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Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972), diplomat remembered for facilitating escape of tens of thousands of Jews from France, half Jewish. [citation needed] Samuel Toledano (1929–1996), Moroccan-born Jewish lawyer and Jewish community leader. [66] Joseph de la Vega (1650–1692), well known merchant, poet, and philanthropist in Amsterdam ...
Spanish and Portuguese Jews, also called Western Sephardim, Iberian Jews, or Peninsular Jews, are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardic Jews who are largely descended from Jews who lived as New Christians in the Iberian Peninsula during the few centuries following the forced expulsion of unconverted Jews from Spain in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497.
Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508), Portuguese-born Spanish philosopher, rabbi, economist and Orthodox Jewish theologist. José Aboulker (1920-2009), French resistance fighter and neurosurgeon. Senor Abravanel (1930-2024), Brazilian businessman, media tycoon and television host. Direct descendant of Isaac Abravanel.
The name often appears as "de Crasto." Note that Castro is not in origin Jewish but an Iberian Christian name, adopted by some Portuguese and Spanish Jews after the forced conversions of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Also in Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Tuluá Valle del Cauca in Colombia and Coro in Venezuela.
See also Category:Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin Pages in category "Surnames of Sephardic origin" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total.
The family's origins date back to the 14th century in Curiel de Duero, Castile, Spain. [2] [3] [4] Part of the Sephardic community in Spain, the Curiel family settled in Coimbra, Portugal, after the 1492 Spanish decree that ordered the expulsion of all Jews who refused conversion to Catholicism.
Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; [ 1 ] : 190 the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages , in the 10th and 11th centuries.
Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,473 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .