Levy (surname)
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Levy or Lévy is a surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the name is Levi or Lévi
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Levi (surname)
Levi or Lévi is a surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the name is Levy or Lévy.-People named Levi/Lévi:* Yehuda Halevi Levi or Lévi is a surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the name is Levy...
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People named Levy/Lévy
- Andrea LevyAndrea LevyAndrea Levy is a British author, born in London to Jamaican parents who sailed to England on the Empire Windrush in 1948.-Identity and writings:...
(born 1956), British author - Azriel LevyAzriel LevyAzriel Levy is an Israeli mathematician, logician, and a professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....
(born 1934), Israeli mathematician - Barrington LevyBarrington LevyBarrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica.-Career:In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977...
(born 1964), Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist - Bernard LevyBernard LevyRabbi Bernard Levy was a pioneer of Kosher certification in the United States.-Education:Bernard Levy grew up in the 1920s, outside of New York City. At the age of ten, a young Berel decided to leave home and move in with his uncle. The move enabled him to attend the Yeshiva Torah Vodaas...
, pioneer of Kosher certification in the United States - Bernard-Henri LévyBernard-Henri LévyBernard-Henri Lévy is a French public intellectual, philosopher and journalist. Often referred to today, in France, simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" movement in 1976.-Early life:...
(born 1948), French public intellectual and journalist - Bob Levy (comedian) (born 1962), stand-up comedian and radio personality
- Bob Levy (politician)Bob Levy (politician)Robert W. Levy, Sr., known as Bob Levy, is a Democratic politician and the former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. In September 2007, Levy disappeared from Atlantic City without telling the public or the press why he was leaving. His sudden absence sparked a controversy over who should become...
(born 1947), former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey - Carl Edvard Marius LevyCarl Edvard Marius LevyProfessor, Dr. Med. Carl Edvard Marius Levy was professor and head of the Danish Maternity institution in Copenhagen .Levy graduated 1831 from Copenhagen University in Medicine and surgery...
(1808–1865), Danish obstetrician - Chandra LevyChandra LevyChandra Ann Levy was an American intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in May 2001. She was presumed murdered after her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park in May 2002...
(1977–2001), American murder victim - Daniel Levy (businessman) (born 1962), Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
- David Levy (disambiguation)
- DeAndre LevyDeAndre LevyDeAndre Levy is an American football linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Lions in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin....
(born 1987), Detroit Lions linebacker - Deborah LevyDeborah LevyDeborah Levy is a British playwright, novelist, and poet.-Life:Levy's father was a member of the African National Congress, an academic, a historian. The family emigrated to Wembley Park, in 1968...
(born 1959), British playwright, novelist, and poet - Edward Lawrence LevyEdward Lawrence LevyEdward Lawrence Levy was a British weightlifter.-Career:Levy, who was Jewish, was born in London, England. He was a member of the Birmingham Athletic Club....
(1851–1932), English world champion weightlifter - Elias LevyElias LevyElias Levy , was the moderator of the full disclosure vulnerability mailing list Bugtraq from May 14, 1996, until he stepped down on October 15, 2001. He was the CTO and co-founder of the computer security company SecurityFocus, which was acquired by Symantec on August 6, 2002...
(fl. c. 2000), security specialist - Eugene LevyEugene LevyEugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...
(born 1946), Canadian actor - Fabien LévyFabien Lévy-Biography:Lévy was born in Paris, France. After having been a jazz pianist, he studied composition with Gérard Grisey, orchestration with Marc-André Dalbavie and ethnomusicology with Gilles Leothaud at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1996 to 2000. In 2001, he went to Berlin on the DAAD Artist...
(born 1968), French composer - Florence Nightingale LevyFlorence Nightingale LevyFlorence Nightingale Levy was an American arts administrator.Levy studied art at The Louvre. In 1894, she founded the American Art Annual magazine, serving as its editor until 1918. In 1901, she catalogued the art exhibition of the Pan-American Exposition...
(1870–1947), American arts administrator - Gilbert LevyGilbert LevyGilbert Levy is a French actor and voice actor, best known for the French voices of Moe, Lenny, Willie, Frink, Cletus, etc. in The Simpsons animated sitcom, starting with the fifth season. He is also notable for dubbing over the roles of Jimbo, Jimmy, Mr. Mackey, etc. in the French dub of the...
(fl. c. 2000), French actor - Harel LevyHarel LevyHar'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....
(born 1978), Israeli professional tennis player - Hyman LevyHyman LevyHyman Levy was a Scottish philosopher, mathematician and political activist.The son of Minna Cohen and Marcus Levy, a Jewish art dealer in Edinburgh, Hyman was the third oldest of eight children. He went to school at George Heriot's School, and was the School Dux. Thanks to scholarships, he was...
(1889–1971), Scottish mathematician, author, and politician - Jacques LevyJacques LevyJacques Levy was an American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist.Levy was born in New York City in 1935, and attended its City College. He received a doctorate in psychology from Michigan State University. Levy was a trained psychoanalyst, certified by the Menninger Institute...
(born 1935) Jewish American songwriter - Lenny LevyLenny LevyLeonard Howard Levy was an American Jewish baseball coach. He coached the Pittsburgh Pirates for six seasons.-Biography:...
, (born 1913), American Major League Baseball coach - Levy Li Su Lin (born 1987), Miss Malaysia Universe 2008/2009
- Lou Levy (publisher)Lou Levy (publisher)Lou Levy was a music publisher during the Tin Pan Alley era of American popular music.Levy established Leeds Music in 1935 with his friends, lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Saul Chaplin. He is credited with the discoveries of Cahn and Chaplin, Bob Dylan, Charles Strouse, Richard Adler and Jerry...
(1912–1995), American founder of Leeds Music - Marv LevyMarv LevyMarvin Daniel Levy is a former American and Canadian football coach, front office executive and author.He is a former professional football coach, in the CFL as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes , and in the NFL as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills , coaching the Bills...
(born 1925), former American and Canadian football coach - Maurice LévyMaurice LévyMaurice Lévy was a French engineer and member of the Institut de France.Lévy was born in Ribeauvillé in Alsace. Educated at the École Polytechnique, where he was a student of Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, and the École des Ponts et Chaussées, he became an engineer in 1863...
(1838–1910), French engineer - Maximilian LevyMaximilian LevyMaximilian Levy is a German track cyclist. He won a bronze medal representing Germany at the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing, China.- References :...
(born 1987) German track cyclist - Maya Cohen LevyMaya Cohen LevyMaya Cohen Levy , also known as Maya Cohen-Levy, is an Israeli painter and sculptor.-Life and work:Maya Cohen Levy was born in Tel Aviv. She studied philosophy at Tel Aviv University from 1973 to 1974. From 1975 to 1979, she pursued advanced studies at the High School for Art in Tel Aviv...
(born 1955), Israeli artist - Morris LevyMorris LevyMorris Levy was an American music industry executive, best known as the founder and owner of Roulette Records...
(born 1927) American music industry executive - Moshe Levy (athlete)Moshe Levy (athlete)Moshe Levy is an Israeli paralympic champion.Levy was born in Israel in 1952 and contracted polio as a young baby. In 1962 he began practicing at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, focusing on swimming and wheelchair basketball...
(born 1952), Israeli, multiple sports - Moshe Levy (author) (born 1948), Israeli writer
- Moshe Levy (chemist)Moshe Levy (chemist)Moshe Levy is an Israeli professor of Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.-Birth and Education:Moshe Levy was born on December 8, 1927 in Thessaloniki, Greece. In 1933 his father, Eliyahu, decided to immigrate to Palestine, then under British occupation...
(born 1927), Israeli professor of chemistry - Oscar LevyOscar LevyOscar Levy was a German-Jewish physician and writer, now known as a scholar of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose works he first saw translated systematically into English. His was a paradoxical life, of self-exile and exile, and of writing on and against Judaism. He was influenced by the racialist...
(1867–1946), German physician and writer - Paul Lévy (disambiguation)Paul Lévy (disambiguation)Paul Lévy is the name of;* Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician* Paul Levy , US/British journalist and author* Paul F. Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center* Paul Michel Gabriel Lévy, Belgian journalist and professor...
- Paul Pierre LévyPaul Pierre LévyPaul Pierre Lévy was a Jewish French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing martingales and Lévy flights...
(1886–1971), French mathematician - Pierre Lévy (born 1956), Canadian philosopher and academic
- Raphaël LévyRaphaël LévyRaphaël Lévy is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in November 2006. He is the first player to have been inducted while active on the Pro Tour. He is one of only four players to have won Grand Prix on three different...
(born 1981), professional Magic: The Gathering player - Richard S. LevyRichard S. LevyRichard Simon Levy is a professor of Modern German History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is most noted for his contributions to history in debunking several antisemitic myths, as well as uncovering many others...
(born c. 1941), American historian and academic - Scott Levy (actor)Scott Levy (actor)Scott Levy, an American actor born on February 13, 1971 in Westwood, New Jersey, grew up in Longwood, Florida, just outside of Orlando. After graduating from Lake Brantley High School in 1990, he served in the United States Marine Corps as a FIM-92 Stinger Missile Gunner during the Persian Gulf...
(born 1971), American actor - Scott Levy (wrestler) (born 1964), American professional wrestler better known as Raven
- Ronny LevyRonny LevyRonny Levy is a former Israeli international football player and now works as a manager. Levy was one of the best defensive midfielders in Israeli football while playing, and won championships with both Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi Haifa....
(born 1966), Israeli football manager - Steve LevySteve LevySteve Levy is a journalist for ESPN.-Early life and career:Levy was a 1987 graduate of the State University of New York at Oswego. He also attended John F. Kennedy High School...
(born 1965), ESPN anchor - Steve Levy (politician)Steve Levy (politician)Steven A. Levy is the seventh County Executive of Suffolk County, New York, elected on November 4, 2003. Originally a fiscally conservative Democrat, Levy joned the Republican Party in an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor....
(born 1959), American politician - Steven LevySteven LevySteven Levy is an American journalist who has written several books on computers, technology, cryptography, the Internet, cybersecurity, and privacy.-Career:...
(born 1951), American technology writer - Uriah P. LevyUriah P. LevyUriah Phillips Levy was the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy, a veteran of the War of 1812 and a major philanthropist. At the time, Commodore was the highest rank obtainable in the U.S. Navy and would be roughly equivalent to the modern-day rank of Admiral...
(1792–1862), American sailor and curator - William Levy (actor)William Levy (actor)William Levy is a Cuban-American actor and former model.-Early life and education:Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. He is of Jewish ancestry on his paternal grandfather's side. Levy migrated to Miami, Florida, when he was 14. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration...
(born 1980), Cuban actor and model