Lowy (also spelled Löwy or Lőwy) is a surname of

Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

origin. It may refer to: *

Albert Löwy Albert Löwy (8 December 1816 – 21 May 1908) was a Moravian-born English Hebrew scholar and Reform rabbi. Biography He was born Abraham Löwy in Aussee, Moravia (now Úsov, Czech Republic), the eldest son of thirteen children of Leopold and ...

(1816–1908), British Hebrew scholar and religious leader * Benjamin Lowy (born 1979), American photographer * Dóra Lőwy (born 1977), Hungarian handball player * Douglas R. Lowy (born 1942), American doctor *

Emanuel Löwy Em(m)anuel Löwy, or Emanuel Loewy (September 1, 1857 in Vienna – February 11, 1938 in Vienna) was a classical archaeologist and theorist who employed the methodology of universal psychological sources of form in his work. Löwy was influenced ...

(1857–1938), Austrian archaeologist *

Frank Lowy Sir Frank P. Lowy ( ; born 22 October 1930) is an Australian people, Australian-Israeli people, Israeli businessman of Jewish Slovakian-Hungarian origins and the former long-time Chairman of Westfield Corporation, a global shopping centre comp ...

(born 1930), Australian businessman *

Frederick Lowy Frederick Hans Lowy, (born 1933) is a Canadian medical educator and former President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University.Fritzi Löwy Friederike "Fritzi" Löwy (18 November 1910 – 13 March 1994) was an Austrian Olympic swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1927 European Aquatics Championships. That same year she set the European record in the 200m fre ...

(1910–1994), Austrian Olympic swimmer *

Isaac Lowy Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...

(1793–1847), Hungarian businessman *

Meshulim Feish Lowy Meshulim Feish Segal Lowy II ( he, משולם פייש סג"ל לאווי, Magyarized: ''Lőwy Ferencz''; 11 April 1921 – 12 August 2015) was the fourth Grand Rebbe of the Tosh Hasidic dynasty. Biography Early life Lowy was born in Nyírtass, ...

(1921–2015), Hungarian rabbi *

Michael Löwy Michael Löwy (born 6 May 1938) is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) and lectures at the ''École des hautes ...

(born 1938), Brazilian sociologist *

Otto Lowy Otto Lowy (1921 – May 29, 2002) was the host of CBC Radio 2's ''The Transcontinental'' for 22 years until his death. The program was introduced each week as a "musical train ride through Europe". Lowy was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to an ...

(1921–2002), Canadian actor and radio host *

Slavko Löwy Slavko Löwy (August 7, 1904 – April 1, 1996) was well-known Croatian architect. Background, family and education Löwy was born in Koprivnica to a respectable and wealthy Croatian Jewish family, who were engaged in trade. In Koprivnica he att ...

(1904–1996), Croatian architect *

Steven Lowy Steven Mark Lowy (born 24 November 1962) is the former co-Chief Executive Officer of Westfield Corporation, a leading global shopping centre company that was acquired by French company Unibail-Rodamco in 2018 in what was one of the largest tr ...

(born 1962), Australian businessman * Yitzchak Lowy (1887–1942), Polish actor

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