Levy, Lévy or Levies may refer to:

People

Levy (surname) Levy or Lévy is almost always a surname of Hebrew origin. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi (surname), Levi or Lévi. The surname usually refers ...

, 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 Fidelix José Levy Fidelix da Cruz (27 December 1951 – 23 April 2021) was a Brazilian conservative politician, businessman, and journalist. He was the founder of the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB) and ran for president of Brazil in the electio ...

(1951–2021), Brazilian conservative politician, businessman and journalist *

Levy Gerzberg Levy Gerzberg (born 1945) is an Israeli-American businessman and inventor, known for co-founding Zoran Corporation. Zoran pioneered directly and via acquisitions the design and marketing of system on a chip (SoC) technology and devices which opera ...

(born 1945), Israeli-American entrepreneur, inventor, and business person *

Levy Li Levy Li Su Lin (Li (李)素琳) (born 20 October 1987) is a Malaysian winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2008 and represented Malaysia in the Miss Universe beauty pageant held in Vietnam. Levy is a student, model, spokesperson and entrepreneur. ...

(born 1987), Miss Malaysia Universe 2008–2009 *

Levy Mashiane Levy Mashiane (born 17 March 1996) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the DStv Premiership for sponsorship ...

(born 1996), South African footballer * Levy Matebo Omari (born 1989), Kenyan long-distance runner * Levy Mayer (1858–1922), American lawyer *

Levy Middlebrooks Levy Middlebrooks (born February 4, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. He is best known for college career at Pepperdine University, however, from 1984 to 1988. A native of San Francisco, California, Middlebrooks attended ...

(born 1966), American basketball player *

Levy Mokgothu Levy Mokgothu is a South African professional football player for Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) are a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the ...

, South African footballer * Levy Mwanawasa (1948–2008), President of Zambia from 2002 *

Levy Nzoungou Levy Nzoungou (born 22 January 1998) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a for Widnes Vikings in the RFL Championship and previously with Albi XIII. He spent time with St Helens and Melbourne Storm, playing with Tou ...

(born 1998), Congolese-French rugby player, playing in England * Levy Rozman (born 1995), American chess IM, coach, and content creator *

Levy Sekgapane Levy Sekgapane (born December 16, 1990) is a South-African operatic tenor. The singer is a Bel canto tenor whose repertoire includes roles in works by Gioachino Rossini, G. Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, G. Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, W. ...

(born 1990), South African operatic tenor * Levy Lee Simon, American playwright, actor, director and screenwriter *

Levy Solomons Lucius Levy Solomons (born 1730 in England – died May 18, 1792 at Montreal) was a Jewish Canadian merchant and fur trade The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a ...

(1730–1792), British-Canadian merchant and fur trader *

Levy Thorpe Levy Thorpe (18 November 1889 – 1935) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. He made 98 appearances for Blackpool, all of which were in consecutive games. 92 of these were in the Football League; the other six were ...

(1889–1935), English footballer * Levy Tran (born 1983), American actress and model *

Levy Yakete Levy Yakete (born 1965 in Bangui, died 15 November 2014 in Bangui) was the political coordinator of the Anti-balaka group known as People’s Resistance Movement for Reforming of the Central African Republic. Sanctions were imposed on him by the ...

(1965–2014), Central African Republic politician * Levy baronets, extinct title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Places

* Levy, Missouri, a community * Levy, South Carolina, an unincorporated community *

Levy County, Florida Levy County is a county located on the Gulf coast and in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,915. Its county seat is Bronson. History Levy County was created in 1845, after the Semino ...

* Levy Island, Crystal Sound, Antarctica

Military organizations

A levy (plural levies) is a military force raised ("levied") in a particular manner. In the Roman legion this typically means "farmer soldier" militia units raised by conscription that provided most of light and heavy infantry composition—most of which were of poor training and little fighting ability—but not always. In the British Empire, levies were units raised by local officials for local tasks, typically for local order and security. * Conscript forces **

Feudal levies Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

a form of medieval conscription **

Shire levy A shire levy was a means of military recruitment in medieval England and Scotland. As opposed to a levy of noble families, a shire levy was effected within a geographical administrative area (a shire), entailing the mobilisation of able-bodied men ...

, a means of military recruitment in medieval England ** Opolchenie, a Russian version of medieval conscription **

Levée en masse ''Levée en masse'' ( or, in English, "mass levy") is a French term used for a policy of mass national conscription, often in the face of invasion. The concept originated during the French Revolutionary Wars, particularly for the period followi ...

, mass conscript armies, especially that of Revolutionary France ** Volkssturm, a Nazi-German organized conscription during (last days of) WWII * Locally raised forces within the British Empire **

Aden Protectorate Levies The Aden Protectorate Levies (APL) were an Arab military force raised for the local defence of the Aden Protectorate under British rule. The Levies were drawn from all parts of the Protectorate and were armed and officered by the British militar ...

(became Federal Regular Army of the South Arabian Federation, which then became the army of the People's Republic of South Yemen) ** Iraq Levies ** Kachin Levies ** Pakistan Levies ***

Balochistan Levies Balochistan Levies is a paramilitary gendarmerie in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan. It operates as one of two primary law enforcement agencies tasked with maintaining law and order in the province. The levies force has ...

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Malakand Levies The Malakand Levies is a paramilitary force in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malakand Division. It operates as the primary law enforcement agency tasked with maintaining law and order within the division. The force has its origins ...

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Swat Levies In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

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Dir Levies The Dir Levies is a paramilitary force in the Dir District of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It operates as the primary law enforcement agency tasked with maintaining law and order within the division. The force has its origins ba ...

** Trucial Oman Levies (became Union Defence Force of the UAE)

Compulsory government measures

* To force someone into military or national service by means of

conscription Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

a form of medieval conscription **

, a means of military recruitment in medieval England * A legal action, where property of a judgment debtor is taken for public sale to satisfy a monetary judgment * An imposition of a

fine Fine may refer to: Characters * Sylvia Fine (''The Nanny''), Fran's mother on ''The Nanny'' * Officer Fine, a character in ''Tales from the Crypt'', played by Vincent Spano Legal terms * Fine (penalty), money to be paid as punishment for an offe ...

* To take money in order to pay off a tax liability * To wage war * The statutory levy collected from bookmakers in the UK by the Horserace Betting Levy Board * Private copying levy, a tax on recordable media typically allocated to the developers of "content" * E-levy, proposed tax bill in Ghana

Businesses

* Levy Restaurants, brand in the United States and Canada *

Levy's (department store) Levy's, also known as Levy Brothers, was a department store based in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1950 by brothers Jacob and Ben Levy, who acquired the former Myers & Bloom department store in downtown Tucson. The Levy brother ...

, former Arizona chain *

Léon & Lévy Léon & Lévy was a French printer and a photograph editing company located in Paris. It was founded in 1864 and specialized in stereoscopic views and picture postcards of locations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The trade mark of the ...

, French makers of stereoscopic views and postcards *

Henry S. Levy and Sons Henry S. Levy and Sons, popularly known as Levy's, was a bakery based in Brooklyn, New York, most famous for its Jewish rye bread. It is best known for its advertising campaign "You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Love Levy's",Jerry Della Femina, (1971) ...

, former Brooklyn bakery * Levy & Klein, former architectural firm in Chicago *

Michel Lévy Frères Michel Lévy Frères is a Parisian publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy with his brothers Nathan and Kalmus. Michel served as publisher until his death in 1875. Michel Lévy Frères published such authors as Honoré de Balzac, Gustav ...

, Parisian publishing house

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