Levy, Lévy or Levies may refer to:

People

Levy (surname) Levy or Lévy is almost always a surname of Hebrew origin. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi or Lévi. The surname usually refers to a family cla ...

, people with the surname Levy or Lévy * Levy Adcock (born 1988), American football player * Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808), Dutch-born British financier and community worker *

Levy Fidelix José Levy Fidelix da Cruz (27 December 1951 – 23 April 2021) was a Brazilian conservative politician, businessman, and journalist. He was the founder of the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB) and ran for president of Brazil in the electio ...

(1951–2021), Brazilian conservative politician, businessman and journalist *

Levy Gerzberg Levy Gerzberg (born 1945) is an Israeli-American businessman and inventor, known for co-founding Zoran Corporation. Zoran pioneered directly and via acquisitions the design and marketing of system on a chip (SoC) technology and devices which opera ...

(born 1945), Israeli-American entrepreneur, inventor, and business person *

Levy Li Levy Li Su Lin (Li (李)素琳) (born 20 October 1987) is a Malaysian winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2008 and represented Malaysia in the Miss Universe beauty pageant held in Vietnam. Levy is a student, model, spokesperson and entrepreneur. ...

(born 1987), Miss Malaysia Universe 2008–2009 * Levy Mashiane (born 1996), South African footballer * Levy Matebo Omari (born 1989), Kenyan long-distance runner * Levy Mayer (1858–1922), American lawyer * Levy Middlebrooks (born 1966), American basketball player * Levy Mokgothu, South African footballer *

Levy Mwanawasa Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (3 September 1948 – 19 August 2008) was the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is credited with having initiated a campaign to rid the corrupt ...

(1948–2008), President of Zambia from 2002 * Levy Nzoungou (born 1998), Congolese-French rugby player, playing in England *

Levy Rozman Levy Rozman (born December 5, 1995), known online as GothamChess, is an American chess International Master and commentator. He produces content on the online platforms Twitch and YouTube. Early life Rozman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on ...

(born 1995), American chess IM, coach, and content creator *

Levy Sekgapane Levy Sekgapane (born December 16, 1990) is a South-African operatic tenor. The singer is a Bel canto tenor whose repertoire includes roles in works by G. Rossini, G. Donizetti, W. A. Mozart, J. S. Bach. Sekgapane was named the 30 Under 30 ...

(born 1990), South African operatic tenor * Levy Lee Simon, American playwright, actor, director and screenwriter *

Levy Solomons Lucius Levy Solomons (born 1730 in England – died May 18, 1792 at Montreal) was a Jewish Canadian merchant and fur trade The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of ...

(1730–1792), British-Canadian merchant and fur trader *

Levy Thorpe Levy Thorpe (18 November 1889 – 1935) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. He made 98 appearances for Blackpool, all of which were in consecutive games. 92 of these were in the Football League; the other six were ...

(1889–1935), English footballer *

Levy Tran Levy Tran (born November 16, 1983), born as Vy Le Tran, is an American actress and model, best known for her role as Roenick in the 2018 film '' The First Purge'', Desi Nguyen in ''MacGyver'', the guest hostess to MTV's ''Guy Code'', for her app ...

(born 1983), American actress and model * Levy Yakete (1965–2014), Central African Republic politician * Levy baronets, extinct title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Places

* Levy, Missouri, a community * Levy, South Carolina, an unincorporated community *

Levy County, Florida Levy County is a county located on the Gulf coast and in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,915. Its county seat is Bronson. History Levy County was created in 1845, after the Semi ...

* Levy Island, Crystal Sound, Antarctica

Military organizations

A levy (plural levies) is a military force raised ("levied") in a particular manner. In the

Roman legion The Roman legion ( la, legiō, ) was the largest military unit of the Roman army, composed of 5,200 infantry and 300 equites (cavalry) in the period of the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and of 5,600 infantry and 200 auxilia in the period o ...

this typically means "farmer soldier" militia units raised by conscription that provided most of light and heavy infantry composition—most of which were of poor training and little fighting ability—but not always. In the British Empire, levies were units raised by local officials for local tasks, typically for local order and security. * Conscript forces **

Feudal levies Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

a form of medieval conscription **

Shire levy A shire levy was a means of military recruitment in medieval England and Scotland. As opposed to a levy of noble families, a shire levy was effected within a geographical administrative area (a shire), entailing the mobilisation of able-bodied me ...

, a means of military recruitment in medieval England ** Opolchenie, a Russian version of medieval conscription **

Levée en masse ''Levée en masse'' ( or, in English, "mass levy") is a French term used for a policy of mass national conscription, often in the face of invasion. The concept originated during the French Revolutionary Wars, particularly for the period follo ...

, mass conscript armies, especially that of Revolutionary France **

Volkssturm The (; "people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was not set up by the German Army, the ground component of the combined German ''Wehrmacht'' armed forces, ...

, a Nazi-German organized conscription during (last days of) WWII * Locally raised forces within the British Empire **

Aden Protectorate Levies The Aden Protectorate Levies (APL) were an Arab military force raised for the local defence of the Aden Protectorate under British rule. The Levies were drawn from all parts of the Protectorate and were armed and officered by the British militar ...

(became Federal Regular Army of the South Arabian Federation, which then became the army of the People's Republic of South Yemen) **

Iraq Levies The Assyrian Levies (also known as the Iraq Levies) were the first Iraqi military force established by the British in British controlled Iraq. The Iraq Levies originated in a local Arab armed scout force raised during the First World War. After I ...

Kachin Levies The Kachin Levies were a British special force created in World War II in Burma. The Levies were made up of members of the Kachin people under the command of British officers and they fought the Japanese in the jungle of north Burma. Edmund Leac ...

** Pakistan Levies *** Balochistan Levies *** Malakand Levies *** Swat Levies *** Dir Levies ** Trucial Oman Levies (became Union Defence Force of the UAE)

Compulsory government measures

* To force someone into military or national service by means of

conscription Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to Ancient history, antiquity and it continues in some countries to th ...

a form of medieval conscription **

, a means of military recruitment in medieval England * A legal action, where property of a judgment debtor is taken for public sale to satisfy a monetary

judgment Judgement (or US spelling judgment) is also known as ''adjudication'', which means the evaluation of evidence to make a decision. Judgement is also the ability to make considered decisions. The term has at least five distinct uses. Aristotle s ...

* An imposition of a fine * To take money in order to pay off a tax liability * To wage

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

* The statutory levy collected from bookmakers in the UK by the

Horserace Betting Levy Board The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB), commonly abbreviated to the Levy Board, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the United Kingdom. It is a statutory body established by the Betting Le ...

* Private copying levy, a tax on recordable media typically allocated to the developers of "content" * E-levy, proposed tax bill in Ghana

Businesses

Levy Restaurants Levy is a restaurant and hospitality company based in Chicago specializing in providing food and beverage to major entertainment and sports venues. Founded in 1978, with a single family-run delicatessen in Water Tower Place, since 2006, it has b ...

, brand in the United States and Canada *

Levy's (department store) Levy's, also known as Levy Brothers, was a department store based in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1950 by brothers Jacob and Ben Levy, who acquired the former Myers & Bloom department store in downtown Tucson. The Levy brother ...

, former Arizona chain * Léon & Lévy, French makers of stereoscopic views and postcards * Henry S. Levy and Sons, former Brooklyn bakery * Levy & Klein, former architectural firm in Chicago *

Michel Lévy Frères Michel Lévy Frères is a Parisian publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy with his brothers Nathan and Kalmus. Michel served as publisher until his death in 1875. Michel Lévy Frères published such authors as Honoré de Balzac, Gustav ...

, Parisian publishing house

Other uses

3673 Levy 3673 Levy, provisional designation , is a binary Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 August 1985, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mes ...