Levenson
Levenson is a surname. It may be a variant of the Scottish surname Livingstone. The Livingstone are a Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy/MacNulty royals.[1] Levenson (and Levinson, Levinsohn, etc.) may also be a Jewish surname, meaning "son of Levi" - a tribe in Israel. Levenson may refer to:
- Arthur Levenson, cryptographer who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II
- Barton Paul Levenson (born 1960), American science fiction writer
- Boris Levenson (1884-1947), Romanian composer
- Dan Levenson, American musician and storyteller
- Ellie Levenson, British journalist
- Emanuel Levenson (1916-1998), American classical musician
- Gavan Levenson (born 1953), South African golfer
- Jeanine Levenson, known as Jeanine Tesori, composer of musicals
- Joseph R. Levenson (1920–1969), US-American historian
- Mark Levenson, musical director
- Sam Levenson (1911-1980), American humorist, writer, television host and journalist
- Thomas Levenson, American science writer and academic
- Jon Levenson, Albert A List Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard University
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References
- ↑ John O’Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, (Heremon Genealogies), p. 426
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