page_title: History of the Jews in Portugal
section_title: Notable Portuguese Jews
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Jews in Portugal / Notable Portuguese Jews
caption_attribution_description: Português: O presidente de Portugal Jorge Sampaio.
context_page_description: The history of the Jews in Portugal reaches back over two thousand years and is directly related to Sephardi history, a Jewish ethnic division that represents communities that originated in the Iberian Peninsula.
context_section_description: Aaron Lopez
  Abraham Caceres
  Abraham Cohen Pimentel, Head Rabbi Portuguese Spanish Synagogue of Amsterdam
  Abraham Israel Pereyra
  Abraham Usque
  Abraham Zacuto
  Abraham Pais
  Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
  Alvaro Pimentel (Businessman, Spice Trader, Merchant)
  Antonio Fernandez Carvajal
  António José da Silva
  Antonio de Montesinos
  Baruch Spinoza
  Benjamin N. Cardozo
  Catulle Mendès
  Camille Pissarro
  Daniel Blaufuks
  Daniel Mendoza
  Daniela Ruah
  David Ricardo
  Emma Lazarus
  Ephraim d'Aguilar
  Esther Mucznik (Writer, former leader of the Portuguese Israelite Community - 2002-2016)
  Federigo Enriques
  Francisco Lopes Suasso
  Francisca Nunez de Carabajal
  Garcia de Orta
  Garcia Pimentel (Merchant, Financier, Spice Trader)
  Grace Aguilar
  Henri Castro
  Isaac Abrabanel
  Isaac Cardoso
  Isaac da Costa
  Isaac de Pinto
  Isaac de Sequeira Samuda
  Jacob de Castro Sarmento
  Jacob Rodrigues Pereira
  Joseph Corré
  Gracia Mendes Nasi
  Joseph Nasi
  Joseph Salvador
  Joshua Ruah (Urologist, former leader of the Portuguese Israelite Community - 1979-1991, 1995-1999)
  Jorge Sampaio
  Judah Leon Abravanel
  Judah Touro
  Lewis Goldsmith
  Luis de Carabajal y Cueva
  Luís Vaz Pimentel, A model case of the crime of relapsing into Judaism, Early Jewish Life in Rotterdam from the Portuguese Inquisition Archives
  Malcolm McLaren
  Menasseh Ben Israel
  Moisés Bensabat Amzalak
  Mordecai Manuel Noah
  Moses da Costa
  Pierre Mendès France
  Rehuel Lobatto
  Robert Henriques
  Rodrigo López
  Sam Costa
  Samuel Nunez
  Samuel Sarphati
  Uriel da Costa
  Vic Seixas
caption: Jorge Sampaio, of Jewish ancestry, was the 18th President of Portugal, from 1996 to 2006.
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