Leibowitz is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barry Leibowitz (born 1945),

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basketball player *

Henoch Leibowitz Alter Chanoch Henoch Hakohen Leibowitz (c. 1918His date of birth is uncertain, but his passport read June 2, 1918. – April 15, 2008) was an Orthodox rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen, which was founded ...

(c.1918–2008), head of the Rabbinical Seminary of America * Jacob Leibowitz or Jakub Lejbowicz, possible birth name of

Jacob Frank Jacob Joseph Frank ( he, יעקב פרנק; pl, Jakub Józef Frank; born Jakub Lejbowicz; 1726 – December 10, 1791) was a Polish Jews, Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbata ...

(1726–1791), leader of a Jewish messianic movement *

Jon Leibowitz Jonathan David Leibowitz (born June 17, 1958) is an American attorney who served under President Barack Obama as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2009 to 2013. Leibowitz was appointed to the commission in 2004, and resigned in 20 ...

(born 1958), former United States Federal Trade Commission chairman *

Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He hosted ''The Daily Show'', a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015 and now hosts ''Th ...

(born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in 1962), American political satirist, formerly of ''The Daily Show'' *

Martin L. Leibowitz Martin L. Leibowitz is a financial researcher, business leader, and a managing director of Morgan Stanley. Career Before joining Morgan Stanley, Leibowitz was vice chairman and chief investment officer of TIAA-CREF from 1995 to 2004. Previously he ...

, financial researcher and business leader *

Nechama Leibowitz Nechama Leibowitz ( he, נחמה ליבוביץ׳; September 3, 1905 – April 12, 1997 ) was a noted Israeli Bible scholar and commentator who rekindled interest in Bible study. Biography Nechama Leibowitz was born to an Orthodox Jewish fami ...

(1905–1997), sometimes Nehama Leibowitz, Israeli Bible scholar *

René Leibowitz René Leibowitz (; 17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a Polish, later naturalised French, composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher. He was historically significant in promoting the music of the Second Viennese School in Paris after ...

(1913–1972), a French composer of Polish-Latvian origin *

Ronnie Leibowitz Ronnie Leibovitz ( he, רוני ליבוביץ) is a convicted Israeli bank robbery, bank robber, nicknamed ''Ofnobank'' (a blend word of the words "motorcycle" and "bank" in Hebrew language, Hebrew), due to his reported theft methods. In English, ...

(born 1953), Israeli bank robber, also known as "Ofnobank" *

Samuel Leibowitz Samuel Simon Leibowitz (August 14, 1893 – January 11, 1978) was a Romanian-American criminal defense attorney, famously noted for winning the vast majority of his cases, who later became a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Early ye ...

(1893–1978), New York trial lawyer *

Yeshayahu Leibowitz Yeshayahu Leibowitz ( he, ישעיהו ליבוביץ; 29 January 1903 – 18 August 1994) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew ...

(1903–1994), Israeli thinker and scientist

Fictional characters

* Isaac Edward Leibowitz, a fictional character in the novel ''

A Canticle for Leibowitz ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959. Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating n ...

Fictional characters

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