Montefiore

Montefiore is a surname associated with the Montefiore family, Sephardi Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe and who originated from the Iberian Peninsula, namely Spain and Portugal, and also France, Morocco, England, and Italy. Meaning "flower mountain," its Ashkenazi equivalent would be "Blumberg." Notable people with the surname include:

• Claude Montefiore (1858–1938), Jewish philosopher
• Dora Montefiore
• Fausto Montefiore
• Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 1955), author, attorney, and journalist
• Hugh Montefiore (1920–2005), bishop of Birmingham, 1977–1987, and environmentalist (born Hugh Sebag-Montefiore)
• Joseph Barrow Montefiore (born 24 June 1803), merchant and financier
• Moses Montefiore (1784–1885), prominent British Jew, financier, stockbroker, banker and philanthropist
• John Israel Montefiore (1807–1898), New Zealand trader and merchant
• Judith Montefiore (1784-1862), British linguist, musician, travel writer, philanthropist
• Georges Montefiore-Levi (1832–1906), Belgian inventor and philanthropist
• Leonard Montefiore (1853-1879), British author and philanthropist
• Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965), author

See also

• 782 Montefiore, minor planet orbiting the Sun
• Montefiore Cemetery, Jewish cemetery in St. Albans, Queens, New York
• Montefiore Hill, lookout located in North Adelaide and named after Moses Montefiore
• Montefiore Hospital (disambiguation)
• Montefiore House, Wessex Lane Halls of the University of Southampton
• Montefiore Medical Center
• Montefiore, quarter of Tel Aviv, north of the Central Station
• The Montefiore Institute, the EECS département of the University of Liège
• Moses Montefiore Academy