of Sephardic heritage, Elazar immigrated to Palestine in 1940 with the Youth Aliyah program and settled on kibbutz Ein Shemer.

Born in Queens, New York, of Italian-Korean heritage, she began playing the violin at the age of three and played her first concert with an orchestra at six years old.

Born in the Soviet Union of paternal Ukrainian heritage, Kirilenko is a good friend to fellow WTA players Maria Sharapova, Daniela Hantuchová, Victoria Azarenka, Ana Ivanović, Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova, and Marta Domachowska.

Born in 1976 of mixed Sheffield and St. Lucian heritage, Bell was educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School.

Born in Philadelphia but proud of his Greek heritage, Mantarakis was a private in the U. S. Army serving in the West with Gordon McSweeney during the early part of the Great War.

Born in Seattle, she was African American and drew on her heritage in her original dance works.

Born in New York City of African-American heritage, he graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1960, where he stood out for both his talent and gentle, easygoing manner.