"Lefkowitz", also written as "
Levkowitz
Willie Howard (April 13, 1883 – January 14, 1949) and Eugene Howard (July 7, 1880 – August 1, 1965), billed as the Howard Brothers, were Silesian-born American vaudeville performers of the first half of the 20th century. They were two of t ...
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Lewkowicz", is a
surname
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of German origin, meaning "son of Levko".
Notable people with the surname ''Lefkowitz'' include:
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Bernard Lefkowitz, author and professor of journalism
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David Lefkowitz David Lefkowitz (April 11, 1875 – June 5, 1955), a rabbi, led Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas from 1920 to 1949, after having worked at Temple Israel in Dayton, Ohio. , Texas rabbi
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Jay Lefkowitz
Jay Lefkowitz (born 20 November 1962) is an American lawyer. He is a senior partner at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, and he also served as President George W. Bush's List of United States Special Representatives for North Korea, Special Envoy fo ...
, American lawyer and Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea
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Louis Lefkowitz
Louis J. Lefkowitz (July 3, 1904 – June 20, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Attorney General of New York State for 22 years. He was a Republican.
Early life and education
Lefkowitz was born to a Jewish family ...
, New York politician
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Mary Lefkowitz, professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts
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Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz
Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (1913 – 27 June 2011) was a respected Haredi Lithuanian Torah leader and rosh yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel, for over 70 years. He was a '' maggid shiur'' at Yeshivas Tiferes Tzion from 1940 to 2011 and rosh yeshiva of Yes ...
, a rabbi and one of the heads of the Ponevezh yeshiva
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Nat Lefkowitz (1898–1983), American talent agency executive who served as co-chairman of the
William Morris Agency
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Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and professor at Duke University
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Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (born 31 Jan. 1942) is an American historian and the Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of American Studies and History, emerita, at Smith College.
Early life and education
Horowitz was born on 31 Jan. 1942 in Shreveport, Lo ...
, history professor at Smith College
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Rochelle Lefkowitz, President of Pro-Media Communications
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Glyph Lefkowitz, American open-source software programmer and creator of the
Twisted (software) network programming framework
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Mark Lefkowitz, entrepreneur and financial literacy teacher
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