Levinson is an

Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally spe ...

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

meaning "son of

Levi Levi ( ; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelites, Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron ...

". Notable people with the surname include: *

Aaron Levinson Aaron Levinson (born July 2, 1963) is a Grammy award-winning producer, musician, composer and record label owner. He has produced and released dozens of albums since starting his career with Inner City Records in 1981. Early life Levinson was b ...

(born 1963), American producer, musician, composer and record label owner * André Levinson (1887–1933), French dance journalist * Anna Levinson (1939–2015), German entomologist * Arik Levinson, American economist *

Arthur D. Levinson Arthur D. Levinson (born March 31, 1950) is an American businessman who is the chairman of Apple Inc. (2011–present) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Calico (an Alphabet Inc. venture). He is the former CEO (1995–2009) and chairman (1999� ...

(born 1950), American businessman *

Barry Levinson Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for '' Rain Man'' (1988). His other best-known works are ''Diner'' (1982), '' The Natural'' (1984 ...

(1932–1987), American film producer *

(born 1942), American film director and screenwriter * Bernard M. Levinson (born 1952), American biblical scholar * Boris Levinson (1919–2002), Russian theatre and film actor *

Dan Levinson Daniel A. Levinson (born July 8, 1965) is an American jazz clarinetist, saxophone, saxophonist, and bandleader. He is best known for his mastery of the jazz styles of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. Career Born in Los Angeles County, California, Le ...

(born 1965), American jazz musician * Dana Aliya Levinson (born 1992), American television writer, actress, and Jewish transgender advocate *

Daniel Levinson Daniel J. Levinson (May 28, 1920 – April 12, 1994), a psychologist, was one of the founders of the field of positive adult development. Levinson is most well known for his theory of stage-crisis view, however he also made major contributions ...

(1920–1994), American psychologist * Daniel R. Levinson (born 1949), American attorney and government official * David Levinson, multiple people *

Ed Levinson Edward Levinson (March 2, 1898, to December 26, 1981) was an American criminal and gambling operator. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois, then joined the underworld in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, in the 1920s and became an associate of Meyer Lan ...

(1898–1981), American criminal * Eric L. Levinson, American judge * Eugene Levinson, American double-bassist * Feodor Levinson-Lessing (1861–1939), Russian geologist *

Frank Levinson Frank H. Levinson is an American entrepreneur and investor. Levinson is best known for being co-founder (with Jerry S. Rawls) of Finisar Corporation. Levinson holds a BS in physics from Butler University, and a PhD in astronomy from the Universi ...

, American entrepreneur and investor *

Gerald Levinson Gerald Charles Levinson (born June 22, 1951 in Westport, Connecticut) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Life At university, he studied with George Crumb, Richard Wernick, and George Rochberg. After college, Levinson wen ...

(born 1951), American composer *

Harold Levinson Harold Levinson is an American psychiatrist and author, known for developing his cerebellar theory of treating dyslexia. Career in psychiatry Levinson has pursued alternative theories and treatments for dyslexia since the 1960s. In 1973 he a ...

, American dyslexia researcher *

Harry Levinson Harry Levinson (1922 – June 26, 2012) was an American psychologist and consultant in work and organizational issues.Lowman, RL (2005) Importance of diagnosis in organizational assessment: Harry Levinson's contributions. ''The Psychologist-Manager ...

(1922–2012), American psychologist *

Herb Levinson Herbert S. Levinson (October 10, 1929 – November 19, 2012) was an American television and movie actor. Levinson played a variety of character roles, often set in Baltimore, Maryland. Most notably, he played the character Dr. Lausanne in the NBC ...

(1929–2012), American actor *

Hermann Levinson Hermann Levinson (11 January 1924 in Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany – 1 November 2013) By Alfred Elbert, in: DGaaE-Nachrichten, Volume 28.1, May 2014, pages 61-64 (in German). was a German biologist and physiologist. He lived with his wife Anna ...

(1924–2013), German biologist and physiologist *

Horace Clifford Levinson Horace Clifford Levinson (30 June 1895, in Chicago – 1968, in Kennebunk, Maine) was an American mathematician, astronomer, and pioneer of operations research, introducing quantitative methods and sophisticated mathematical models into advertising ...

(1895–1968), American mathematician *

Jan Levinson Janet Levinson (formerly Levinson-Gould) is a recurring fictional character from the US television series ''The Office'', portrayed by Melora Hardin. She is the Vice President of Northeast Sales at the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin, d ...

, fictional character (''

The Office ''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as '' The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary charac ...

'') *

Jay Conrad Levinson Jay Conrad Levinson (February 10, 1933 – October 10, 2013) was an American business writer, known as author of the 1984 book ''Guerrilla Marketing''. He was born in Detroit, raised in Chicago, graduated from the University of Colorado. His stud ...

(1933–2013), American business writer * Jerrold Levinson (born 1948), American philosophy professor *

Jessica Levinson Jessica Levinson is an American law professor and political commentator. Levinson teaches at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where she lectures in the areas of constitutional law, election law and privacy torts.Loyola Law School, Faculty Pages, h ...

, American law professor * Joel Moss Levinson (born 1979/1980), American comedian *

Jonathan Levinson Jonathan Levinson is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. The character is portrayed by Danny Strong. Character development Strong described the early development of his character ...

, fictional character (''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. The concept is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film, also written by Whedon, a ...

'') * Justin Levinson (born 1985), American singer-songwriter * Leonard Levinson (1904–1974), American radio writer and author. * Mark Levinson, multiple people * Mon Levinson (1926–2014) was an American sculptor * Nan Levinson (born 1949), American writer, journalist, and teacher * Nancy Levinson, American editor and writer * Nathan Levinson (1888–1952), American sound engineer *

Norman Levinson Norman Levinson (August 11, 1912 in Lynn, Massachusetts – October 10, 1975 in Boston) was an American mathematician. Some of his major contributions were in the study of Fourier transforms, complex analysis, non-linear differential equations, ...

(1912–1975), American mathematician *

Paul Levinson Paul Levinson (born March 25, 1947) is an American media theorist, novelist, singer-songwriter, and short story writer. He currently serves as professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. His novels, sh ...

(born 1947), American author *

Peter Levinson Peter James Levinson (1 July 1934 Atlantic City, New Jersey - 21 October 2008 Malibu) was an American music publicist and biographer, particularly of jazz musicians. Education Levinson took his bachelor's at the University of Virginia, where he ...

(1934–2008), American music publicist and biographer *

Richard Levinson Richard Leighton Levinson (August 7, 1934 – March 12, 1987) was an American screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link. Life and career Levinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the Univ ...

(1934–1987), American writer and producer * Rina Levinson (1927–2021), Israeli pilot * Robert Levinson (born 1948; disappeared 2007), American

DEA The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating illicit drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domes ...

and

FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...

agent * Ronald B. Levinson (1896–1980), American philosopher *

Salmon Levinson Salmon Oliver Levinson (December 29, 1865 – February 2, 1941) was a practicing attorney who specialized in industrial organizations and corporate law. He was active in the peace movement in the 1920s and was responsible for drafting the Kellogg ...

(1865–1941), Attorney active in the Peace Movement in early 1900's *

Sam Levinson Samuel Levinson (born January 8, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is the son of director Barry Levinson. In 2010, he received his first writing credit as a co-writer for the action comedy film '' Operation: Endgame''. The following y ...

(born 1985), American actor * Sandra Levinson, American executive director and curator *

Sanford Levinson Sanford Victor Levinson (born June 17, 1941) is an American legal scholar known for his writings on constitutional law. A professor at the University of Texas Law School, Levinson is notable for his criticism of the United States Constitution as ...

(born 1941), American law professor * Sara Levinson (born 1950), American entrepreneur and former executive * Shimon Levinson (born 1933), Israeli intelligence officer and spy *

Stephen C. Levinson Stephen C. Levinson FBA (born 6 December 1947)LEVINSON, Prof. Stephen Curtis< ...

(born 1947), British linguist * Stephen E. Levinson (born 1944), American engineer * Steven H. Levinson (born 1946), American judge *

Tamara Levinson Tamara Levinson (born November 17, 1976, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a dance choreographer and retired American rhythmic gymnast. She competed for the United States of America in the individual rhythmic gymnastics all-around competition at th ...

(born 1976), American dance choreographer and retired rhythmic gymnast * Tim Levinson, Australian rapper * Wendy Levinson, Canadian physician and academic The variants Levinsohn and Lewinsohn may refer to the following notable people: *

Isaac Baer Levinsohn Isaac Baer Levinsohn (; October 13, 1788 – February 13, 1860), also known as the Ribal (), was a Jewish scholar of Hebrew, a satirist, a writer and Haskalah leader. He has been called "the Moses Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn of Russia." In his ''Be ...

(1788–1860), Ukrainian-Hebrew scholar and writer * Joshua Lewinsohn (1833–?), Russian teacher and writer * Ross Levinsohn (born 1962/1963), American media executive

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