Leibowitz is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barry Leibowitz (born 1945), American-Israeli basketball player * Henoch Leibowitz (c.1918–2008), head of the Rabbinical Seminary of America * Jacob Leibowitz or Jakub Lejbowicz, possible birth name of

Jacob Frank Jacob Joseph Frank ( he, יעקב פרנק; pl, Jakub Józef Frank; born Jakub Lejbowicz; 1726 – December 10, 1791) was a Polish Jews, Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbata ...

(1726–1791), leader of a Jewish messianic movement * Jon Leibowitz (born 1958), former United States Federal Trade Commission chairman *

Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He hosted ''The Daily Show'', a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015 and now hosts ''Th ...

(born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in 1962), American political satirist, formerly of ''The Daily Show'' *

Martin L. Leibowitz Martin L. Leibowitz is a financial researcher, business leader, and a managing director of Morgan Stanley. Career Before joining Morgan Stanley, Leibowitz was vice chairman and chief investment officer of TIAA-CREF from 1995 to 2004. Previously he ...

, financial researcher and business leader *

Nechama Leibowitz Nechama Leibowitz ( he, נחמה ליבוביץ׳; September 3, 1905 – April 12, 1997 ) was a noted Israeli Bible scholar and commentator who rekindled interest in Bible study. Biography Nechama Leibowitz was born to an Orthodox Jewish fami ...

(1905–1997), sometimes Nehama Leibowitz, Israeli Bible scholar *

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

(1913–1972), a French composer of Polish-Latvian origin * Ronnie Leibowitz (born 1953), Israeli bank robber, also known as "Ofnobank" *

Samuel Leibowitz Samuel Simon Leibowitz (August 14, 1893 – January 11, 1978) was a Romanian-American criminal defense attorney, famously noted for winning the vast majority of his cases, who later became a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Early ye ...

(1893–1978), New York trial lawyer * Yeshayahu Leibowitz (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 n ...

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