Lurie Harry (1875, Libava, Courland Governorate – 1973, Johannesburg, South Africa) - entrepreneur and public figure.

Harry Lurie received a traditional Jewish religious education. In 1895 he emigrated to South Africa and soon became one of the country’s leading businessmen (working in jewellery, diamonds and optics).

In 1897 he founded the Johannesburg Jewish Youth Association and became its first treasurer; he was also a member of the committee of the Johannesburg Jewish High School (from 1912 honorary examiner in Hebrew).

In 1927–28 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies. From 1919 he served on the Executive Committee of the South African Zionist Federation, took part in the creation of the South African Palestine Company (Haifa), and invested in a number of other companies.

Harry Lurie was one of the founders of the Hebrew Department at the University of Johannesburg and for many years headed the Society of South African Friends of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (from 1939 a member of the University’s Board of Trustees).

Son: Arthur Lurie (1903, Johannesburg – 1966, USA), public figure. He studied in Johannesburg, Harvard and Cambridge, practised law, participated in the Zionist movement, and was Political Secretary of the Jewish Agency (London). From 1940 he lived in the USA. From 1943 he was Secretary of the Emergency Committee on Palestine Affairs.

Son: Norman Lurie (born 1909, Johannesburg), public figure. He graduated from the London School of Economics (1929); during his studies he founded the movement Ha-Bonim and in 1942 became its leader.