Levin

The name Levin or Levina is of non-Jewish Russian origin. However, it was adopted by many Russian Jews, especially those claiming descent from the Biblical Levites, and has been borne by many well-known people:

A – J

• Alan Levin, an American businessmen, CFO of Pfizer, Inc.
• Alan Levin, a South African internet governor
• Alan Levin (1926-2006), an American filmmaker and journalist
• Arnold Levin, a New Yorker cartoonist
• Bernard Levin (1928–2004), British writer and broadcaster
• Bernice Levin, a Soviet Union spy in America
• Burton Levin, an American diplomat, former Ambassador to Burma
• Carl Levin (b. 1934), U.S. Democratic Senator from Michigan
• Charles Leonard Levin (b. 1926), a Michigan jurist
• David Levin (b. 1962), a British businessman
• Diane Levin, an American author and educator
• Ezra G. Levin, an American lawyer
• Fred Levin (born 1937), U.S. plaintiffs' attorney in the state of Florida
• Gerald M. Levin (born 1939), U.S. businessman with Time Warner
• Gilbert Levin, an American engineer
• Hanoch Levin (1943–1999), Israeli writer and theater director
• Harold Levin, an American violist, composer, and conductor
• Harry Levin (1912–1994), U.S. literary critic
• Harvey Levin, a TV and movie producer
• Janna Levin, a theoretical cosmologist
• Ira Levin (born 1929), U.S. novelist, playwright and songwriter
• Jack Levin, a professor at Northeastern University
• Jennifer Levin (1978–1986), a murder victim in New York City's Central Park
• Joe Levin, an American lawyer
• Jonathan Levin (1966–1997), a public school teacher at the Bronx and a murder victim
• Julius "Jules" Levin, a Socialist Labor Party of America politician

K – Z

• Leonid Levin (born 1948), Russian computer scientist
• Lewis Charles Levin (1808–1860), first Jewish Representative to the U.S. Congress
• Marc Levin, a Jewish filmmaker
• Mark Levin (born 1957), U.S. conservative radio talk show host
• Meyer Levin (1905–1981), U.S. novelist
• Michael Levin, a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York
• Neil Levin, former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Noel Arnold Levin, (1930-1986), attorney and labor law expert.
• Nora Levin (1916-1989), a Holocaust historian
• Richard Charles Levin (b. 1947), an American economist, president of Yale University
• Roland Levin (born 1957), a Latvian photographer
• Robert Levin (1912–1996), Norwegian pianist and composer
• Robert D. Levin (born 1947), U.S. composer and musicologist
• Sander M. Levin (born 1931), U.S. Democratic Representative from Michigan
• Susan Bass Levin, a politician in New Jersey
• Theodore Levin (1897–1970), a U.S. federal jurist
• Tony Levin (born 1946), U.S. bass player
• Vladimir Levin, Russian mathematician and alleged criminal hacker
• Yuval Levin, a member of the White House domestic policy staff
• Zara A. Levina (1906-1976), a Ukrainian composer

Fictional characters

• Konstantin Dmitrich Levin, the protagonist in Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina

Places

• The town of Levin, New Zealand, in the southern North Island.

See also

• Levine, Lewin, Levi, Levy