SportsBaseball- Cal Abrams, baseball player
- Brad Ausmus, baseball player (Jewish mother)
- Bo Belinsky, baseball player (Jewish mother)
- Moe Berg, baseball player & spy
- Ron Blomberg, baseball player, MLB's first designated hitter
- Lou Boudreau, baseball player, MVP 1948, HoF (Jewish mother)
- Harry Danning, baseball player
- Barney Dreyfuss, co-founder of the World Series
- Theo Epstein, general manager of the Boston Red Sox
- Shawn Green, baseball player
- Adam Greenberg, baseball player
- Hank Greenberg, baseball player, MVP 1935/1940, HoF
- Ken Holtzman, baseball player
- Gabe Kapler, baseball player
- Sandy Koufax, baseball player, MVP 1963, HoF
- Mike Lieberthal, baseball player (Jewish father)
- Jason Marquis, baseball player
- Levi Meyerle, credited with first double and triple (1876)
- Marvin Miller, first director of the MLBPA
- Buddy Myer, baseball player
- Lip Pike, 19th century player
- Al Rosen, baseball player, MVP 1953
- Goody Rosen. baseball player
- Scott Schoeneweis, baseball player
- Bud Selig, baseball commissioner
- Larry Sherry, baseball player
- Norm Sherry, baseball player
- Steve Stone, baseball player
- Adam Stern, baseball player
- Phile Weintraub, baseball player
- Kevin Youkilis, baseball player
Basketball- Red Auerbach, basketball coach, HoF
- Senda Berenson, educator & sportswoman, HoF
- Sue Bird, basketball player (Jewish father)
- Larry Brown, basketball coach
- Mark Cuban , owner Dallas Mavericks
- Marty Friedman (basketball)
- Marty Friedman, basketball player, HoF
- Eddie Gottlieb, NBA co-founder, HoF
- Nat Holman, basketball player & coach, HoF
- Red Holzman, basketball coach, HoF
- Nancy Lieberman, basketball player, HoF
- Harry Litwack, basketball coach, HoF
- Maurice Podoloff, basketball commissioner, HoF
- Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem Globetrotters, HoF
- Dolph Schayes, basketball player, HoF
- Ossie Schectman, scored first basket of NBA (1946)
- Barney Sedran, basketball player, HoF
- David Stern, basketball commissioner
Boxing- Ray Arcel, boxing trainer, HoF
- Bob Arum, boxing promoter, HoF
- Abe Attell, world featherweight champion, HoF
- Max Baer, world heavyweight champion (Jewish paternal grandfather; boxed wearing "Star of David")
- Benny Bass, world featherweight champion, HoF
- Samuel Berger, first Olympic heavyweight champion
- Joe Choynski, heavyweight fighter, HoF
- Charley Goldman, boxing trainer, HoF
- Mike Jacobs, boxing promoter, HoF
- Jackie Kallen, boxing promoter
- Louis Kid Kaplan, world featherweight champion, HoF
- Benny Leonard, world lightweight champion, HoF
- Battling Levinsky, world light-heavyweight champion, HoF
- Jill Matthews, world junior-flyweight champion
- Dana Rosenblatt, world middleweight champion
- Maxie Rosenbloom, world light-heavyweight champion, HoF
- Barney Ross, world lightweight and welterweight champion, HoF
- Mike Rossman, world light-heavyweight champion (Jewish mother)
- Sammy Sieger, talented featherweight boxer
- Lew Tendler, the "greatest southpaw in ring history", HoF
Chess- Lev Alburt, US Chess Champion, HoF
- Joel Benjamin, US Chess Champion
- Hans Berliner, World Postal Chess Champion, HoF
- Arthur Bisguier, US Chess Champion, HoF
- Arnold Denker, US Chess Champion, HoF
- Roman Dzindzichashvili, US Chess Champion
- Esther Epstein, US Women's Chess Champion
- Larry Evans, US Chess Champion, HoF
- Reuben Fine, chess grandmaster, HoF
- Bobby Fischer, US & World Chess Champion, HoF (Jewish mother & alleged Jewish father; does not identify, and is in fact an outspoken anti-Semite)
- Gisela Gresser, US Women's Chess Champion, HoF
- Boris Gulko, US Chess Champion
- Israel Horowitz, chess player, HoF
- Isaac Kashdan, chess grandmaster, HoF
- George Koltanowski, chess grandmaster, HoF
- Irina Levitina, US Women's Chess Champion & bridge champion
- Fred Reinfeld, chess writer, HoF
- Samuel Reshevsky, US Chess Champion, HoF
- Herman Steiner, US Chess Champion
- Wilhelm Steinitz, World Chess Champion, HoF
- Michael Wilder, US Chess Champion
Football- Lyle Alzado, football player
- Alan Arbuse, football player
- Harris Barton, football player
- Al Davis, football coach, PFHoF
- Jay Fiedler, football player
- Benny Friedman, football player, PFHoF, CFHoF
- Sid Gillman, football coach, PFHoF, CFHoF
- Marshall Goldberg, football player, CFHoF
- Marv Levy, footbal coach, PFHoF
- Benny Lom, football player
- Sid Luckman, football player, PFHoF, CFHoF
- Ron Mix, football player, PFHoF
- Igor Olshansky, football player
GolfHockeyMind sportsMiscellaneous Sports- Alan Gelfand, skateboarder, Ollie inventor
- Albert Axelrod, fencer
- Gary Auerbach, frisbee champion
- Sidney Franklin, bullfighter
- Vic Hershkowitz, handball champion
- Marshall Holman, bowling champion
- Jimmy Jacobs, handball champion, boxing coach
- Sada Jacobson, fencer
- Mark Roth, bowling champion
- Kerri Strug, gymnast
Motor sportsPoker- Mickey Appleman, poker champion (4 WSOP bracelets)
- Lyle Berman, poker player & business executive (3 WSOP bracelets)
- Barry Greenstein, poker player & philanthropist (1 WSOP braclet)
- Perry Green, poker player (3 WSOP bracelets)
- Jay Heimowitz, poker player (6 WSOP bracelets)
- Howard Lederer & Annie Duke, poker players (2 & 1 WSOP bracelets) (unconfirmed)
- Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, poker player (2 WSOP bracelets)
- David Sklansky, poker player & author (3 WSOP bracelets) (unconfirmed)
- Jack Straus, poker player (2 WSOP bracelets, 1 championship)
- Stu Ungar, poker player (5 WSOP bracelets, 3 championships)
Power sportsSkatingSoccerSwimmingTennis and racquet sportsTrack and Field
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