the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command Hakham Ezra Reuben David Barook, a High Priest in Jerusalem in 1856; he traveled to India and settled in Calcutta. He is buried in the Jewish Cemetery at Narkeldanga Gerry Judah, artist and designer Anish Kapoor, sculptor (Baghdadi Jewish mother, Indian father) John Prabhudoss , currently the Chairman of the Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations (FIACONA); mother is of mixed Cochin Jewish descent. Samson Kehimkar, musician Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, Bene Israel Rabbi Pearl Padamsee, theatre personality (part Jewish) David and Simon Reuben, businessmen Nadira, actress of the 1950s and 1960s. David Sassoon, businessman Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818 – 24 October 1896), British-Indian merchant Sassoon David Sassoon (August 1832 – 23 June 1867), Indian-born British businessman and philanthropist Solomon Sopher, Jewish community leader Eli Ben-Menachem, Indian-born Israeli politician Ellis Kadoorie and Elly Kadoorie, philanthropists Horace Kadoorie, philanthropist Ruby Myers, Bollywood actress of the 1920s, otherwise known as Sulochana Lalchanhima Sailo, rabbi Abraham Barak Salem, Cochin Jew Indian nationalist leader Bensiyon Songavkar, professional cricketer Iran/Persia Sa'ad al-Dawla, (c. 1240 – March 5, 1291), Physician and statesman David Alliance, British businessman Mashallah ibn Athari, eighth-century astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician Moses ben Hanoch, rabbi Yossi Banai, performer Soleyman Binafard, wrestler Sahl ibn Bishr, nine-century astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician Jimmy Delshad, Californian politician Roya Hakakian, writer Moshe Katsav, Israeli president Rita Kleinstein, Israeli singer/actress, known popularly as "Rita" Janet Kohan-Sedq, track and field athlete Masarjawaih, physician and translator Mashallah ibn Athari, astrologer and astronomer Shaul Mofaz, Israeli Minister of Transportation Bahar Soomekh, American actress Soleiman Haim, among first compilers of Persian dictionary Israel Japan Alfred Birnbaum Dan Calichman Julie Dreyfus Rachel Elior Ofer Feldman, University professor Péter Frankl, Hungarian mathematician Shaul Eisenberg, businessman Martin "Marty" Adam Friedman, rock guitarist Ayako Fujitani, writer and actress, convert Szymon Goldberg David G. Goodman, Japanologist Karl Taro Greenfeld, journalist and author Manfred Gurlitt Jack Halpern, Israeli linguist, Kanji-scholar Shifra Horn Hoshitango Imachi, né Imachi Marcelo Salomon Chaim Janowski Max Janowski Charles Louis Kades Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, née Glickman Abraham Kaufman Michael Kogan, founder of Taito Fumiko Kometani, author and artist, convert Setsuzo (Avraham) Kotsuji, Hebrew professor, convert Leonid Kreutzer, pianist Yaacov Liberman Henryk Lipszyc Leza Lowitz, American Japanologist Alan Merrill Sulamith Messerer Emmanuel Metter Albert Mosse John Nathan Emil Orlík Klaus Pringsheim Sr. Roger Pulvers Ludwig Riess Joseph Rosenstock, conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra Jay Rubin