Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of
Głubczyce
Głubczyce ( or sparsely ''Glubčice'', or ''Gubczycy'', ) is a town in Opole Voivodeship in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of Głubczyce County and Gmina Głubczyce.
Geography
Głu ...
(German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , ,
Lifshits,
Lifshuts,
Lifshutz,
Lefschetz;
Lipschitz (
Lipshitz),
Lipshits, Lipchitz,
Lipschutz (
Lipschütz Lipschutz is a Jewish surname. It is a variant of Lifshitz.
Notable people with this surname
* Gerdi E. Lipschutz (1923–2010), New York politician
* S. Lipschütz (1863–1905), US chess champion
* Seymour Lipschutz (born 1931), American mathe ...
),
Lipshutz,
Lüpschütz Lipschitz, Lipshitz, or Lipchitz, is an Ashkenazi Jewish (Yiddish/German-Jewish) surname. The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz (Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz, Lipshitz, Lipshits, Lopshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz ...
;
Libschitz;
Livshits;
Livshitz;
Lifszyc Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , , Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lifshutz, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Li ...
,
Lipszyc.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Asaf Lifshitz
Asaf Lifshitz (; 28 July 1942 – 22 March 2025) was an Israeli sculptor, whose many statues decorate different central places all over Israel, from Metula in the north to Beer Sheva in the south.
Background
Lifshitz was born in 1942 in Kibb ...
(1942–2025), Israeli sculptor
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Chava Lifshitz (1936–2005), Austrian-Israeli chemist
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Deborah Lifchitz
Deborah Lifchitz (5 June 1907–20 September 1942) was a Polish-French ethnologist and linguist, expert on Semitic languages and cultures of Ethiopia. She worked at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris and took part in the Dakar–Djibouti mission in 1 ...
or Lifszyc (1907–1942), Polish-French ethnologist and linguist
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Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993), Suvalker Rav, taught at Yeshiva University
*Rabbi Eliezer Meir Lifshitz (1879–1946), for whom the
Lifshitz College of Education
Lifshitz College of Education ("Michlelet Lifshitz" - מכללת ליפשיץ - המכללה האקדמית הדתית לחינוך) is a religious teacher training college in Jerusalem, Israel. The school credo is "integrating modernity and Jew ...
was named
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Evgeny Lifshitz
Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (; ; 21 February 1915 – 29 October 1985) was a leading Soviet physicist and brother of the physicist Ilya Lifshitz.
Work
Born into a Ukrainian Jewish family in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now K ...
(1915–1985), Soviet physicist
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Ilya Lifshitz
Ilya Mikhailovich Lifshitz (; ; January 13, 1917 – October 23, 1982) was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist, brother of Evgeny Lifshitz. He is known for his works in solid-state physics, electron theory of metals, disordered systems, and ...
(1917–1982), Soviet physicist (brother of Evgeny)
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J.D. Lifshitz (born 1992), American film director
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Miguel Lifschitz
Roberto Miguel Lifschitz (13 September 1955 – 9 May 2021) was an Argentine politician and civil engineer of the Socialist Party (Argentina), Socialist Party who was Governor of Santa Fe, Governor of Santa Fe Province from 2015 to 2019. Prior t ...
(1955–2021), Argentine politician, former mayor of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe
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Mikhail Lifshitz (1905–1983), Soviet literary critic and aesthetics philosopher
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Mosze Lifszyc (Aleksander Ford, 1908–1980), Polish film director
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Nechama Lifshitz (1927–2017), Soviet–Israeli singer
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Ofer Lifschitz (born 1958), chairman of Brit Olam party, Israel
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Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren ( ; ; born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for founding the brand Ralph Lauren (brand), Ralph Lauren, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He stepped do ...
(born Ralph ''Lifshitz'' 1939), American fashion designer and business executive
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Sébastien Lifshitz
Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968) is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Paris ...
(born 1968), French screenwriter and director
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Vladimir Lifschitz (born 1947), Soviet-American computer scientist
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Yaron Lifschitz (born 1970), Australian theatre director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts
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Surnames of Jewish origin
Jewish toponymic surnames