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.
See also
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