Jewish (or partially–Jewish, when noted):
| Gerty Cori | Czech–born American biochemist |
| Gertrude Elion | American biochemist and pharmacologist, Zovirax |
| Nadine Gordimer | South–African writer |
| Elfriede Jelinek | Austrian writer (Jewish father) |
| Rita Levi–Montalcini | Italian–born American neurologist |
| Betty Williams | Ireland–born British peace activist (Jewish maternal grandfather) |
| Rosalyn Yalow | American medical physicist |