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Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are al ...

, 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 Albert Lewin (September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Personal life Lewin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a master's degree at Harvard and taugh ...

(1894–1968), American film director, producer, and screenwriter *

Benjamin Lewin Benjamin Lewin is a molecular biologist who founded the journal ''Cell'' and authored the textbook ''Genes.'' He is credited with building ''Cell'' into a recognized journal of cellular biology in a short period of time to rival ''Nature'' and '' ...

, founder of the ''

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'' journal * Bernard Lewin (1906–2003), German-born American collector of

Mexican art Various types of visual arts developed in the geographical area now known as Mexico. The development of these arts roughly follows the history of Mexico, divided into the prehispanic Mesoamerican era, the New Spain, colonial period, with the perio ...

Blanca Lewin Blanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo (born August 7, 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean actress of Jewish origin. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known by her role of "Lola Padilla" in the soap opera ''Lola'' by Ca ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an television and film actress *

Daniel M. Lewin Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

, co-founder of Akamai Technologies, and victim of the

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David Lewin David Benjamin Lewin (July 2, 1933 – May 5, 2003) was an American music theorist, music critic and composer. Called "the most original and far-ranging theorist of his generation", he did his most influential theoretical work on the development of ...

(1933–2003), American music theorist and composer *

Derek Lewin Derek Lewin (18 May 1930 – 15 March 2019) was an English amateur international footballer. He spent most of his playing career with Bishop Auckland F.C. scoring for them in each of their FA Amateur Cup finals at Wembley in 1955, 1956 and 1957. ...

(1930–2019), English amateur international footballer *

Frank Lewin Frank Lewin (March 27, 1925 – January 18, 2008) was an American composer and teacher. Biography Frank Lewin was born March 27, 1925, in Breslau, Germany. He and his family escaped from Germany in 1939, spent a year in Cuba, and came to ...

(1925–2008), American composer and teacher *

Gary Lewin Gary Lewin (born 16 May 1964) is an English physiotherapist who has worked with football clubs Arsenal and West Ham United, and the England national team. Lewin was the head physiotherapist at Arsenal for a total of 22 years. He held a simila ...

(born 1964), British football physiotherapist * Herbert G. Lewin (1914-2010), American politician *

Hugh Lewin Hugh Lewin (3 December 1939 – 16 January 2019) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and writer. He was imprisoned from 1964 to 1971 for his activities in support of the African Resistance Movement, and then spent 20 years in exile, retur ...

(1939–2019), South African anti-apartheid activist and writer *

Jack Lewin John Philip Lewin (3 June 1915 – 4 May 1990) was a New Zealand public servant, unionist and lawyer. Biography Early life and career Lewin was born in Masterton, New Zealand, on 3 June 1915. His family experienced hardships after his father ...

(1915-1990), New Zealand public servant and trade unionist *

John Lewin John William Lewin (1770 – 27 August 1819) was an English-born artist active in Australia from 1800. The first professional artist of the colony of New South Wales, he illustrated the earliest volumes of Australian natural history. Many of his ...

(1770–1819), English-born artist, first professional artist of the colony of New South Wales * Jonathan S. Lewin, American neuroradiologist *

Josh Lewin Josh Lewin is an American sportscaster who works as a play-by-play announcer for the UCLA Bruins football and basketball teams. Early life and career Lewin is originally from Rochester, New York, but lived outside of Boston for several years ...

, American sports commentator *

Kurt Lewin Kurt Lewin ( ; 9 September 1890 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States. During his professional career Lewin applied hi ...

(1890–1947), German psychologist *

Louis Lewin Louis Lewin (9 November 1850 - 1 December 1929) was a German pharmacologist. In 1887 he received his first sample of the Peyote cactus from Dallas, Texas-based physician John Raleigh Briggs (1851-1907), and later published the first methodical a ...

, German pharmacologist *

Mark Lewin Mark Lewin (born March 16, 1937) is an American retired professional wrestler. Early life Lewin was born in Buffalo, New York. He had two elder brothers, Donn and Ted, both of whom also became professional wrestlers. He attended Lafayette High ...

, American professional wrestler *

Moshe Lewin Moshe "Misha" Lewin ( ; 7 November 1921 – 14 August 2010) was a scholar of Russian and Soviet history. He was a major figure in the school of Soviet studies which emerged in the 1960s. Biography Moshe Lewin was born in 1921 in Wilno, Poland (no ...

(1921–2010), historian of Russia *

Nathan Lewin Nathan Lewin (born January 31, 1936) is an American attorney who has argued many cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Early life and education Lewin was born in Łódź, Poland. His grandfather, the chief rabbi of Rzeszow, was ...

, American attorney *

Nora Lewin Nora Lewin is a fictional character on the TV show ''Law & Order'', played by two-time Academy Award winning actress Dianne Wiest from 2000 to 2002. She appeared in 51 episodes (48 episodes of ''Law & Order'', one episode of ''Law & Order: Crimin ...

, fictional

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appearing in the ''

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'' *

Paula Lewin Paula Lewin (born 26 June 1971) is a Bermudian sailor. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officia ...

(born 1971), Bermudian sailor *

Ralph A. Lewin Ralph Arnold Lewin (30 April 1921 – 30 November 2008) was an Anglo-American biologist, known as "the father of green algae genetics". He was born in London and later moved to America. He also was known as a poetry author. Education He studied a ...

(1921–2008), American biologist known as "the father of green algae genetics" *

Robert Lewin (screenwriter) Robert Lewin (May 9, 1920 – August 28, 2004) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for ''The Bold and the Brave'', and Emmy nominated for the television series '' The Paper Chase'' and ''Bare ...

(1920–2004), motion picture-TV writer-producer-director * Robert Lewin (1918–2004), Polish-born British art dealer and philanthropist *

Roger Lewin Roger Lewin (born 1944) is a British prize-winning science writer and author of 20 books. Career Lewin was a staff member of ''New Scientist'' in London for nine years. He went to Washington, D.C. to write for ''Science (journal), Science'' fo ...

, anthropologist and science writer *

Ruthe Lewin Winegarten Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (August 26, 1929 – June 14, 2004) was an American author, activist, and historian. Early life Born Ruthe Lee Lewin in Dallas on August 26, 1929, she was the daughter of Charles and Celia (Cohen) Lewin. Winegarten attende ...

(1930–2004), American author, activist, and historian *

Stephen Lewin Stephen Lewin (c. 18221913) was an English architect, artist, civil engineer and iron-founder, who was a builder of steamboats and steam locomotives. Initially he worked in Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston in Lincolnshire as a civil engineer with hi ...

(19th century), English builder of steamboats and steam locomotives *

Terence Lewin Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin, (19 November 1920 – 23 January 1999) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the Second World War and then commanded a destroyer, the Royal yacht, two ...

, Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy *

Walter Lewin Walter Hendrik Gustav Lewin (born January 29, 1936) is a Dutch astrophysicist and retired professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lewin earned his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1965 at the Delft University of Technol ...

, nuclear physicist *

William Lewin William Lewin (1747–1795) was an English naturalist and illustrator. Lewin grew up in Stepney, the son of a rate mariner. In 1776 he was earning a living as a pattern drawer, and by 1783 was describing himself as a painter. He specialised ...

(1747–1795), English naturalist and illustrator *

Lewin Nyatanga Lewin John Nyatanga (born 18 August 1988) is a Welsh former professional footballer who last played as a defender for League One club Northampton Town on loan from Barnsley. He previously played for Derby County and Bristol City, as well as S ...

, Welsh footballer

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