Notable Czernowitz Residents
Original compilation by Jane Reifer. Ver.5.0 - Updated 2018 March 22 by Jerome 18032208301045
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This chart is an index of sorts about people who have lived or worked in Czernowitz and are well known for work in their field(s). The column "Era" is for lifespan (birth and death) information, and there is also a column called "Years in Czernowitz." The years in that column will not necessarily match the "Era" column. Information that gives more background or details can go in the "Misc." column.
Name		Field		Era		Years in Czernowitz		Birth Name		Misc.		Source
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Abraham Mendel		Publisher - Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung, Owner publishing House "Eminescu"										Peter Hubscher
Abromowicz Leon		Artist		1889-1978		.		.		.
Aliav Ruth Klüger (née Polishuk)		Zionist activist		27 April 1910 – 16 February 1980		lived in her youth in Cernăuţi						Jane Reifer, from Wikipedia
Ameseder Eduard		Artist		18 Oct 1856 - 24 May 1938		.		.		.
Andermann Dr. Frederick		Canadian Neurologist and Epileptologist		b. 26 September 1930 Czernowitz		abt 1930-1940				Awarded the Order of Canada in 2006 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Andermann		Dr. Lisa Andermann
Appelfeld Aharon		Author		1932		.		.		.		Ruth Glasberg Gold
Arikha Avigdor		Artist		1929		.		.		.
Arno Ed		Cartoonist		1916 Innsbruck - 27 May 2008 New York		abt 1917-?		Arnold Edelstein				Florence Ebner
Ausländer Rose		Poet		11 May 1901 - 3 January 1988		.		.		.
Bartfeld-Feller Margit		Author		31 March 1923 Chernivtsi						https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margit_Bartfeld-Feller		Marion Tauschwitz
Beraru Armand		Photographer		-1932		.		.		.
Bergman Lucian		Film Director										Gabriele Weissmann
Brenner Hedwig		Writer and Lexicographer		b. 27 Sept 27, 1918 Czernowitz - d. 23 January 2017 Haifa		1918-1945		Hedwig Langhaus		Bio - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_Brenner ; Video- https://youtu.be/Yo4_v5RNyZ8		Bianca Rosenthal, Irene Fishler
Budabin Berthold		Last Hapsburg Royal Court Representative to Bukovina		d. 1952 Toronto								Robert Burton
Budabin Mina		Partner with Lermer Brothers in a cotton weaving mill		d. 1971 Toronto				Wilhemina Schuurtman				Robert Burton
Burg Josef		Writer										Jane Reifer, from Steve Lasky film clip
Birnbaum Manfred		Yiddishist		1864 - 1937		.		.		.
Bittman Karl		Author		1911		.		.		.
Blum Clara		Poet		1904-1971		.		.		.
Blum Martha		Author		1913		.		.		.
Brociner Marco Dr.		Author		.		.		.		.
Celan Paul		Poet		23 Nov.1920 - 1 May 1970		.		Paul Antschel		.
Chargaff Erwin		Chemist		11 August 1905 – 20 June 2002		1905-1914		.		.
Dauber Dol (Adolf)		Composer, Arranger, Jazz Band Director		23 July 1894 - 15 September 1950								Jane Reifer
Diamant Max Dr.		Lawyer, Yiddishist, Zionist		.		.		.		.
Ebermann Leo Dr.		Author		1863-1914		.		.		.
Eberson John		Theatre Designer (including the Majestic)		.		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Ebner Mayer Dr.		Zionist leader, Politician, Journalist		1872-1955		1872-1939		.		See: The Mayer Ebner Memorial Albums		Jane Reifer
Edelstein Yuli		Speaker of the Knesset for Likud										Jane Reifer
Ehrlich Eugen		Legal scholar		14 September 1862 - 2 May 1922		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Eisenscher Jakob		Artist		1898-1960		.		.		.
Eminescu Mihai		Poet										Jane Reifer
Falia Anton		Architect		.		.		.		gf of Oskar Laske
Feldhammer		Actor		.		.		.		.
Fischer Hermann Dr.		Philanthropist		.		.		.		.
Flinker Martin		Book-seller		1895 - 21 June, 1986		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Frank Jacob Joseph		Heretic, Messiah claimant, Founder of Frankism religion, an outgrowth of Sabbateanism with 500,000 followers		1726- 10 December 1791		About 1730-1743, and later sporadic visits		Jakub Lejbowicz		Father, Lev; Mother Rachel; grandfather Rabbi Jeka Tatar. Born Berczany near Husiatyn, then moved to Korołówka, Poland, and then Czernowitz.		Jane Reifer
Franzos Karl Emil		Author		1848 Czortków, Galicia -1904		.		.		He lived for a few years in Czernowitz, but not being able to continue his studies, he went to Vienna and Prague, later in Berlin where he is buried at the Weissensee Cemetery. G Weissman		Jane Reifer, Gabriele Weissmann
Friedmann Meschulim		Restauranteur		.		.		.		.
Gegenbauer Leopold		Mathematician		2 Feb 1849 - 3 June 1903		1875-1878		.		.
Gingold Norbert		Composer, Founder, San Francisco Childrens' Opera		Abt. 1903 -1996		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Gluksmann Max		Tango impresario, Filmmaker		.		.		Mordecai David Glucksmann		.		Jane Reifer
Gold Edwin Richard		M.D., Research Scientist, Immunologist		1905 -1990		.		.		collegue of Erwin Chargaff - Wrote the first book on immunology in Romania in 1957		Jane Reifer, Gabriele Weissmann
Gong Alfred		Poet		1920 - 1981		.		Alfred Liquornik		.
Gross Hans		Founder scientific criminology, originator of fingerprint interpretation, Magistrate Cz Criminal court		1847-1915		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Hassner Alfred		Chemist		1930		.		.		.
Herschkowitz Philipp Moiseyevich		Composer		7 September 1906 – 5 January 1989		1940-1941		.		.
Hilsenrath Edgar		Author		1926		.		.		.
Hoenich Paul Konrad		Painter		1907-1997		.		.		.
Kaindl Raimund Friedrich		Historian		1866 - 1930		.		.		.
Kandler Lubomyra-Melitta		Philanthropist		-1928		.		Melnechuk		.
Kassner Salomon Dr.		Historian		.		.		.		.
Kellner Leon		Scholar of English literature		1859-1928		.		.		.
Kern Dr. Ernst Reinhold		Doctor – anesthesiology		1908-1969								Florence Ebner
Kettner Frederick		Founder of Biosophy		1886 -1957		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Kiesler Friederich		Architect,Painter, Sculptor, Philosopher		22 September 1890 - December 1965		.		.		With a colleague, he built the "Shrine of the Book" in Jerusalem.		Jane Reifer, Gabriele. Weissmann
Kiesler Heinreich Dr.		Lawyer, Publisher		.		.		.		.
Kittner Alfred		Poet, Author, Journalist		1905 -1987		.		.		.
Klinghofer Berthold		Painter		.		.		.		.
Klueger Karl		Journalist		.		.		.		.
Koenig Lia		Actress										Gabriele Weissmann
Kogan Simeonov ‘Sam’		Actor		22 October 1946 – 10 November 2004		.		.		.
Kok James		Bandleader		26 January 1902 - 18 October 1976		.		.		.
Kolnik Artur		Painter, Jiddishist		6 April 1890 - 1972		1918 -1931		.		born: Stanislawow,Galicia; died:Paris France
Kommer Rudolf K.		Author, Linguist, Translator		1885 - 1943		.		.		.
Korn-Daghani Arnold		Author, Artist		1909 - 1985		.		.		.
Kozenn-Chajes Marguerite		Mozart scholar		.		.		.		.
Krämer Markus		Lawyer, Newspaper-editor, Politician, Writer		1887-1964						http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=6723		Edgar Hauster, Cornel Fleming
Kunis Mila		Jewish American actress		b. 14 August 1983 Chernivtsi						https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_Kunis		Mark Wiznitzer
Laron Zvi		Israeli physician										Jane Reifer
Laske Oskar		Architect, Painter		8 Jan 1874 - 30 Nov 1951		.		.		.
Laske-Kesselbauer Elizabeth		Painter		1884 - 1977		.		.		.
Lehr Noa		Soap Manufacturer, Philanthropist		d. 1937								Robert Burton
Lerner Shlomo		.		Abt. 1890-1963		.		.		.
Levin Leibu		Yiddish artist - reciter, singer, composer		1914 - 1983		1919 - 1941		Haim-Jehuda		Friend of Paul Celan, teacher of Selma Merbaum in the drama class in Czernowitz. In 1980 translated all of her poems into Yiddish and composed 6 of them. More about Leibu Levin in the 'Stories' section and on www.ruthlevin.com
Linkers Eduard		Actor		1912		.		.		.
Loyev Moyshe		Drama Critic										Jane Reifer, from Steve Lasky film clip
Mandyczewski Eusebius		Musicologist		.		.		.		.
Manger Itzik		Author		1901 - 1969		.		.		.
Margul-Sperber Alfred		Poet		23 Sep 1898 - 1 Mar 1961		.		.		Paul Celan's mentor
Merbaum Selma		Poet		1924 - 1942		.		.		.		Jane Reifer, Marion Tauschwitz
Menchel Jacob		Professor of Medicine and Chair, National Council of Geriatrics		.								Jane Reifer
Menczel Philipp Dr.		Journalist		.		.		.		http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/SkalaPodol/PhilipMenczel.html
Moskovich Wolf		Linguist										Jane Reifer, from Steve Lasky film clip
Offner Alfred		Artist Painter Designer		1879		.		.		member Wiener Secession
Olszewski Karl Ewald		Artist		1884		.		.		.
Pagis Dan		Poet and translator										Jane Reifer
Popliker Benno		Stage Director		.		.		.		.
Pollak Israel		Founder of Polgat textile conglomerate		1909-1993								Jane Reifer
Popovici Traian		Romanian mayor of Czernowitz during WWII										Jane Reifer
Porumbescu Ciprian		Pianist, Composer		14 October 1853 - 6 July 1883		.		.		.
Preminger Ingwald “Ingo”		Film producer (M*A*S*H)		25 February 1911 - ?		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Preminger, Otto		Film Director		1905 - 1986		.		.		Colleague of my father in junior school, born in Wiznitz, but he always maintained he was born in Vienna, where he moved with his family while still young. - G. Weissmann		Jane Reifer, Gabriele Weissmann
Reder Bernard		Sculptor		29 Jun.1897 - Sep.1963		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Reifer Manfred		Zionist, Historian		1890 -1953		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Robinson Edward G.		Hollywood Actor		12 Dec.1893 Bucharest - 26 Jan. 1973		.		Emanuel Goldenberg		.		Jane Reifer, Gabriele Weissmann
Roll Eric (Lord)		Member British House of Lords, Author, Educator, Economist, Banker		b.1907 Novoselyzja - 2005		left Cz in 1923		.		Wrote 'Crowded Hours' some of life in Cz described - studied in Czernowitz and later England, but spent most of his life in the U.K.		Jane Reifer, Gabriele Weissmann, Yosef Eshet
Rosen Lia		Actor		.		.		.		.
Rosenthal Bianca		Author										Bianca Rosenthal
Rubel Maximllian		Marxist Historian		b.1905 Cz - d.1996 Paris		French citizen - 1937		.		published 80 titiles on Marx
Salaban Colonel		Counterfeiter		1871		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Schaechter-Gottesman Belle		Poet, Painter, Singer		current		before 1951		.		winner 2005 National Heritage Fellowship (Nat'l Endowment for the Arts)
Scharf Ze'ev		Finance Minister Eshkol government										Jane Reifer
Schatzmann Poldi		Composer, Musician, Music Dir. Nat. Theatre of Israel "Habima"		b. Czernowitz 1922 d.1994 Tel Aviv		.		.		Composed most music for plays of Hanoch Levin
Schmidt Joseph		Singer		4 Mar 1902 - 16 Nov 1942		.		.		born in Davideny		Jane Reifer
Shmueli Ilana		Author		7 Mar 1924 Czernowitz - 11 November 2011 Jerusalem				Liane Schindler		https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilana_Shmueli		Marion Tauschwitz
Schnitzer Moshe		President of the Israel Diamond Exchange										Jane Reifer
Schrager Rudolf Noachim		Composer		b. 28 August 1900		.		.		.
Schumpeter Joseph Alois		Economist, Sociologist		8 Feb. 1883 - 8 Jan. 1950		.		.		.
Sekler Maricius		Actor, Stage Director		.		.		.		.
Silbermann Edith		Author		1921, Czernowitz – 2008, Düsseldorf						https://www.rimbaud.de/silbermann.html		Marion Tauschwitz
Steinbarg Eliezer		Writer		1880 - 1932		.		.		.
Tal Sidy		Actor		8 Sept.1912 - 17 Aug.1983		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
Ursuleac Veronica		Soprano		1894-1985		.		.		.
Vaisman Alexander		Artist		1967		.		.		.
Vlad Roman		Composer, Pianist, Musicologist, Artistic director of La Scala		b.1919		1919-1938		.		.
von Mikulicz-Radecki Johannes		Surgeon		16 May 1850 – 4 June 1905		.		.		.
von Rezzori Gregor		Author		13 May 1914 -  23 April 1998		.		.		.		Jane Reifer
von Summer Erwin		Major General K(u)K Army		b. Czernowitz d.1946		.		.		.
Weissglas Immanuel		Poet, Translator, Author, Journalist		1920 - 1979		.		.		.
Weissmann Eduard		Cellist		1943		.		.		.
Wininger Schlomo		Author		.		.		.		.
Yatseniuk Arsenyi		Politician, Economist, Lawyer, Prime Minister of Ukraine - 27 February 2014 to 14 April 2016		22 May 1974 Chernivtsi								Cornel Fleming
Yavetz Zvi		Historian										Ruth Glasberg Gold