Levenson
Levenson is a surname. It may be a variant of the Scottish surname Livingstone. The Livingstone are a Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy/MacNulty royals.[1] Levenson (and Levinson, Levinsohn, etc.) may also be a Jewish surname, meaning "son of Levi" - referring to one of the twelve tribes in Israel. Levenson may refer to:
- Arthur Levenson, cryptographer who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II
- Barton Paul Levenson (born 1960), American science fiction writer
- Boris Levenson (1884-1947), Romanian composer
- Claude B. Levenson (1938–2010), French journalist and writer
- Dan Levenson, American musician and storyteller
- Ellie Levenson, British journalist
- Emanuel Levenson (1916-1998), American classical musician
- Fredrick Levenson (1945—2012), US author and psychoanalyst
- Gavan Levenson (born 1953), South African golfer
- Jeanine Levenson, known as Jeanine Tesori, composer of musicals
- Jon D. Levenson, Albert A List Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard University
- Joseph R. Levenson (1920–1969), US-American historian
- Mark Levenson, musical director
- Sam Levenson (1911-1980), American humorist, writer, television host and journalist
- Thomas Levenson, American science writer and academic
See also[]
- MacDunleavy (dynasty)
- Levinson
References[]
- ^ John O’Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, (Heremon Genealogies), p. 426
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Categories:
- Surnames
- Surnames of Scottish origin
- Jewish surnames
- Levite surnames
- Yiddish-language surnames