American people of Russian-Jewish descent

The list American people of Russian-Jewish descent includes Scarlett Johansson, Dianna Agron, Monica Lewinsky, Logan Lerman and Chris Pine. The list consists of 2,146 members and 5 sublists.

American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
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American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
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1.

Jake Gyllenhaal

American actor (born 1980)

Overview: Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner. He began ...

Date of birth: 19 December 1980

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Jeanne Cadieu (Dating)

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21st-century American Jews 3,017T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Columbia College (New York) alumni 1,538T
2.

Scarlett Johansson

American actress (born 1984)

Overview: Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. The world's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has been featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 ...

Date of birth: 22 November 1984

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Colin Jost (Married)

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Actresses from Manhattan 336T

People with multiple nationality 98T

United Service Organizations entertainers 147T
3.

Zoë Kravitz

American actress, model and singer (born 1988)

Overview: Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress, singer and model. The daughter of actor-musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, Kravitz made her acting debut in the romantic ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1988

Age: 35

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Channing Tatum (Engaged)

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African-American women musicians 382T

Miami Country Day School alumni 8T

Actresses of Ukrainian descent 15T
4.

Dianna Agron

American actress and singer (born 1986)

Overview: Dianna Elise Agron ( AY-gron; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress and singer. After dancing and starring in small musical theater productions in her youth, Agron made her screen debut in 2006 ...

Date of birth: 30 April 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Harold Ancart (Dating)

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Queer singers 38T

American queer actresses 26T

Queer actresses 54T
5.

Monica Lewinsky

American activist and writer (born 1973)

Overview: Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American activist and writer. A former White House intern, Lewinsky gained international celebrity status in the late 1990s as a result of the public ...

Date of birth: 23 July 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Jewish women activists 119T

American women fashion designers 419T

Activists from San Francisco 67T
6.

Logan Lerman

American actor

Overview: Logan Wade Lerman (born January 19, 1992) is an American actor, known for playing the title role in the fantasy-adventure Percy Jackson films. He appeared in commercials in the mid-1990s, before starring ...

Date of birth: 19 January 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Analuisa Corrigan (Engaged)

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Male actors from Beverly Hills, California 32T

Jewish American male actors 1,033T

20th-century American male actors 8,672T
7.

Chris Pine

Actor

Overview: Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. Pine made his feature film debut as Lord Devereaux in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), James T. Kirk in the Star Trek ...

Date of birth: 26 August 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors of Russian descent 80T

American male video game actors 798T

Male actors from Los Angeles, California 1,337T
8.

Winona Ryder

American, Actress

Overview: Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1971

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Scott Mackinlay Hahn (Long-Term)

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Petaluma High School alumni 7T

21st-century American Jews 8,143T

20th-century American Jews 5,382T
9.

Natalie Portman

Israeli-born American actress (born 1981)

Overview: Natalie Portman (née Hershlag, Hebrew: נטע-לי הרשלג, June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters ...

Date of birth: 9 June 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American veganism activists 149T

Angel City FC founders 1T

American Ashkenazi Jews 243T
10.

Mila Kunis

American actress (born 1983)

Overview: Milena Markovna Kunis (Ukrainian: Мілена Марківна Куніс; Russian: Милена Марковна Кунис; born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. In 1991, at the age of 7, she moved from Soviet Ukraine to the United ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Ashton Kutcher (Married)

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American sitcom actresses 544T

American comedy actresses 410T

Actors from Chernivtsi 7T
11.

Josh Groban

American singer and actor (born 1981)

Overview: Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer, who is known for his unusually dusky baritone voice. His first four solo albums have been ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Male actors of Ukrainian descent 19T

Christians of Jewish descent 5T
12.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

American actor

Overview: Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, and entrepreneur. As a child, Gordon-Levitt appeared in the films A River Runs Through It, Angels in the ...

Date of birth: 17 February 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Tasha McCauley (Married)

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Web Summit Speaker 67T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Film directors from Los Angeles, California 286T
13.

James Franco

American actor and filmmaker (born 1978)

Overview: James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010) ...

Date of birth: 19 April 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Figures in sexual harassment scandals 71T

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television faculty 32T

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male winners 32T
14.

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress and singer

Overview: Gwyneth Paltrow (born Gwyneth Kate Paltrow; ; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress, singer, author, and businesswoman. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including an Academy ...

Date of birth: 27 September 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Brad Falchuk (Married)

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Paltrow family 7T

Gwyneth Paltrow 2T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T
15.

Amanda Bynes

American actress (born 1986)

Overview: Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American manicurist and former actress. Bynes began her career as a child actress, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That (1996–2000) and ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 544T

American comedy actresses 410T

21st-century American Jews 7,982T
16.

Lenny Kravitz

American, Singer

Overview: Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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American rhythm guitarists 181T

American lead guitarists 434T

Jewish American rock musicians 108T
17.

Zoey Deutch

American actress (born 1994)

Overview: Zoey Francis Thompson Deutch (born November 10, 1994) is an American actress and producer. The daughter of director Howard Deutch and actress-director Lea Thompson. She gained recognition for her roles ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1994

Age: 29

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Jimmy Tatro (Dating)

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Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients 194T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T

Jewish American actresses 694T
18.

Timothée Chalamet

American and French actor (born 1995)

Overview: Timothée Hal Chalamet (born December 27, 1995) is an American actor. The recipient of various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, four ...

Date of birth: 26 December 1995

Age: 28

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Kylie Jenner (Dating)

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American Ashkenazi Jews 197T

Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients 194T

Columbia College (New York) alumni 1,945T
19.

Daniela Ruah

American actor

Overview: Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah (born December 2, 1983) is a Portuguese-American actress best known for playing NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye in the CBS police procedural series NCIS: Los Angeles.

Date of birth: 2 December 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: Portuguese

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: David Paul Olsen (Married)

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Jewish Portuguese actresses 2T

Portuguese people of Ukrainian descent 1T

Actresses of Russian descent 81T
20.

Leo Howard

American actor and martial artist

Overview: Leo Howard (born July 13, 1997) is an American actor and martial artist. Howard is known for incorporating his karate skills into his feature film and television roles; as "Young Snake-Eyes" in the 2009 ...

Date of birth: 13 July 1997

Age: 27

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Natasha Hall (Engaged)

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People from Studio City, Los Angeles 97T

People from Fallbrook, California 30T

American male karateka 186T