Levin (surname)
Levin or Levine is surname with several word origins. In most cases it is a Jewish surname,[1] derived from the Jewish biblical tribe of Levi, whose descendants the Levites had distinctive duties in the Temple period. In some cases the surname Levin is derived from the German personal name Liebwin. In other cases the surname represents a form of the Yiddish word for "lion". In some cases the surname Levin represents a patronymic form of Lëva.
Variations on this surname include Levy, Levine, Lavin, Le Neve, Levitt, Segal (Hebrew acronym) and many others.
It's also often an anglicisation of Quebecer name Lavigne, especially in northeast USA.
People
- Alan Levin, American businessmen, CFO of Pfizer, Inc
- Alan Levin, South African internet governor
- Alan Levin (1926–2006), American filmmaker and journalist
- Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Levin (1871–1929), Russian chess player
- Aleksandr Romanovich Levin (born 1991), Russian footballer
- Arnold Levin, New Yorker cartoonist
- Bernard Levin, (1928–2004), British writer and broadcaster
- Beth Levin, American linguist
- Beth Levin, American pianist
- Bobby Levin, American bridge player
- Burton Levin, American diplomat, former Ambassador to Burma
- Carl Levin (born 1934), U.S. Democratic Senator from Michigan; brother of Sander, cousin of Charles
- Charles Leonard Levin (born 1926), Michigan jurist; cousin of Carl and Sander
- David Levin (born 1962), British businessman
- David Levin, American singer-songwriter
- Diane Levin, American author and educator
- Ezra G. Levin, American lawyer
- Fred Levin (born 1937), U.S. plaintiffs' attorney in the state of Florida
- Gerald M. Levin (born 1939), U.S. businessman with Time Warner
- Gilbert Levin, American engineer
- Hanoch Levin (1943–1999), Israeli writer and theater director
- Harold Levin, American violist, composer, and conductor
- Harry Levin (1912–1994), U.S. literary critic
- Harvey Levin, TV and movie producer
- Janna Levin, theoretical cosmologist
- Ira Levin (1929–2007), U.S. novelist, playwright and songwriter
- Jack Levin, professor at Northeastern University
- Janice H. Levin (1913–2001), American philanthropist and art collector from New York City.
- Jennifer Levin (1968–1986), murder victim in New York City's Central Park
- Jill Levin, American bridge player
- Joe Levin, American lawyer
- Jonathan Levin (teacher) (1966–1997), public school teacher in The Bronx, NYC; murder victim
- Josef Lhévinne (1874–1944), Russian pianist
- Kenneth Levin (born 1944), American psychiatrist and author
- Leonid Levin (born 1948), Russian-born computer scientist
- Lewis Charles Levin (1808–1860), first Jewish Representative to the U.S. Congress
- Marc Levin, Jewish filmmaker
- Mark Levin (born 1957), U.S. conservative radio talk show host
- Meyer Levin (1905–1981), U.S. novelist
- Michael Levin, professor of philosophy at the City University of New York
- Nathaniel Levin (1818–1903), New Zealand businessman and politician
- Neil Levin, former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Nora Levin (1916–1989), Holocaust historian
- Philip J. Levin (c. 1909 – 1971), American real estate developer and investor.
- Rick Levin (born 1947), American economist, president of Yale University
- Roland Levin (born 1957), Latvian photographer
- Robert Levin (Norwegian pianist) (1912–1996), Norwegian pianist and composer
- Robert Levin (writer) (born 1939), American fiction writer
- Rob Levin (1955–2006), freenode IRC network founder
- Robert D. Levin (born 1947), U.S. composer and musicologist
- Sander M. Levin (born 1931), U.S. Democratic Representative from Michigan; brother of Carl, cousin of Charles
- Samm Levine, actor and host
- Simon A. Levin, theoretical ecologist, Professor of biology at Princeton University
- Susan Bass Levin, politician in New Jersey
- Tatyana Levina (born 1977), Russian sprinter
- Theodore Levin (1897–1970), U.S. federal jurist
- Tony Levin (born 1946), U.S. bass player
- Vladimir Levin, Russian mathematician and alleged criminal hacker
- William Levin (1845–1893), New Zealand businessman and politician
- Yariv Levin Israeli MK and Minister of Tourism
- Yuval Levin, member of the White House domestic policy staff
- Zara Levina (1906–1976), Ukrainian composer
Fictional characters
- Kevin Levin, protagonist/antagonist from the television series Ben 10
- Konstantin Levin, the protagonist in Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina
- Patti Levin, character in The Leftovers
References
- ↑ Perl, L. (1990). The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun of Finding Out Who You Are. Clarion Books. p. 29. ISBN 9780395547908. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
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