Levin (surname)

Levin (original Russian: Левин) is a surname with several word origins. It is a common Jewish name (Levine/Levin/Levi).

In the Jewish variant (a form of Levy) it is derivative of one of the 12 Jewish biblical tribes, the tribe of Levi, whose descendants the Levites had distinctive duties in the Temple period.

In the Russian variant, Levin comes from lev (лев) which means lion in Ukrainian. It can also be pronounced Lyovin (Лёвин) which is a patronymic form of Лёва.

Other variations include Lavin, Lavine, Le Neve, Levene, Levi, Levina, Levine, Levitt, Levy, Lewin, Lieven, Levins and Levinson.

People with the name "Levin" (and Russian feminine variant Levina) include:

People[]

A–I[]

A. Leo Levin (1919–2015), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Adam K. Levin, former director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and businessman in consumer credit-related businesses
Adam Levin, fiction author
Alan Levin (business), American businessmen, CFO of drug maker Pfizer
Alan Levin (filmmaker) (1926–2006), American filmmaker and journalist
Alan Levin (Internet governance), South African computer scientist and Internet activist
Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Levin (1871–1929), Russian chess player
Andy Levin (born 1960), US Democratic Representative from Michigan; son of Sander and nephew of Carl
Arnold Levin, New Yorker cartoonist
Bengt Levin (1958–2020), Swedish orienteering competitor
Benjamin Levin (born 1988), American record producer and songwriter known professionally as Benny Blanco
Bernard Levin, (1928–2004), British writer and broadcaster
Beth Levin (linguist), American linguist
Beth Levin (musician), American pianist
Bobby Levin, American bridge player
Burton Levin (1930 – 2016), American diplomat, former Ambassador to Burma
Camille Levin (born 1990), American soccer player
Carl Levin (1934–2021), US Democratic Senator from Michigan; brother of Sander Levin, cousin of Charles Levin and uncle of Andy Levin
Charles Levin (actor) (1949–2019), American actor
Charles Levin (judge) (1926–2020), American jurist; cousin of Carl and Sander Levin
Corey Levin (born 1994), American football player
Daniel Levin (attorney) (active 2004–2005), Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Justice Department
Daniel Levin (writer) (born c. 1980), American attorney and novelist
David L. Levin (born 1949), American politician from Missouri
David Levin (businessman) (born 1962), British businessman
David Levin (born 1999), Israeli ice hockey player
David Levin (singer), American singer-songwriter
David N. Levin (1948–2017), American balloonist
David P. Levin (born 1958), American producer, director, writer and editor
Diane Levin (born 1947), American author and educator
Diane Levin, American author and educator
Eyal Levin (born 1986), Israeli Olympic sailor
Ezra G. Levin, American lawyer
Fred Levin (1937–2021), American lawyer
Gabe Levin (born 1994), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Gerald M. Levin (born 1939), American businessman with Time Warner
Gilbert Levin, American engineer
Hanoch Levin (1943–1999), Israeli writer and theater director
Harold Levin, American violist, composer, and conductor
Harry Levin (1912–1994), American literary critic
Harvey Levin, TV and movie producer
Hjördis Levin (born 1930), Swedish historian and author
Ira Levin (1929–2007), American novelist, playwright and songwriter

J–Z[]

Jack Levin, professor at Northeastern University
Janice H. Levin (1913–2001), American philanthropist and art collector from New York City
Janna Levin, theoretical cosmologist
Jennifer Levin (1968–1986), murder victim in New York City's Central Park
Jill Levin (born 1961), American bridge player
Joe Levin, American lawyer
Jon Levin (born 1966), physicist
Jonathan Levin, Mexican footballer
Jonathan Levin (teacher) (1966–1997), American murder victim
Josef Lhévinne (1874–1944), Russian pianist
Kenneth Levin (born 1944), American psychiatrist and author
Leonid Levin (born 1948), Russian-born computer scientist
Lev Levin (1870–1938) Physician, born Odessa, executed during Stalin's purges
Lewis Charles Levin (1808–1860), first Jewish Representative to the U.S. Congress
Marc Levin, Jewish American filmmaker
Mark Levin (director) (born 1966), American director and screenwriter
Mark Levin (born 1957), American conservative radio host, lawyer, author, and political commentator who served in the Reagan administration
Meyer Levin (1905–1981), U.S. novelist
Michael Levin, professor of philosophy at the City University of New York
Michael Levin (biologist), professor of biology at Tufts University
Michael Graubart Levin (born 1958), American author
Mike Levin (born 1978), California Democratic politician
Murray Levin (1927–1999), political science professor at Boston University
Nathaniel Levin (1818–1903), New Zealand businessman and politician
Neil David Levin (1954–2001), former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who was killed in the September 11 attacks
Nora Levin (1916–1989), American Holocaust historian
Petra Levin, American microbiologist
Philip J. Levin (c. 1909–1971), American real estate developer and investor
Rick Levin (born 1947), American economist, president of Yale University
Rob Levin (1955–2006), founder of the freenode IRC network
Robert D. Levin (born 1947), U.S. composer and musicologist
Robert Levin (Norwegian pianist) (1912–1996), Norwegian pianist and composer
Robert Levin (writer) (born 1939), American fiction writer
Roland Levin (born 1957), Latvian photographer
Sander M. Levin (born 1931), US Democratic Representative from Michigan; brother of Carl, cousin of Charles and father of Andy
Savannah Levin (born 1995), American soccer player
Simon A. Levin, theoretical ecologist, professor of biology at Princeton University
Susan Bass Levin, New Jersey, US politician
Tatyana Levina (born 1977), Russian sprinter
Theodore Levin (1897–1970), U.S. federal jurist
Tony Levin (born 1946), U.S. bass player
Vladimir Levin, Russian mathematician and alleged criminal hacker
Walter Levin (1924–2017), German-born violinist, founder member of the LaSalle Quartet
William Levin (1845–1893), New Zealand businessman and politician
Yariv Levin Israeli MK and former minister
Yuval Levin, member of White House domestic policy staff
Zara Levina (1906–1976), Ukrainian composer

Fictional characters[]

Kevin Levin, protagonist/antagonist from the television series Ben 10"
Konstantin Levin, a protagonist in Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina
Patti Levin, character in The Leftovers
Jack Levin, a character in the racing video game series F-Zero

References[]

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