This list of Karaite Jews consists of notable individuals who are associated with Karaite Judaism. It includes not only those individuals who were explicitly a part of a Karaite community, but also those Jews who held Karaite or proto-Karaite views. The association of each individual with Karaite Judaism must be explained in that individual's entry.
Proto-Karaite period (before 700 CE)
Early Karaite period — 8th–9th centuries (700–899 CE)
- ‘Anan ben David, founder of the Annanites which would later be absorbed into Kara'ism
- Benjamin al-Nahawandi, regarded by some as the proper originator of Kara'ism as it has come down through the ages
- Abu 'Imran Musa al-Za'farani al-Tiflisi, a 9th-century founder of Karaite sect of the Tiflisites
Golden Age — 10th–12th centuries (900–1199 CE)
- Aharon ben Mosheh ben Asher (died c.960 CE), refiner of the Tiberian writing system, regarded as having produced the most accurate version of the Masoretic Text
- Daniel al-Qumisi, Kara'ite scholar, polemicist, proto-Zionist, and compiler of the legal code Sefer ha-Mitzvot
- Hasun ben Mashiach, scholar who flourished in Egypt (or Babylonia) in the first half of the tenth century
- Ya'akov Qirqisani aka al-Kirkisani, dogmatist, author, and exegete of the early 10th century
- Yehudah Hadasi, 12th century scholar, philosopher, and grammarian from Constantinople
- Solomon ben Jeroham, exegete and controversialist
- Yefet ben Ali, Babylonian commentator on the Bible
Middle period — 13th–17th century (1200–1699 CE)
Early-modern era — 18th–19th centuries (1700–1947 CE)
- Mordecai Sultansky (1772–1862), prominent scholar who wrote about angelology and the origin of Karaite Jews
- Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891–1970), Russian-English mathematician
- Adolph Joffe (1883-1927), revolucionario comunista ruso , político bolchevique , diplomático soviético
- Avraham Firkovich , famoso líder de los caraítas de Crimea , un coleccionista de manuscritos muy importante, que era un arqueólogo aficionado
- Shlomo ben Afeda Ha-Kohen (1826-1893), considerado el último sabio de los caraítas de Constantinopoli
- Solomon Krym (1864-1936), diputado de la Duma rusa
- Samuel Maykapar (1867-1938), compositor soviético
- Seraya Shapshal (1873-1961), ḥakham de la comunidad caraíta lituana
- Sima Babovich (1790-1855), ḥakham de los caraítas de Crimea
Era actual-moderna: siglos XX-XXI (1948 d.C.-presente)
- Mordecai Alfandari (1929-1999), Ḥakham, conocido como el restaurador del caraísmo; en los años 1956-1958 publicó un boletín caraíta en hebreo llamado "Ha'Or" ("La Luz"); También es autor de estudios en el sitio web Light of Israel.
- Melech ben Ya'aqov, Ḥakham de la Alianza Mundial de Qara'im y mantiene el sitio web Karaite Insights
- Moshe ben Yosef Firrouz , ex jefe Ḥakham y vicerrector de la Universidad Judía Caraíta, mantiene el sitio web Universal Karaite Judaism
- Avraham Kefeli, Hazzan en Ashdod , Israel
- Moshe Marzouk (1926-1955), judío caraíta egipcio, ahorcado en Egipto por su participación en la Operación Suzannah de Israel, también llamada el Asunto Lavon.
- Joe Pessah, líder de la congregación B'nai Y'Israel en Daly City, California
- Avraham Qanaï (1946–2021), Ḥakham de la congregación caraíta “Oraḥ Ṣaddiqim” en Albany, Nueva York
- Meir Rekhavi , Ḥakham y cofundador del Movimiento Caraíta Mundial, ocupa el cargo de rector de la Universidad Judía Caraíta