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Josef SigallJosef Sigall was a painter, born in Brody in 1891. Having graduated from the gymnasium in Lviv in 1909, he moved to Vienna, where he gained his art... |
Painter | Brody | |
Lee StrasbergLee Strasberg was born Israel Strassberg Budzanów, Austria-Hungary (today in Ukraine). He was an American actor, director and acting... |
Filmmaker | Budaniv | |
Leo LandauLeo Landau was a well-known stage director and actor, who appeared under the stage name Lenkhart. Born in Brody in 1878, Landau became famous... |
Director | Brody | |
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Leon SternbachLeon Sternbach was a Polish-Jewish classical philologist and Byzantinist, a professor at the Jagellonian University. Born in Drohobych, Galicia,... |
Classical philologist | Drohobych |
Leopold GottliebLeopold Gottlieb was a Polish-Jewish modernist painter. He was born in Drohobych, Galicia, received his art education in Krakow and Munich, and in... |
Artist | Drohobych | |
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Leopold InfeldLeopold Infeld was born in a family of Polish Jews, in Kraków which at that time was located in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a... |
Physicist | Kraków |
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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von MisesLudwig von Mises was born to wealthy Jewish parents in the city of Lemberg, in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now L'viv, Ukraine). He was a... |
Philosopher | Lviv |
Markus LandauMarkus Landau was a famous writer and literary historian. Born in Brody in 1837, Landau’s first career was in trade. As a merchant, Landau... |
Brody |