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Lifshitz 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 ( ...

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Lifschitz 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 ( ...

Lifshits 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 ...

Lifshuts 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 ...

Lefschetz Solomon Lefschetz (russian: Соломо́н Ле́фшец; 3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear o ...

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Lipshits 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 ...

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Lipschutz 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 mathe ...

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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 ...

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Lüpschütz 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 (Lipsc ...

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Libschitz 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 ...

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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 ...

. It is commonly Anglicized as

Lipton Lipton is a British brand of tea, owned by Ekaterra. Lipton was also a supermarket chain in the United Kingdom, later sold to Argyll Foods, after which the company sold only tea. The company is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Lipton, who fo ...

, and less commonly as Lipington. There are several places in Europe from where the name may be derived. In all cases, ''Lip'' or ''Lib'' is derived from the Slavic root ''lipa'' (linden tree, see also

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

), and the ''itz'' ending is the Germanisation of the Slavic place name ending ''ice''. In the Czech Republic: * Libčice nad Vltavou (German: Libschitz an der Moldau) * Liběšice u Litoměřic (German: Liebeschitz bei Leitmeritz) * Liběšice u Žatce (German: Libeschitz bei Saaz) In Germany: * Gera-Liebschwitz *

Liebschützberg Liebschützberg is a municipality in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Until 1991 the territory of Liebschützberg and its 1,600 residents were part of the town of Borna. During the administrative reform of Saxony which followed the ...

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Remptendorf Remptendorf is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russ ...

-Liebschütz In Poland: *

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 ...

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Silesian German Silesian (Silesian: ', german: Schlesisch), Silesian German or Lower Silesian is a nearly extinct German dialect spoken in Silesia. It is part of the East Central German language area with some West Slavic and Lechitic influences. Silesian Ge ...

: Lischwitz, German: Leobschütz) In mathematics, the name can be used to describe a function that satisfies the

Lipschitz condition In mathematical analysis, Lipschitz continuity, named after German mathematician Rudolf Lipschitz, is a strong form of uniform continuity for functions. Intuitively, a Lipschitz continuous function is limited in how fast it can change: there exi ...

, a strong form of continuity, named after

Rudolf Lipschitz Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz (14 May 1832 – 7 October 1903) was a German mathematician who made contributions to mathematical analysis (where he gave his name to the Lipschitz continuity condition) and differential geometry, as well as numbe ...

. The surname may refer to:

People

Daniel Lipšic Daniel Lipšic (born 8 July 1973) is a Slovak politician and Jurist. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and former Minister of Interior. Until 28 May 2012 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), in whic ...

, former Minister of Interior in Slovakia *

Israel Lipschitz Yisrael Lifschitz ( he, ישראל ליפשיץ ; 1782–1860) was a leading 19th-century Ashkenazi rabbi, first in Dessau and then in the Jewish Community of Danzig. He was the author of the commentary "Tiferes Yisrael" on the Mishnah. Biograp ...

(1782–1860), rabbi and biblical scholar * Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973), Cubist sculptor *

Lippy Lipshitz Israel-Isaac Lipshitz, known as Lippy Lipshitz (8 May 1903 – 17 May 1980) was a South African sculptor, painter and printmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important South African sculptors, along with Moses Kottler and Anton van Wou ...

(1903–1980), South African sculptor, painter and printmaker *

(1832–1903), German mathematician * Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher, born as Imre Lipschitz *

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 ...

, American fashion designer, born as Ralph Lifshitz * Hal Linden, American actor, and television personality, born Harold Lipschitz *

Solomon Lefschetz Solomon Lefschetz (russian: Соломо́н Ле́фшец; 3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear o ...

(1884–1972), Russian–US mathematician * Joachim Lipschitz, German politician

Fictional characters

* Dr. Werner P. Lipschitz, fictional character of the ''Rugrats'' series

Berlin subway station

* There is a subway station Lipschitzallee (Lipschitz Avenue) in Berlin, named after politician Joachim Lipschitz {{surname Jewish surnames