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Montefiore
Montefiore is a surname associated with the Montefiore family, Sephardi Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe and who originated from Morocco and Italy. Notable people with the surname include:
- Claude Montefiore (1858–1938), Jewish philosopher
- Dora Montefiore
- Fausto Montefiore
- Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 1955), author, attorney, and journalist
- Hugh Montefiore (1920–2005), bishop of Birmingham, 1977–1987, and environmentalist (born Hugh Sebag-Montefiore)
- Moses Montefiore (1784–1885), prominent British Jew, financier, stockbroker, banker and philanthropist
- John Israel Montefiore (1807–1898), New Zealand trader and merchant
- Georges Montefiore-Levi (1832–1906), Belgian inventor and philanthropist
- Poppy Sebag-Montefiore, British journalist and author
- Santa Montefiore (born 1970), author
- Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965), author