In Natalie Portman One of the Worlds Most Important Jews?

Had a look at the entry "Jews" in Wikipedia. On the right hand side of the entry there are pictures of some famous Jews:

I'm not sure what the list represents. Surly these are not the most important Jews in history, nor even the most well known. Point in fact is that I had to look up who Emmy Noether actually was. I'm also somewhat dismayed that whatever anonymous contributor chose the list, only put in a single religious personality.