Gracia Mendes Nasi

Gracia Mendes Nasi

female, deceased (1569)
Gracia Mendes Nasi ("Gracia" is archaic Portuguese or Spanish for the Hebrew "Hannah", also known by her Christianized name "Beatrice de Luna...

Juan de Valladolid

male
Juan de Valladolid (English: "John of Valladoid") (1420-?), also known as Juan Poeta ("John the poet"), was a Castilian poet. Born Jewish, he...

Rodrigo Lopez

male, deceased (1594)
Rodrigo Lopez, whose original name was probably Rodrigo Lopes, was physician to Queen Elizabeth, and may have been an inspiration for Shakespeare's...
Solomon Molcho

Solomon Molcho

male, deceased (1532)
Solomon Molcho (Shlomo Mol'kho, meaning "Solomon His Angel"), originally Diogo Pires was a "New Christian" who converted back to Judaism, declared...

Isaac Cardoso

male, deceased (1683)
Isaac (Fernando) Cardoso was a Jewish physician, philosopher, and polemic writer. He was born of Marrano parents at Celorico in the province of...
Abraham Cohen de Herrera

Abraham Cohen de Herrera

male, deceased (1635)
Abraham Cohen de Herrera also known as Alonso Nunez de Herrera or Abaham Irira (ca. 1570-ca. 1635) was a religious philosopher and cabbalist. He is...

Luis de Góngora

male, deceased (1627)
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Gongora, who, together with Francisco de Quevedo, is considered by many literary s...

Isaac de Castro Tartas

male, deceased (1647)
Isaac de Castro Tartas was a Marrano and Jewish martyr. Castro Tartas was born in France, where his parents had found refuge. He was a brother of...

Abraham Usque

male
Abraham ben Salomon Usque was a 16th century Portuguese Jew. He fled the Portuguese Inquisition for Ferrara, Italy, around 1543. In Ferrara, Usque...

Juan Carrasco

male
Juan Carrasco was an apologist, born in Madrid about 1670, of Marrano parentage. At first an Augustin friar at Burgos and an excellent preacher, he...