The Ransohoff family is a
German Jewish
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family originally from
Westphalia
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The territory of the regio ...
,
Germany
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. The progenitor of the family, Levy Abraham Ransohoff (1761-1845) was a wealthy Westphalian merchant, who had four sons. Each of his sons occupied key positions in the
Frankfurt Parliament
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, became notable doctors and academics, and his eldest son, Sigmund even received a knighthood. In the beginning of the 20th-century, the majority of the family immigrated to
Cincinnati
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,
United States
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, where they rose to prominence in medicine and the arts.
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See also
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25469 Ransohoff, a planet named for the family.
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Ben Casey
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, an American
medical drama
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series partially inspired by the life of Joseph Ransohoff.
References
Jewish surnames
Russian noble families
Jewish families
Jewish-German families