Levine

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Levine (French transliteration from Russian) / Levin (English transliteration from Russian Левин) is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname derived from the Hebrew name Levi. Levinsky is a variation with the same meaning.

People with the name Levine or LeVine include:

People

In arts and media

In film, television, and theatre

• Alice Levine (born 1986), British television and radio presenter
• Chloe Levine, American actress
• Floyd Levine, American film and television actor
• Joseph E. Levine, American film producer
• Kate Levine, American voice actor
• Ken Levine (TV personality), American television and film writer and baseball announcer
• Kristine Levine, American actress and stand-up comedian
• Naomi Levine, American actor
• Rhoda Levine (1932–2026), American opera director and choreographer
• Samm Levine (b. 1982), American television and film actor
• Ted Levine (b. 1957), American actor

In literature and journalism

• Allan Levine (born 1956), Canadian writer
• David Levine (1926–2009), American artist and illustrator
• David D. Levine (born 1961), American science fiction writer
• Gail Carson Levine (born 1947), American author of young adult books
• Irving R. Levine (1922–2009), American journalist
• Jeffrey Levine (poet), American poet, publisher, musician, and attorney
• Judith Levine (born 1952), American political writer and civil libertarian
• Ketzel Levine, American radio journalist
• Mark Levine (journalist) (born 1966), delegate in the Virginia State House of Delegates and American liberal radio host
• Mark Levine (poet) (born 1965), American poet
• Noah Levine (born 1971), writer; son of author Stephen Levine
• Norman Levine (1923–2005), Canadian short story writer
• Paul Levine (born 1948), American novelist and lawyer
• Philip Levine (poet) (1928–2015), American populist poet, professor of English and Poet Laureate of the United States
• Stephen Levine (author) (1937–2016), American poet and author
• Yasha Levine (born 1981), Russian-American journalist

In music

• Adam Levine (born 1979), American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and television personality
• Baruch Levine (born 1977), American Orthodox Jewish singer-composer
• Elliot Levine, (born 1963), American jazz pianist
• Gilbert Levine (born 1948), American conductor
• Ian Levine (born 1953), British songwriter, producer, and DJ
• James Levine (1943–2021), American orchestral conductor and pianist
• James S. Levine, American composer
• Jeffrey Levine (poet), American poet, publisher, musician, and attorney
• Joey Levine, American songwriter, music producer and performer
• Mark Levine (musician) (1938–2022), American jazz musician
• Mark LeVine, American history professor and musician
• Michael A. Levine, Los Angeles-based composer
• Mike Levine (musician), Canadian bassist and keyboardist
• Ryan Levine (musician) American musician, lead singer of band Wildling
• Stewart Levine, American record producer

In other media

• David Levine (photographer) (born 1960), British photographer
• Esther Levine (born 1970), German-born, New York-based photographer
• Herbert Levine (fashion executive), American fashion designer
• Jack Levine (1915–2010), American expressionist painter
• Janet Levine (1963–1996), American illustrator and murder victim
• Ken Levine (video game designer), American computer game designer
• Marilyn Levine (1935–2005), Canadian ceramics artist
• Philip Levine (entrepreneur), British entrepreneur, trendsetter and artist
• Sherrie Levine (b. 1947), American photographer

In business

• David Levine (executive), Canadian music and television executive
• Dennis Levine (born 1953), American stock trader sentenced for perjury and securities fraud
• Earl Levine, American computer businessman
• Leon Levine (1938–2023), American retailer
• Marne Levine (born 1971/72), American businesswoman
• Philip Levine (entrepreneur), British entrepreneur, trendsetter and artist
• Randy Levine, American president of New York Yankees

In government, law, and politics

• Adam Levine (press aide), American political adviser and former Bush administration aide
• Beryl J. Levine (1935–2022), American judge
• Daniella Levine Cava (born 1955), American lawyer, social worker and politician, Mayor of Miami-Dade County since 2020
• David Levine (politician) (1883–1972), American politician
• Eugen Leviné (1883–1919), German revolutionary leader of the Bavarian Soviet Republic
• J. Sidney Levine (died 1955), New York politician
• Jeffrey D. Levine, United States Ambassador to Estonia
• Judith Levine (born 1952), American political writer and civil libertarian
• Mark Levine (journalist) (born 1966), delegate in the Virginia State House of Delegates and American liberal radio host
• Mark D. Levine (born 1969), New York City council member
• Max S. Levine (1881–1933), American lawyer, politician and judge
• Michael E. Levine, American lawyer
• Paul Levine (born 1948), American novelist and lawyer
• Philip Levine (politician), mayor of Miami Beach, Florida

In science and academia

In biology, medicine, and psychology

• Arnold J. Levine (b. 1939), American virologist and molecular biologist
• Bruce E. Levine, American psychologist
• David F. Levine (b. 1965), American author, professor, and biomedical scientist
• Lena ("Lee") Levine (1903–1965), American psychiatrist and gynecologist
• Madeline Levine, American psychologist
• Peter G. Levine, (b. 1960) American stroke researcher and educator
• Philip Levine (physician) (1900–1987), Russian-born American immuno-hematologist; researched blood groups
• Rachel Levine (born 1957), American pediatrician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health since 2017
• Robert V. Levine (1945–2019), American psychologist
• Samuel A. Levine (1891–1966), American cardiologist
• Stephen B. Levine (b. 1942), American psychiatrist

In other academic fields

• Amy-Jill Levine, New Testament scholar
• David K. Levine (born c.1955), American economist and game theorist
• Dov Levine (born 1958), American-Israeli physicist
• Ira N. Levine (1937–2015), American chemistry professor, Brooklyn College
• Jerome Paul Levine (1937–2006), American mathematician
• Joel S. Levine (born 1942), American planetary and atmospheric scientist
• John R. Levine, American internet consultant
• Joseph Levine (philosopher), American philosopher
• Marc Levine, American mathematician
• Mark LeVine, American history professor and musician
• Phillip Levine (b. 1963), American economist
• Raphael David Levine (b. 1938), Israeli chemist
• Robert M. Levine (1941–2003), American historian
• Ross Levine (b. 1960), American economist
• Suzanne Jill Levine, American translator and academic

In sport

• Al Levine, American major league baseball relief pitcher
• Alison Levine (boccia), Canadian Paralympic boccia player
• Artie Levine, American middleweight and light heavyweight boxer
• Darren Levine, American martial artist
• David Levine (racing driver) (born 1993), American racing driver
• Jesse Levine (born 1987), US/Canadian tennis player
• Jon Levine (born 1963), American tennis player
• Nir Levine (born 1962), Israeli footballer and football manager
• Tony Levine (born 1972), American football coach

In other fields

• Samuel Levine (mobster)
• Scott Levine, computer criminal
• William P. Levine (1915–2013), United States Army major general and Holocaust speaker
• Charles A. Levine (1897–1991), first passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane

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