Löw (or Loew) is a surname of German or Yiddish origin. Another

romanization In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Latin script, Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and tra ...

of the Yiddish name לייב is

Leib Leib is a given name, and (less often) a surname usually of Jewish origin. ''Leib'' often stems from לייב (''leib''), the Yiddish word for Hebrew "heart" לב (lev, leb) and with the diminutives Leibel/Leibl and Leibele, or from the Yiddish w ...

. It may refer to:

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Benjamin Wolf Löw Benjamin Wolf Löw (1775 – 6 March 1851) was a Polish–Hungarian rabbi. He was also known as Binyamin ben Elʻazar, Benjamin Adolf Löw, and . Löw was born in Loslau (Wodzisław), Prussian Silesia. His father, Eleazar Löw, instructed hi ...

(1775–1851), a Polish-Hungarian rabbi * Franklin M. Loew (1939–2003), a veterinarian *

Frederick W. Loew Frederick William Loew (December 20, 1834 – November 7, 1909) was a French-American lawyer and judge from New York City. Life Loew was born on December 20, 1834, in Alsace, France, the son of Frederick J. and Salome Loew. He immigrated to Ameri ...

(1834–1909), French-American lawyer and judge *

Hermann Loew Friedrich Hermann Loew (19 July 1807 – 21 April 1879) was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including Fly, flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges. He described many world species and was the first s ...

(1807–1879), a German entomologist *

Immanuel Löw Immanuel Löw (January 20, 1854 in Szeged – July 19, 1944 in Budapest) was a Hungarian rabbi and scholar, botanist and politician. Life Löw was the son of Leopold Löw whom he succeeded in 1878 as rabbi of Szeged, Hungary, and whose collec ...

(1854–1944), a Hungarian rabbi, scholar and politician *

Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (10 June 1759 – 12 December 1849) was an Austrian merchant. Early life Hofmann was born on 10 June 1759 in Prostiboř (in what is today known as the Czech Republic). During the famine in Ansbach in th ...

(1759-1849), an Austrian merchant *

Jacques Loew Jacques Loew (31 August 190814 February 1999) was a French Dominican Order, Dominican friar and Priesthood in the Catholic Church, priest, who founded both the andwith René Voillaumethe School of the Faith in Fribourg, Switzerland. He is best ...

(1908–1999), a French priest and labor activist *

Joachim Löw Joachim "Jogi" Löw (; born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021. During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup i ...

(born 1960), a German former footballer and former head coach of the national football team of Germany *

Judah Loew ben Bezalel Judah Loew ben Bezalel (; 1512 – 17 September 1609), also known as Rabbi Loew ( Löw, Loewe, Löwe or Levai), the Maharal of Prague (), or simply the Maharal (the Hebrew language, Hebrew Hebrew abbreviations, acronym of "''Moreinu ha-Rav Loew'' ...

(c. 1520–1609), the "Maharal of Prague", purported creator of the

Golem of Prague A golem ( ; ) is an animated Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century ...

Maj-Lis Lööw Maj-Lis Lööw (born 13 August 1936) is a former Swedish Social Democratic Party politician who served as the minister of immigration and minister of gender equality between 1989 and 1991 in the cabinets of Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson. She wa ...

(born 1936), Swedish politician *

Marcus Loew Marcus Loew ( ; May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM). Life and career Loew was born in New York ...

, an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry *

Mattias Löw Mattias Löw (born 17 September 1970) is a Swedish film director, documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Stockholm and Motala, who specializes in social issues documentaries and documentary photography. He gives lectures and workshops o ...

(born 1970), a Swedish film director *

Michael Loew Michael Loew (May 8, 1907 — November 14, 1985) was an American abstract expressionist painter and teacher, who was active in New York City. He taught for many years at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) and University of California, Berkeley (UC ...

(1907–1985), an abstract expressionist artist *

Moritz Löw Moritz Löw, astronomer; born at Makó, Hungary, in 1841; died in Steglitz, Berlin, May 25, 1900; studied at the universities of Leipzig and Vienna, and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Budapest A university () is an instituti ...

(Lőw Móric) (1841–1900), a Hungarian-German astronomer *

Oscar Loew Oscar Loew (2 April 1844 – 26 January 1941) was a German agricultural chemist, active in Germany, the United States, and Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Biography Loew was born in Marktredwitz, Bavaria, where his father wa ...

(1844–1941), a German chemist * Peter Oliver Loew (born 1967), German historian *

Samuel Löw Samuel ben Nathan Ha-Levi Loew (Kelin or Kolin) (also "Lōw" or "Löw", ; c. 1720–1806) was a Talmudist and Halakha, Halakhist, best known for his work ''Machatzit HaShekel'' (Ashkenazi pronunciation, ''Machatzis HaShekel''). The son of Nathan ...

(1720–1806), a Czech Talmudist * Samuel Löw Brill, a Hungarian rabbi and Talmud scholar *

Stefan Löw Stefan Löw (born 28 August 1990 in Neustadt an der Waldnaab) is a German politician and member of the Alternative for Germany party and former German policeman. He has been a member of the Bavarian parliament since 2018. Life Löw worked a ...

(born 1990), German politician *

Zsolt Lőw Zsolt Lőw (born 29 April 1979) is a Hungarian professional football coach and former player who is the interim head coach of RB Leipzig. He previously served as an assistant manager at Bundesliga club Bayern Munich under Thomas Tuchel, whom h ...

(born 1979), a Hungarian footballer

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