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Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements ( stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', meaning "noble", and ', meaning "counsel". The i ...

, 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 Albert Lewin (September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Personal life Lewin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a master's degree at Harvard University ...

(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 Cell most often refers to: * Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life * Cellphone, a phone connected to a cellular network * Clandestine cell, a penetration-resistant form of a secret or outlawed organization * Electrochemical cell, a de ...

'' journal * Bernard Lewin (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 New Spain, colonial period, with the per ...

Blanca Lewin Blanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo (born 7 August 1974) is a Chilean actress. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known for her role as Lola Padilla in the soap opera ''Lola'' by Canal 13. She has won awards incl ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

an television and film actress *

Daniel M. Lewin Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activi ...

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

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

. *

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 (1930–2019), English amateur international footballer *

Frank Lewin Frank Lewin (March 27, 1925 – January 18, 2008) was an American composer and teacher. Biography Frank Lewin was born March 27, 1925, in Breslau, Germany. He and his family escaped from Germany in 1939, spent a year in Cuba, and came to t ...

(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 similar ...

(born 1964), British football physiotherapist * Gordon Lewin ( fr) (1921–2008), British clarinetist, saxophonist and composer * Herbert G. Lewin (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 * James Lewin (1887–1937), German physician and psychiatrist *

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, American neuroradiologist *

Josh Lewin Josh Lewin (born ) is an American sportscaster who works as a play-by-play announcer for the UCLA Bruins football and basketball teams. Early life and education Lewin was born and raised in Rochester, New York. He attended Brighton High Scho ...

, 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 psychology, social, industrial and organizational psychology, organizational, and applied psychology in the ...

(1890–1947), German psychologist *

Louis Lewin Louis Lewin (9 November 1850 - 1 December 1929) was a German pharmacologist. In 1887 he received his first sample of the Peyote, Peyote cactus from Dallas, Texas-based physician John Raleigh Briggs (1851-1907), and later published the first metho ...

, German pharmacologist *

Mark Lewin Mark Lewin (born March 16, 1937) is an American retired professional wrestler. He worked for various promotions throughout his 35-year career, including Big Time Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, and the World Wide Wrestling Fede ...

, 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 and a socialist. Biography Moshe Lewin was born in 1921 in ...

(1921–2010), historian of Russia *

Nathan Lewin Nathan Lewin (born January 31, 1936) is an American attorney who has argued many cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Early life and education Lewin was born in Łódź, Poland. His grandfather, the chief rabbi of Rzeszow, w ...

, American attorney *

Nora Lewin The American television police procedural and legal drama ''Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, ...

, fictional

District Attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer represen ...

appearing in the ''

Law & Order franchise ''Law & Order'' is a media franchise composed of a number of related American television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment. They were originally broadcast on NBC, and all of them deal with some aspect of the crim ...

'' *

Paula Lewin Paula Lewin (born 26 June 1971) is a Bermudian sailor. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially bran ...

(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 (art dealer) (1918–2004), Polish-born British art dealer and philanthropist * Roger Lewin, anthropologist and science writer * Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (1930–2004), American author, activist, and historian * Stephen 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 Lewin John Nyatanga (born 18 August 1988) is a former Wales international footballer who played as a defender. He played for Derby County, Bristol City, Sunderland, Peterborough United, Northampton Town and Barnsley in his career. He has made ...

, Welsh footballer

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