Converts to Judaism

The list Converts to Judaism includes Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Zooey Deschanel, Vanessa Marcil and Karlie Kloss. The list consists of 269 members and 11 sublists.

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Judaism

Abrahamic monotheistic religion of the Jewish people

Converts to Judaism from atheism or agnosticism
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Converts to Judaism from Christianity
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Converts to Judaism from paganism
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Converts to Orthodox Judaism
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Converts to Conservative Judaism
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Converts to Reform Judaism
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Converts to Judaism from Druzism
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- Michael Netzer
Converts to Reconstructionist Judaism
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- James Newton Howard
- Hannah Nathans
Converts to Judaism by century
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Groups who converted to Judaism
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- Jews of San Nicandro
- Khazars
- Edom
- Kindah
- Adiabene
Converts to Judaism from Islam
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Marilyn Monroe

American actress and model (1926–1962)

Overview: Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1926

Date of death: 5 August 1962

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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20th-century American models 5T

American torch singers 82T

American pin-up models 106T
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Elizabeth Taylor

American, Actress

Overview: Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1932

Date of death: 23 March 2011

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American women art collectors 74T

LGBT rights activists from California 34T

American recipients of the Legion of Honour 33T
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Sofia Richie

American model and media personality (born 1998)

Overview: Sofia Alexandera Richie (born August 24, 1998) is an American social media personality, model, and fashion designer. She has been featured in campaigns by a number of major brands including Tommy Hilfiger ...

Date of birth: 24 August 1998

Age: 26

Nationality: American

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Elliot Grainge (Married)

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Female models from Los Angeles 68T

Oaks Christian School alumni 30T

American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent 347T
4.

Lauren Cohan

British-American actress (born 1982)

Overview: Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is a British-American actress and model best known for her role as Maggie Greene in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead (2011–2018; 2 ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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American expatriate actresses in England 67T

21st-century American Jews 8,122T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T
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Zooey Deschanel

American actress and musician (born 1980)

Overview: Zooey Claire Deschanel ( ZO-ee day-shə-NEL; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Jonathan Silver Scott (Engaged)

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21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,654T

20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,272T

21st-century converts to Judaism 14T
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Vanessa Marcil

American actress

Overview: Vanessa Marcil ( mar-SEL; born Vanessa Sally Ortiz; October 15, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles as Brenda Barrett on General Hospital, Gina Kincaid on Beverly ...

Date of birth: 15 October 1968

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: MC (person) (Engaged)

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People from Indio, California 28T

Actresses of Italian descent 660T

Soap opera actresses 40T
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Benjamin Millepied

French multi oriented dancer and choreographer

Overview: Benjamin Millepied (born 10 June 1977) is a French dancer and choreographer, who has lived and worked in the United States after joining the New York City Ballet in 1995, where he became a soloist in ...

Date of birth: 10 June 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: French

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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20th-century ballet dancers 193T

Paris Opera Ballet artistic directors 26T

French male ballet dancers 86T
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Karlie Kloss

American fashion model (born 1992)

Overview: Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (born August 3, 1992) is an American fashion model. Vogue Paris declared her one of the "top 30 models of the 2000s" when she was 17. Kloss was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2013 ...

Date of birth: 3 August 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: American

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Joshua Kushner (Married)

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21st-century American Jews 7,962T

The Society Management models 55T

21st-century American businesswomen 641T
9.

Anna Silk

Canadian actress

Overview: Anna Silk, (born 31 January 1974) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Bo Dennis, the protagonist of the Showcase television series Lost Girl (2010–2015).

Date of birth: 31 January 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Seth Cooperman (Married)

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Actresses from New Brunswick 15T

Canadian stage actresses 347T

Jewish Canadian actresses 46T
10.

Daryl Hall

American musician and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (born 1946)

Overview: Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B and soul singer and musician, best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Hall ...

Date of birth: 11 October 1946

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Amanda Aspinall (Long-Term)

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Daryl Hall and the Daryl's House Band members 7T

20th-century American male singers 1,989T

21st-century American Jews 7,842T
11.

Kyle Richards

American actress and television personality (born 1969)

Overview: Kyle Egan Richards Umansky (née Richards; born January 11, 1969) is an American actress, socialite, and television personality. Since 2010, she has appeared as a main cast member on The Real Housewives ...

Date of birth: 11 January 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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The Real Housewives (franchise) cast members 102T

21st-century converts to Judaism 16T

21st-century American philanthropists 296T
12.

Martha Hyer

American actress (1924–2014)

Overview: Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Gwen French in Some Came Running (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award ...

Date of birth: 10 August 1924

Date of death: 31 May 2014

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American women memoirists 620T

Northwestern University School of Communication alumni 200T

2014 deaths 9,515T
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Sammy Davis Jr.

American entertainer (1925–1990)

Overview: Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1925

Date of death: 16 May 1990

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Broadway actors 482T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T
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Mary Hart

American television personality (born 1950)

Overview: Mary Hart (born Mary Johanna Harum; November 8, 1950) is an American television personality and was the long-running host (1982–2011) of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entert ...

Date of birth: 8 November 1950

Age: 73

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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21st-century American Jews 7,978T

20th-century American Jews 5,136T

Television personalities from Los Angeles 91T
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Joan Lunden

Television journalist

Overview: Joan Lunden (born Joan Elise Blunden on September 19, 1950) is an American journalist, an author, and a television host. Lunden was the co-host of ABC's Good Morning America from 1980 to 1997, and has ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1950

Age: 73

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Jeff Konigsberg (Married)

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WWE Warrior Award recipients 4T

WWE Hall of Fame inductees 183T

People from Fair Oaks, California 29T
16.

Jim Croce

American singer-songwriter

Overview: James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period ...

Date of birth: 10 January 1943

Date of death: 20 September 1973

Age: 30 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1973 10T

People from Malvern, Pennsylvania 6T

20th-century male singers 5,297T
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Eleanor Parker

American actress (1922–2013)

Overview: Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. Over the course of her career, she has won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and received nominations for three Academy Awards ...

Date of birth: 26 June 1922

Date of death: 9 December 2013

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Deaths from pneumonia in California 473T

21st-century American Jews 7,670T

Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 69T
18.

Carolyn Jones

American actress (1930–1983)

Overview: Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition ...

Date of birth: 28 April 1930

Date of death: 3 August 1983

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Burials in Orange County, California 9T

Amarillo High School alumni 14T

Actresses from Texas 399T
19.

Ivanka Trump

American, Business

Overview: Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (), also known as Yael Kushner (Hebrew: יָעֵל, lit. ibex; born October 30, 1981), is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, author, and reality television personality ...

Date of birth: 30 October 1981

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Jared Kushner (Married)

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American women jewellers 96T

Children of billionaires 115T

Daughters of presidents 27T
20.

Elizabeth Banks

American actress and filmmaker (born 1974)

Overview: Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell; February 10, 1974) is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Jews from Massachusetts 47T

United Service Organizations entertainers 148T

Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T