Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of
Głubczyce
Głubczyce ( cs, Hlubčice or sparsely ''Glubčice'', german: Leobschütz, Silesian German: ''Lischwitz'') is a town in Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of Głubczyce C ...
(German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , ,
Lifshits 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, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschutz (L ...
,
Lifshuts 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, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschut ...
,
Lefschetz
Solomon Lefschetz (russian: Соломо́н Ле́фшец; 3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear o ...
;
Lipschitz (
Lipshitz 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 (Lipsc ...
),
Lipshits 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, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschutz ...
, Lipchitz,
Lipschutz 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 ...
(
Lipschütz),
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 (Lipsc ...
;
Libschitz 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, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschutz (L ...
;
Livshits;
Lifszyc,
Lipszyc.
The surname may refer to:
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Asaf Lifshitz
Asaf Lifshitz ( he, אסף ליפשיץ; born 1942) is an Israeli sculptor. Many of his statues decorate different central places all over Israel, from Metula in the north to Beersheba, Beer Sheva in the south.
Early life
Lifshitz was born in 1 ...
(* 1942), Israeli sculptor
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Chava Lifshitz (1936–2005), Austrian-Israeli chemist
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Dovid Lifshitz
Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993) was a distinguished Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for almost fifty years. He was appointed upon the invitation of Rabbi Samuel Belkin in 1944. He was also known as the "S ...
(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 Jewi ...
was named
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Evgeny Lifshitz
Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Ли́фшиц; February 21, 1915, Kharkiv, Russian Empire – October 29, 1985, Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a leading Soviet physicist and brother of the physicist ...
(1915–1985), Soviet physicist
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Ilya Lifshitz
Ilya Mikhailovich Lifshitz (russian: Илья́ Миха́йлович Ли́фшиц; 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 phys ...
(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 who was Governor of Santa Fe Province from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, he was '' intendente'' (mayor) of Rosario, ...
(1955–2021), Argentine politician, former mayor of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe
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Mikhail Lifshitz
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Lifshitz (russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Ли́фшиц; 23 July 1905 in Melitopol (Taurida Governorate, now Zaporizhzhia Oblast of Ukraine) – 20 September 1983 in Moscow) was a Soviet Marxian litera ...
(1905–1983), Soviet literary critic and aesthetics philosopher
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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 (born Ralph ''Lifshitz'' 1939), American fashion designer and business executive
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Sébastien Lifshitz
Sébastien Lifshitz (born 21 January 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 Universit ...
(born 1968), French screenwriter and director
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Vladimir Lifschitz
Vladimir Lifschitz (born 30 May 1947) is the Gottesman Family Centennial Professor in Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He received a degree in mathematics from the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in Russia in 1971 and emigra ...
(born 1947), Soviet-American computer scientist
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Yaron Lifschitz, Australian theatre director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts
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Jewish surnames