Lipschitz
Lipschitz or Lipshitz is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce.
The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz , Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz, Lipshitz, Lipshits, Lopshits, Lipschutz, Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc. It is commonly Anglicized as Lipton, and less commonly as Lipington.
The surname may refer to:People
- Daniel Lipšic, former Minister of Interior in Slovakia
- Israel Lipschitz, rabbi and biblical scholar
- Jacques Lipchitz, Cubist sculptor
- Lippy Lipshitz, South African sculptor, painter and printmaker
- Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician
- Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher, born as Imre Lipschitz
- Hal Linden, American actor, and television personality, born Harold Lipschitz
- Dr. Werner P. Lipschitz, fictional character of the Rugrats series
