Records world record-holder, American born, half Jewish. Mathias Brugman (1811-1866), was a leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry), half Jewish Julio Kaplan (1950-), Argentina-born chess player and former world junior champion. Raphy Leavitt (1948-2015), composer, director and founder of "La Selecta" Ari Meyers (1969-), actress, Best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the Kate & Allie (1984) TV series, born but not raised in Puerto Rico Joaquin Phoenix (1974-), actor, won Best Actor Oscar (for Joker), was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gladiator in 2000 and in 2005, he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, and won a Golden Globe in the same category in 2006 for his role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line. Geraldo Rivera (1943-), journalist, half Jewish New York City born Jorge Seijo (1942-) Puerto Rican radio and television personality A. Cecil Snyder (1907-1959) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, continual US born Suriname Edgar Davids (1973-), footballer (Jewish grandmother) Jacques Judah Lyons (1814-1877), rabbi, later immigrated to the United States of America Pim de la Parra (1940-), film maker Trinidad and Tobago US Virgin Islands Gabriel Milan (1631–1689), Governor of the Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) Judah Benjamin (1811-1844), US & Confederate politician Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991), Businessman, Politician and Governor Camille Pissarro (1807-1903), artist David Levy Yulee (1810-1866), US politician See also List of Jews List of Jamaicans References Caribbean Jews Jews Jews,Caribbean