Lifshitz

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Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz). Notable people with the surname include:

  • Evgeny Lifshitz (19151985), a Soviet physicist
  • Federico Lifschitz (born 1982), an Argentine racing driver
  • Ilya Mikhailovich Lifshitz (19171982), another Soviet physicist (brother of Evgeny)
  • Miguel Lifschitz (born 1955), an Argentine politician, former mayor of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe
  • Mikhail Lifshitz (19051983), Soviet literary critic and aesthetics philosopher
  • Ofer Lifschitz (born 1958), chairman of Brit Olam party, Israel; See also Israel legislative election, 2006
  • Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz 1939 ), an American fashion designer and business executive
  • Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), a French screenwriter and director
  • Yaron Lifschitz, Australian theatre director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts
  • Rabbi Eliezer Meir Lifshitz (18791946), for whom the Lifshitz College of Education was named
  • Chezki Lifshitz (born 1974) Head Shaliach of Chabad of Nepal and the Chief Rabbi

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