Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of
Głubczyce
Głubczyce ( cs, Hlubčice or sparsely ''Glubčice'', german: Leobschütz, Silesian German: ''Lischwitz'') is a town in Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of Głubczyce Co ...
(German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , ,
Lifshits,
Lifshuts,
Lefschetz;
Lipschitz Lipschitz, Lipshitz, or Lipchitz, is an Ashkenazi Jewish (Yiddish/German-Jewish) surname. The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz (Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz, Lipshitz, Lipshits, Lopshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz ...
(
Lipshitz),
Lipshits, Lipchitz,
Lipschutz (
Lipschütz Lipschutz is a Jewish surname. It is a variant of Lifshitz.
Notable people with this surname
* Gerdi E. Lipschutz (1923–2010), New York politician
* S. Lipschütz (1863–1905), US chess champion
* Seymour Lipschutz (born 1931), American mathem ...
),
Lipshutz,
Lüpschütz;
Libschitz;
Livshits;
Lifszyc Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , , Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschutz (L ...
,
Lipszyc Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , , Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschutz (L ...
.
The surname may refer to:
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Asaf Lifshitz (* 1942), Israeli sculptor
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Chava Lifshitz
Chava Lifshitz (March 26, 1936 – March 1, 2005), née Eva Wolf, was an Austrian-Israeli chemist who was best known for her contributions to mass spectrometry and the gas-phase chemistry of ions. She was awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize ...
(1936–2005), Austrian-Israeli chemist
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Dovid Lifshitz
Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993) was a distinguished Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for almost fifty years. He was appointed upon the invitation of Rabbi Samuel Belkin in 1944. He was also known as the "S ...
(1906-1993), Suvalker Rav, taught at Yeshiva University
*Rabbi Eliezer Meir Lifshitz (1879–1946), for whom the
Lifshitz College of Education was named
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Evgeny Lifshitz (1915–1985), Soviet physicist
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Ilya Lifshitz (1917–1982), Soviet physicist (brother of Evgeny)
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J.D. Lifshitz
J.D. Lifshitz (born October 13, 1992) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor.
Biography
He is co-founder of the independent Production company BoulderLight Pictures Inc. In 2009 he began to work on his direc ...
(born 1992), American film director
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Miguel Lifschitz (1955–2021), Argentine politician, former mayor of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe
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Mikhail Lifshitz (1905–1983), Soviet literary critic and aesthetics philosopher
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Nechama Lifshitz
Nechama Lifshitz (Russian: Нехама Юделевна Лифшиц, Hebrew: נחמה ליפשיץ) (born 1927 in Kaunas, Lithuania, died 2017 in Tel Aviv, Israel) was a Yiddish language and later Hebrew language soprano and art song perform ...
(1927–2017), Soviet–Israeli singer
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Ofer Lifschitz
Ofer Lifschitz, ( he, עפר ליפשיץ) (born in kibbutz Masada, Israel in 1958) is an Israeli politician and head of Brit Olam.
Lifschitz left Israel to travel in 1984, before settling in the United States
The United States of Ameri ...
(born 1958), chairman of Brit Olam party, Israel
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Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren, ( ; ; born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his co ...
(born Ralph ''Lifshitz'' 1939), American fashion designer and business executive
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Sébastien Lifshitz
Sébastien Lifshitz (born 21 January 1968) is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the Universit ...
(born 1968), French screenwriter and director
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Vladimir Lifschitz (born 1947), Soviet-American computer scientist
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Yaron Lifschitz
Yaron Lifschitz (born 30 March 1970) is an Australian director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts. He has directed more than 80 productions over circus, opera, physical theatre, theatre, and large-scale live events. His work has ...
, Australian theatre director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts
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Jewish surnames