Lowenstein (surname)

Löwenstein, Lowenstein or Loewenstein is a German- and Yiddish-language surname meaning "lion stone". A dialect form of the name is Lewenstein, which is also the original Yiddish form. Other variants are Levenstein and Levenshtein.

Notable people with the name include:

Lowenstein

 * Allard K. Lowenstein, former U.S. Representative and civil rights leader
 * Daniel H. Lowenstein (attorney) (born 1943), professor of law at UCLA Law School
 * Daniel H. Lowenstein (physician), professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco
 * Doug Lowenstein, founder and former President of the Entertainment Software Association
 * Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, Jewish American brothers who perform as Evan and Jaron
 * John Lowenstein, Major league baseball player
 * Leah Lowenstein, American nephrologist
 * Richard Lowenstein, Australian film director
 * Roger Lowenstein, American financial journalist

Löwenstein

 * Hubertus Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1906–1984), German politician and journalist
 * Rudolf Löwenstein (1819–1891), German author
 * Hans Louis Ferdinand von Löwenstein zu Löwenstein (1874–1959), German politician
 * Jakob Löwenstein (1799–1869), German rabbi and writer
 * László Löwenstein, real name of Hungarian-born actor Peter Lorre (1904-1964)
 * Lippmann Hirsch Löwenstein (1809–1848), Hebrew scholar

Loewenstein

 * Alfred Loewenstein, Belgian soldier, aviator, sportsman, and businessman
 * Antony Loewenstein, Jewish-Australian political activist and journalist
 * George Loewenstein, Professor of Economics and Psychology
 * Jason Loewenstein, American rock musician and a member of the indie-rock band Sebadoh
 * Jennifer Loewenstein, American professor and political activist
 * Karl Loewenstein, German-American professor of government and law
 * Rudolph Loewenstein (psychoanalyst), disciple of Sigmund Freud
 * Rupert Loewenstein, German-Bavarian aristocrat and the longtime financial manager of the rock band The Rolling Stones.

Fictional characters

 * Susan Lowenstein, a fictional character in the novel and film, The Prince of Tides
 * Margravine di Chiave Lowenstein, a fictional character in Thomas Pynchon's novel V.