Simon Brainin was a Russian and an American physician.
Aleksei was a Russian archpriest who became known for converting to Judaism. He was born probably in Novgorod around 1425 and died in Moscow in 1488.
Herman Rosenthal was an American author, editor, and librarian.
Israel Aksenfeld was a Yiddish writer. Although he spoke other languages perfectly, he chose to write in Yiddish. Together with Solomon Ettinger, he was one of the first Yiddish-language writers of the 19th century and one of the most significant Yiddish writers to emerge before Mendele Mocher Sforim.
Abraham Baer ben Joseph Ezra Dobsewitch was a Russian Hebraist and exegete.
Abraham Jacob Stern was a Polish Jewish maskil, inventor, educator, and poet. He is known for his mechanical calculators.
Yitzchak ben Nechemia Ratner was a nineteenth-century Jewish maskilic mathematician. He wrote mathematical and astronomical articles for various journals, and was the author of Mishpat Emet (1884), a criticism of Lichtenfeld's pamphlets against Slonimski's works. In 1888 he edited a second edition of Slonimski's Yesodei Chokmat ha-Shi'ur on the principles of algebra.
Isaac ben Abraham Kaminer was a Russian Empire Jewish Hebrew-language poet, satirist, and physician.
Asher Baer was a Russian Jewish mathematician and engraver.
Judah Löb Davidovich was a Russian Hebrew writer and translator. After serving in the Imperial Russian Army, Davidovich studied surgery, but failed to find work as a feldsher. After a futile attempt to make a career as a singer, he settled in Odessa about 1885 as a private teacher. There he was influenced by Ahad Ha'am to turn his attention to Hebrew literature.
Jacob Abraham was a German Jewish medalist and lapidary.
Messola Pogorelsky was a Russian physician and writer.
Yosef Rosenthal was a Polish-Jewish Hebrew writer and lawyer.
Abraham Kohen Kaplan was a Russian Hebrew writer, poet, and translator.
Simon Blumenfeldt, also known as Simon Sofer, was a Russian Hebrew calligrapher and writer.
Lev Moiseievich Bienstok was a Russian writer, educationist, and communal worker.
Boris Akimovich Ferber, also known by the pen name Baron Beneditto, was a Jewish Russian writer and educator.
Solomon Zalkind Minor was a Lithuanian-Russian rabbi and writer.
Moses Alexandrovich Press (1861–1901) was a Russian engineer and technologist.
Ignatius Abramovich Bernstein was a railroad engineer and activist in the Russian Empire.
