Lifshitz

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

The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz, Lifschitz, Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz), Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc.

The surname may refer to:

• Rabbi Eliezer Meir Lifshitz (1879–1946), for whom the Lifshitz College of Education was named
• Evgeny Lifshitz (1915–1985), Soviet physicist
• Ilya Lifshitz (1917–1982), Soviet physicist (brother of Evgeny)
• J.D. Lifshitz (born 1992), American film director
• Miguel Lifschitz (born 1955), Argentine politician, former mayor of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe
• Mikhail Lifshitz (1905–1983), Soviet literary critic and aesthetics philosopher
• Nehama Lifschitz (1927–2017), Soviet–Israeli singer
• Ofer Lifschitz (born 1958), chairman of Brit Olam party, Israel
• Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz 1939), American fashion designer and business executive
• Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), French screenwriter and director
• Yaron Lifschitz, Australian theatre director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts