Levy or Lévy is almost always a surname of Hebrew origin. It is a transliteration of the

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi or Lévi. The surname usually refers to a family claiming

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 ...

descent, which implies a specific social status in the structure of a traditional Jewish community. ''Levy'' and ''Coen'' are “Gaelic Irish surname(s) which have a foreign appearance but are nevertheless rarely if ever found indigenous outside Ireland” according to

Edward MacLysaght Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght ( ga, Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames ...

. Levy can also be—though it is very rarely—a surname of French, Scottish, and

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

origin. It is then a Lowlands' shortening of the

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

''Mac Duinnshléibhe'' (anglicized

Donlevy Donlevy is a firstname and surname of Irish origin. Also spelt as MacDonlevy, Donleavy, Dunleavy, MacAleavey, and McAlevey, it derives from the Irish ''Mac Duinnshléibhe'', meaning "son of Donn of the mountain". ''Ó Duinnshléibhe'' is a varia ...

). When eastern Ireland's kingdom of

Ulaid Ulaid (Old Irish, ) or Ulaidh (Modern Irish, ) was a Gaelic over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups. Alternative names include Ulidia, which is the Latin form of Ulaid, and in ...

fell to

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in 1177, many of the MacDonlevy dynasty sought asylum in the

Highlands of Scotland The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...

. Variant spellings of the Scottish surname Levy are Levey, Leevy and Leavy.Edward MacLysaght, ''Irish Families – Their Names, Arms and Origins'', © 1972 Allen Figgis and Co. Ltd., in U.S.A., New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., p. 118, “MacDONLEVY, Dunleavy, Leavy ... Mac Duinnshléibhe ... In modern times it has many synonyms : besides spelling variants such as Donlevy, there is McAleevy (due to the aspiration of the D), Leevy (by abbreviation) and MacNulty, or in Irish, Mac an Ultaigh, i.e. son of the Ulidian (Ultach).”

People with the surname Levy/Lévy

In arts and media

Film, television, and theatre

Caissie Levy Caissie Levy (born April 15, 1981) is a Canadian-American actress and singer, mainly known for her work in musical theatre on Broadway and in the West End. Her early Broadway credits included Penny Pingleton in '' Hairspray'' and Sheila in ''Hai ...

(born 1981), Canadian stage actress and singer *

Dani Levy Dani Levy (born 17 November 1957) is a Swiss filmmaker, theatrical director, screenwriter and actor. Biography Levy was born to a Jewish family in Switzerland in 1957.

(born 1957), Swiss filmmaker, theatrical director and actor *

Dan Levy (Canadian actor) Daniel Joseph Levy (born 9 August 1983) is a Canadian actor, writer and producer. Born in Toronto to parents Eugene Levy and Deborah Divine, he began his career as a television host on MTV Canada. He received international prominence and critic ...

(born 1983), Canadian actor and TV personality; son of comedic actor Eugene Levy *

David Levy (psychologist) David Levy is an American psychologist, professor, author, stage director, and actor. He is a professor of psychology at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology of Pepperdine University, near Malibu, California. He has co-authored a tex ...

(born 1954), American psychologist, professor, author, and actor *

Deborah Levy Deborah Levy (born 6 August 1959) is a British novelist, playwright and poet. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre – her plays were staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company – before focusing on prose fiction. Her early nov ...

(born 1959), British playwright, novelist, and poet *

Eugene Levy Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor and comedian. From 1976 until 1984, he appeared in the Canadian television sketch comedy series '' SCTV''. He has also appeared in the '' American Pie'' series of films and the Canadian ...

(born 1946), Canadian actor *

Gabriel Levy Gabriel Levy (26 May 1881 – 26 March 1965) was a German film producer who was associated with the company Aafa-Film during the 1920s and 1930s.Gemünden Following the Nazi takeover of power in 1933 the Jewish Levy lost control of the company a ...

(1881–1965), German film producer * Hassia Levy-Agron (1923–2001), Israeli dancer *

Jane Levy Jane Colburn Levy ( ; born ) is an American actress. After attending the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, she debuted as the original Mandy Milkovich on the Showtime comedy-drama '' Shameless'' (2011). Levy left ''Shameless'' following its fir ...

(born 1989), American actress *

Paul Bern Paul Bern (born Paul Levy; December 3, 1889September 5, 1932) was a German-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he became the assistant to Irving Thalberg. He helped launch the career of Jean Harlo ...

(Paul Levy, 1889–1932), German-American film director, screenwriter and producer * Scott Anthony Levy (born 1964), American professional wrestler better known as Raven *

Shawn Levy Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian film director, film producer, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the '' Night at the Museum'' film franchise an ...

(born 1968), Canadian-American actor, director and producer *

William Levy (actor) William Gutiérrez-Levy (born August 29, 1980) is a Cuban-American actor and former model. Early life and education Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. His maternal grandfather was Jewish (the origin of his surname, ''Levy''), although he grew ...

(born 1980), Cuban-American actor

In literature and journalism

Andrea Levy Andrea Levy (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels '' Small Island'' (2004) and ''The Long Song'' (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British ...

(1956–2019), British author *

Bernard-Henri Lévy Bernard-Henri Lévy (; ; born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the " Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. His opinions, political acti ...

(born 1948), French public intellectual and journalist * Dan Levy (journalist) (born 1978), American sports journalist *

Daniel Levy (pianist) Daniel Levy (born 1947) is a classical pianist from Argentina. He is also an author, radio broadcaster and educator. Early life Levy was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He began playing the piano at age six and received a musical education unde ...

(born 1947), Argentine classical pianist, author and broadcaster *

David Levy (chess player) David Neil Laurence Levy (born 14 March 1945) is an English International Master of chess and a businessman. He is noted for his involvement with computer chess and artificial intelligence, and as the founder of the Computer Olympiads and the ...

(born 1945), Scottish chess International Master; writer on chess, software, and games theory * David Levy (economist), American economist and author *

(born 1954), American psychologist, professor, author, actor *

David H. Levy David Howard Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian amateur astronomer, science writer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. Biography L ...

(born 1948), Canadian astronomer and science writer *

(born 1959), British playwright, novelist, and poet *

Gideon Levy Gideon Levy ( he, גדעון לוי; born 2 June 1953) is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper '' Haaretz'' that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories ...

(born 1953), Israeli journalist and author * Hyman Levy (1889–1971), Scottish mathematician, author, and politician * Moshe Levy (author) (born 1948), Iraq-born author, survivor of the Israeli destroyer ''Eilat'' *

Newman Levy Newman Levy (November 30, 1888 – March 22, 1966) was an American lawyer, poet, playwright and essayist. Levy followed his father, well-known criminal attorney Abraham Levy, into law, but also pursued his own dreams of being a writer. Born in Ma ...

(1888–1966), American lawyer and poet *

Oscar Levy Oscar Ludwig Levy (28 March 1867 – 13 August 1946) was a German Jewish physician and writer, now known as a scholar of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose works he first saw translated systematically into English. His was a paradoxical life, of self-exile ...

(1867–1946), German physician and writer *

Paul Levy (journalist) Paul Levy (born 26 February 1941 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a US/British author and journalist. He lives with his wife, Penelope Marcus, and children in Oxfordshire and London, UK. With Ann BarrArticle in Harpers & Queen, 1980/81 (and synchr ...

(born 1941), American-British journalist and author * Paul M. G. Lévy (1910–2002), Belgian journalist and professor * Steve Levy (born 1965), ESPN anchor *

Steven Levy Steven Levy (born 1951) is an American journalist and Editor at Large for ''Wired'' who has written extensively for publications on computers, technology, cryptography, the internet, cybersecurity, and privacy. He is the author of the 1984 book ...

(born 1951), American technology writer *

William Levy (author) William Levy (January 10, 1939 – April 22, 2019), also known as the Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam, was an American writer, editor, and former radio personality, plus the author of such works as ''The Virgin Sperm Dancer'', ''Wet Dreams'', ''Certa ...

(1939–2019), American writer

In music

Barrington Levy Barrington Ainsworth Levy (born 30 April 1964) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. Career Levy was born in Clarendon, Jamaica. He formed a band called the Mighty Multitude, with his cousin, Everton Dacres; the pair released "My Blac ...

(born 1964), Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist * Dan Levy, French musician and multi-instrumentalist for

The Dø The Dø is a Finnish- French indie pop band founded in Paris in 2005. The band is composed of Olivia Merilahti (singer and musician) and Dan Levy (multi-instrumentalist). The duo has been backed on stage by three different drummers: Jérémie ...

(born 1947), Argentine classical pianist, author and broadcaster *

Émile Waldteufel Charles Émile Waldteufel (9 December 1837 – 12 February 1915) was a French pianist, conductor and composer known for his numerous popular Salon music, salon pieces. Life Émile Waldteufel (German for ''forest devil'') was born at 84 Grand ...

(Charles Émile Lévy, 1837–1911), French composer and court pianist to the Empress Eugénie *

Fabien Lévy Fabien Lévy (born 11 December 1968) is a French composer. Biography Lévy was born in Paris, France. After having been a jazz pianist, he studied composition with Gérard Grisey, orchestration with Marc–André Dalbavie and ethnomusicology wi ...

(born 1968), French composer *

General Levy Paul Scott Levy (born 28 April 1971), also known as General Levy, is an English ragga deejay, regularly employed on studio tracks by drum and bass DJs. He is best known for the track "Incredible" which he recorded with M-Beat. A remixed versio ...

(Paul Levy, born 1971), London born ragga vocalist * Hugo Chula Alexander Levy (born 1981), Thai singer-songwriter *

Jacques Levy Jacques Levy (July 29, 1935 – September 30, 2004) was an American songwriter, theatre director and clinical psychologist. Early life and education Levy was born in New York City in 1935 and graduated from the City College of New York in 1956. ...

(1935–2004), American songwriter *

James Levy James Levy is an American, New York-based singer, songwriter, and producer. Levy co-wrote and produced Charles Bradley's posthumous 2019 release ''Lonely as You Are'', which Rolling Stone magazine called a "devastating masterclass." Another ...

, American singer, songwriter and producer, best known for song ''Glorious'' covered by The Pierces * Joshua Levy, pianist and arranger for

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing revival band from Southern California. Their notable singles include "Go Daddy-O", "You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)", and "Mr. Pinstripe Suit". The band played at the Super Bowl XXXIII ha ...

Lou Levy (pianist) Louis A. "Lou" Levy (March 5, 1928 – January 23, 2001) was an American jazz pianist. Biography Levy was born to Jewish parents in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and start to play the piano aged twelve. His chief influences were Art Tatu ...

(1928–2001), American jazz pianist and session man * Louis Levy (1894–1957), English composer and musical director of Gaumont-British studios *

Marvin David Levy Marvin David Levy (August 2, 1932 – February 9, 2015) was an American composer, best known for his opera ''Mourning Becomes Electra''. ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' was given its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1967. Although deemed ...

(1932–2015), American composer * Mike Lévy (born 1985), French musician known as Gesaffelstein *

Paul Lhérie Paul Lhérie (Lévy), (born 8 October 1844 in Paris; died 17 October 1937 in Paris) was a French tenor, then baritone, and later a vocal teacher. He was most famous for creating the role of Don José in Bizet's '' Carmen''. Life and career Afte ...

(Paul Lévy, 1844–1937), French opera singer *

Yasmin Levy Yasmin Levy ( he, יסמין לוי; born December 23, 1975) is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judeo-Spanish music. Biography Yasmin Levy was born on December 23, 1975, in Baka, Jerusalem. She is of Sephardic Jewish descent. Her parents were A ...

(born 1975), Israeli-Spanish singer-songwriter

In other media

Bob Levy (comedian) Bob Levy (born August 12, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian, radio personality, writer, actor, and former semi-professional wrestler. He is the host of '' The Bob Levy Show '' and the '' Out of the Coffin'' podcast, and co-host of Kevin Brenn ...

(born 1962), American stand-up comedian and radio personality * Dan Levy (born 1981), American comedian * Maya Cohen Levy (born 1955), Israeli artist * William Alexander Levy (1909–1997), American architect and interior designer * William Auerbach-Levy (1889–1964), Russian-American painter and artist

In business

Daniel Levy (businessman) Daniel Philip Levy (born 8 February 1962) is a British businessman who is the current chairman of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur. He has held this post since 2001, making him the longest-serving chairman in the Premier League. ...

(born 1962), Chairman of the British football club Tottenham Hotspur *

David Levy Yulee David Levy Yulee (born David Levy; June 12, 1810 – October 10, 1886) was an American politician and attorney. Born on the island of St. Thomas, then under British control, he was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry: His father was a Sephardi from Mo ...

(1810–1886), Democratic senator from Florida, industrialist and railroad entrepreneur *

David Guy Levy Periscope Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based film and comic book company that was founded in 2004 by producer David Guy Levy. It has several projects in development and set for release. Film releases *'' The Mandela Effect'', directed by David ...

, president and CEO of Periscope Entertainment *

Delphine Levy Delphine Levy (1969 – 13 July 2020) was a French manager of cultural institutions. She was director of Paris Musées Paris Musées is a public institution that has incorporated in the same entity the 14 City of Paris Museums plus staff in cha ...

(1969–2020), French manager of cultural institutions * Florence Nightingale Levy (1870–1947), American arts administrator *

Lewis Levy Lewis Wolfe Levy (13 June 1815 – 25 January 1885) was an English-born Australian businessman and politician. Life and career He was born in London, the son of merchant Benjamin Wolfe Levy and his wife Martha née Levy. He migrated to S ...

(1815–1885), Australian businessman and politician *

Lou Levy (publisher) Lou Levy (December 3, 1910 – October 31, 1995) was a music publisher during the Tin Pan Alley era of American popular music. Levy established Leeds Music Corporation in 1935 with his friends, lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Saul Chaplin. ...

(1912–1995), American music publisher who played a key role in the careers of some of the most famous songwriters *

Morris Levy Morris Levy (born Moishe Levy; August 27, 1927 – May 21, 1990) was an American entrepreneur in the fields of jazz clubs, music publishing, and the independent record industry. Levy was cofounder and owner of Roulette Records, founding partner ...

(born 1927), American music industry executive * Paul F. Levy, former President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center * Rami Levy, Israeli discount supermarket owner

In government and politics

United States

* Aaron J. Levy (1881–1955), New York politician and judge *

Bob Levy (New Jersey politician) Robert W. Levy, Sr., known as Bob Levy (born May 16, 1947, in Atlantic City, New Jersey), is a Democratic politician and the former Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. In September 2007, Levy disappeared from Atlantic City without telling the pu ...

(born 1947), former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey *

David Levy (Israeli politician) David Levy ( he, דוד לוי, born 21 December 1937) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1969 and 2006, as well as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minis ...

(born 1937), Israeli politician * David A. Levy (born 1953), U.S. Representative from New York *

Harold O. Levy Harold Oscar Levy (December 14, 1952 – November 27, 2018) was an American lawyer and philanthropist who last served as the executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Having previously held leadership roles as a corporate attorney, ...

(1952–2018), American lawyer and businessman * Meyer Levy (1887–1967), New York politician *

Norman J. Levy Norman J. Levy (January 24, 1931 – February 7, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served in the New York State Senate for 27 years, and was the sponsor of the first legislation in the United States mandating sea ...

(1931–1998), American politician * Steve Levy (politician) (born 1959), American politician *

William M. Levy William Mallory Levy (October 31, 1827 – August 14, 1882) was an American lawyer and Confederate States Army , Confederate American Civil War , Civil War veteran who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representat ...

(1827–1882), U.S. Representative from Louisiana

Other countries

* Andrea Levy (politician) (born 1984), Spanish politician *

Bob Levy (Canadian politician) Robert Clifford Levy, Jr. is a Canadian politician and judge. He represented the electoral district of Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Early life and ...

, Canadian politician and judge * Sir

Daniel Levy (politician) Sir Daniel Levy (30 November 1872 – 20 May 1937) was an Australian politician. Early life He was born in London to tailor Joseph Levy and Esther, ''née'' Cohen. He arrived in Sydney in 1880 and attended Crown Street Superior School, Sydn ...

(1872–1937), Australian lawyer and politician * Hyman Levy (1889–1971), Scottish mathematician, author, and politician *

Ian Levy Ian Levy (born 14 February 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth Valley at the 2019 general election. He is the first Conservative to represent Blyth Valley since the constitu ...

(born 1966), British politician and MP * Jean-Pierre Lévy (born 1935), French diplomat * R. Clifford Levy (1905–1971), Canadian politician

In military

* André Robert Lévy (1893–1973), French World War I flying ace * Moshe Levy (author) (born 1948), Iraq-born author, survivor of the Israeli destroyer ''Eilat'' *

Simeon Magruder Levy Simeon Magruder Levy (January 1774 – March 1807), also known as Simon Levy, was an officer in the United States Army. He was the second overall graduate and first Jewish graduate of the United States Military Academy (West Point). Early ...

(1774–1807), US Army officer

In science and academia

In biology, medicine, and psychology

* Carl Edvard Marius Levy (1808–1865), Danish obstetrician *

(born 1954), American psychologist, professor, author, actor *

Jerre Levy Jerre Levy (born April 7, 1938) is an American psychologist and researcher of the brain. She has studied the relationship between the cerebral hemispheres and visual-oriented versus language-oriented tasks in split-brain surgery patients. Jerre L ...

(born 1938), American psychologist *

Julia Levy Julia Levy (born May 15, 1934) is a Canadian microbiologist, immunologist, educator and entrepreneur. Early life and education The daughter of Guillaume Albert and Dorothy Frances Coppens, she was born Julia Coppens in Singapore. In 1940, her f ...

(born 1934), Canadian microbiologist and immunologist *

(1867–1946), German physician and writer

In mathematics

* Azriel Lévy (born 1934), Israeli mathematician * Hyman Levy (1889–1971), Scottish mathematician, author, and politician *

Paul Lévy (mathematician) Paul Pierre Lévy (15 September 1886 – 15 December 1971) was a French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing fundamental concepts such as local time, stable distributions and characteristic functions. ...

(1886–1971), French mathematician * Tony Lévy (born 1943), French historian of mathematics

Other academic fields

(born 1948), French public intellectual and journalist *

Daniel Levy (sociologist) Daniel Levy (born 1962) is a German–American political sociologist and an Associate Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Levy earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and political science (1986) and a Mas ...

(born 1962), German–American political sociologist *

David Benjamin Levy David Benjamin Levy is a musicologist. He is a music professor at Wake Forest University. He is a visiting professor of musicology at the Eastman School of Music. He is especially distinguished as a Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised ...

(fl. 2000s), American musicologist * David Levy (economist), American economist and author * David C. Levy (born 1938), American educator, museum director and art historian *

(born 1948), Canadian astronomer and science writer *

David M. Levy David Levy is an American computer scientist and professor at University of Washington Information School. He is known for his research, writing, and teaching on the prevention of information overload. Biography David Levy attended Stanford Un ...

, American computer scientist at the University of Washington * Gertrude Rachel Levy (1884–1966), British author and cultural historian * Jacob T. Levy (born 1971), American political theorist *

Maurice Lévy Maurice Lévy (February 28, 1838, Ribeauvillé – September 30, 1910, Paris) was a French engineer and member of the Institut de France. Lévy was born in Ribeauvillé in Alsace. Educated at the École Polytechnique, where he was a student ...

(1922–2022), French physicist * Moshe Levy (chemist) (1927–2015), Israeli professor of chemistry * Paul M. G. Lévy (1910–2002), Belgian journalist and professor *

Pierre Lévy Pierre Lévy (; born 1956) is a Tunisian-born French philosopher, cultural theorist and media scholar who specializes in the understanding of the cultural and cognitive implications of digital technologies and the phenomenon of human collective ...

(born 1956), French philosopher, cultural theorist and media scholar * Raphaël-Georges Lévy (1853–1933), French economist *

Richard S. Levy Richard Simon Levy (May 10, 1940 – June 23, 2021) was a professor of Modern German History at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1971 until his retirement in 2019. He is most noted for his contributions to history in debunking several anti ...

(born 1940), American historian and academic * Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862), American sailor and curator

In sport and games

Alexander Lévy Alexander Lévy (; born 1 August 1990) is a French professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. Lévy won the French Amateur Championship in 2009, and the French International Amateur Championship the next year. Turning pro in ...

(born 1990), French golfer *

(born 1945), Scottish chess International Master; writer on chess, software, and games theory *

David Levy (footballer) David Levy ( he, דוד לוי; born 26 January 1963 in Haifa) is an Israeli former professional association footballer who was part of the 1988–89 championship squad at Maccabi Haifa. Biography Early life Levy joined the Maccabi Haifa yo ...

(born 1963), Israeli footballer *

DeAndre Levy DeAndre Levy (born March 26, 1987) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Wisconsin, and was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Early years Levy was born in Milwaukee, Wiscons ...

(born 1987), American Detroit Lions linebacker * Edward Lawrence Levy (1851–1932), English world champion weightlifter *

Harel Levy Harel Levy ( he, הראל לוי; born 5 August 1978) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player, and the current captain of Israel's Davis Cup team. He reached the final of the 2000 Toronto Masters and achieved a career-high singles rank ...

(born 1978), Israeli professional tennis player; highest world singles ranking # 30 *

Len Levy Leonard Bernard "Butch / Len" Levy (February 19, 1921 – February 9, 1999) was an American professional athlete. The 1941 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion and 1942 AAU champion, he was selected by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football ...

(1921–1999), American football player and professional wrestler *

Lenny Levy Leonard Howard Levy (June 11, 1913 – February 2, 1993) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He coached in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates for seven seasons (1957–1963). Biography Of Jewish descen ...

(1913–1993), American Major League Baseball coach * Marv Levy (born 1925), American and Canadian football coach * Maximilian Levy (born 1987), German track cyclist *

Moshe Levy (athlete) Moshe Levy ( he, משה לוי, born 1952) is an Israeli paralympic champion. Levy was born in Israel in 1952 and contracted polio as a young baby. In 1962 he began practicing at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, focusing on swimming a ...

(born 1952), Israeli Paralympic athlete * Nadine Netter Levy (born 1944), American tennis player * Raphaël Lévy (born 1981), French ''Magic: The Gathering'' player * Ronny Levy (born 1966), Israeli football manager *

Syd Levy Sydney Levy (17 October 1922 – 22 November 2015) was a South African tennis player. He competed at Wimbledon, the French Championships, the U.S. Open, and Davis Cup, and won a silver medal at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. Biography Levy att ...

(born 1922), South African tennis player * Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862), American sailor and curator

In other fields

* Bernard Levy (died 1987), pioneer of kosher certification in the United States *

Chandra Levy Chandra Ann Levy (April 14, 1977 – May 1, 2001) was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in May 2001. She was presumed murdered after her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park in May ...

(1977–2001), American murder victim * David Levy (inventor) (born c. 1967), American inventor and entrepreneur * David L. Levy (1936–2014), American children's rights activist; Board President of Children's Rights Council *

Elias Levy Elias Levy (also known as Aleph One) is a computer scientist. He was the moderator of "Bugtraq", a full disclosure vulnerability mailing list, from May 14, 1996 until October 15, 2001. He was the CTO and co-founder of the computer security compa ...

(fl. c. 2000), computer security specialist *

Felix A. Levy Felix Alexander Levy (October 20, 1884 – June 16, 1963) was an American rabbi who mostly ministered in Chicago, Illinois. Life Levy was born on October 20, 1884, in New York City, New York, the son of Alexander Levy and Catherine Bergdoll. Hi ...

(1884–1963), American rabbi * June Rockwell Levy (1886–1971), American philanthropist * Liza Levy, South Africa-born American Jewish community activist *

Ludwig Levy Ludwig Levy (18 April 1854 – 30 November 1907) was a German Jewish architect of the Historicist school. He designed a number of synagogues, amongst which was the huge Neue Synagoge in Strasbourg, as well as official buildings such as the minis ...

(1854–1907), German architect *

(1838–1910), French engineer * Yvette Lévy (born 1926), French educator and Holocaust survivor

References

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