Notable Indian Jews
- Lieutenant General J F R Jacob - Former Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command; Former Governor of Punjab and Goa.
- Jacqueline Bhabha - Lecturer at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School.
- Eli Ben-Menachem - Israeli politician.
- Lalchanhima Sailo - Rabbi and Founder of Chhinlung Israel People's Convention.
- Ezekiel Isaac Malekar - Bene Israel Rabbi.
- David and Simon Reuben - Businessmen.
- David Sassoon - Businessman.
- Albert Abdullah David Sassoon - British Indian merchant.
- Ellis Kadoorie and Elly Kadoorie - Philanthropists.
- Horace Kadoorie - Philanthropist.
- Joseph Rabban - Was given copper plates of special grants from the Chera ruler Bhaskara Ravivarman II from Kerala.
- Sassoon David Sassoon - Philanthropist and benefactor of greater Indian Jewish community.
- Anish Kapoor - Sculptor.
- Gerry Judah - Artist and Designer.
- Farhat Ezekiel Nadira - Bollywood actress.
- Ruby Myers, Bollywood actress of the 1920s known as Sulochana.
- David Abraham Cheulkar - Bollywood actor.
- Samson Kehimkar - Musician
- Pearl Padamsee - Theatre personality.
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Writer.
- Solomon Sopher - Jewish community leader in Mumbai.
- Abraham Barak Salem - Cochin Jewish Indian nationalist leader.
- Bensiyon Songavkar - Professional cricketer.
- Ranjit Chaudhry-Bollywood actor
- Nissim Ezekiel - poet, playwright, editor and art-critic.
- Esther David (March 17, 1945— ) is a Jewish-Indian author, an artist and a sculptor
- Reuben David- Industrialist who built famous zoo Near Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad
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