List of people known as the Miser

The Miser is an epithet for the following people:

  • John Elwes (politician) (1714–1789), British MP and noted eccentric, suggested as an inspiration of the Dickens character Ebenezer Scrooge
  • William Jennens (1701–1798), English reclusive financier
  • Yossele the Holy Miser or the Miser, 17th century very wealthy Polish Jew who concealed his donations to the poor

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