Levin (original Russian: Левин) is a surname with several word origins. It is a common

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Jewish surname (Levine/Levin/Levi). In the

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

variant (a form of Levy) it is derivative of one of the 12 Jewish biblical tribes, the tribe of

Levi Levi (; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and M ...

, whose descendants the

Levite Levites (or Levi) (, he, ''Lǝvīyyīm'') are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew defi ...

s had distinctive duties in the

Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...

period. In the Russian variant, Levin comes from lev (лев) which means lion in Russian. It can also be pronounced Lyovin (Лёвин) which is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

form of ''Лёва''. Other variations include Lavin, Lavine, Le Neve, Levene,

, Levina,

Levine Levine (French transliteration from Russian) / Levin (surname), Levin (English transliteration from Russian Левин) is a common Jewish language, Jewish (Ashkenazi Jewish) surname. Levinsky is a variation with the same meaning (see French version ...

, Levitt,

Levy Levy, Lévy or Levies may refer to: People * Levy (surname), people with the surname Levy or Lévy * Levy Adcock (born 1988), American football player * Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808), Dutch-born British financier and community worker * Levy ...

Lewin Lewin is a Germanic name, usually originating from either of two different sources, the Old English Leofwine or a variant of the Jewish Levin. People with the name include: * Albert Lewin (1894–1968), American film director, producer, and sc ...

Lieven The House of Lieven ( lv, Līveni; russian: Ливен) is one of the oldest aristocratic families of Baltic Germans. History The family claims descent from Caupo of Turaida (Latvian, ''Kaupo''), the Livonian ''quasi rex'' who converted to Ch ...

, Levins and Levinson. People with the name "Levin" (and Russian feminine variant Levina) include:

People

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A. Leo Levin A. Leo Levin (January 9, 1919 – November 24, 2015) was the Leon Meltzer Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Biography Levin was born in New York City to Issaachar and Minerva Hilda (Shapiro) Levin, and grew up in Tre ...

(1919–2015), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Adam K. Levin, former director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and businessman in consumer credit-related businesses * Adam Levin, fiction author *

Alan Levin (business) Alan Levin is the former CFO of Pfizer, Inc. He joined Pfizer in 1987, was elected treasurer in 1995 and was named vice president in 1997. Since April 2003 he oversaw the company's tax, treasury and accounting services organizations as senior vice ...

, American businessmen, CFO of drug maker Pfizer * Alan Levin (filmmaker) (1926–2006), American filmmaker and journalist * Alan Levin (Internet governance), South African computer scientist and Internet activist *

Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Levin Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Levin Александр Митрофанович Левин (15 May 1871 – May 1929) was a chess master from the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. He twice shared 1st with Mikhail Chigorin in St. Petersburg in ...

(1871–1929), Russian chess player *

Alter Levin Alter Isaac Levin (; 4 January 1883 – 4 October 1933), also known by the pen name Asaph ha-Levi (), was a Hebrew-language writer and poet. Born in Minsk, he immigrated to Ottoman Jerusalem (later Mandatory Palestine) in 1891, studying there ...

(1883–1933), Hebrew writer and poet *

Andy Levin Andrew Saul Levin (born August 10, 1960) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin was elected to the House in 2018, succeeding his retiring father, Sander ...

(born 1960), US Democratic Representative from Michigan; son of Sander and nephew of Carl * Arnold Levin, ''New Yorker'' cartoonist *

Bengt Levin Bengt Levin (30 September 1958 – 1 January 2020) was a Sweden, Swedish orienteering Competition, competitor. He won a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships in Thun, along with Lars-Henrik Undeland, Jö ...

(1958–2020), Swedish orienteering competitor * Benjamin Levin (born 1988), American record producer and songwriter known professionally as

Benny Blanco Benjamin Joseph Levin (born March 8, 1988), known professionally as Benny Blanco (stylized in all lowercase), is an American record producer. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also ...

Bernard Levin Henry Bernard Levin (19 August 1928 – 7 August 2004) was an English journalist, author and broadcaster, described by ''The Times'' as "the most famous journalist of his day". The son of a poor Jewish family in London, he won a scholarship t ...

, (1928–2004), British writer and broadcaster *

Beth Levin (linguist) Beth Levin (; born 1955) is an American linguist who is currently the William H. Bonsall Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. Her research investigates the lexical semantics of verbs, particularly the representation of events and t ...

, American linguist * Beth Levin (musician), American pianist *

Bobby Levin Robert J. (Bobby) Levin (born November 19, 1957) is an American professional bridge player, from Aventura, Florida. He was the youngest winner of the Bermuda Bowl world championship for national teams from 1981 until 2015, when 19-year old Michal K ...

, American bridge player *

Burton Levin Burton Levin (September 28, 1930 – October 31, 2016) was the SIT Investment Visiting Professor of Asian Policy at Carleton College. Life He was born in New York City. He earned his BA in 1952 from Brooklyn College, and his MA in International Af ...

(1930 – 2016), American diplomat, former Ambassador to Burma *

Camille Levin Camille Levin Ashton (born Camille Tayla Levin; April 24, 1990) is an American retired professional women's association football, soccer defender (association football), defender and current Sporting director, general manager of the National Wom ...

(born 1990), American soccer player *

Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...

(1934–2021), US Democratic Senator from Michigan; brother of Sander Levin, cousin of Charles Levin and uncle of Andy Levin *

Charles Levin (actor) Charles Herbert Levin (March 12, 1949 – June 28, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in television, movies and on stage. He was best known for the role of Elliot Novak on the series '' Alice'' having become a regular in the show's ninth s ...

(1949–2019), American actor *

Charles Levin (judge) Charles Leonard Levin (April 28, 1926 – November 19, 2020) was an American judge. He served as a Michigan Court of Appeals judge from 1966 to 1972 and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 to 1996. Early life and career He ...

(1926–2020), American jurist; cousin of Carl and Sander Levin *

Corey Levin Corey Michael Levin (born August 12, 1994) is an American football guard for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Levin played college foot ...

(born 1994), American football player *

Daniel Levin (attorney) Daniel Bernard Levin (born March 4, 1956) served as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Justice Department from July 2004 until February 2005. He is notable for having upheld legal opinions during the Bu ...

(active 2004–2005), Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Justice Department * Daniel Levin (writer) (born ), American attorney and novelist * David L. Levin (born 1949), American politician from Missouri *

David Levin (businessman) David Levin (born 1963) is a British businessman. In 2019, he was named university entrepreneur in residence at Arizona State University and is the creator and Executive Producer oREMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit He served as the president ...

(born 1962), British businessman * David Levin (born 1999), Israeli ice hockey player *

David Levin (singer) David L. Levin is an American author and singer-songwriter who has recorded with such artists as Bradley Joseph. He started his career as keyboardist for the band Patriot and later released four albums as a solo artist. His first release, ''Heav ...

, American singer-songwriter * David N. Levin (1948–2017), American balloonist * David P. Levin (born 1958), American producer, director, writer and editor * Diane Levin (born 1947), American author and educator * Diane Levin, American author and educator *

Eyal Levin Eyal Levin, sometimes written Eyal Levine ( he, אייל לוין; born August 27, 1986) is an Israeli Olympic sailor. He sails with Dan Froyliche. Early life Levin's hometown, where he grew up, is Haifa, Israel. Sailing career Levin's sailing ...

(born 1986), Israeli Olympic sailor * Ezra G. Levin, American lawyer *

Fred Levin Fredric Gerson Levin (March 29, 1937 – January 12, 2021) was an American plaintiffs' lawyer who served as chairman of Levin, Papantonio, Rafferty, Proctor, Buchanan, O'Brien, Barr, Mougey, P.A., a law firm in Northwest Florida. The Fredric G. ...

(1937–2021), American lawyer *

Gabe Levin Gabe Louis Levin (גייב לוין; born August 2, 1994) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who last played for the South Bay Lakers in the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Loyola Marymount Lions men's basket ...

(born 1994), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Gerald M. Levin (born 1939), American businessman with Time Warner *

Gilbert Levin Gilbert Victor Levin (April 23, 1924 – July 26, 2021) was an American engineer, the founder of Biospherics and the principal investigator of the ''Viking'' mission Labeled Release experiment. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1997, Levin ...

, American engineer *

Hanoch Levin Hanoch Levin ( he, חנוך לוין; December 18, 1943 – August 18, 1999) was an Israeli dramatist, theater director, author and poet, best known for his plays. His absurdist style is often compared to the work of Harold Pinter and Samuel Bec ...

(1943–1999), Israeli writer and theater director * Harold Levin, American violist, composer, and conductor *

Harry Levin Harry Tuchman Levin (July 18, 1912 – May 29, 1994) was an American literary critic and scholar of both modernism and comparative literature. Life and career Levin was born in Minneapolis, the son of Beatrice Hirshler (née Tuchman) and Isadore ...

(1912–1994), American literary critic *

Harvey Levin Harvey Robert Levin (born September 2, 1950) is an American television producer, legal analyst, celebrity reporter, and former lawyer. He is the founder of celebrity news website TMZ, and the former host of ''OBJECTified'', which aired on the Fo ...

, TV and movie producer *

Hjördis Levin Hjördis Levin (born 4 June 1930) is a Swedish historian and author whose field of research focuses on gender studies. Early years and education Hildur (nickname, "Hjördis") Charlotta Eriksson was born in Smedby, Östergötland County on 4 June ...

(born 1930), Swedish historian and author *

Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels ''A Kiss Before Dying (novel), A Kiss Before Dying'' (1953), ''Rosemary's Baby (novel), Rosemary's Baby'' ...

(1929–2007), American novelist, playwright and songwriter

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Jack Levin Jack Levin (born June 28, 1941) specializes in research on murder, prejudice and hate, sociology of aging and sociology of conflict at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He has interviewed and corresponded with brutal killers, ...

, professor at Northeastern University and sociologist *

Janice H. Levin Janice H. Levin (1913–2001) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist and art collector from New York City. She was a patron of the ballet and collected mostly French impressionism, impressionist paintings. She was a supporter of higher ed ...

(1913–2001), American philanthropist and art collector from New York City *

Janna Levin Janna J. Levin (born 1967) is an American theoretical cosmologist and a professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most count ...

, theoretical cosmologist *

Jennifer Levin Robert Emmet Chambers Jr. (born September 25, 1966) is an American criminal and convicted murderer. He was dubbed the Preppy Killer and the Central Park Strangler by the media after the August 26, 1986, strangulation death of 18-year-old Jennife ...

(1968–1986), murder victim in New York City's Central Park *

Jill Levin Jillian Shane "Jill" Levin (born October 13, 1961) is an American Contract bridge, bridge player from New York City. She has won major tournaments as Jillian Blanchard as well as Jill Levin. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summ ...

(born 1961), American bridge player * Joe Levin, American lawyer *

Jon Levin Jon Levin (born March 18, 1966) is an American musician and the current guitarist for heavy metal band Dokken. Biography Early years Jon Levin was involved with music very early on in life. He began playing piano at age four, trumpet by age ...

(born 1966), physicist * Jonathan Levin, Mexican footballer *

Jonathan Levin (teacher) Gerald M. "Jerry" Levin (born May 6, 1939) is an American mass-media businessman. Levin was involved in brokering the merger between AOL and Time Warner in 2000, at the height of the dot-com bubble, a merger which was ultimately disadvantageous ...

(1966–1997), American murder victim *

Josef Lhévinne Josef Lhévinne (13 December 18742 December 1944) was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. Lhévinne wrote a short book in 1924 that is considered a classic: ''Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing''. Asked how to say his name, he told ''The Li ...

(1874–1944), Russian pianist *

Kenneth Levin Kenneth Levin (born 1944) is a Newton, Massachusetts psychiatrist and historian and author of '' The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege''. Levin is clinical instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He holds a B.A from th ...

(born 1944), American psychiatrist and author *

Leonid Levin Leonid Anatolievich Levin ( ; russian: Леони́д Анато́льевич Ле́вин; uk, Леоні́д Анато́лійович Ле́він; born November 2, 1948) is a Soviet-American mathematician and computer scientist. He is kn ...

(born 1948), Russian-born computer scientist * Lev Levin (1870–1938) Physician, born Odessa, executed during Stalin's purges *

Lewis Charles Levin Lewis Charles Levin (November 10, 1808 – March 14, 1860) was an American politician, newspaper editor and anti-Catholic social activist. He was one of the founders of the Know Nothing, American Party in 1842 and served as a member of the United ...

(1808–1860), first Jewish Representative to the U.S. Congress *

Maks Levin Maksim Yevhenovych Levin ( uk, Максим Євгенович Левін, translit=Maksym Yevhenovych Levin; 7 July 1981 – ) was a Ukrainian photographer. He reported as a photojournalist from 2006, for LB.ua and Reuters among many other ...

(1981–2022), Ukrainian photojournalist killed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine *

Marc Levin Marc Levin is an American independent film producer and director. He is best known for his '' Brick City'' TV series, which won the 2010 Peabody award and was nominated for an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking and his dramat ...

, Jewish American filmmaker *

Mark Levin (director) Mark Levin (born August 20, 1968) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a screenwriter, producer, and director in both television and film for over twenty years. He is mostly known for directing the films ''Little Manhattan'' ...

(born 1966), American director and screenwriter *

Mark Levin Mark Reed Levin (; born September 21, 1957) is an American lawyer, author, and radio personality. He is the host of syndicated radio show Broadcast syndication is the practice of leasing the right to broadcasting television shows and rad ...

(born 1957), American conservative radio host, lawyer, author, and political commentator who served in the Reagan administration *

Meyer Levin Meyer Levin (October 7, 1905 – July 9, 1981) was an American novelist. Perhaps best known for his work on the Leopold and Loeb case, Levin worked as a journalist (for the ''Chicago Daily News'' and, from 1933–1939, as an editor for ''Esquire ...

(1905–1981), U.S. novelist *

Michael Levin Michael Levin (; born 21 May 1943) is an American philosopher and writer. He is professor emeritus of philosophy at City University of New York. He has published on metaphysics, epistemology, race, homosexuality, animal rights, the philosophy o ...

, professor of philosophy at the City University of New York * Michael Levin (biologist), professor of biology at Tufts University *

Michael Graubart Levin Michael Levin (born August 8, 1958) is an American, ''New York Times'' best-selling author. On January 20, 2012, Michael appeared as a guest entrepreneur on the ABC Television show ''Shark Tank''. He started and sold the book writing firm Busine ...

(born 1958), American author *

Mike Levin Michael Ted Levin (born October 20, 1978) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for California's 49th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he represents most of northern coast ...

(born 1978), California Democratic politician * Murray Levin (1927–1999), political science professor at Boston University * Nathaniel Levin (1818–1903), New Zealand businessman and politician *

Neil David Levin Neil David Levin (September 16, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an American businessman and political figure who was executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from April 2001 until his death during the September 11 att ...

(1954–2001), former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who was killed in the September 11 attacks * Nora Levin (1916–1989), American Holocaust historian *

Petra Levin Petra Anne Levin is an American microbiologist. She is a professor in the department of biology and co-director of the Plant and Microbial Biosciences Graduate Program at Washington University in St. Louis. Education and early career Levin gra ...

, American microbiologist * Philip J. Levin (c. 1909–1971), American real estate developer and investor * Rick Levin (born 1947), American economist, president of Yale University * Rob Levin (1955–2006), founder of the freenode IRC network *

Robert D. Levin Robert David Levin (born October 13, 1947) is an American classical pianist, musicologist and composer, and served as the artistic director of the Sarasota Music Festival from 2007 to 2017. Education Born in Brooklyn, Levin attended the Brookly ...

(born 1947), U.S. composer and musicologist *

Robert Levin (Norwegian pianist) Robert Levin (6 June 191229 October 1996) was a Norway, Norwegian european classical music, classical pianist and composer. Although he was an accomplished solo pianist and composer, Levin received international acclaim for his work as an Accompani ...

(1912–1996), Norwegian pianist and composer *

Robert Levin (writer) Robert Levin (born January 20, 1939, New York, New York) is an American writer of fiction and essays. The author of ''When Pacino’s Hot, I’m Hot: A Miscellany of Stories & Commentary'', ''Against Mental Health: Short Stories'', ''The Killer a ...

(born 1939), American fiction writer *

Sander M. Levin Sander Martin Levin (born September 6, 1931) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019, representing (numbered as the from 1983 to 1993 and as the from 1993 to 2013). Levin, a member o ...

(born 1931), US Democratic Representative from Michigan; brother of Carl, cousin of Charles and father of Andy * Savannah Levin (born 1995), American soccer player * Simon A. Levin, theoretical ecologist, professor of biology at Princeton University *

Susan Bass Levin Susan Bass Levin is the current President and CEO of Cooper University Health System's Cooper Foundation. Levin is a Democratic Party politician in New Jersey, and previously served as First Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New ...

, New Jersey, US politician * Tatyana Levina (born 1977), Russian sprinter *

Theodore Levin Theodore Levin (February 18, 1897 – December 31, 1970) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education and career Levin was born on February 18, 1897, in Chicago, Illinoi ...

(1897–1970), U.S. federal jurist *

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 198 ...

(born 1946), U.S. bass player *

Vladimir Levin Vladimir Leonidovitch Levin (Владимир Леонидович Левин) is a Russian individual famed for his involvement in hacking attempt to fraudulently transfer USD 10.7 million via Citibank's computers. The commonly known story At ...

, Russian mathematician and alleged criminal hacker *

Walter Levin Walter Levin (December 6, 1924 – August 4, 2017) was the founder, first violinist, and guiding spirit of the LaSalle Quartet (active 1947–1987), which was known for its championing of contemporary composers, for its recordings of the Second V ...

(1924–2017), German-born violinist, founder member of the LaSalle Quartet *

William Levin William Hort (Willie) Levin (7 August 1845 – 15 September 1893) was a 19th-century merchant, philanthropist and politician who lived in Wellington, New Zealand. Levin & Co Levin was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of English-born par ...

(1845–1893), New Zealand businessman and politician *

Yariv Levin Yariv Gideon Levin (, born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who serves as List of Knesset speakers, Speaker of the Knesset since December 2022, previously serving that role from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as a member of K ...

Israeli MK and former minister *

Yuval Levin Yuval Levin (born April 6, 1977) is a conservative American political analyst, academic, and journalist. He is the founding editor of ''National Affairs'' (2009–present), the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the Americ ...

, member of White House domestic policy staff *

Zara Levina Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (russian: Зара Александровна Левина; born February 5 ( O.S. January 25), 1906, in Simferopol, Russian Empire – June 27, 1976, in Moscow) was a Soviet pianist and composer. She was from a Jewish fam ...

(1906–1976), Ukrainian composer

Fictional characters

* Kevin Levin, protagonist/antagonist from the television series ''Ben 10"'' * Konstantin Levin, a protagonist in Tolstoy's novel ''Anna Karenina'' * Patti Levin, character in ''The Leftovers'' * Jack Levin, a character in the racing video game series ''F-Zero''

References

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People

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Fictional characters

See also

References