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

Fictional Characters

 * Trevor Lefkowitz, a character on the TV show Ghosts