'''Levenson''' is a surname. It may be a variant of the Scottish surname Livingstone. The Livingstone are a Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy/MacNulty royals.<ref>John O’Hart, ''Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation'', 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, (Heremon Genealogies), p. 426</ref> Levenson (and Levinson, Levinsohn, etc.) may also be a Jewish surname, meaning "son of Levi" - referring to one of the twelve tribes in Israel. Levenson may refer to:
* Alan Levenson, American Jewish scholar * Arthur Levenson (1914–2007), American cryptographer who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II * Barry Levenson, American blues musician and record producer * Barton Paul Levenson (born 1960), American science fiction writer * Boris Levenson (1884–1947), Romanian composer * Bruce Levenson (born 1949), American businessman and philanthropist * Christopher Levenson (born 1934), Canadian poet * Claude B. Levenson (1938–2010), French journalist and writer * Dan Levenson (artist) (born 1972), American contemporary artist * Dan Levenson (musician) (born c. 1955), American musician and storyteller * Ellie Levenson (born 1978), British journalist * Emanuel Levenson (1916–1998), American classical musician * Fredrick Levenson (1945–2012), American author and psychoanalyst * Gavan Levenson (born 1953), South African golfer * Jeanine Levenson, known as Jeanine Tesori (born 1961), American composer of musicals * Jill Levenson, American social worker * Jon D. Levenson, American Hebrew Bible scholar * Joseph R. Levenson (1920–1969), American historian * Laurie Levenson (born 1956), American lawyer and professor * Mark Levenson, American musical director * Noah Levenson (born 1981), American computer programmer and writer * Robert Levenson (1897–1961), American lyricist * Sam Levenson (1911–1980), American humorist, writer, television host and journalist * Silvia Levenson (born 1957), Argentine glass artist and activist * Stan Levenson (1938–2016), Canadian sprinter * Steven Levenson (born 1984), American playwright and television writer * Thomas Levenson, American science writer and academic
==See also== * MacDunleavy (dynasty) * Leveson, Levison, and Levinson
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Category:Surnames of Scottish origin Category:Surnames of Jewish origin Category:Levite surnames Category:Yiddish-language surnames