- male, deceased (1969)
- Max Weinreich (1893/94 Goldingen, Courland (Kuldiga, Latvia) - 1969 New York City, USA) was a linguist, specializing in Yiddish, and the father of...
- male, deceased (1916)
- Sholom Aleichem (May 13, 1916) was a popular humorist and Russian (geographically, Ukrainian) Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including...
- male, 54 years old (Springfield, Massachusetts, United States)
- Aaron Lansky (b. 1955) is the founder of the National Yiddish Book Center, an organization he created to help salvage Yiddish language...
- male, deceased (1969)
- Itzik Manger was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and ‘master tailor’ of the written word.
- male, deceased (1920)
- Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (1863, Vitebsk -1920, Otwock), better known by the pseudonym S. Ansky (or An-ski), was a scholar who documented Jewish...
- male, deceased (1908)
- Abraham Goldfaden (July 24, 1840 - January 9, 1908; ; born Avrum Goldnfoden; first name alternately Abram, Avram, Avrohom, Avrom, or Avrum, last...
- male, deceased (1948)
- Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels (real surname - Vovsi), ; (January 12/13, 1948) was a Soviet Jewish actor and director in Yiddish theater and the...
- male, deceased (1950)
- Der Nister was the penname of Pinchus Kahanovich (פנחס כהנאָוויטש), a Yiddish author, philosopher, translator, and critic. Der Nister was born in Be...
- male, deceased (1952)
- David (or Dovid) Bergelson was a Yiddish language writer. Ukrainian-born, he lived for a time in Berlin, Germany. He moved back to the Soviet Union...
- male, deceased (1985)
- Mickey Katz (June 15, 1909 - April 30, 1985) was a U.S. Jewish comedian who received his first moments as fame in the 1940s as a member of Spike...
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