Leibowitz is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Barry Leibowitz Barry Leibowitz (בארי לייבוביץ; born September 10, 1945) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who played point guard and shooting guard. He played college basketball at Long Island University (LIU). Chosen b ...

(born 1945),

American-Israeli Israeli Americans () are Americans who are of full or partial Israeli descent. The Israeli-American community, while predominantly Jewish, also includes various ethnic and religious minorities reflective of Israel's diverse demographics. This c ...

basketball player *

Henoch Leibowitz Alter Chanoch Henoch Hakohen Leibowitz (June 2, 1918His date of birth is uncertain, but his passport read June 2, 1918. – April 15, 2008) was an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaK ...

(c.1918–2008), head of the Rabbinical Seminary of America * Herschel Leibowitz (1925-2011), American researcher into

visual perception Visual perception is the ability to detect light and use it to form an image of the surrounding Biophysical environment, environment. Photodetection without image formation is classified as ''light sensing''. In most vertebrates, visual percept ...

* Jacob Leibowitz or Jakub Lejbowicz, possible birth name of

Jacob Frank Jacob Joseph Frank (; Yiddish: יעקבֿ פֿראַנק; ; born Jakub Lejbowicz; 1726 – 10 December 1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) ...

(1726–1791), leader of a Jewish messianic movement *

Jon Leibowitz Jonathan David Leibowitz (born June 17, 1958) is an American attorney who served under President Barack Obama as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2009 to 2013. Leibowitz was appointed to the commission in 2004, and resigned in 20 ...

(born 1958), former United States Federal Trade Commission chairman *

Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host. The long-running host of ''The Daily Show'' on Comedy Central from 1999 to 20 ...

(born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in 1962), American political satirist, formerly of ''The Daily Show'' * Martin L. Leibowitz, financial researcher and business leader * Nechama Leibowitz (1905–1997), sometimes Nehama Leibowitz, Israeli Bible scholar *

René Leibowitz René Leibowitz (; ; 17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a Polish and French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher. He was historically significant in promoting the music of the Second Viennese School in Paris after the Second Wo ...

(1913–1972), a French composer of Polish-Latvian origin * Ronnie Leibowitz (born 1953), Israeli bank robber, also known as "Ofnobank" * Samuel Leibowitz (1893–1978), New York trial lawyer *

Yeshayahu Leibowitz Yeshayahu Leibowitz (; 29 January 1903 – 18 August 1994) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a ...

(1903–1994), Israeli thinker and scientist

Fictional characters

* Isaac Edward Leibowitz, a fictional character in the novel ''

A Canticle for Leibowitz ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959. Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating ...

'' * Maya, Francis, Randall, and Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins, a fictional family in the animated series '' The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder''

Fictional characters

See also