Luzzatto (or Luzzato) is an Italian surname. According to a tradition communicated by

S. D. Luzzatto Samuel David Luzzatto ( he, שמואל דוד לוצאטו, ; 22 August 1800 – 30 September 1865), also known by the Hebrew acronym Shadal (), was an Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. Early ...

, the family descends from a

German Jew The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish ...

who immigrated into Italy from the province of

Lusatia Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr ...

, and who was named after his native place.Article
on Jewishencyclopedia Notable people with the surname include: *

Amos Luzzatto Amos Luzzatto (3 June 1928 – 9 September 2020) was an Italian-Jewish writer and essayist, born in a family of ancient tradition. His mother's father, Dante Lattes, was one of the most important representatives of Jewish Italian culture in the ...

(1928–2020), Italian Jewish writer *

Carolina Luzzatto Carolina Luzzatto (née: Sabbadini; 1837–1919) was an Italian journalist and writer. She was one of the early female newspaper directors in Italy and was part of the irredentist liberal-national journalists of the period. Biography She was bor ...

(1837–1919), Italian journalist and writer *

Filosseno Luzzatto Filosseno Luzzatto (Philoxene) (10 July 1829 at Trieste – 25 January 1854 at Padua) was an Italian Jewish scholar; son of Samuel David Luzzatto. His name is the Italian equivalent of the title of one of his father's principal works, "Oheb G ...

(1829–1854), Italian Jewish scholar, son of Samuel David Luzzatto * Laura Luzzatto Dallapiccola, known as

Laura Dallapiccola Laura Coen Luzzatto Dallapiccola (9 February 1911 – 26 March 1995) was an Italian librarian and translator. Biography Laura Domitilla Maria Coen Luzzatto was born in Trieste (now part of Italy) into a Jewish family. Her father was Raffaele Mo ...

(1911–1995), Italian librarian and translator *

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto Moshe Chaim Luzzatto ( he, משה חיים לוצאטו, also ''Moses Chaim'', ''Moses Hayyim'', also ''Luzzato'') (1707 – 16 May 1746 (26 ''Iyar'' 5506)), also known by the Hebrew acronym RaMCHaL (or RaMHaL, ), was a prominent Italia ...

(1707–1746), Italian rabbi, kabbalist, and philosopher *

Samuel David Luzzatto Samuel David Luzzatto ( he, שמואל דוד לוצאטו, ; 22 August 1800 – 30 September 1865), also known by the Hebrew acronym Shadal (), was an Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. Early ...

(1800–1865), Italian Jewish scholar, and poet *

Simone Luzzatto Simone (Simcha) Luzzatto ( he, שמחה לוצאטו) (1583–1663) was a prominent rabbi in the Jewish ghetto of Venice, Italy. He shared the rabbinate of Venice with another famous rabbi, Leone de Modena. Works Luzzatto was educated by some of ...

(1583–1663), Italian rabbi

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