Gracia Mendes Nasi

AKA:
Hana

Birth:
1510, Lisboa, Portugal

Last documented:
1569, Estambul, Provincia de Estambul, Turquía

Most known for:
One of the most influential Sephardic businesswomen, philanthropists, and political figures of the sixteenth century, known for supporting Jewish refugees and rebuilding Sephardic communal life across the Ottoman world.

Classification:
Iberian Sephardi