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 (1887–1933), French dance journalist *

Arik Levinson Arik Mark Levinson is a Professor oEconomicsat Georgetown University and Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics since October 2022. He is known for his research in the fields of energy economics and environmental e ...

, 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 (1920–1994), American psychologist *

Eric L. Levinson Eric L. Levinson is an American jurist, lawyer, and diplomat. He served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Superior Court. He also was the Justice Attache to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Levinson was a North Carolina p ...

, American judge *

Feodor Levinson-Lessing Franz Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (russian: Фра́нц Юльевич Левинсо́н-Ле́ссинг), or ''Theodor Levinson-Lessing'' (March 9, 1861 – October 25, 1939 in St. PetersburgTomkeieff S.I. Franz Youlievich Loewinson-Lessi ...

(1861–1939), Russian geologist * Gerald Levinson (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 (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 (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 (1888–1952), American sound engineer * Norman Levinson (1912–1975), American mathematician * Paul Levinson (born 1947), American author * Richard Levinson (1934–1987), American writer and producer * Robert Levinson (born 1948; disappeared 2007), American DEA and FBI agent *

Ronald B. Levinson Ronald Bartlett Levinson (October 18, 1896 – November 21, 1980) was an American philosopher who focused in his work on Plato. Life He was born October 18, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois, and died November 21, 1980, in Bangor, Maine. * 1920 A.B ...

(1896–1980), American philosopher *

Salmon Levinson Salmon Oliver Levinson (1865 – 1941) was a practicing attorney who specialized in industrial organizations and corporate law. He was active in the peace movement in the 1920s and was responsible for drafting the Kellogg–Briand Pact The Ke ...

(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 Steven H. Levinson (born June 8, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. Levinson served his first term from 1992 to 2002 and was retained by the Judicial Selection Commission to serve a second t ...

(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 (born 1833; death date unknown), Russian teacher and writer * Ross Levinsohn, American media executive

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