Levinson is an

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

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

meaning "son of Levi". Notable people with the surname include: *

André Levinson André Yacovlev Levinson, Андрей (Андрэ) Яковлевич Левинсон 'Andrey Yakovl'evich Levinson'' November 1, 1887, St. Petersburg - December 3, 1933, Paris) was, after leaving Russia in 1918, a French dance journalist. He w ...

(1887–1933), French dance journalist * Arik Levinson, American economist *

Arthur D. Levinson Arthur D. Levinson (born March 31, 1950) is an American businessman and is the current chairman of Apple Inc. (2011–present) and CEO of Calico (an Alphabet Inc. venture). He is the former chief executive officer (1995–2009) and chairman (199 ...

(born 1950), American businessman * Barry Levinson (born 1942), American film director and screenwriter *

Boris Levinson Boris Mayer Levinson (July 1, 1907 - April 2, 1984) was an American psychologist who accidentally discovered the therapeutic benefits of animal-assisted therapy. Biography Early life and education Levinson was born to Jewish parents in the ...

(1919-2002), Russian theatre and film actor *

Daniel Levinson Daniel J. Levinson (May 28, 1920 – April 12, 1994), a psychologist, was one of the founders of the field of positive adult development. Levinson is most well known for his theory of stage-crisis view, however he also made major contributions ...

(1920–1994), American psychologist * Eric L. Levinson, American judge * Feodor Levinson-Lessing (1861–1939), Russian geologist *

Gerald Levinson Gerald Charles Levinson (born June 22, 1951 in Westport, Connecticut, Westport, Connecticut) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Life At university, he studied with George Crumb, Richard Wernick, and George Rochberg. After ...

(born 1951), American composer *

Harold Levinson Harold Levinson is an American psychiatrist and author, known for developing his cerebellar theory of treating dyslexia. Career in psychiatry Levinson has pursued alternative theories and treatments for dyslexia since the 1960s. In 1973 he a ...

, American

dyslexia Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...

researcher *

Horace Clifford Levinson Horace Clifford Levinson (30 June 1895, in Chicago – 1968, in Kennebunk, Maine) was an American mathematician, astronomer, and pioneer of operations research, introducing quantitative methods and sophisticated mathematical models into advertising ...

(1895–1968), American mathematician *

Jerrold Levinson Jerrold Levinson (born 11 July 1948 in Brooklyn) is distinguished university professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is particularly noted for his work on the aesthetics of music, as well as for his search for me ...

(born 1948), American philosophy professor * Jessica Levinson, American law professor *

Joel Moss Levinson Joel Moss Levinson is a writer, comedian from Yellow Springs, Ohio. He often collaborates with his older brother, Stephen Levinson, as the Levinson Brothers. Joel gained national attention in 2008 as an Internet personality who professionally win ...

(born 1979/1980), American comedian * Jonathan Levinson, fictional character (''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...

'') *Mark Levinson ** Mark Levinson (born 1946), American audio equipment designer ( Mark Levinson Audio Systems) ** Mark Levinson, American film director *

Nathan Levinson Nathan Levinson (July 15, 1888 – October 18, 1952) was an American sound engineer. He won an Oscar in the category Sound Recording for the film ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' and was nominated for 16 more in the same category. He was also nominat ...

(1888–1952), American sound engineer *

Norman Levinson Norman Levinson (August 11, 1912 in Lynn, Massachusetts – October 10, 1975 in Boston) was an American mathematician. Some of his major contributions were in the study of Fourier transforms, complex analysis, non-linear differential equations, ...

(1912–1975), American mathematician * Paul Levinson (born 1947), American author * Richard Levinson (1934–1987), American writer and producer *

Robert Levinson Robert Alan Levinson (March 10, 1948 – presumed death before March 25, 2020) was an American former Drug Enforcement Administration (1970–1976) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (1976–1998) agent who disappeared on March 9, 2007, in Kish ...

(born 1948; disappeared 2007), American

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and

FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and its principal Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement age ...

agent * Ronald B. Levinson (1896–1980), American philosopher * Salmon Levinson (1865-1941), Attorney active in the Peace Movement in early 1900's * Sam Levinson (born 1985), American actor * Sanford Levinson (born 1941), American law professor * Stephen C. Levinson (born 1947), British linguist * Steven H. Levinson (born 1946), American judge The variants Levinsohn and Lewinsohn may refer to: *

Isaac Baer Levinsohn Isaac Baer Levinsohn (; October 13, 1788 – February 13, 1860), also known as the Ribal (), was a Jewish scholar of Hebrew, a satirist, a writer and Haskalah leader. He has been called "the Mendelssohn of Russia." In his ''Bet Yehudah'' (1837), ...

(1788–1860), Ukrainian-Hebrew scholar and writer *

Joshua Lewinsohn Joshua Lewinsohn was a Russian teacher and writer. He was born in 1833 at Vyeshiuti, in the Kovno region. He received his Talmudical education at Zhagory, in the house of his uncle Simon Hurvitz, and graduated in 1865 from the Gymnasium of Mita ...

(born 1833; death date unknown), Russian teacher and writer *

Ross Levinsohn Ross B. Levinsohn (born 1962/1963) is an American media executive who has worked in media and technology. He is the CEO of The Arena Group and ''Sports Illustrated'', and has held senior roles at Yahoo, Fox Interactive and Tribune Publishing, in ...

, American media executive

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