List of Jewish Americans

Sports

Baseball

• 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

Golf

• Amy Alcott, golfer
• Bruce Fleisher, golfer
• Jonathan Kaye, golfer
• Cristie Kerr, golfer (Jewish father)
• Morgan Pressel, golfer

Hockey

• Gary Bettman, NHL commissioner
• Sara DeCosta, hockey player
• Jeff Halpern, hockey player
• Mathieu Schneider, hockey player

Mind sports

• Billy Eisenberg, bridge & backgammon champion
• Charles Goren, bridge player & writer
• Oswald Jacoby, bridge & backgammon champion
• Joel Sherman, scrabble champion

Miscellaneous 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 sports

• Kenny Bernstein, drag racer
• Paul Newman, auto racer & team owner (Jewish father)
• Peter Revson, F1 racer
• Mauri Rose, Indy 500 racer

Poker

• 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 sports

• Isaac Berger, Olympic weightlifter (1g2s)
• Bill Goldberg, professional wrestler
• Scott Levy, professional wrestler (Raven)
• Dean Malenko, professional wrestler
• Amy Weisberger, powerlifter
• Henry Wittenberg, Olympic wrestler (1g1s)

Skating

• Sasha Cohen, figure skater
• Scott Cohen, free skating champion
• Aaron Feinberg, rollerblading champion
• Sarah Hughes, figure skating champion (Jewish mother)
• Irving Jaffee, speed skating champion

Soccer

• Yari Allnut, soccer player
• Jeff Agoos, soccer player
• Dan Calichman, soccer player
• Don Garber, soccer comissioner
• Shep Messing, soccer player
• Sara Whalen, soccer player
• Ethan Zohn, soccer player

Swimming

• Tiffany Cohen, Olympic swimmer (2g)
• Anthony Ervin, Olympic swimmer (1g1s) (Jewish mother)
• Lenny Krayzelburg, Olympic swimmer (3g)
• Jason Lezak, Olympic swimmer (2g1s1b)
• Keena Rothhammer, Olympic swimmer (1g1s)
• Mark Spitz, Olympic swimmer (9g1s1b)
• Dara Torres, Olympic swimmer (4g1s4b) (Jewish father)

Tennis and racquet sports

• Joey Cornblit, jai-alai player
• Brad Gilbert, tennis player & coach
• Brian Gottfried, tennis player
• Marty Hogan, racquetball player
• Aaron Krickstein, tennis player
• Victor Niederhoffer, squash player
• Dr. Renée Richards, tennis player
• Dick Savitt, tennis player
• Mike Yellen, racquetball player

Track and Field

• Lillian Copeland, Olympic field athlete (2g1s)
• Doug Heir, Paralympic athlete (6g2s2b)
• Deena Kastor, long-distance runner
• Abel Kiviat, middle-distance runner
• Lon Myers, 19th century running champion
• Myer Prinstein, Olympic jumper (4g1s)