List of Jews in sports

This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are: Bold face denotes current competitor.
 * 1–3 places winners at major international tournaments;
 * for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or
 * holders of past and current world records.

The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature, because of the perceived role of sports as a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society (especially in Europe and the United States).

Baseball

 * Cal Abrams, US, outfielder
 * Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, outfielder, general manager
 * Morrie Arnovich, US, outfielder, All-Star
 * Brad Ausmus, US, catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove
 * José Bautista, Dominican-born, pitcher
 * Moe Berg, US, catcher & shortstop, and spy for US in World War II
 * Ron Blomberg, US, DH, first baseman, outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter
 * Lou Boudreau, US, shortstop, 8x All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager
 * Ryan Braun, US, left fielder, 2007 MLB Rookie of the Year, home run champion, 5x All-Star, 2011 National League MVP (Milwaukee Brewers)
 * Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
 * Alta Cohen, US, outfielder
 * Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, minor league coach & manager, major league coach
 * Syd Cohen, US, pitcher, brother of Andy Cohen
 * Harry Danning, US, catcher, 4x All-Star
 * Ike Davis, US, first baseman (New York Mets)
 * Moe Drabowsky, US, pitcher
 * Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher
 * Mike Epstein, US, first baseman
 * Harry Feldman, US, pitcher
 * Scott Feldman, US, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
 * Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medalist
 * Nate Freiman, US, first baseman (Oakland Athletics)
 * Sam Fuld, US, outfielder (Tampa Bay Rays)
 * Sid Gordon, US, outfielder & third baseman, 2x All-Star
 * John Grabow, US, relief pitcher
 * Shawn Green, US, right fielder, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
 * Adam Greenberg, US, outfielder
 * Hank Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5x All-Star, 4x home run champion, 4x RBI leader, 2x MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Jason Hirsh, US, starting pitcher
 * Ken Holtzman, US, starting pitcher, 2x All-Star
 * Joe Horlen, US, pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader
 * Brian Horwitz, US, outfielder
 * Ryan Kalish, US, outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
 * Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder
 * Ian Kinsler, US, second baseman, 2x All-Star (Texas Rangers)
 * Sandy Koufax, US, starting pitcher, 6x All-Star, 5x ERA leader, 4x strikeouts leader, 3x Wins leader, 2x W-L% leader, 1 perfect game, MVP, 3x Cy Young Award, Baseball Hall of Fame
 * Barry Latman, US, pitcher
 * Ryan Lavarnway, US, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
 * Al Levine, US, relief pitcher
 * Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove
 * Elliott Maddox, US, outfielder & third baseman
 * Jason Marquis, US, starting pitcher, Silver Slugger, All Star (San Diego Padres)
 * Erskine Mayer, US, pitcher
 * Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager
 * Barney Pelty, US, pitcher
 * Lipman Pike, US, outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4x home run champion, RBI leader
 * Aaron Poreda, US, pitcher
 * Scott Radinsky, US, relief pitcher
 * Dave Roberts, US, pitcher
 * Saul Rogovin, US, pitcher
 * Al "Flip" Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4x All-Star, 2x home run champion, 2x RBI leader, MVP
 * Goody Rosen, Canada, outfielder, All-Star
 * Josh Satin, US, second baseman (New York Mets)
 * Ryan Sadowski, US, pitcher (San Francisco Giants organization)
 * Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star
 * Scott Schoeneweis, US, pitcher
 *  Michael Schwimer, US, relief pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
 * Art Shamsky, US, outfielder & first baseman
 * Larry Sherry, US, relief pitcher
 * Norm Sherry, US, catcher
 * Moe "the Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, US, outfielder
 * Adam Stern, Canada, outfielder
 * George Stone, US, outfielder, 1x batting title
 * Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Cy Young Award
 * Danny Valencia, US, third baseman (Baltimore Orioles)
 * Phil "Mickey" Weintraub, US, first baseman & outfielder
 * Josh Whitesell, US, first baseman (Chiba Lotte Marines)
 * Steve Yeager, US, catcher
 * Kevin Youkilis, US, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3x All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award (New York Yankees)

===Basketball===
 * Sam Balter, US, 5' 10" guard, Olympic champion
 * Sue Bird, US, WNBA 5' 9" point guard, 2x Olympic champion, 4x All-Star (Seattle Storm)
 * David Blu (formerly "Bluthenthal"), US & Israel, Euroleague 6' 7" forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
 * Harry Boykoff, US, NBA 6' 10" center
 * Tal Brody, US & Israel, Euroleague 6' 2" shooting guard
 * Larry Brown, US ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3x All-Star, 3x assists leader, NCAA National Championship coach(1988), NBA coach, Olympic champion, Hall of Fame
 * Omri Casspi, Israel, 6' 9" small forward, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA Draft (Cleveland Cavaliers)
 * Shay Doron, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" guard (New York Liberty)
 * Lior Eliyahu, Israel, 6' 9" power forward, NBA draft 2006 (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), playing in the Euroleague (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
 * Jordan Farmar, US, NBA 6' 2" point guard (New Jersey Nets)
 * Marty Friedman, US, 5' 7" guard & coach, Hall of Fame
 * Tamir Goodman, US & Israel, 6' 3" shooting guard
 * Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion
 * Yotam Halperin, Israel, 6' 5" guard, drafted in 2006 NBA draft by Seattle SuperSonics (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
 * Sonny Hertzberg, US, NBA 5' 9" point guard, original NY Knickerbocker
 * Art Heyman, US, NBA 6' 5" forward/guard
 * Nat Holman, US, ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame
 * Red Holzman, US, BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2x All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame
 * Joel Kramer, US Phoenix Suns 6'7" forward
 * Sylven Landesberg, US, 6' 6" former UVA shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
 * Rudy LaRusso, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5x All-Star
 * Nancy Lieberman, US, WNBA player, general manager, & coach, Olympic silver, Hall of Fame
 * Donna Orender (née Geils), US, Women's Pro Basketball League 5' 7" point guard, All-Star, current WNBA president
 * Lennie Rosenbluth, US, NBA 6' 4" forward
 * Danny Schayes, US, NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)
 * Dolph Schayes, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3x FT% leader, 1x rebound leader, 12x All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of Danny Schayes)
 * Ossie Schectman, US, NBA 6' 0" guard
 * Jon Scheyer, US, All-American Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard & point guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
 * Barney Sedran, US, Hudson River League & New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame
 * Amar'e Stoudemire, US New York Knicks 6'11 center
 * Sidney Tannenbaum, US, BAA 6' 0" guard, 2x All-American, left as NYU all-time scorer
 * Amit Tamir, Israel, 6' 10" center/forward (Hapoel Jerusalem)
 * Alex Tyus, US, Israel, 6' 8" power forward/center, Pallacanestro Cantù, Maccabi Ashdod B.C., Florida Gators, Israel national basketball team
 * Neal Walk, US, NBA 6' 10" center
 * Max Zaslofsky, US, NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1x FT% leader, 1x points leader, All-Star, ABA coach

Bowling

 * Marshall Holman, 22 PBA titles (11th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame
 * Mark Roth, 34 PBA titles (4th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame

Boxing

 * Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight, Hall of Fame
 * Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame
 * Monte Attell ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, bantamweight
 * Max Baer ("Madcap Maxie"), US, world champion heavyweight, 1/2 Jewish, Max's father Jacob Baer was a Jew. Baer was  accepted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. They require one Jewish parent which has been verified by son Max Baer Jr. and brother Buddy Baer, in his autobiography. Baer also lived his public life as a Jew even though he was secular toward religion. Max wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame
 * Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), US, world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight, Hall of Fame
 * Fabrice Benichou, France, world champion super bantamweight
 * Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), England, world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame
 * Maxie Berger, Canada, wore a Star of David on his trunks
 * Samuel Berger, US, Olympic champion heavyweight
 * Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight
 * Nathan "Nat" Bor, US, Olympic bronze lightweight
 * Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), US, world champion light welterweight
 * Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), US, heavyweight, Hall of Fame
 * Robert Cohen, French & Algerian, world champion bantamweight
 * Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff), US, welterweight & lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks
 * Louis "Red" Deutsch, US, heavyweight, later famous as the proprietor of the Tube Bar in Jersey City, NJ and inspiration for Moe Szyslak on "The Simpsons"
 * John "Jackie" Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), US, world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight, Hall of Fame
 * Hagar Finer, Israel, WIBF champion bantamweight
 * Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli US middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight
 * György Gedó, Hungary, Olympic champion light flyweight
 * Abe Goldstein, US, world champion bantamweight
 * Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US, welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks
 * Roman Greenberg ("The Lion from Zion"), Israel, International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental champion heavyweight
 * Stéphane Haccoun, France, featherweight, super featherweight, and junior lightweight
 * Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), France, world champion bantamweight
 * Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), US, world champion bantamweight
 * Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight
 * Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), US, world champion middleweight
 * Yoel Judah, US, 3x world champion kickboxer and boxer & trainer
 * Zab Judah ("Super"), US, world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight (Converted to Christianity)
 * Louis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"), Russian-born US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame
 * Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), US, world champion middleweight
 * Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), US, world champion lightweight, Hall of Fame
 * Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), US, world champion light heavyweight, Hall of Fame
 * King Levinsky (Harry Kraków), US, heavweight, also known as Kingfish Levinsky
 * Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman), US, world champion welterweight
 * Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), England, world champion welterweight, Hall of Fame
 * Sammy Luftspring, Canada, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
 * Saoul Mamby, US, world champion junior welterweight
 * Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), US, world champion middleweight
 * Daniel Mendoza, England, world champion heavyweight, Hall of Fame
 * Jacob Michaelsen, Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight
 * Samuel Mosberg, US, Olympic champion lightweight
 * Bob Olin, US, world champion light heavyweight
 * Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisian, world champion flyweight
 * Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), US, world champion bantamweight
 * Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), US, world champion middleweight
 * Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame
 * Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), US, world champion lightweight & junior welterweight, Hall of Fame
 * Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore Star of David on trunks
 * Shamil Sabirov, Russia, Olympic champion light flyweight
 * Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), US, North American Boxing Association champion light welterweight
 * Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), US, world champion flyweight
 * Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), US, world champion lightweight
 * "Lefty" Lew Tendler, US, bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame
 * Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), US, lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks

Canoeing

 * László Fábián, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic champion (K-2 10,000 meter), 4x world champion (3x K-2 10,000 meter and 1x K-4 10,000 meter) and one silver (K-4 10,000 meter)
 * Imre Farkas, Hungary, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000 and 10,000 meter)
 * Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France, slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)
 * Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (K-2 500 m), world champion (K-2 500 m)
 * Leonid Geishtor, USSR (Belarus), sprint canoer, Olympic champion (Canadian pairs 1,000-meter)
 * Joe Jacobi, US, slalom canoer, Olympic champion (Canadian slalom pairs)
 * Michael Kolganov, Soviet (Uzbek)-born Israeli, sprint canoer, world champion, Olympic bronze (K-1 500-meter)
 * Anna Pfeffer, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic 2x silver (K-2 500 m), bronze (K-1 500 m); world champion (K-2 500 m), silver (K-4 500 m), 2x bronze (K-2 500)
 * Naum Prokupets, Moldovan-born Soviet, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000-meter), gold (C-2 10,000-meter) at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
 * Leon Rotman, Romanian, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles
 * Shaun Rubenstein, South Africa, canoer, World Marathon champion 2006

Cricket

 * Ali Bacher, South Africa, batsman and administrator (relative of Adam Bacher)
 * Mike Barnard, England, cricketer
 * Mark Bott, England, cricketer
 * Dennis Gamsy, South Africa, Test wicket-keeper
 * Darren Gerard, England, cricketer
 * Norman Gordon, South Africa, fast bowler
 * Steven Herzberg, English-born Australian, cricketer
 * Michael Klinger, Australia, batsman (Southern Redbacks)
 * Leonard "Jock" Livingston, Australia, cricketer
 * Bev Lyon, England, cricketer
 * Dar Lyon, England, cricketer (brother of Bev)
 * Jason Molins, Ireland, cricketer
 * Jon Moss, Australia, allrounder (Victorian Bushrangers)
 * John Raphael, England, batsman
 * Marshall Rosen, NSW Australia, cricketer and selector
 * Lawrence Seeff, South Africa, batsmen
 * Maurice Sievers, Australia, lower order batsman and fast-medium bowler
 * Bensiyon Songavkar, India, cricketer, MVP of 2009 Maccabiah Games cricket tournament
 * Fred Susskind, South Africa, Test batsman
 * Fred Trueman, England, fast bowler
 * Julien Wiener, Australia, Test cricketer
 * Mandy Yachad, South Africa, Test cricketer

Equestrian

 * Robert Dover, US, 4x Olympic bronze, 1x world championship bronze (dressage)
 * Margie Goldstein-Engle, US, world championship silver, Pan American Games gold, silver, and bronze (jumping)
 * Edith Master, US, Olympic bronze (dressage)

Fencing

 * Henri Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), Olympic champion
 * Paul Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), 2x Olympic champion
 * Norman Armitage (Norman Cohn), US (sabre), 17x US champion, Olympic bronze
 * Albert "Albie" Axelrod, US (foil); Olympic bronze, 4x US champion
 * Péter Bakonyi, Hungary (saber), Olympic 3x bronze
 * Cliff Bayer, US (foil); youngest US champion
 * Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), Austria (saber), Olympic silver
 * Tamir Bloom, US (épée); 2x US champion
 * Daniel Bukantz, US (foil); 4x US champion
 * Sergey Sharikov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver, bronze
 * Yves Dreyfus, France (épée), Olympic bronze, French champion
 * Ilona Elek, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion
 * Boaz Ellis, Israel (foil), 5x Israeli champion
 * Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, Austria (sabre), Olympic bronze
 * Dr. Dezsö Földes, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion
 * Dr. Jenö Fuchs, Hungary (saber), 4x Olympic champion
 * Támas Gábor, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion
 * János Garay, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed by the Nazis
 * Dr. Oskar Gerde, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion, killed by the Nazis
 * Dr. Sándor Gombos, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion
 * Vadim Gutzeit, Ukraine (saber), Olympic champion
 * Johan Harmenberg, Sweden (épée), Olympic champion
 * Delila Hatuel, Israel (foil), Olympian, ranked # 9 in world
 * Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman, Israel (foil), 6x Israeli champion
 * Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austria (saber), Olympic silver
 * Emily Jacobson, US (saber), NCAA champion
 * Sada Jacobson, US (saber), ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver, 2x bronze
 * Allan Jay, British (épée & foil), Olympic 2x silver, world champion
 * Endre Kabos, Hungary (saber), 3x Olympic champion, bronze
 * Roman Kantor, Poland (épée), Nordic champion & Soviet champion, killed by the Nazis
 * Dan Kellner, US (foil), US champion
 * Byron Krieger, US
 * Grigory Kriss, Soviet (épée), Olympic champion, 2x silver
 * Allan Kwartler, US (saber), 3x Pan American Games champion
 * Alexandre Lippmann, France (épée), 2x Olympic champion, 2x silver, bronze
 * Helene Mayer, Germany & US (foil), Olympic champion
 * Maria Mazina, Russia (épée), Olympic champion, bronze
 * Mark Midler, Soviet (foil), 2x Olympic champion
 * Armand Mouyal, France (épée), Olympic bronze, world champion
 * Claude Netter, France (foil), Olympic champion, silver
 * Jacques Ochs, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion
 * Ayelet Ohayon, Israel, (foil), European champion
 * Ellen Osiier, Denmark (foil), Olympic champion
 * Dr. Ivan Osier, Denmark (épée, foil, and sabre), Olympic silver (épée), 25x Danish champion
 * Attila Petschauer, Hungary (sabre), 2x team Olympic champion, silver, killed by the Nazis
 * Ellen Preis, Austria (foil), 3x world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17x Austrian champion
 * Mark Rakita, Soviet (saber), 2x Olympic champion, 2x silver
 * Yakov Rylsky, Soviet (saber), Olympic champion
 * Gaston Salmon, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion
 * Edgar Seligman, British (épée, foil, and sabre), Olympic 2x silver (épée), 2x British champion in each weapon
 * Andre Spitzer, Israel; killed by terrorists
 * Jean Stern, France (épée), Olympic champion
 * Soren Thompson, US (épée), NCAA champion
 * Jonathan Tiomkin, US (foil), 2x US champion
 * David Tyshler, Soviet (saber), Olympic bronze
 * Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungary (foil), 2x Olympic champion
 * Eduard Vinokurov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver
 * Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet (épée), Olympic silver, 10x national champion
 * Lajos Werkner, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion
 * George Worth, US (saber), Olympic bronze, US champion, 3x Pan American champion

Field Hockey

 * Carina Benninga, the Netherlands, Olympic champion, bronze
 * Giselle Kañevsky, Argentina, Olympic bronze

Figure skating

 * Max Aaron, US, figure skater, 2013 U.S. men's champion
 * Sarah Abitbol, France, figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze
 * Benjamin Agosto, US, ice dancer, Olympic silver, World Championship silver, bronze
 * Ilya Averbukh, Russia, ice dancer, Olympic silver
 * Oksana Baiul, Ukraine, figure skater, Olympic gold, world champion
 *  Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian
 * Judy Blumberg, US, ice dancer, 3x World Championship bronze
 * Zhan Bush, Russia, figure skater
 * Cindy Bortz, US, figure skater, World Junior Champion
 * Fritzi Burger, Austria, figure skater, 2x Olympic silver, 2x World Championship silver
 * Alain Calmat, France, figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship gold, silver, 2x bronze
 * Galit Chait, Israel, ice dancer, World Championship bronze
 * Sasha Cohen, US, figure skater, US Figure Skating Champion & Olympic silver
 * Amber Corwin, US, figure skater
 * Sara DeCosta, US, ice hockey player, Olympic gold & silver
 * Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, US, ice dancer, competes w/partner David Mitchell; US Championships bronze
 * Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet, pair skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2x silver, bronze
 * Melissa Gregory, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Denis Petukhov, US Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze
 * Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, Olympian
 * Emily Hughes, US, figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, US Championships bronze, silver
 * Sarah Hughes, US, figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze
 * Ronald Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2x silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
 * Vivian Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2x silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
 * Gennadi Karponossov, Russia, ice dancer & coach, Olympic gold, World Championship 2x gold, silver, 2x bronze
 * Felix Kasper, Austria, figure skater, Olympic bronze
 * Tamar Katz, US-born Israeli, figure skater
 * Lily Kronberger, Hungary, figure skater, World Championship 4x gold, 2x bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
 * Emilia Rotter, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship 4x gold, silver, 2x Olympic bronze
 * Louis Rubenstein, Canada, figure skater, (pre-Olympic) world champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
 * Lionel Rumi, Israel, ice dancer
 * Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israel, ice dancer, World Championship bronze
 * Michael Seibert, US, ice dancer, US Figure Skating Championships 5x gold, World Figure Skating Championships 3x bronze
 * Michael Shmerkin, Soviet-born Israeli, figure skater
 * Jamie Silverstein, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Ryan O'Meara, US Championships bronze
 * Irina Slutskaya, Russia, figure skater, Olympic silver, bronze, World Championship 2x gold, 3x silver, bronze
 * Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian, ice dancer, World Championship gold, silver, bronze
 * László Szollás, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship gold, silver, 2x Olympic bronze
 * Alexandra Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian
 * Roman Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian

Football (American)

 * Joe "Doc" Alexander, US, G, 2x All-Pro
 * Lyle Alzado, US, DE, 2x All-Pro
 * Harris Barton, US, OL, 2x All-Pro
 * David Binn, US, Long Snapper, All-Pro (San Diego Chargers)
 * Arthur Bluethenthal, US, C
 * Greg Camarillo, US, WR (Minnesota Vikings)
 * Noah Cantor, Canada, DT, Canadian Football League
 * Gabe Carimi, US, OT, All-American and Outland Trophy (Chicago Bears)
 * Brian de la Puente, US, G (New Orleans Saints)


 * Hayden Epstein, US, K
 * Jay Fiedler, US, QB
 * John Frank, US, TE
 * Benny Friedman, US, QB, 4x All-Pro, Hall of Fame
 * Lennie Friedman, US, OL
 * Antonio Garay, US, DT (New York Jets)
 * Adam Goldberg, US, OG (St. Louis Rams)
 * Bill Goldberg, US, DT; professional wrestler (2x world champion)
 * Marshall Goldberg, US, RB, All-Pro
 * Al Goldstein, US, TE NY Titans
 * Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, US, G & RB, All-Pro
 * Randy Grossman, US, TE
 * Phil Handler, US, G, 3x All-Pro
 * Arnold Horween, US, halfback, fullback, center, and blocking back (quarterback), Harvard All-American and NFL player
 * Ralph Horween, US, fullback, halfback, punter, and drop-kicker, Harvard All-American and NFL player
 * Kyle Kosier, US, G (Dallas Cowboys)
 * Erik Lorig, US, FB/TE (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
 * Sid Luckman, US, QB, 8x All-Pro, MVP, Hall of Fame
 * Joe Magidsohn, Russia, Halfback
 * Taylor Mays, US, S (Cincinnati Bengals)
 * Sam McCullum, US, WR
 * Josh Miller, US, punter
 * Wayne Millner, Hall of Fame receiver for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Washington Redskins
 * Ron "The Intellectual Assassin" Mix, US, OT, 9x All-Pro, Hall of Fame
 * Ed Newman, US, G, All-Pro
 * Harry Newman, US, QB, All-Pro
 * Igor Olshansky, Ukraine, DL (Miami Dolphins)
 * Merv Pregulman, US, T & C
 * Adam Podlesh, US, P (Chicago Bears)
 * Herb Rich, US, S, 2x All-Pro
 * Sage Rosenfels, US, QB (Minnesota Vikings)
 * Mike Rosenthal, US, T
 * Jack Sack (born "Jacob Sacklowsky"), US, G & T, All-Pro
 * Geoff Schwartz, US, OT (Kansas City Chiefs)
 * Mitchell Schwartz, US, OT (Cleveland Browns)
 * Mike Seidman, US, TE
 * Allie Sherman, US, running back & coach
 * Scott Slutzker, US, TE
 * Josh Taves, US, DE
 * Andre Tippett, US, LB, Hall of Fame
 * Alan "Shlomo" Veingrad, US, OL
 * Gary Wood, US, QB

Football (Association; Soccer)

 * Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
 * Jeff Agoos, US, defender (national team)
 * Dudu Aouate, Israel, goalkeeper (RCD Mallorca & national team)
 * Jonathan Assous, France/Israel, defensive midfielder (Hapoel Ramat Gan)
 * Gai Assulin, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder (Manchester City & national team)
 * Yael Averbuch, US, midfielder (Sky Blue FC & women's national team)
 * Pini Balili, Israel, striker (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv & national team)
 * Orr Barouch, Israel, striker (Chicago Fire & Israeli national team)
 * David "Dedi" Ben Dayan, Israel, left defender (Hapoel Tel Aviv & national team)
 * Tal Ben Haim, Israel, center back/right back (QPR & national team)
 * Yossi Benayoun, Israel, attacking midfielder (Chelsea & national team captain)
 * Eyal Berkovic, Israel, midfielder (national team)
 * Gyula Bíró, Hungary, midfielder/forward (national team)
 * Jean Bloch, France, Olympic silver
 * Harald Bohr, Denmark, Olympic silver (brother of Niels Bohr)
 * Jonathan Bornstein, US, left back/midfielder (UANL & national team)
 * Daniel Brailovski, Argentina/Uruguay, midfielder (Argentina, Uruguay, & Israel national teams)
 * Adam Braz, Canada, defender (Montreal Impact & national team)
 * Leonid Buryak, USSR/Ukraine, midfielder, Olympic bronze
 * Tomer Chencinski, Israel, goaltender (Harrisburg Islanders)
 * Avi Cohen, Israel, defender (Liverpool, Rangers, Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)
 * George Cohen, England, defender (Fulham & national team). Member of 1966 World Cup winning team.
 * Tamir Cohen, Israel, midfielder (national team)
 * Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US, center/attacking midfielder (New England Revolution & US national team)
 * Gottfried Fuchs, Germany/Canada (German national team)
 * Dean Furman, South Africa, midfielder (Oldham Athletic)
 * Sándor Geller, Hungary, goalkeeper, Olympic champion
 * Ludwik Gintel, Poland (national team)
 * Béla Guttmann, Hungary, midfielder, national team player & international coach
 * Rudy Haddad, France, midfielder (LB Châteauroux & U21 national team)
 * Eddy Hamel, US, right winger (AFC Ajax; killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz)
 * Joe Jacobson, Wales, left back (Shrewsbury Town & U21 national team)
 * Tvrtko Kale, Croatia/Israel, goalkeeper (Hapoel Haifa)
 * Yaniv Katan, Israel, forward/winger (Maccabi Haifa & national team)
 * Josh Kennet, England, midfielder/right back (Maccabi Herzliya)
 * Józef Klotz, Poland (national team; killed by the Nazis)
 * Mark Lazarus, England, right winger
 * Lucas Matías Licht, Argentina, left defender/left winger (Racing Club de Avellaneda)
 * Marcelo Lipatin, Uruguay, forward (C.D. Trofense)
 * Józef Lustgarten, Poland (17 years in the Gulag)
 * Nick Blackman, England, Blackburn Rovers
 * Gyula Mándi, Hungary, half back (player & coach of Hungarian and Israeli national teams)
 * Shep Messing, US, goalkeeper (national team), manager, and sportscaster
 * Andriy Oberemko, Ukraine, midfielder (Illichivets & U21 national team)
 * Eli Ohana, Israel, won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Bravo Award (most outstanding young player in Europe); national team; manager
 * Árpád Orbán, Hungary, Olympic champion
 * Boris Razinsky, USSR/Russia, goalkeeper/striker, Olympic champion, manager
 * Charlie Reiter, US, forward (Richmond Kickers)
 * Haim Revivo, Israel, attacking/side midfielder (national team)
 * Daniël de Ridder, Netherlands, forward winger/attacking midfielder (Wigan Athletic & U21 national team)
 * Ronnie Rosenthal, Israel, left winger/striker (national team)
 * Sebastian Rozental, Chile, forward (national team)
 * Ben Sahar, Israel, striker/winger (Hertha Berlin & national team)
 * Walter Samuel, Argentina, defender (FC Internazionale and national team)
 * Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentina, defender (national team)
 * Leon Sperling, Poland, left wing (national team; killed by the Nazis in the Lemberg Ghetto)
 * Giora Spiegel, Israel, Midfielder (Israel national team)
 * Mordechai Spiegler, Soviet Union/Israel, striker (Israel national team), manager
 * Sjaak Swart, Dutch, winger (Ajax)
 * Idan Tal, Israel, midfielder (Beitar Jerusalem FC & national team)
 * Nicolás Tauber, Argentina/Israel, goalkeeper (Chacarita Juniors)
 * Yochanan Vollach, Israel, defender (Israel national team)
 * Nate Weiss, US, midfielder/defender (FK Jelgava)
 * Sara Whalen, US, defender/forward, Olympic silver
 * Ezra Sued, Argentina, striker (national team)

Football (Australian Rules)

 * Todd Goldstein, AFL footballer (North Melbourne Football Club).
 * Ezra Poyas, former AFL and current VFL footballer (Sandringham Football Club).
 * Ian Synman, AFL footballer, only Jew to play in a Premiership.

Golf

 * Amy Alcott, US, LPGA Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame
 * Herman Barron, US, PGA Tour
 * Bruce Fleisher, US, PGA Tour
 * Jonathan Kaye, US, PGA Tour
 * David Merkow, US, Northwestern University, 2006 Big Ten Golfer of the Year
 * Ron Silver, US, Nationwide Tour
 * Corey Pavin, US, PGA & Champions Tour (converted to Christianity)
 * Morgan Pressel, US, LPGA Tour
 * Monte Scheinblum, US, 1992 US & World Long Drive Champion

Gymnastics

 * Estella Agsteribbe, Dutch, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz
 * Yanina Batyrchina, Russia, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)
 * Alyssa Beckerman, US, US national champion (balance beam), 2 silver & bronze (uneven bars)
 * Valery Belenky, Azerbaijani, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (individual combined exercises)
 * Elka de Levie, Dutch, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
 * Philip Erenberg, US, Olympic silver (Indian clubs)
 * Alfred Flatow, Germany, 3x Olympic champion (parallel bars, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar), silver (horizontal bar)
 * Gustav Felix Flatow, German, 2x Olympic champion (team parallel bars, team horizontal bar)
 * Samu Fóti, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)
 * Mitch Gaylord, US, Olympic champion (team), silver (vaulting), 2x bronze (rings, parallel bars)
 * Imre Gellért, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)
 * Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises), 5x silver (vault, asymmetrical bars, balance beam, floor exercises, team exercises with portable apparatus)
 * Abie Grossfeld, US, Olympic champion, 8x Pan American champion, 7x Maccabiah champion, coach
 * George Gulack, US, Olympic champion (flying rings)
 * Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, 5x Olympic champion (2x floor exercises, asymmetrical bars, floor exercises, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), 3x silver (2x team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), 2x bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
 * Alice Kertész, Hungary, Olympic champion (team, portable apparatus), silver (team); world silver (team)
 * Natalia Laschenova, USSR, Olympic champion (team)
 * Tatiana Lysenko, Soviet/Ukrainian, 2x Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault)
 * Phoebe Mills, US, Olympic bronze (balance beam)
 * Helena Nordheim, Dutch, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
 * Mikhail Perelman, USSR, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
 * Anna Polak, Dutch, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
 * Vladimir Portnoi, USSR, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) and bronze (long horse vault)
 * Aly Raisman, US, Olympic champion (floor, team combined exercises), bronze (balance beam); world gold (team) and bronze (floor exercises)
 * Yulia Raskina, Belarus, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)
 * Neta Rivkin, Israel, world bronze (rhythmic gymnastics; hoops)
 * Alexander Shatilov, Uzbekistan/Israel, world bronze (artistic gymnast; floor exercises)
 * Yelena Shushunova, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around, team), silver (balance beam), bronze (uneven bars)
 * Judijke Simons, Dutch, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
 * Kerri Strug, US, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (team combined exercises)
 * Julie Zetlin, US, 2010 US champion (rhythmic gymnastics)

Ice hockey

 * Eliezer Sherbatov, Israel, left wing (Israel national ice hockey team)
 * Evgeny (or Yevgeny) Babich, Soviet, Olympic champion, world & European champion, 2x runner-up
 * Rudi Ball, German, right wing, Olympic bronze, world runner-up, bronze
 * Max Birbraer, Russian from Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel; 1st Israeli drafted by NHL team (New Jersey Devils)
 * Ross Brooks, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
 * Mike Brown, US, right wing (Edmonton Oilers)
 * Hy Buller, Canadian-born US, All-Star defenceman (NHL)
 * Robert Burakovsky, Swedish former NHL player; played for the Ottawa Senators
 * Michael Cammalleri, Canada, left wing (Calgary Flames)
 * Colby Cohen, US, defenseman
 * Vitaly Davydov, Soviet, defenseman, 3x Olympic champion, world & European champion 1963–71, runner-up
 * Steve Dubinsky, Canada, center (NHL)
 * Oren Eizenman, (Israel national team)
 * Daniel Erlich, Canada, forward (Guelph Storm, OHL)
 * Jeff Halpern, US, center (New York Rangers)
 * Mike Hartman, US, left wing (NHL)
 * Adam Henrich, Canada, left wing/center (Alleghe HC of the Italian Serie A)
 * Michael Henrich, Canada, right wing, 1st Jewish player drafted in NHL 1st round (by Edmonton Oilers)
 * Evan Kaufmann, US, forward (Nürnberg Ice Tigers)
 * Alfred Kuchevsky, Soviet, Olympic champion, bronze
 * Max Labovitch, Canada, right wing (NHL)
 * Nick Leddy, defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks
 * Alex Levinsky, Canada, defenceman (NHL)
 * David Nemirovsky, Canada, right wing (CSKA Moscow)
 * Yuri Lyapkin, Soviet, defenceman, Olympic champion
 * Yuri Moiseev, Soviet, Olympic champion, world champion
 * Vladimir Myshkin, Soviet, goaltender, Olympic champion, silver
 * Bobby Nystrom, Swedish-born Canadian, right wing (NHL) (converted to Judaism)
 * Eric Nystrom, US, left wing (Dallas Stars) & son of former NHL player Bob Nystrom
 * Cory Pecker, Canada, right wing (Nationalliga B's Switzerland team Lausanne HC), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999
 * Dylan Reese, US, defenseman (New York Islanders)
 * François Rozenthal, France (national team)
 * Maurice Rozenthal, France, right wing (national team)
 * Mathieu Schneider, US, defenseman (NHL)
 * Trevor Smith, Canada, centre (Pittsburg Penguins)
 * Brett Sterling, left winger (St. Louis Blues)
 * Ronnie Stern, Canada, right wing (NHL)
 * Mike Veisor, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
 * Stephen Weiss, Canada, Center (NHL), Florida Panthers
 * Bernie Wolfe, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
 * Ethan Werek, Canada, forward (Portland Pirates, AHL); NY Rangers draft pick traded to Phoenix Coyotes
 * Larry Zeidel, Canada, defenceman (NHL)
 * Yevgeni Zimin, Soviet, Olympic champion 1968–72, world & European champion 1968–69, 1971
 * Jason Zucker, United States, Left Wing, Minnesota Wild

Judo

 * Yael Arad, Israel, Olympic silver (light-middleweight)
 * Mark Berger, Canada, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)
 * Robert Berland, US, Olympic silver (middleweight)
 * Ārons Bogoļubovs, USSR, Olympic bronze (lightweight)
 * James Bregman, US, Olympic bronze (middleweight)
 * Daniela Krukower, Israel/Argentina, world champion (under 63 kg)
 * Charlee Minkin, US, Pan American women's champion (half lightweight division; under 52 kg)
 * Oren Smadja, Israel, Olympic bronze (lightweight)
 * Ehud Vaks, Israel, (half-lightweight)
 * Arik Ze'evi, Israel, Olympic bronze (100 kg)

Kickboxing

 * Sherman Bergman

Mixed martial arts

 * Ilya Grad, Israel, lightweight Muay Thai boxing champion
 * Ido Pariente, Israel, lightweight Pankration World Champion
 * Rory Singer, U.S., middleweight fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3

Motorsport

 * Kenny Bernstein {"The King of Speed"}, US, drag racing driver and former NASCAR owner
 * François Cevert (born "François Goldenberg"), France, Formula One driver
 * Steve Krisiloff, US, USAC and CART Championship Car driver
 * Paul Newman, US, motorsport team owner & driver; actor
 * Chanoch Nissany, Israel, Formula One test-driver
 * Riccardo Patrese, Italy, Formula One driver
 * Peter Revson, US, Formula One driver
 * Mauri Rose, US, Indy driver, Indy 500 winner
 * Ian Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver (brother of Jody Scheckter and uncle of Tomas Scheckter)
 * Jody Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver, Formula One World Drivers champion (brother of Ian Scheckter and father of Tomas Scheckter)
 * Tomas Scheckter, South Africa, Indy Racing League driver
 * Sheila van Damm, British rally driver
 * Lionel Van Praag, Australian motorcycle Speedway World Champion

Rowing

 * Josh West, men's eight, Olympic silver, 2x World Rowing Championships silver and one bronze

Rugby league

 * Lewis Harris, England, English rugby league
 * Wilf Rosenberg, SAn rugby union, and later rugby league
 * Albert Rosenfeld, Australia, five-eighth, Australian rugby league
 * Sam Philips, United Kingdom, Winger, Chester Mavericks Rugby League
 * Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national team
 * Mark Shulman, Australian rugby league

Rugby union

 * Nathan Amos,.
 * Louis Babrow, South Africa, national team
 * Leo Camron, South Africa/Israel; helped introduced rugby to Israel.
 * A.S. Cohen, England (Cambridge University RFC)
 * Ben Cohen, England
 * Okey Geffin, South Africa, forward, national team
 * Samuel Goodman, US, player & manager of gold-winning US Olympic team
 * Chaya Leib Herzovitz, Stade Francais
 * Joe Kaminer, South Africa, national team
 * Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand, flanker, national team
 * Aaron Liffchak, England, prop, English national team
 * Shawn Lipman, South Africa/US, US national team
 * Alan Menter, England/South Africa, national team
 * Cecil Moss, South Africa, national team
 * Sydney Nomis, national team
 * John Raphael, Belgium/England, national team
 * Wilf Rosenberg, South Africa; rugby union, and later rugby league
 * Myer Rosenblum, South Africa/Australia, flanker,
 * Rupert Rosenblum, Australia, Australia national team.
 * Fred Smollan, South Africa, national team
 * Dr. Bethel Solomons, Ireland, forward, national team
 * Joel Stransky, South Africa, fly-half, national team., kicked winning points in 1995 Rugby World Cup
 * Zachary Test, US, wing/fullback, US national sevens team
 * Morris Zimerman,

Sailing

 * Daniel Adler, Brazil, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)
 * Jo Aleh, New Zealand, sailor, Olympic champion (470 class), world champion (420 class)
 * Tony Bullimore, British, yachtsman
 * Zefania Carmel, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)
 * Don Cohan, US, Olympic bronze (yachting; dragon class)
 * Gal Fridman, Israel, windsurfer, Olympic champion (Israel's first gold medalist), bronze (Mistral class)
 * Robert Halperin, US, yachting (star-class)
 * Peter Jaffe, Great Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)
 * Lydia Lazarov, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)
 * Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/Ukraine, only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes (yachting: finn class, tempest class, and star class), silver (yachting, tempest class)
 * Mark Mendelblatt, US, Olympic sailor, 2x world silver (laser and sunfish), bronze (laser)
 * Robert Mosbacher, US, world championship gold & silver (dragon class), gold (soling class), and bronze (5.5 metre class)
 * Shahar Tzuberi, Israel, windsurfer, Olympic bronze (RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion

Shooting

 * Morris Fisher, US, 5x Olympic champion (2x team free rifle; 300 m free rifle, 3 positions; 600 m free rifle; team 300 m military rifle, prone)
 * Guy Starik, Israel, world record in 50 m rifle prone
 * Lev Vainshtein, USSR (Russia), 3x team world champion (25 m & 50 m pistol) and Olympic bronze medalist (300 m rifle)

Speed Skating

 * Andy Gabel, US, Olympic silver (5,000 meter short track relay)
 * Rafayel Grach, USSR, Olympic silver (500 m), bronze (500 m)
 * Irving Jaffee, US, 2x Olympic champion (5,000-meter, 10,000-meter), world records (mile, 25 miles)
 * Dan Weinstein, US, short-track, 3x world champion (2x team 1,000 meters, team short-track 5,000 meters)

Swimming

 * Margarete "Grete" Adler, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-meter (m) freestyle relay)
 * Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli, breaststroke
 * Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle relay) and bronze (800 m freestyle relay); world record in men's 800-m freestyle
 * Adi Bichman, Israel (400 m and 800-m freestyle, 400-m medley)
 * Damián Blaum, Argentina, open water
 * Gérard Blitz, Belgium, Olympic bronze (100 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Yoav Bruck, Israel (50 m freestyle and 100-m freestyle)
 * Tiffany Cohen, US, 2x Olympic champion (400 m and 800-m freestyle); 2x Pan American champion (400 m and 800-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Anthony Ervin, US, Olympic champion (50 m freestyle), silver (400 m freestyle relay); 2x world champion (50 m freestyle, 100-m freestyle)
 * Scott Goldblatt, US, Olympic champion (4x200-m freestyle relay), silver (800 m freestyle relay); world championships silver (4x200-m freestyle), bronze (4x200-m freestyle)
 * Eran Groumi, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke, 100-m butterfly)
 * Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary, Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (100 m butterfly); world championships bronze (200 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Alfréd Hajós (born "Arnold Guttmann"), Hungary, 3x Olympic champion (100 m freestyle, 800-m freestyle relay, 1,500-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Michael "Miki" Halika, Israel, 200-m butterfly, 200- and 400-m individual medley
 * Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), Austrian-born Israeli, held every Austrian women's middle and long distance freestyle record in 1935, refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics along with Ruth Langer and Lucie Goldner, protesting Hitler, stating, "I refuse to enter a contest in a land which so shamefully persecutes my people."
 * Otto Herschmann, Austria, Olympic 2-silver (in fencing/team sabre and 100-m freestyle); arrested by Nazis, and died in Izbica concentration camp
 * Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born US, 4x Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200-m backstroke, twice 4x100-m medley relay); 3x world champion (100 m and 200-m backstroke, 4×100-m medley) and 2x silver (4×100-m medley, 50-m backstroke); 3 world records (50-, 100-, and 200-m backstroke)
 * Herbert Klein, Germany, Olympic bronze (200 m breaststroke); 3 world records
 * Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli (100 m butterfly, 4×100-m medley relay)
 * Keren Leibovitch, Israeli Paralympic swimmer, 3x world champion, 3 world records (100 m and 200-m backstroke; 100-m freestyle), and 8x Paralympic medal winner
 * Jason Lezak, US, 4x Olympic champion (twice 4x100 medley relay, 4x400 medley relay, 4x100 freestyle relay), silver (400 m freestyle relay), 2x bronze (100 m freestyle, 4x100 freestyle relay); 8x world champion (4x 4x100-m medley, 3x 4x100-m freestyle, 100-m freestyle), silver (4x100-m medley), bronze (4x100-m freestyle)
 * Klara Milch, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)
 * József Munk, Hungary, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)
 * Alfred "Artem" Nakache, France; world record (200 m breaststroke), one-third of French 2x world record (3x100 relay team); imprisoned by Nazis in Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed
 * Paul Neumann, Austria, Olympic champion (500 m freestyle)
 * Sarah Poewe, South African-born German, Olympic bronze (4x100 medley relay)
 * Marilyn Ramenofsky, US, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle); 3x world record for 400-m freestyle
 * Keena Rothhammer, US, Olympic champion (800 m freestyle) and bronze (200 m freestyle); world champion (200 m freestyle) and silver (400 m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Albert Schwartz, US, Olympic bronze (100 m freestyle)
 * Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), Austria, Olympic champion (400 m freestyle) and 2x bronze (400 m freestyle, 1,500-m freestyle)
 * Mark Spitz, US, Olympic champion (9 golds (400 m freestyle relay twice, 800-m freestyle relay twice, 100-m freestyle, 200-m freestyle, 100-m butterfly, 200-m butterfly, 400-m medley relay), 1 silver (100 m butterfly), 1 bronze (100 m freestyle)), has the second-most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (7); 5x Pam Am champion; 10x Maccabiah champion; world records (100- and 200-m freestyle, 100- and 200-m butterfly), International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Josephine Sticker, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)
 * Tal Stricker, Israel (100- and 200-m breaststroke, 4×100-m medley relay)
 * László Szabados, Hungary, Olympic bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay)
 * András Székely, Hungary, Olympic silver (200 m breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay); died in a Nazi concentration camp
 * Éva Székely, Hungary, Olympic champion & silver (200 m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati
 * Lejzor Ilja Szrajbman, Poland, Olympic 4×200-m freestyle relay; killed by the Nazis in Majdanek concentration camp
 * Judit Temes, Hungary, Olympic champion (4×100-m freestyle), bronze (100 m freestyle)
 * Dara Torres, US, Olympic 4x champion (400 m freestyle relay, 4x100-m freestyle relay twice, 4x100-m medley relay), 4x silver (50 m freestyle, 2x 4x100-m freestyle, 4x100-m medley relay), 4x bronze (50 m freestyle, 100-m freestyle, 100-m butterfly, 4x100-m freestyle relay, 4x100-m medley relay); world championship silver (4x100-m freestyle); Pan American champion (4x100-m freestyle)
 * Eithan Urbach, Israel, backstroke, European championship silver & bronze (100 m backstroke)
 * Otto Wahle, Austria/US, 2x Olympic silver (1,000 m freestyle, 200-m obstacle race) and bronze (400 m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Garrett Weber-Gale, US, 2x Olympic champion (4x100 freestyle relay, 4x100 medley relay); world champion (3x 4x100-m freestyle, 4×100-m medley), silver (4×200-m freestyle)
 * Wendy Weinberg, US, Olympic bronze (800 m freestyle); Pan American champion (800 m freestyle)
 * Ben Wildman-Tobriner, US, Olympic champion (4x100-m freestyle relay); world champion (2x 4x100-m freestyle, 50-m freestyle)
 * Imre Zachár, Hungary, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)

Table tennis

 * Ruth Aarons, US, 2x world champion
 * Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun"), Hungary/Britain, 22x world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF")
 * Laszlo Bellak, Hungary/US, 7x world champion, ITTFHoF
 * Richard Bergmann, Austria/Britain, 7x world champion, ITTFHoF
 * Gertrude "Traute" Kleinová, Czechoslovakia, 3x world champion, incarcerated by the Nazis in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz
 * Marina Kravchenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Soviet and Israel national teams
 * Dick Miles, US, 10x US champion
 * Ivor Montagu, Britain, national team
 * Leah Neuberger (Thall), "Miss Ping", US, 29x US champion
 * Marty Reisman, US, 3x national champion
 * Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF
 * Anna Sipos, Hungary, 11x world champion, ITTFHoF
 * Miklos Szabados, Hungary/Australia, 15x world champion
 * Pablo Tabachnik, Argentina, national team
 * David Zalcberg, Australia, national team

Tennis

 * Noam Behr, Israel
 * Ilana Berger, Israel
 * Jay Berger, US, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7
 * Gilad Bloom, Israel
 * Angela Buxton, England, won 1956 French Women's Doubles (w/Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon Women's Doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking # 9
 * Audra Cohen, US, 2007 NCAA Women's Singles champion
 * Julia Cohen, US, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion
 * Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, France
 * Brian Dabul, Argentina, former #1 junior in the world
 * Pierre Darmon, France, highest world ranking # 8
 * Jonathan Erlich, Israel, won 2008 Australian Open Men's Doubles (w/Andy Ram), highest world doubles ranking # 5
 * Gastón Etlis, Argentina
 * Sharon Fichman, Canada
 * Herbert Flam, US, 2x USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
 * Zack Fleishman, US
 * Allen Fox, US
 * Mike Franks, US
 * Brad Gilbert, US, highest world ranking # 4, Olympic bronze (singles)
 * Justin Gimelstob, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, won 1998 Australian Open Mixed Doubles (w/Venus Williams) and 1998 French Open Mixed Doubles (w/Venus Williams)
 * Shlomo Glickstein, Israel
 * Julia Glushko, Israel
 * Grant Golden, US
 * Paul Goldstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 2x 18s singles champion
 * Brian Gottfried, US, USTA boys 12s & 2x 18s singles champion, won 1975 & 1977 French Open Men's Doubles (w/Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon Men's Doubles (w/Ramirez), highest world ranking # 3
 * Jim Grabb, US, won 1989 French Open Men's Doubles (w/Richey Reneberg) and 1992 US Open Men's Doubles (w/Patrick McEnroe), highest world doubles ranking # 1
 * Seymour Greenberg, US
 * Amir Hadad, Israel
 * Julie Heldman, US, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
 * Helen Jacobs, won 1932–35 US Women's Singles, 1932–35 US Women's Doubles (w/Sarah Palfrey Cooke), 1934 US Mixed (w/George Lott), and 1936 Wimbledon Women's Singles, highest world singles ranking # 1
 * Martín Jaite, Argentina, highest world ranking # 10
 * Anita Kanter, US, US girls 18s singles champion
 * Ilana Kloss, South Africa, won 1976 US Open Women's Doubles (w/Linky Boshoff), highest world doubles ranking # 1
 * Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungary, won 1958 French Singles
 * Aaron Krickstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 6
 * Jesse Levine, Canada/US
 * Harel Levy, Israel
 * Evgenia Linetskaya, Israel
 * Scott Lipsky, US, USTA # 1 junior in singles (1995) and doubles (1995–97); won 2011 French Open Mixed Doubles (w/Casey Dellacqua)
 * Amos Mansdorf, Israel
 * Nicolás Massú, Chile, highest world ranking # 9, 2x Olympic champion (singles & doubles)
 * Sam Match, US
 * Tzipora Obziler, Israel
 * Wayne Odesnik, US
 * Tom Okker, Dutch, won 1973 French Open Men's Doubles (w/John Newcombe), 1976 US Open Men's Doubles (w/Marty Riessen), highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles
 * Noam Okun, Israel
 * Shahar Pe'er, Israel, highest world ranking # 11
 * Shahar Perkiss, Israel
 * Felix Pipes, Austria, Olympic silver (doubles)
 * Daniel Prenn, Germany & Britain, highest world ranking # 6
 * Henry Prusoff, US
 * Andy Ram, Israel, won 2006 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles (w/Vera Zvonareva), 2007 French Open Mixed Doubles (w/Nathalie Dechy), 2008 Australian Open Men's Doubles (w/Jonathan Erlich), highest world doubles ranking # 5
 * Eyal Ran, Israel
 * Renée Richards, US
 * Sergio Roitman, Argentina, highest world ranking #62
 * Dick Savitt, US, won 1951 Wimbledon Men's Singles, highest world ranking # 2
 * Vic Seixas, US, won 1952 US Men's Doubles (w/Mervyn Rose), 1953 Wimbledon Men's Singles, 1953 & 1955 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles (w/Doris Hart), 1953 French Mixed Doubles (w/Hart), 1953–55 US Mixed Doubles (w/Hart), 1954 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles (w/Hart), 1954 US Men's, 1954 US Men's Doubles (w/Tony Trabert), 1954–55 French Men's Doubles (w/Trabert), 1955 Australian Men's Doubles (w/Trabert), and 1956 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles (w/Shirley Fry)
 * Dudi Sela, Israel
 * Julius Seligson, US, 2x boys 18s singles champion
 * Anna Smashnova, Israel, highest world ranking # 15
 * Harold Solomon, US, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
 * Andrew Sznajder, Canada
 * Brian Teacher, US, US boys 18s singles champion, won 1980 Australian Open Singles, highest world ranking # 7
 * Eliot Teltscher, US, won 1983 French Open Mixed Doubles (w/Barbara Jordan), highest world ranking # 6
 * Marcel Felder, Uruguay
 * Ariel Behar, Uruguay

Track and field

 * Harold Abrahams, Britain, sprinter, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) & silver (4x100m relay)
 * Sir Sidney Abrahams, Britain, Olympic long jumper
 * Jo Ankier, Britain, record holder (1,500m & 3,000m steeplechase)
 * Gerry Ashworth, US, Olympic champion (4x100-m relay)
 * Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel, 2002 & 2006 European champion (pole vault)
 * Mykola Avilov, USSR, decathlon, world record; Olympic champion & bronze
 * Ödön Bodor, Hungary, Olympic bronze (medley relay)
 * Louis "Pinky" Clarke, US, world record (100 m); Olympic champion (4x100m)
 * Lillian Copeland, US, world records (javelin, discus throw, and shot put); Olympic champion & silver {discus}
 * Ibolya Csák, Hungary, Olympic champion & European champion high jumper
 * Daniel Frank, US, long jump, Olympic silver
 * Danielle Frenkel, Israel, high jumper, 2x national champion
 * Hugo Friend, US, long jump, Olympic bronze
 * Jim Fuchs, US, shot put & discus, 2x Olympic bronze (shot put); 4x shot put world record holder, 2x Pan American champions (shot put & discus)
 * Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football)
 * Milton Green, US, world records (45-yard & 60-m high hurdles)
 * Gary Gubner, US, world shotput records, weightlifter
 * Lilli Henoch, Germany, world records (discus, shot put, and 4x100-m relay); shot by the Nazis in Latvia
 * Maria Leontyavna Itkina, USSR, sprinter, world records (400 m & 220 yd, and 800-m relay)
 * Charles Jacobs, US, pole vaulter, Olympic bronze, world indoor record
 * Deena (Drossin) Kastor, US, long-distance & marathon runner, US records (marathon & half-marathon); Olympic bronze (marathon)
 * Elias Katz, Finland, Olympic champion (3,000 m team steeplechase) & silver (3,000 m steeplechase)
 * Abel Kiviat, US, world records (2,400-yard relay & 1,500-m); Olympic champion (3,000 m team) & silver (1,500-m)
 * Mór Kóczán, Hungary, javelin, Olympic bronze
 * Svetlana Krachevskaya, USSR, shot put, Olympic silver
 * Vera Krepkina, USSR, Olympic champion (long jump), world records (100 m dash & 4x100-m)
 * Shaul Ladany, Yugoslavian-born Israeli racewalker, world record holder in the 50-mile walk, former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk
 * Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US, champion (high jump & shotput), British high jump champion
 * Henry Laskau, German-born US racewalker, won 42 national titles; Pan American champion; 4x Maccabiah champion
 * Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born USSR, 11 world records; Olympic discus throw champion
 * Alvah Meyer, US, runner, 2 world records (60 y & 300 y); Olympic silver (100 m)
 * Lon Myers, US, sprinter, world records (quarter-mile, 100-yard, 440 yd, and 880-yard)
 * Micheline Ostermeyer, France, 2x Olympic champion (shot put & discus), bronze (high jump)
 * Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, sprinter, world 100-m & 200-m champion
 * Irina Press, USSR, 2x Olympic champion (80 m hurdles & pentathlon)
 * Tamara Press, USSR, 6 world records (shot put & discus); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus) and silver (discus)
 * Myer Prinstein, US, world record (long jump); 3x Olympic champion (2x triple jump & long jump) and silver (long jump)
 * Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Canada, runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay) & silver (100-m)
 * Steven Solomon, Australia, sprinter, 2x Australian 400 metres champion
 * Sam Stoller, US, world indoor record (60-yard dash)
 * Dwight Stones, US, world record (high jump); 2x Olympic bronze
 * Irena Szewińska, Poland, sprinter & long jumper, world records (100-m, 200-m, and 400-m); 3x Olympic champion (4x100-m, 200-m, 400-m), 2 silver (200 m & long jump), and 2 bronze 1968 (100 m & 200-m)
 * Jadwiga Wajs, Poland, 2 world records (discus); Olympic silver & bronze (discus)

Triathlon

 * Joanna Zeiger, US, triathlete, Ironman 70.3 world champion; world record (half ironman)

Volleyball

 * Nelly Abramova, USSR, Olympic silver
 * Doug Beal, US, player & coach, national team
 * Adriana Behar, Brazil, beach player; 2x Olympic silver; Pan American champion; 2x world champion
 * Larisa Bergen, USSR, Olympic silver
 * Yefim Chulak, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze
 * Marcelo Elgarten, Brazil, Olympic silver
 * Dan Greenbaum, US, Olympic bronze
 * Waldo Kantor, Argentina, Olympic bronze
 * Nataliya Kushnir, USSR, Olympic silver
 * Yevgeny Lapinsky, USSR, Olympic champion, bronze
 * Georgy Mondzolevsky, USSR, 2x Olympic champion, 2x world champion
 * Vladimir Patkin, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze
 * Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver
 * Aryeh "Arie" Selinger, US & Dutch, player & coach
 * Avital Selinger, Dutch, Olympic silver
 * Eugene Selznick, US, 2x world champion, 2x Pan American champion, Hall of Fame
 * Yuriy Venherovsky, USSR, Olympic champion
 * Chagai Zamir, Israel, 4x Paralympic Games champion

Water polo

 * Robert Antal, Hungary, Olympic champion
 * Peter Asch, US, Olympic bronze
 * István Barta, Hungary, Olympic champion, gold
 * Gerard Blitz, Belgium, 2x Olympic silver, 2x bronze (one in swimming—100-m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame, son of Maurice Blitz
 * Maurice Blitz, Belgium, 2x Olympic silver, father of Gérard Blitz
 * György Bródy, Hungary, goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion
 * Henri Cohen, Belgium, Olympic silver
 * Kurt Epstein, Czechoslovak national team, Olympic competitor
 * Boris Goikhman, USSR, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, bronze
 * György Kárpáti, Hungary, 3x Olympic champion, 1x bronze
 * Mihály Mayer, Hungary, 2x Olympic champion, 2x bronze
 * Nikolai Melnikov, USSR, Olympic champion
 * Merrill Moses, US, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, Pan American champion
 * Miklós Sárkány, Hungary, 2x Olympic champion

Weightlifting

 * David Mark Berger, US-born Israeli, Maccabiah champion (middleweight); killed by terrorists in the Munich Massacre
 * Isaac "Ike" Berger, US, Olympic champion (featherweight), 2x silver; 2x Pan American champion; 23 world records
 * Robert Fein, US, Olympic champion (lightweight)
 * Gary Gubner, US, 4 junior world records (heavyweight); 3x Maccabiah champion (weightlifting, shot put, discus)
 * Hans Haas, Austria, Olympic champion (lightweight), silver
 * Ben Helfgott, Polish-born British, 3x British champion (lightweight), 3x Maccabiah champion; survived Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentration camps, as all but one other of his family were killed by the Nazis
 * Moisei Kas’ianik, Ukrainian-born USSR, world champion
 * Edward Lawrence Levy, Great Britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records
 * Grigory Novak, Soviet, Olympic silver (middle-heavyweight); world champion
 * Rudolf Plyukfelder, Soviet, Olympic champion, 2x world champion (light heavyweight)
 * David Rigert, Kazakh-born USSR, Olympic champion, 5x world champion (light-heavyweight and heavyweight), 68 world records
 * Igor Rybak, Ukrainian-born USSR, Olympic champion (lightweight)
 * Valery Shary, Byelorussian-born USSR, Olympic champion (light-heavyweight)
 * Frank Spellman, US, Olympic champion (middleweight); world record; Maccabiah champion
 * Reuven Helman, Maccabiah Olympian and Israeli Weightlifting Champion.

Wrestling

 * Lindsey Durlacher, US, world bronze (Greco-Roman)
 * Grigorii Gamarnik, USSR, world champion (Greco-Roman lightweight), world championship silver
 * Samuel Gerson, Ukrainian-born US, Olympic silver (freestyle featherweight)
 * Boris Maksovich Gurevich, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman flyweight), 2x world champion
 * Boris Michail Gurevitsch, USSR, Olympic champion (freestyle middleweight), 2x world champion
 * Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl, Austria, 2x Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman)
 * Oleg Karavaev, USSR, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman bantamweight), 2x world champion
 * Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Hungary, Olympic champion (freestyle lightweight), silver
 * Abraham Kurland, Denmark, Olympic silver (Greco-Roman lightweight)
 * Fred Meyer, US, Olympic bronze (freestyle heavyweight)
 * Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion
 * Yakov Punkin, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman featherweight)
 * Samuel Rabin, Great Britain, Olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight)
 * David Rudman, USSR, USSR 6x wrestling champion and 6x sambo champion, sambo world champion, 2x European judo champion
 * Richárd Weisz, Hungary, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)
 * Henry Wittenberg, US, Olympic champion (freestyle light-heavyweight), silver

Professional wrestling

 * Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank), US, former WWE Divas Champion, descended from Jewish ancestry on her father's side.
 * (Lord) Tensai(Matthew Bloom), known as Albert from 1997–2002 and "A-Train from 2002–2004. US, former Intercontinental Champions and IWGP World Tag Team Champion.
 * Colt Cabana (Scott Colton), US, also known as Scotty Goldman in the WWE, former 2 time NWA World Heavyweight Champion
 * Diamond Dallas Page (Page Joseph Falkinburg, Jr.), US, former 3x WCW Champion & former WWE European Championship & WWE Tag Team Championship
 * Bill Goldberg, US, 2x world champion, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight Championship longest winning streak in professional wrestling
 * Barry Horowitz, US
 * Boris Malenko (Lawrence Simon), US, multiple championships throughout 1960s and 70s
 * Chad Maklenko (Chad Simon), US, 4x RQW Heavyweight Champion
 * Dean Malenko (Dean Simon), US, WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (2)
 * Raven (Scott Levy), US, 3x world champion ECW World Heavyweight Championship(2), NWA World Heavyweight Championship(1)
 * Randy Savage (Randall Poffo), US, former WWF World Heavyweight Champion and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion, son of a Jewish mother and Italian-American father
 * "Leapin'" Lanny Poffo, US, Savage's brother; competed in the WWF as "The Genius"

Commissioners, managers/coaches and owners

 * Roman Abramovich, Russia, owner of Chelsea Football Club
 * Leslie Alexander, US, owner of Houston Rockets; former owner of Houston Comets
 * Ray Arcel, US, boxing trainer; trained 18 world champions
 * Micky Arison, Israel/US, owner of Miami Heat
 * Red Auerbach, US, guard, NBA coach (9 championships) & GM, Hall of Fame
 * Big Bill Bachrach, US, swimming coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Gary Bettman, US, National Hockey League Commissioner
 * Morris "Whitey" Bimstein, US, boxing trainer
 * Arthur Blank, US, owner of Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Force
 * David Blatt, US, college & Israeli professional guard; coach in Israel & Russia, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Russia national team
 * Steve Bornstein, US, President & CEO of NFL Network
 * Francis Borelli, France, former President (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, AS Cannes)
 * Norman Braman, US, former owner of Philadelphia Eagles
 * Larry Brown, US, basketball player & pro and college coach, currently at Southern Methodist University
 * Alfréd Brüll, Hungary, chairman of sports club MTK
 * Alan N. Cohen, US, former owner of New York Knicks and New York Rangers, co-owner of Boston Celtics and New Jersey Nets, and Chairman & CEO of Madison Square Garden Corporation
 * Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner
 * Uri Coronel, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam
 * Mark Cuban, US, owner of Dallas Mavericks
 * Keith Dambrot, US, men's basketball coach (University of Akron)
 * William Davidson, US, Chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, principal owner of Detroit Pistons, Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL
 * Al Davis, US, owner/coach of Oakland Raiders
 * Barney Dreyfuss, US, owner of Pittsburgh Pirates
 * Steve Ellman, US, owner of Phoenix Coyotes
 * Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet ice hockey coach
 * Charlotte "Eppie" Epstein, US, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Theo Epstein, US, President of baseball operations (Chicago Cubs); former General Manager, Boston Red Sox
 * Lawrence Frank, US, Head Coach (Detroit Pistons)
 * Marty Friedman, US, basketball player & coach
 * Don Garber, US, Major League Soccer Commissioner
 * Arcadi Gaydamak, Russia, owner of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
 * Alexandre Gaydamak, France & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C.
 * Dan Gilbert, US, owner of Cleveland Cavaliers
 * Sid Gillman, US, football player & coach
 * Avram Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United board
 * Joel Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United board
 * Malcolm Glazer, US, owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United
 * Paul Godfrey, Canada, CEO & President of Toronto Blue Jays
 * Alexander Gomelsky, Russia, head coach of USSR national team for 30 years, including victory in 1988 Summer Olympics, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame
 * Samuel Goodman, US, manager of gold-winning US Olympic rugby
 * Eddie Gottlieb, Ukraine-born US, first basketball coach, manager, and owner of Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA/NBA, NBA founder
 * Avram Grant, Israel, manager
 * Brad Greenberg, US, men's basketball coach (Radford University)
 * Chuck Greenberg, US, co-owner of Texas Rangers
 * Seth Greenberg, US, men's basketball coach (Virginia Tech)
 * Ernie Grunfeld, US, basketball player & GM (Washington Wizards)
 * Ludwig Guttmann, Germany, founder of the Paralympics
 * Sydney Halter, Canada, first commissioner of the Canadian Football League
 * Cecil Hart, Canada, hockey coach/manager (Montreal Canadiens); original Hart Trophy named after father David, & current one after him
 * Leon Hess, US, owner of New York Jets
 * Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager
 * Melissa Hiatt, US, professional wrestling manager
 * Nat Holman, US, basketball player & coach
 * Red Holzman, US, basketball player & coach
 * Yoel Judah, US, boxer & trainer
 * Jonathan Kaplan, South Africa, world record for refereeing highest number of international rugby union test matches
 * Daryl Katz, Canada, owner of Edmonton Oilers
 * Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Louis "Red" Klotz, US, NBA 5' 7" point guard, owner of Washington Generals and New York Nationals
 * Herb Kohl, US, owner of Milwaukee Bucks
 * Béla Komjádi, Hungary, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame
 * Bob Kraft, US, owner of New England Patriots & New England Revolution
 * Jerry Krause, US, former General Manager (Chicago Bulls)
 * Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich
 * Manny Leibert, US, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame
 * Al Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns
 * Randy Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns & Aston Villa
 * Lerner family, US, owners of Washington Nationals
 * Randy Levine, US, president of New York Yankees
 * Tony Levine, US, football coach of University of Houston Cougars
 * Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
 * Lenny Levy, US, coach (Pittsburgh Pirates)
 * Marv Levy, US, football coach & General Manager (Buffalo Bills)
 * Jeffrey Lurie, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles
 * Jamie McCourt, US, President of Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Art Modell, US, former owner of Baltimore Ravens
 * Cecil Moss, coach of Springboks rugby team.
 * Josh Pastner, US, men's basketball head coach (University of Memphis)
 * Gabe Paul, US, baseball President & General Manager (Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees)
 * Bruce Pearl, US, former men's basketball coach, most notably at the University of Tennessee
 * José Pekerman, Argentina, Argentine football manager
 * David Pleat, England, football manager, Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town
 * Maurice Podoloff, Ukraine-born US, 1st president of the National Basketball Association
 * Abe Pollin, US, owner of Washington Wizards, former owner of NHL's Washington Capitals & WNBA's Washington Mystics
 * Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964–78
 * Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989–2002
 * Bela Rajki-Reich, Hungary, swimming and water polo coach
 * Bruce Ratner, US, owner of New Jersey Nets
 * Jimmie Reese, US, second baseman, coach
 * Jerry Reinsdorf, US, owner of Chicago Bulls & Chicago White Sox
 * Carroll Rosenbloom US, owner of Baltimore Colts & Los Angeles Rams
 * Chip Rosenbloom, US, owner of St. Louis Rams
 * Stephen M. Ross, US, owner of Miami Dolphins
 * Ernie Roth, US, professional wrestling manager
 * Henry Samueli, US, owner of Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation
 * Abe Saperstein, UK-born US, founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters also related to Ashley Taylor and Hallie Ariel
 * Dolph Schayes, US, basketball player & coach
 * Howard Schultz, US, owner of Seattle SuperSonics; founder of Starbucks
 * Bud Selig, US, Major League Baseball Commissioner
 * Mark Shapiro, US, General Manager (Cleveland Indians)
 * Allie Sherman, US, football player & coach, New York Giants
 * Norm Sherry, US, catcher, manager, and coach
 * Ed Snider, US, owner of Philadelphia Flyers
 * Daniel Snyder, US, owner of Washington Redskins
 * David Stern, US, National Basketball Association Commissioner
 * Stuart Sternberg, US, owner of Tampa Bay Rays
 * Alan Sugar, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
 * Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine
 * Larry Tanenbaum, Canada, owner of Toronto Maple Leafs & Toronto Raptors
 * Preston Robert Tisch, US, from 1991 until his death in 2005 Tisch owned 50% of New York Giants American football team
 * Leonard Tose, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles
 * Marc Trestman, US, NFL head coach (Chicago Bears)
 * Zygi Wilf, German-born US, principal owner of Minnesota Vikings
 * Fred Wilpon, US, owner of New York Mets
 * Jeff Wilpon, US, COO, New York Mets
 * Lewis Wolff, US, owner of Oakland Athletics
 * Brett Yormark, US, President & CEO of New Jersey Nets

Jewish Olympic medalists

 * Jewish Olympic medalists

Jewish sports halls of fame

 * International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Netanya, Israel)
 * Jewish Canadian Athletes Hall of Fame
 * National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (US)
 * Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California
 * Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
 * Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (California)
 * Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
 * Rochester Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (N.Y.)
 * Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania
 * Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Pennsylvania)

Books

 * Jews and Baseball: The Post-Greenberg Years, 1949–2008, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2010, ISBN 0-7864-2828-7
 * The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players, Howard Megdal, Collins, 2009, ISBN 0-06-155843-5
 * Jews and the Sporting Life, Vol. 23 of Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Ezra Mendelsohn, Oxford University Press US, 2009, ISBN 0-19-538291-9
 * Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, Bob Wechsler, KTAV Publishing House, 2008, ISBN 1-60280-013-8
 * The Big Book of Jewish Athletes: Two Centuries of Jews in Sports – a Visual History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, S P I Books, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-927-7
 * The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars, Peter S. Horvitz, SP Books, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-907-2
 * Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship, Jack Kugelmass, University of Illinois Press, 2007, ISBN 0-252-07324-X
 * The New Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, Perseus Distribution Services, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-821-1
 * Jews and Baseball: Entering the American mainstream, 1871–1948, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2006, ISBN 0-7864-2828-7
 * Emancipation through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe, Michael Brenner, Gideon Reuveni, translated by Brenner, Reuveni, U of Nebraska Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8032-1355-7
 * Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present, David J. Goldman, Edition 2, Kar-Ben Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-58013-183-2
 * Judaism's Encounter with American Sports, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Indiana University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-253-34700-9
 * Jews and the Olympic Games; Sport: Springboard for Minorities, Paul Yogi Mayer, Vallentine Mitchell, 2004, ISBN 0-85303-451-6
 * Great Jews in Sports, Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 2004, ISBN 0-8246-0453-9
 * Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash between Sport and Politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists, Paul Taylor, Sussex Academic Press, 2004, ISBN 1-903900-88-3
 * The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement, B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Scarecrow Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8108-4775-2
 * Foiled, Hitler's Jewish Olympian: the Helene Mayer Story, Milly Mogulof, RDR Books, 2002, ISBN 1-57143-092-X
 * The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, SP Books, 2001, ISBN 1-56171-973-0
 * Jewish Sports Legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame, 3rd Ed, Joseph Siegman, Brassey's, 2000, ISBN 1-57488-284-8
 * Sports and the American Jew, Steven A. Riess, Syracuse University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8156-2754-8
 * When Boxing was a Jewish Sport, Allen Bodner, Praeger, 1997, ISBN 0-275-95353-X
 * Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience, Peter Levine, Oxford University Press US, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508555-8
 * The Jewish Child's Book of Sports Heroes, Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 1993, ISBN 0-8246-0360-5
 * The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Joseph M. Siegman, SP Books, 1992, ISBN 1-56171-028-8
 * The Jewish Athletes Hall of Fame, B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Shapolsky Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-944007-04-X
 * The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame, Ken Blady, SP Books, 1988, ISBN 0-933503-87-3
 * The Great Jewish Chess Champions, Harold U. Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1987, ISBN 0-87052-305-8
 * The Jewish Baseball Hall of Fame: a Who's Who of Baseball Stars, Erwin Lynn, Shapolsky Publishers, 1986, ISBN 0-933503-17-2
 * From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary, Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1985, ISBN 0-88033-085-6
 * The Jew in American Sports, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Edition 4, Hippocrene Books, 1985, ISBN 0-88254-995-2
 * Jewish Baseball Stars, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1984, ISBN 0-88254-898-0
 * The Jewish Athlete: A Nostalgic View, Leible Hershfield, s.n., 1980
 * Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports, Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver, Bloch Pub. Co., 1965