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.