Levy, Lévy or Levies may refer to:

People

Levy (surname) Levy or Lévy is a surname generally of Hebrew origin. It is one of the 12 tribes that lived in judea,people that have this surname are traditionally descendants of Levy, son of jacob, Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spelli ...

, people with the surname Levy or Lévy * Levy Adcock (born 1988), American football player *

Levy Barent Cohen Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker. Early life Levy Barent Cohen was born in Amsterdam in 1747. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant. The Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls ...

(1747–1808), Dutch-born British financier and community worker * Levy Fidelix (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 o ...

(born 1945), Israeli-American entrepreneur, inventor, and business person * Levy Li (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 Levy Mayer (October 23, 1858 – August 14, 1922) was an American lawyer from Virginia. A child prodigy of law, Mayer graduated from Yale Law School before he could even legally practice the profession in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. After ...

(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 corrupti ...

(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, content creator, commentator, and author. Often referred to as "The Internet's Chess Teacher", he produces content on the online platfo ...

(born 1995), American chess IM, coach, and content creator * Levy Sekgapane (born 1990), South African operatic tenor * Levy Lee Simon, American playwright, actor, director and screenwriter * Levy Solomons (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 Vy Le "Levy" Tran (born April 8, 1983) is a Vietnamese-American actress and model. Early life Vy Le Tran was born in San Jose, California, U.S., to Vietnamese parents. She can speak English and Vietnamese. After graduating from Piedmont Hills ...

(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 Levy is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the Unite ...

, a community *

Levy, South Carolina Levy ( ) is an unincorporated community located in Hardeeville, SC located in the southern portions of Jasper County, South Carolina, United States. Levy is accessible via South Carolina Highway 315 and used to be served by the now-abandoned Seab ...

, an unincorporated community *

Levy County, Florida Levy County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the North central Florida part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 42,915. Its county seat is Bronson, Florida, Brons ...

Levy Island Levy Island is an isolated snow-covered island in Crystal Sound, Antarctica, about east of Gagge Point, Lavoisier Island. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and surveys by the Falkland I ...

, 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 (, ) was the largest military List of military legions, unit of the Roman army, composed of Roman citizenship, Roman citizens serving as legionary, legionaries. During the Roman Republic the manipular legion comprised 4,200 i ...

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 known as the draft in the United States and Israel, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it contin ...

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 fo ...

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

Volkssturm The (, ) was a ''levée en masse'' national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was set up by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. It was staffed by conscri ...

, 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) was a military force recruited from indigenous tribal populations, for the local defence of the Aden Protectorate under British rule. The Levies were drawn from all parts of the Protectorate and were armed, t ...

(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 Iraq Levies (Commonly known as the Assyrian Levies) was a majority Assyrian force, and the first Iraqi military force established by the British in British controlled Iraq. The Iraq Levies originated in a local armed scout force raised durin ...

** Kachin Levies **

Pakistan Levies The Pakistan Levies (Urdu: ), or Federal Levies, are provincial paramilitary forces (gendarmeries) in Pakistan, whose primary missions are law enforcement, assisting the civilian police (where co-located) in maintaining law and order, and condu ...

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Balochistan Levies Balochistan Levies is a paramilitary gendarmerie in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan. It operates as one of two primary law enforcement agencies tasked with maintaining law and order in the province, along with Balochis ...

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Malakand Levies The Malakand Levies is a paramilitary force in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malakand Division. It operates as the primary law enforcement agency tasked with maintaining law and order within the division. The force has its origins ...

*** Swat Levies ***

Dir Levies The Dir Levies is a paramilitary force in the Dir District of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It operates as the primary law enforcement agency tasked with maintaining law and order within the division. The force has its origins ba ...

Trucial Oman Levies The Trucial Oman Scouts (), known as Trucial Oman Levies prior to 1956, was a predecessor paramilitary force that operated in the Trucial States under British control from 1951 to 1971, after which they were renamed to the Union Defence Force with ...

(became Union Defence Force of the UAE)

Compulsory government measures

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

conscription Conscription, also known as the draft in the United States and Israel, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it conti ...

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 judgment) is the evaluation of given circumstances to make a decision. Judgement is also the ability to make considered decisions. In an informal context, a judgement is opinion expressed as fact. In the context of a legal trial ...

* An imposition of a

fine Fine may refer to: Characters * Fran Fine, the title character of ''The Nanny'' * Sylvia Fine (''The Nanny''), Fran's mother on ''The Nanny'' * Officer Fine, a character in ''Tales from the Crypt'', played by Vincent Spano Legal terms * Fine (p ...

* To take money in order to pay off a

tax A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to regulate and reduce negative externalities. Tax co ...

liability * To wage

war War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...

* 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 Culture, Media and Sport in the United Kingdom. It is a statutory body established by the Betting Levy Act 1 ...

Private copying levy A private copying levy (also known as blank media tax or levy) is a government-mandated scheme in which a special tax or levy (additional to any general sales tax) is charged on purchases of recordable media. Such taxes are in place in variou ...

, a tax on recordable media typically allocated to the developers of "content" * E-levy, 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 ha ...

, 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 brothe ...

, 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 was a Paris publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy with his brothers Nathan and Kalmus (Calmann). Michel served as publisher until his death in 1875, upon which Kalmus succeeded him and renamed the company Calmann ...

, Parisian publishing house

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