Henryk Szeryng was a Polish-Mexican violinist.
Henryk Sławik was a Polish politician in the interwar period, social worker, activist, and diplomat, who during World War II helped save over 30,000 Polish refugees, including 5,000 Polish Jews in Budapest, Hungary, by giving them false Polish passports with Catholic designation. He was executed with some of his fellow Polish activists on order of Reichsführer SS in concentration camp Gusen on 23 August 1944.
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling existential loneliness", often with a grotesque-like edge.
Dominika Paleta is a Polish-Mexican actress.
Zbigniew Paleta is a Polish violinist and composer for telenovelas and the Cinema of Mexico. He is the father of actresses Ludwika and Dominika Paleta. They relocated to Mexico City in 1980.
María Elena Enríquez Ruiz, known as Helena Rojo, is a Mexican actress and model.
Alfredo Ripstein was a Mexican film producer of European-Jewish descent. He is credited with helping shape Mexico's film industry in the period surrounding World War II.
Henryk is a Polish male given name of Germanic origin. It means 'ruler of the home' or 'lord of the house'. It is pronounced similarly to Henrik, the spelling used in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia.
According to the 2000 Mexican census, 1,293 Russian citizens were resident in Mexico.
Arab Mexicans are Mexican citizens of Arab ethnic lineage, who identify themselves as Arab. Some of Mexico's Arabs are of Lebanese, or Palestinian descent.
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, she was also a teacher of dramatic technique for television and directed many great dramatic stars.
Gabriel Ripstein is a Mexican film producer, director, editor and screenwriter. A producer since 1999, Ripstein has been involved in nine feature films. Two of his productions competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival: El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba and Chronic. Ripstein also wrote screenplays for Amor a Primera Visa, Compadres, and Busco novio para mi mujer.
Ripstein is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
