Lewicki (feminine form: Lewicka) is a Polish-language surname. The surname may have several origins. It can be a patronymic surname from a diminutive of the Polish given name ''Lew'' "Lion" or the nickname ''Lewek'' "Left-handed". It can also be derived from either of the towns called
Lewiczyn or, as a Jewish surname, from the meaning "of the
Levite
Levites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" ''Ha-' ...
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Other transliterations of the same surname include
Levitzki Levitzki or Levitsky ( ''Łevyćkyj'', ''Levickij'', , ) is a surname, which is derived from the Hebrew name Levi meaning "joined to" in Hebrew. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexander Levitzki (born 1940), Israeli biochemist
* Jacob ...
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Levitsky Levitsky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Fred Momotenko-Levitsky (born 1970), Dutch composer
* Grigory Andreevich Levitsky (1878–1942), Russian and Soviet plant cytogeneticist
* Maxym Levitsky (born 1972), Ukrainian fo ...
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Lewycky
Laverne Mitchell Lewycky (12 February 1946 – 3 August 2020) was a Canadian politician and New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a professor of sociology and communication studies, who also served as an executi ...
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Lewycka
Notable people with the surname include:
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Anatol Lewicki (1841–1899), Polish historian
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Anders Lewicki (born 1967), Swedish footballer
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Artie Lewicki
Arthur Michael Lewicki (born April 8, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Arizona Diamondbacks and in the KBO League for the SSG Landers.
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(born 1992), American baseball player
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Danny Lewicki
Daniel Vladimir Lewicki (March 12, 1931 – September 25, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1950s and ear ...
(1931–2018), Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player
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Jan Lewicki
Jan Nepomucen Lewicki (1795 — 1871) was a Polish painter, participant of the Polish November Uprising (1830-1831).
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1795 births
1871 deaths
Polish painters
November Uprising participants
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(1795-1871), Polish artist
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Karin Lewicki
Karin Lewicki is an internationally noted American writer. She started in television as Winnie Holzman's assistant on ''Once and Again'', and has a screenplay oThe Black List ''Haley Means Unplugged''.
Her credits include ''Dawson's Creek'' and ...
(born 1977), American writer
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Karolina Lewicka, Polish filmmaker and writer
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Marta Lewicka (born 1972), American professor of mathematics
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Olga Lewicka (born 1975), Polish born visual artist
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Oscar Lewicki
Carl Oscar Johan Lewicki (, ; born 14 July 1992) is a Swedish professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.
Born in Malmö, Lewicki started off his career with Malmö FF before joining F ...
(born 1992), Swedish footballer
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Pawel Lewicki (born 1953), cognitive psychologist
* Simon Lewicki, known as
Groove Terminator
Simon Jude Lewicki (born ), who performs as Groove Terminator or GT, is an Australian electronic artist. Originally a hip-hop DJ, Lewicki began spinning house music. He was featured on the 2000 Australian edition of Ministry of Sound's ''Club N ...
, Australian electronic music artist
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Tobias Lewicki (born 1993), Swedish footballer
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Polish-language surnames
Levite surnames
Surnames of Jewish origin
Yiddish-language surnames
Polish toponymic surnames