Lefkowitz

"Lefkowitz", also written as "Levkowitz" or "Lewkowicz", is a surname of German-Jewish & Polish-Jewish origin, meaning "son of Levko".

Notable people with the surname Lefkowitz include:

• Abraham Lefkowitz (1884–1976), Hungarian-born American labor union leader and teacher
• Bernard Lefkowitz, author, sociologist, and professor of journalism
• Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, American jazz saxophonist
• David Lefkowitz (1875–1955), American rabbi in Texas
• Glyph Lefkowitz, American open-source software programmer
• Hank Lefkowitz (1923–2007), American professional basketball player
• Irving Lefkowitz (1921–2015), American control engineer, professor
• Jay Lefkowitz (born 1962), American lawyer and Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea
• Joseph Lefkowitz (1892–1983), later known as Joseph Leftwich, British critic and translator of Yiddish literature into English
• Louis J. Lefkowitz (1904–1996), American lawyer and politician in New York
• Mary Lefkowitz, professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts
• Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (1913–2011), Russian Empire-born Israeli rabbi, and one of the heads of the Ponevezh yeshiva
• Nat Lefkowitz (1898–1983), American talent agency executive who served as co-chairman of the William Morris Agency
• Robert Lefkowitz, American physician, biochemist, and professor at Duke University
• Rochelle Lefkowitz, American businessperson, president and founder of Pro-Media Communications
• Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, history professor at Smith College
• Rochelle Lefkowitz, President of Pro-Media Communications
• Glyph Lefkowitz, American open-source software programmer and creator of the Twisted (software) network programming framework
• Zalman King Lefkowitz (1924–2012), American film director, writer, actor and producer