Jewish American philanthropists

The list Jewish American philanthropists includes Rashida Jones, Barbra Streisand, Paul Newman, Les Gold and Kyle Richards. The list consists of 727 members and 2 sublists.

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Cameron Boyce

American actor (1999–2019)

Overview: Cameron Mica Boyce (May 28, 1999 – July 6, 2019) was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the 2008 films Mirrors and Eagle Eye, along with the comedy film Grown Ups (2010) ...

Date of birth: 28 May 1999

Date of death: 6 July 2019

Age: 20 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Neurological disease deaths in California 450T

21st-century American Jews 3,173T

2019 deaths 9,728T
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Rashida Jones

American actress (born 1977)

Overview: Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976) is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. Jones appeared as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series Boston Public (2000–2002), as Karen Filippelli ...

Date of birth: 25 February 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Ezra Koenig (Long-Term)

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Reform Jewish feminists 14T

American women television producers 668T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T
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Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

Overview: Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. With a career spanning seven decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and ...

Date of birth: 24 April 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,662T

20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,277T

Actors from Flatbush, Brooklyn 18T
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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
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Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

Overview: Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, and entrepreneur. Newman was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award ...

Date of birth: 26 January 1925

Date of death: 26 September 2008

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Filmmakers from Cleveland 20T

Jews from Connecticut 46T

Jews from Ohio 69T
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Les Gold

American pawnbroker, reality TV star, author, and media personality

Overview: Leslie Gold (born June 20, 1950) is an American pawnbroker, reality TV star, author, and media personality. He is known for his role on cable and satellite television truTV's reality series, Hardcore Pawn ...

Date of birth: 20 June 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: American

Occupation: Reality TV

Gender: Male

Partner: Lili Gold (Married)

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Writers from Detroit, Michigan 272T

Participants in American reality television series 1,782T

1950 births 14,425T
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Melissa Rivers

American television personality

Overview: Melissa Warburg Rosenberg (previously Endicott; born January 20, 1968), better known as Melissa Rivers, is an American actress and television host. She is the only child of comedian Joan Rivers and producer ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Personality

Gender: Female

Partner: Steve Mitchel (Engaged)

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American women television presenters 141T

American women television producers 668T

Women television presenters 1,277T
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Joan Rivers

American actor and director

Overview: Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. She was noted for her often c ...

Date of birth: 8 June 1933

Date of death: 4 September 2014

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Jewish American film directors 75T

United Service Organizations entertainers 148T

Jewish American comedy writers 42T
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Danny Kaye

Actor

Overview: Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דאַװיד דאַניעל קאַמינסקי‎; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, and philanthropist. His p ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1911

Date of death: 3 March 1987

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Male actors of Ukrainian descent 19T

People from East New York, Brooklyn 36T
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Shoshanna Gruss

American fashion designer

Overview: Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss (born May 29, 1975) is an American fashion designer and the founder and creative director of the fashion label Shoshanna, which was launched in 1998.

Date of birth: 29 May 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Fashion Designer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Nightingale-Bamford School alumni 14T

American women fashion designers 375T

20th-century American businesswomen 553T
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Jerry Seinfeld

American comedian

Overview: Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( SYNE-feld; born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld ...

Date of birth: 29 April 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Jessica Seinfeld (Married)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

American male television writers 1,879T

Las Vegas shows 68T
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Idina Menzel

American actress

Overview: Idina Kim Menzel () (née Mentzel; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Menzel rose to prominence when she originated the role of Maureen Johnson in the Broadway musical Rent ...

Date of birth: 30 May 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Aaron Lohr (Married)

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Broadway actors 482T

20th-century women composers 1,221T

21st-century women composers 620T
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Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

Overview: Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1946

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Kate Capshaw (Married)

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Dyslexic writers 21T

20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 95T
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Charlie Ebersol

American television and film producer, director, and CEO

Overview: Charles Duncan Ebersol (born December 30, 1982) is an American television and film producer and director. Ebersol is best known as the co-founder of The Company with Justin Hochberg, executive producer ...

Date of birth: 28 November 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Producer

Gender: Male

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Alliance of American Football executives 12T

American reality television producers 33T

People from Torrington, Connecticut 34T
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Mark Zuckerberg

American businessman and philanthropist (born 1984)

Overview: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding Facebook, Inc. and serves as its chairman, chief executive ...

Date of birth: 14 May 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Priscilla Chan (Married)

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Centibillionaires 11T

Directors of Meta Platforms 2T

Time Person of the Year 68T
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Mauricio Umansky

American, TV Personality

Date of birth: 25 June 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Male

Partner: Alexandria Wolfe (Dating)

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Philanthropists from California 171T

Mexican emigrants to the United States 464T

The Real Housewives cast members 80T
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Herb Alpert

American musician (born 1935)

Overview: Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American jazz musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a ...

Date of birth: 31 March 1935

Age: 89

Nationality: American

Occupation: Trumpeter

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Lani Hall (Married)

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

Herb Alpert 2T

American male trumpeters 659T
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Tory Burch

American fashion designer

Overview: Tory Burch (née Robinson; born June 17, 1966) is an American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She is the Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of her own brand, Tory Burch LLC ...

Date of birth: 17 June 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Designer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Matt Palmeri (Dating)

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American women fashion designers 282T

Hectomillionaires 10T

Former billionaires 34T
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Jonathan Lipnicki

American actor

Overview: Jonathan William Lipnicki (born October 22, 1990) is an American actor and producer and is known for his roles as a child actor. He has appeared in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Stuart Little (1999) ...

Date of birth: 22 October 1990

Age: 33

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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People from Westlake Village, California 64T

Male actors from Greater Los Angeles 57T

Jewish American male actors 1,033T
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Larry Ellison

Business repellent

Overview: Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist who is a co-founder and the executive chairman and chief technology officer (CTO) of Oracle ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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SailGP 4T

21st-century philanthropists 248T

Tesla Inc 6T