Gedaliah Ibn Yahya ben Joseph

male
Gedaliah ibn Yahya ben Joseph (Hebrew: גדליה בן יוסף אבן יחייא) was a talmudist born at Imola, Italy. He studied in the yeshibah at Ferrara under Ja...
Fedor Jeftichew

Fedor Jeftichew

male, deceased (1904)
Fedor Jeftichew, from pneumonia on January 31 1904. Annette Funicello dedicated a song to him called "Jojo the dogfaced boy."
Mustafa Selaniki

Mustafa Selaniki

male, deceased (1600)
Mustafa Selaniki (Selanıkî Mustafa Efendi was a Turkish scholar and chronicler, whose "Tarih-i Selâniki" ("Tarih-i Selanik", "Chronicle of Sal...

Aaron Alfandari

male, deceased (1774)
Aaron ben Moses Alfandari was a Talmudic writer born in Smyrna. He emigrated to Palestine in his old age, where he met Azulai. He was the author of...
John W. Donaldson

John W. Donaldson

male, 51 years old
William John Donaldson (b. September 24, 1958, in Los Angeles) is an international master of chess. He has been an IM since 1983. He is one of the...
Hristos Banikas

Hristos Banikas

male, 31 years old
Hristos Banikas is a distinguished Greek chess player. He was born in 1978 and he is a resident of Salonica.

Moses ben Joseph di Trani

male, deceased (1585)
Moses ben Joseph di Trani (the Elder) called מבי"ט or Mabit; Talmudist; born at Salonica 1505; died in Jerusalem 1585. His father had fled to Salo...

Samuel Taitazak

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Samuel Taitazak was a Talmudist who lived at Salonica in the 16th century. He was the author of "She'elot u-Teshubot," responsa, some of which have...

Judah Vega

male
Judah Vega was the first rabbi of the second synagogue of Amsterdam, Neveh Shalom, which was established in 1608. After a short time he resigned...

Solomon ben Elijah Sharbit

male
Solomon ben Elijah Sharbit Ha-Zahab was a Jewish astronomer, poet, and grammarian; he lived at Salonica and later at Ephesus, in the second half of...