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Szymon AskenazySzymon Ashkenazy was born in Zawichost. He was a Polish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the Askenazy school. ... |
Historian | ||
Yitzhak Ben-AharonBen-Aharon was born in the Bukovina region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Romania). He became a leader in Hashomer Hatzair in Romania,... |
Zionist activist | ||
Billy WilderBilly Wilder was born Samuel Wilder to a Jewish family in Sucha Beskidzka, Austria-Hungary. He was an Austrian-born American filmmaker,... |
Filmmaker | ||
Roald HoffmannRoald Hoffmann was born in Zolochiv Poland (now Ukraine). He is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in... |
Biochemist | ||
Wilhelm ReichWilhelm Reich (24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of... |
Psychiatrist | ||
Berl LockerBerl Locker Born in Kriwiec in Austria-Hungary, Locker was educated at a Jewish school. In 1902 he began contributing to the Der Yidisher... |
Politician | ||
Jakub Karol ParnasJakub Karol Parnas was born in 1884 in Mokriany near Drohobych, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the province of Galicia (now... |
Biochemist | ||
Sir Hersch LauterpachtSir Hersch Lauterpacht was born in Zhovkva, Austria-Hungary. He was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to... |
Judge |