Lewin is a

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are also ...

, usually originating from either of two different sources, the Old English Leofwine or a variant of the Jewish Levin. People with the name include: * Albert Lewin (1894–1968), American film director, producer, and screenwriter *

Benjamin Lewin Benjamin Lewin is a molecular biologist who founded the journal '' Cell'' and authored the textbook ''Genes.'' He is credited with building ''Cell'' into a recognized journal of cellular biology in a short period of time to rival ''Nature'' and ' ...

, founder of the '' Cell'' journal *

Bernard Lewin Bernard Lewin (September 30, 1906 – January 30, 2003) was a German-born American citizen who amassed the largest private collection of modern Mexican art in the world. Prior to his death in 2003, Lewin and his wife Edith donated more than 2,00 ...

(1906–2003), German-born American collector of

Mexican art Various types of visual arts developed in the geographical area now known as Mexico. The development of these arts roughly follows the history of Mexico, divided into the prehispanic Mesoamerican era, the colonial period, with the period after Me ...

* Blanca Lewin,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

an television and film actress *

Daniel M. Lewin Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength ...

, co-founder of Akamai Technologies, and victim of the

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. *

David Lewin David Benjamin Lewin (July 2, 1933 – May 5, 2003) was an American music theorist, music critic and composer. Called "the most original and far-ranging theorist of his generation", he did his most influential theoretical work on the development ...

(1933–2003), American music theorist and composer *

Derek Lewin Derek Lewin (18 May 1930 – 15 March 2019) was an English amateur international footballer. He spent most of his playing career with Bishop Auckland F.C. scoring for them in each of their FA Amateur Cup finals at Wembley in 1955, 1956 and 1957. ...

(1930–2019), English amateur international footballer * Frank Lewin (1925–2008), American composer and teacher *

Gary Lewin Gary Lewin (born 16 May 1964) is an English physiotherapist who has worked with football clubs Arsenal and West Ham United, and the England national team. Lewin was the head physiotherapist at Arsenal for a total of 22 years. He held a simila ...

(born 1964), British football physiotherapist *

Herbert G. Lewin Herbert G. Lewin (June 22, 1914 – March 18, 2010) was a third-party candidate Internationalist Workers Party for President of the United States in the 1988 U.S. presidential election. His running mate was Vikki Murdock from California. They wo ...

(1914-2010), American politician * Hugh Lewin (1939–2019), South African anti-apartheid activist and writer * Jack Lewin (1915-1990), New Zealand public servant and trade unionist *

John Lewin John William Lewin (1770 – 27 August 1819) was an English-born artist active in Australia from 1800. The first professional artist of the colony of New South Wales, he illustrated the earliest volumes of Australian natural history. Many of his ...

(1770–1819), English-born artist, first professional artist of the colony of New South Wales *

Jonathan S. Lewin Jonathan S. Lewin (born 1959) is an American neuroradiologist specializing in medical imaging research with an emphasis on the investigation, development, and translation of new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. He is the former execu ...

, American neuroradiologist *

Josh Lewin Josh Lewin is an American sportscaster who works as a play-by-play announcer for the UCLA Bruins football and basketball teams. Early life and career Lewin is originally from Rochester, New York, but lived outside of Boston for several years ...

, American sports commentator *

Kurt Lewin Kurt Lewin ( ; 9 September 1890 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States. During his professional career Lewin applied h ...

(1890–1947), German psychologist * Louis Lewin, German pharmacologist *

Mark Lewin Mark Lewin (born March 16, 1937) is an American retired professional wrestler. Early life Lewin was born in Buffalo, New York. He had two elder brothers, Donn and Ted, both of whom also became professional wrestlers. He attended Lafayette High ...

, American professional wrestler *

Moshe Lewin Moshe "Misha" Lewin ( ; 7 November 1921 – 14 August 2010) was a scholar of Russian and Soviet history. He was a major figure in the school of Soviet studies which emerged in the 1960s. Biography Moshe Lewin was born in 1921 in Wilno, Poland ( ...

(1921–2010), historian of Russia * Nathan Lewin, American attorney * Nora Lewin, fictional District Attorney appearing in the '' Law & Order franchise'' * Paula Lewin (born 1971), Bermudian sailor * Ralph A. Lewin (1921–2008), American biologist known as "the father of green algae genetics" *

Robert Lewin (screenwriter) Robert Lewin (May 9, 1920 – August 28, 2004) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for '' The Bold and the Brave'', and Emmy nominated for the television series ''The Paper Chase'' and ''Bar ...

(1920–2004), motion picture-TV writer-producer-director *

Robert Lewin Robert Lewin (23 December 1918 – 17 May 2004) was a Polish art dealer and philanthropist. Biography Born Boruch Lewin in Warsaw, Poland, Lewin was the son of a Polish-Jewish banker Jacob, and Yochewet. With the rise of Hitler's anti-Jewish ...

(1918–2004), Polish-born British art dealer and philanthropist *

Roger Lewin Roger Lewin (born 1944) is a British prize-winning science writer and author of 20 books. Career Lewin was a staff member of ''New Scientist'' in London for nine years. He went to Washington, D.C. to write for ''Science (journal), Science'' fo ...

, anthropologist and science writer *

Ruthe Lewin Winegarten Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (August 26, 1929 – June 14, 2004) was an American author, activist, and historian. Early life Born Ruthe Lee Lewin in Dallas on August 26, 1929, she was the daughter of Charles and Celia (Cohen) Lewin. Winegarten attende ...

(1930–2004), American author, activist, and historian *

Stephen Lewin Stephen Lewin (c. 18221913) was an English architect, artist, civil engineer and iron-founder, who was a builder of steamboats and steam locomotives. Initially he worked in Boston in Lincolnshire as a civil engineer with his father William Lewin ...

(19th century), English builder of steamboats and steam locomotives * Terence Lewin, Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy *

Walter Lewin Walter Hendrik Gustav Lewin (born January 29, 1936) is a Dutch astrophysicist and retired professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lewin earned his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1965 at the Delft University of Technol ...

, nuclear physicist * William Lewin (1747–1795), English naturalist and illustrator * Lewin Nyatanga, Welsh footballer

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