List of Iberian Jews
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Jews had lived in the Iberian peninsula since the Ancient Age, experiencing a Golden Age under Muslim rule. Following the Reconquista and increasing persecution, many of them were expelled from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1497. Some of their descendants, known as the Sephardim, settled mainly in North Africa, South-East Europe, the Netherlands, England, and America. Jews were only formally readmitted to the peninsula in the late 19th century. The modern Jewish Iberian population is based on post-war immigration and numbers around 14,000. The following is a list of prominent Iberian Jews arranged by country of origin:
Portugal
- Abraham Aboab Falero, seventeenth century philanthropist
- Rodrigo Lopez, physician[1]
- Antonio Ribeiro Sanchez, physician[2]
Spain
Pre-expulsion
- Petrus Alphonsi, physician[3]
Post-expulsion
- Isaac & Daniel Carasso, founders of Danone[4]
- Felipe Godínez, dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age.[5]
- Jacob Hassan, Spanish academic, writer, and university professor[6][7]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "Jewish physician"
- ↑ Concise Jewish Encyclopedia: "Jewish physician"
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑
- ↑ "Felipe Godinez". Foundation Virtual Library Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ Jacob M. Hassán
- ↑ El pueblo de Estella dedicará una de sus calles al ceutí Jacob Hassan Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine.
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