Lewis (surname)
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Lewis is a surname
in the English
language. It has several independent origins.
One of origins of the surname, in England and Wales, is from the Norman personal name
Lowis, Lodovicus. This name is composed of the Germanic
elements hlod and wig, meaning "fame" and "war". The name developed into the Old French
Clovis, Clouis, Louis; as well as into the German
Ludwig
. The name Lowis spread to England through the Normans
. Lewis has since become confused with other unrelated names. One such name is Llywelyn
in Welsh
which has been Anglicised into Lewis, with among the earliest examples being the Lewis family of Glamorgan
in the 1540s. Another is the Gaelic surname Mac Lughaidh, meaning "son of Lughaidh", which has also been Anglicised as Lewis. The surname Lewis is also an Americanization
of several like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as "Levi
."
Lewis is the 23rd-most common surname in the United Kingdom.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
in the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
language. It has several independent origins.
One of origins of the surname, in England and Wales, is from the Norman personal name
Personal name
A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...
Lowis, Lodovicus. This name is composed of the Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
elements hlod and wig, meaning "fame" and "war". The name developed into the Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
Clovis, Clouis, Louis; as well as into the German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Ludwig
Ludwig (given name)
Ludwig is an Old High German given name. Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the Germanic name Hludwig, composed of Hlud/Hluth meaning "famous", and Wig meaning "warrior"...
. The name Lowis spread to England through the Normans
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
. Lewis has since become confused with other unrelated names. One such name is Llywelyn
Llewellyn (name)
Llywelyn is a Welsh personal name, which has also become a family name most commonly spelt as Llewellyn. The name has many variations and derivations, mainly as a result of the difficulty in representing the sound of the initial double ll for non Welsh speakers, described by T.J. Morgan and Prys...
in Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
which has been Anglicised into Lewis, with among the earliest examples being the Lewis family of Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
in the 1540s. Another is the Gaelic surname Mac Lughaidh, meaning "son of Lughaidh", which has also been Anglicised as Lewis. The surname Lewis is also an Americanization
Americanization
Americanization is the influence of the United States on the popular culture, technology, business practices, or political techniques of other countries. The term has been used since at least 1907. Inside the U.S...
of several like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as "Levi
Levi
Levi/Levy was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi ; however Peake's commentary suggests this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
."
Lewis is the 23rd-most common surname in the United Kingdom.
Music
- Aaron LewisAaron LewisAaron Lewis, , is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of the rock group Staind, with whom he has released seven studio albums. He has since ventured into country music with his debut solo album, Town Line...
, American singer - Andrew LewisAndrew Lewis (composer)Andrew Lewis is a British composer known mainly for his acousmatic music, that is, electroacoustic music heard only over loudspeakers, though he also composes some chamber and orchestral music....
, English composer of acousmatic music - Andy Lewis, Australian musician
- Ann LewisAnn LewisAnn Lewis is an American political advisor who was Senior Advisor for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. She has served as the Director of Communications for HillPAC and Friends of Hillary 2005-2007 and from 1997–2000 as Director of Communications and then Counselor to Bill Clinton.Lewis is...
, Japanese singer - Barbara LewisBarbara LewisBarbara Lewis , is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues.-Career:Lewis was born in Salem, near Ann Arbor, Michigan...
, American singer - Blake LewisBlake LewisBlake Colin Lewis is an American singer-songwriter and beatboxer who was the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol. His major label debut album A.D.D. was released on December 4, 2007 through 19 Recordings/Arista Records. On October 30, 2007, his first single "Break Anotha" was released....
(born 1981), Season six American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment... - Bob LewisBob Lewis (musician)Robert Curtis Lewis was a founding member of the New Wave band Devo...
, musician - Bobby LewisBobby LewisBobby Lewis is an African American rock and roll and R&B singer.-Biography:Lewis learned to play the piano by age six. Adopted at age twelve, he moved to a home in Detroit, Michigan...
, American singer - C. J. Lewis, British reggae singer
- Donna LewisDonna LewisDonna Lewis is a Welsh singer-songwriter and record producer, best known for the 1996 pop hit single "I Love You Always Forever", and the adult contemporary chart-topper "At the Beginning" with Richard Marx. After releasing her second LP Blue Planet, Lewis left Atlantic Records and independently...
, Welsh singer-songwriter - Edward LewisEdward Lewis (Decca)Sir Edward Roberts Lewis was an English businessman, best known for leading the Decca recording and technology group for five decades from 1929. He built the company up from nothing to one of the major record labels of the world.A financier by profession, Lewis was professionally engaged by the...
(d. 1980), founder of Decca RecordsDecca RecordsDecca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades.... - Edythe LewisEdythe LewisEdythe "Delilah" Lewis was the first black, female disc jockey in Dayton, Ohio, United States, in the 1950s. In 2001, her husband Lloyd Lewis Jr., a member of the Dayton City Commission, died, and she was elected in a special election to fill out the remaining months of his term, defeating...
, American DJ and politician - Furry LewisFurry LewisFurry Lewis was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. Lewis was one of the first of the old-time blues musicians of the 1920s to be brought out of retirement, and given a new lease of recording life, by the folk blues revival of the 1960s.-Life and...
, American blues guitarist - Gary LewisGary Lewis (musician)Gary Lewis is an American musician who was the eponymous leader of Gary Lewis & the Playboys.-Early life:Gary Lewis is the son of comedian and actor Jerry Lewis...
(born 1946), American musician - George LewisGeorge Lewis (clarinetist)George Lewis was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his greatest fame and influence in the later decades of his life.-Ancestry:...
(1900 - 1968), New Orleans jazz musician - George LewisGeorge Lewis (trombonist)George E. Lewis is a trombone player, composer, and scholar in the fields of jazz and experimental music. He has been a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians since 1971, and is a pioneer of computer music.- Biography :Lewis graduated from Yale University with a...
(born 1952), jazz trombone player and composer - Glenn LewisGlenn LewisGlenn Lewis is a Canadian R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter. Originally planning to pursue a career in animation as a teenager, Lewis instead decided to focus on music. His father was a member of the musical group Crack of Dawn...
, Canadian singer - Herbie LewisHerbie LewisHerbie Lewis was an American hard bop double bassist.He played or recorded with many prominent jazz musicians, including Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, and McCoy Tyner.Herbie recorded his last CD Just a Lucky So...
, American jazz bassist - Huey LewisHuey LewisHuey Lewis is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor.Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs...
, American musician and singer - Jayce LewisJayce LewisJayce Lewis is a Welsh solo artist from Bridgend. He was a respected guitarist and drummer before embarking on a solo career.-Musicianship:...
, Welsh Musician/Solo Artist - Jeannie LewisJeannie LewisJeannie Lewis is an Australian musician and stage performer whose work covers many different styles such as folk, jazz, Latin, blues, opera, rock, fusion. Her music often includes a strong social consciousness and she is capable of making very strong political statements in her work.-Early...
, Australian musician - Jeffrey LewisJeffrey LewisJeffrey Lewis is an American singer/songwriter and comic book artist.-Early life:Lewis attended State University of New York at Purchase and graduated in 1997 with a degree in Literature...
American singer/songwriter - Jerry Lee LewisJerry Lee LewisJerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
, American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist - Jenny LewisJenny LewisJennifer Diane Lewis , is an American singer-songwriter musician and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released two solo albums. She currently performs as part of the duo Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice...
, American singer - John LewisJohn Lewis (pianist)John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.- Early life:...
, the jazz pianist - Jona LewieJona LewieJona Lewie is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Career:Jona Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and by 1968 had become a blues & boogie singer and piano player...
, English singer - Jon Peter LewisJon Peter LewisJon Peter Lewis is an American singer and songwriter, and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol...
, American singer - Josh LewisJosh LewisFor the character from the soap opera Guiding Light, see Joshua LewisJosh Lewis For the character from the soap opera Guiding Light, see Joshua LewisJosh Lewis For the character from the soap opera Guiding Light, see Joshua LewisJosh Lewis (born 5 October 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales is a well...
, American guitarist - Laurie LewisLaurie LewisLaurie Lewis , is an American bluegrass musician.- History :Lewis fell in love with American folk music as a teenager, at the sunset of the 1960s folk revival. She says of the Berkeley Folk Festivals where she first caught the folk bug:"Oh, it was so exciting...
, American bluegrass musician - Leona LewisLeona LewisLeona Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis first came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor....
(born 1985), English singer - Linda LewisLinda LewisLinda Lewis is an English vocalist, songwriter and Guitarist. Lewis is the oldest of six children two of whom also had singing careers...
, British singer - Linda Gail LewisLinda Gail LewisLinda Gail Lewis is an American singer and pianist. She is the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis.She plays piano and has recorded with Stephen Ackles, Van Morrison, and with her brother. She also has recorded with her two daughtersMaryJean Ferguson, and Annie Marie Dolan in a group called The Lewis 3...
, American musician - Meade Lux LewisMeade Lux LewisMeade Lux Lewis was a American pianist and composer, noted for his work in the boogie-woogie style. His best known work, "Honky Tonk Train Blues", has been recorded in various contexts, often in a big band arrangement...
, American pianist and composer - Mel LewisMel LewisMel Lewis was an American drummer, jazz musician and band leader. He was born Melvin Sokoloff in Buffalo, New York to Russian immigrant parents....
, American jazz drummer - Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist for LostprophetsLostprophetsLostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...
- Monica Lewis, American singer and actress
- Morgan LewisMorgan Lewis (songwriter)Morgan 'Buddy' Lewis was a writer of jazz songs, some of which were also recorded in the pop music genre.-External links:...
, songwriter - Noah LewisNoah LewisNoah Lewis was an American jug band and country blues musician, generally known for playing the harmonica.-Life and career:...
, American jug band musician - Oliver LewisOliver Lewis (violinist)Oliver Lewis is a British violinist and founding member of the electronic music group Deviations Project. He is best known as one of the 'world's fastest violinists', having broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest performance of the Flight of the Bumblebee...
, British violinist - Olivia LewisOlivia LewisFor the comic book character, see Menagerie.Olivia Lewis, born 18 October 1978, is a singer from Qormi, Malta. She has competed 11 consecutive times in the Malta Song For Europe festival, which selects the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest...
, Maltese singer - Paul LewisPaul Lewis (composer)Paul Lewis is a British composer who was born in Brighton, England. Lewis began composing for television at age 20 and is best known today for his television music...
, English light music composer - Peter Scott LewisPeter Scott LewisPeter Scott Lewis is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His works have been commissioned and/or performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic; Chamber Symphony of Princeton; Berkeley Symphony; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Alexander, Orion, and Ciompi String Quartets;...
, American composer - Phil LewisPhil LewisPhil Lewis is an English vocalist for the American glam metal band named L.A. Guns, He was born on January 9, 1957 in London, England.Prior to joining L.A. Guns Lewis also worked with Girl , New Torpedos, and Tormé. While temporarily out of L.A...
, English-American singer - Ray Lewis, a singer for The Drifters
- Richard LewisRichard Lewis (tenor)Richard Lewis CBE was a Welsh tenor.Born Thomas Thomas in Manchester to Welsh parents, Lewis began his career as a boy soprano and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music from 1939 to 1941...
, English tenor - Shaznay LewisShaznay LewisShaznay Lewis is a British female singer-songwriter and a former member of All Saints.-Biography:...
, English singer-songwriter - Smiley LewisSmiley LewisSmiley Lewis was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. The journalist, Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "Lewis was the unluckiest man in New Orleans...
, musician - Steve LewisSteve Lewis (musician)Steve Lewis was a jazz pianist and composer.Lewis was born in New Orleans. He was influenced by the piano stylings of Tony Jackson and Jelly Roll Morton, and became the premier pianist in Storyville after those two older musicians left town. When the District was closed down in 1917 he went on...
, American jazz pianist - Ted LewisTed Lewis (musician)Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis , was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and schmaltzy sentimentality that was a hit with the American public. He was known by the moniker "Mr...
(1890-1971), American band leader - Terry LewisJimmy Jam and Terry LewisJames Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B and pop-music songwriting and record production team...
, R&B writer and producer - Thomas Christopher Lewis (1833-1915}, leading British organPipe organThe pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...
builder. - Tom LewisTom Lewis (songwriter)Tom Lewis is a British singer and writer of nautical songs.-Biography:Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and grew up in Gloucester, England...
, Canadian folksinger/songwriter - Yvonne John LewisYvonne John LewisYvonne John Lewis is a female lead and backing singer from England.Known for her immense musical and vocal range, her sound reminds listeners of Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins...
, English singer - Terence LewisTerence LewisTerence Lewis, known as Terry Lewis, is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Mount Carmel School, Salford and did his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming a Personnel Officer. He was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Worsley, Greater Manchester...
, choreographer and art director
Television and film
- Al Lewis, American actor
- Andrea LewisAndrea LewisAndrea Desiree Lewis is a Canadian-born actress and singer best known for her portrayal of Hazel Aden on the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Television and Film:...
(born 1985), Canadian actress - Avi LewisAvi LewisAvram David "Avi" Lewis is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, host of the Al Jazeera English show , and former host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation current-affairs program On the Map.-Family:...
, Canadian television journalist and documentary filmmaker - Charlotte LewisCharlotte LewisCharlotte Lewis is an English actress.-Career:Charlotte Lewis made her film debut as a teenager in the 1986 Roman Polanski film Pirates. She followed it that same year with the female lead in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy. Later appearances include the film Tripwire and Storyville...
, English actress - Damian LewisDamian LewisLewis was born in St John's Wood, London, the son of Charlotte Mary and J. Watcyn Lewis, a City broker. His paternal grandparents were Welsh. His maternal grandfather was Lord Mayor of London Ian Frank Bowater and his maternal grandmother's ancestors include Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of...
, English actor - Dan LewisDan Lewis (newsreader)Dan Lewis is a long-time news presenter and reporter for KOMO-TV, in Seattle, Washington.He came to KOMO-TV in 1987 after working at television station WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., replacing retiring news anchor Jim Harriott. Before that, he had worked at WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
, Seattle-based Newsreader - Daniel Day-LewisDaniel Day-LewisDaniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor with both British and Irish citizenship. His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot and Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe Awards for the latter...
, English actor - David LewisDavid Lewis (actor)David Lewis was an American actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is best known for playing Edward Quartermaine from 1978 to 1993 on the American soap opera General Hospital....
, American actor - Dawnn LewisDawnn LewisDawnn Lewis is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her roles on sitcoms such as A Different World and in the first season of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.-Career:...
, American actress - Diana LewisDiana LewisDiana "Mousie" Lewis was an American film actress and a MGM contract star.Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Lewis began her film career in All the King's Horses and worked steadily over the next few years, usually in minor roles...
, American Actress - Emmanuel LewisEmmanuel LewisEmmanuel Lewis is an American actor, best known for playing the title character in the 1980s television sitcom Webster. He is tall. Lewis graduated from Midwood High School in 1989 and then Clark Atlanta University in 1997...
, American actor - Forrest LewisForrest Lewis-Career:In the mid-1950s, Lewis appeared briefly as a deputy in the syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise, starring John Bromfield. He also guest starred with Maudie Prickett in the episode "Brief Glory" of the syndicated western series 26 Men...
, American actor - Gary LewisGary Lewis (actor)Gary Lewis is a Scottish actor. He has had parts in Billy Elliot, Gangs of New York, Eragon and Three and Out, as well as a major role in the television docudrama, Supervolcano.-Early life:...
Scottish actor - Geoffrey Lewis, American actor
- George LewisGeorge Lewis (journalist)George Lewis is an American television journalist for NBC News. His stories have appeared on NBC Nightly News.Lewis joined NBC in December 1969 as a war correspondent covering the Vietnam War. He also covered the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979-1981, the 1989 Tiananmen Square revolt in China, and...
, broadcast journalist at NBC News - Harry Lewis, actor
- Herschell Gordon LewisHerschell Gordon LewisHerschell Gordon Lewis is an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter film" subgenre of horror...
, American film director - Howard Lew LewisHoward Lew LewisHoward Lew Lewis is an English comedian and actor, best known for his roles in comedy series including Maid Marian and her Merry Men and Brush Strokes.-Biography:Lewis' grandmother Dame Ethel Gomer-Lewis was an opera singer...
, English actor and comedian - Ida Lewis, Canadian actress
- Jason Lewis, American actor
- Jassie Lewis, American model and actress
- Jerry LewisJerry LewisJerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
, American comic actor and director - Jenifer LewisJenifer LewisJenifer Jeanette Lewis is an American film and television actress and singer.-Early life:Lewis was born in Kinloch, Missouri, to a nurse's aid mother and a factory worker father. She attended college at Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri...
, American actress - Jenna LewisJenna LewisJenna Lewis was a contestant on Survivor: Borneo , finishing eighth, and Survivor: All-Stars , finishing third. She later gained further fame for her 2004 sex tape which circulated on the Internet....
, American contestant on Survivor: Pulau Tiga - Johnny LewisJohnny LewisJonathan Kendrick "Johnny" Lewis , also credited as Johnny K. Lewis, is an American actor.-Life and career:Lewis began making television appearances while in his late teens with guest starring roles in American Dreams , Boston Public , and The Guardian , among others...
, American actor - Joseph LewisJoseph H. LewisJoseph H. Lewis was an American B-movie film director whose stylish flourishes came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement in 1966...
, American film director - Judy LewisJudy LewisJudy Lewis was an American actress, writer, producer, and therapist, and the secret biological daughter of actor Clark Gable and actress Loretta Young.-History:...
, American actress - Juliette LewisJuliette LewisJuliette Lewis is an American actress and musician. She gained international fame for her role in the 1991 thriller Cape Fear for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress...
, American actress - Martin Lewis, English humorist/producer/writer/TV host
- Martyn LewisMartyn Lewis (journalist)Martyn Lewis CBE is a British television news presenter and journalist.-Early life:Lewis was born in Swansea, West Glamorgan, though was educated at the co-educational Dalriada School in Northern Ireland and graduated with a BA degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He then joined BBC Northern...
, British newsreader - Mary Jane Lewis, American actress
- Matthew Lewis, English actor
- Phill LewisPhill LewisPhill Lewis is an American film and television actor,director and comedian, often seen in comedic roles. He is best known for his role as Mr. Moseby on Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck. He also played T.C...
, American actor - Richard LewisRichard Lewis (comedian)-Early life:Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York City and was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His father worked as a caterer and his mother was an actress. Lewis is Jewish. He later attended Ohio State University and was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity....
, American comedian and actor - Richard LewisRichard J. LewisRichard J. Lewis is a television and film director born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.From 2002 to 2009, Lewis worked on the CBS television crime`drama series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as writer, director and co-executive producer....
, TV and film director - Robert Lewis, American actor
- Robert LewisRobert Q. LewisRobert Q. Lewis was an American radio and television personality, game show host, and actor. Lewis added the middle initial "Q." to his name accidentally on the air in 1942, when he responded to a reference to radio comedian F. Chase Taylor's character, Colonel Lemuel Q...
, American actor and game show host - Sharon LewisSharon LewisFor the voice actress, go to Sharon Lewis Sharon Lewis is a Canadian television personality from Toronto. She studied political science at the University of Toronto. She was an actress and author before being the host of counterSpin on CBC Television in 2001, and then hosted ZeD, also for the...
, Canadian television personality - Stephen LewisStephen Lewis (actor)Stephen Lewis is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in the LWT Sitcom On the Buses, Clem "Smiler" Hemmingway in the longest running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine and Harry Lambert in BBC Television's Oh, Doctor Beeching!.-Career:Lewis began his...
, English actor - Tamasin Day-LewisTamasin Day-LewisLydia Tamasin Day-Lewis, better known as Tamasin Day-Lewis, is an English television chef, daughter of the poet Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, and sister of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis.-Biography:...
, English television chef - Ted LewisTed Lewis (voice actor)Ted Lewis is an American voice actor who does work for 4kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post. Primarily, he is involved with anime dub voice work...
, voice actor - Vicki LewisVicki LewisVicki Lewis is an American film, stage, television and voice actress best known for her role as Beth in the NBC sitcom NewsRadio.-Personal life:...
, American actress - Victor Lewis-SmithVictor Lewis-SmithVictor Lewis-Smith is a British satirist, producer, critic and prankster. He is known for his sarcasm and biting criticism.-Radio and recordings:...
, British TV critic and humorist - Terence LewisTerence LewisTerence Lewis, known as Terry Lewis, is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Mount Carmel School, Salford and did his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming a Personnel Officer. He was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Worsley, Greater Manchester...
, Indian films choreographer and art director
Sports
- Adrian LewisAdrian LewisAdrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...
, English darts player - Alan LewisAlan LewisDavid Alan Lewis is an Irish former cricketer and current Rugby Union referee. His father Ian also played cricket for Ireland...
, Irish cricketer and rugby referee - Ashton LewisAshton LewisAshton Lewis,Jr. was a NASCAR driver. He was educated at the Sears Point Raceway road racing school as well as obtaining a degree in mechanical engineering from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia....
, American driver - Bernie LewisBernie LewisBernard "Bernie" Lewis is a former Welsh professional footballer.Lewis was working as an apprentice mechanic before joining Cardiff City as a part-time professional, making his debut in a 2-1 defeat to Rotherham United in January 1964 as a right winger, although he would switch to the left soon...
, Welsh footballer - Bill LewisBill Lewis (football)-External links:*...
, American football coach - Billy LewisBilly Lewis (footballer)Billy Lewis was a Welsh international footballer in the late 19th Century who played as a centre forward.He played for Bangor City before joining Everton for a brief period in the first ever season of The Football League, making 3 league appearances with the Toffees in September 1888...
(1864-1935), Welsh international footballer - Robert Lewis, Thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Brad Alan LewisBrad Alan LewisBrad Alan Lewis is an Olympic Games gold medalist. He and his rowing partner Paul Enquist won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. They were the first American rowing crew to win a gold medal since 1964. Lewis wrote the book Assault on Lake Casitas about his...
, American rower - Brian Lewis, American athlete
- Bryn LewisBryn LewisMajor Brinley 'Bryn' Lewis was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and Cambridge University. He is one of twelve Welsh internationals to have died in active duty during World War I....
, Wales international rugby player - Carl LewisCarl LewisFrederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...
, American athlete - Chad LewisChad LewisChad Wayne Lewis is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams.-Early life:...
, American football player - Charles LewisCharles Lewis (footballer)Charles Henry Lewis was an English footballer.Born in Plumstead, London, Lewis played for Eltham and then Maidstone United as a youth, before signing for Woolwich Arsenal in May 1907. A versatile forward, he was used by Arsenal in every attacking position, including striker and a winger...
, English football player - Chris LewisChris Lewis (tennis player)Chris Lewis , is a former professional tennis player who was 1983 Wimbledon finalist as an unseeded player.A world no. 1 junior player in 1975, the 5'11, 155 lbs. Lewis won 3 career singles titles with a career high ranking of World No. 19. His career singles tour record was 242 wins against...
, New Zealand tennis player - Chris Lewis, aboriginal Australian rules footballer with the West Coast EaglesWest Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
- Chris LewisChris Lewis (cricketer)Chris Lewis is an English cricketer, who played for Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Leicestershire in the 1990s. He played in thirty two Tests and fifty three ODIs for England from 1990 to 1998.Lewis was regarded as an aggressive lower-order batsman, fine fast-medium bowler and an able all-round fielder...
, England international and county cricketer - Colby LewisColby LewisColby Preston Lewis is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers.Lewis was originally a first-round draft choice of the Texas Rangers in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, and made his major league debut in...
, baseball player - D. D. Lewis, (born 1945) retired American football player
- D. D. Lewis, (born 1979) active American football player
- Dai LewisDai LewisDavid 'Dai' Henry Lewis was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(1866-1943), Wales international rugby player - Dale LewisDale LewisDale Lewis is an Australian rules footballer from Swan Hill, Victoria. His preferred position is mid-fielder. He made his debut in 1990, and retired in 2001.Lewis played his entire professional AFL career with the Sydney Swans....
, Australian Rules footballer - Dan LewisDan Lewis (footballer)Daniel "Dan" Lewis was a Welsh football goalkeeper, who is most notable for his time playing for Arsenal. He kept goal for Arsenal in the 1927 FA Cup Final where a mistake by him saw Cardiff City win the cup.-Playing career:...
, Welsh football player - Daniel LewisDaniel Lewis (volleyball)Daniel Lewis is a male volleyball player from Canada, who competed for the Men's National Team. He was a member of the national squad who ended up in seventh place at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Lewis has played in over 50 international matches...
, Canadian volleyball player - Darren LewisDarren LewisDarren Joel Lewis is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Oakland Athletics , San Francisco Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago White Sox , Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox ; he played his final season in 2002 with the Chicago Cubs...
, American baseball player - Darryll LewisDarryll LewisDarryll Lamont Lewis is an American retired NFL player, who played as corner back.After going to high school at Nogales High School in La Puente, California, he graduated in 1991 from the University of Arizona and was then drafted by the Houston Oilers in the second round of that years NFL Draft...
, American football player - Dave LewisDave Lewis (American football player)David Rodney Lewis is a retired National Football League linebacker.-High school career:Prior to that he played at San Diego City College and Abraham Lincoln High School where Marcus Allen, Akili Smith and Terrell Davis have since played.-College career:Lewis played college football at the...
, retired National Football League linebacker - Dave LewisDave Lewis (hockey)David Rodney Lewis is a former National Hockey League defenceman and coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Carolina Hurricanes and head coach of the Ukraine men's national ice hockey team...
, Canadian hockey coach - Denise LewisDenise LewisDenise Lewis OBE is a retired British athlete who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.-2000 Olympics:...
, British heptathlete - Desmond LewisDesmond LewisDesmond Michael Lewis is a former West Indian cricketer who played in three Tests in 1971.-References:*...
, Jamaican cricketer - Duffy LewisDuffy LewisGeorge Edward "Duffy" Lewis , born in San Francisco, California, was a left fielder and left-handed batter who played Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees and Washington Senators...
, American baseball player - Ed LewisEd Lewis (wrestler)Robert Herman Julius Friedrich , was a professional wrestler best known by his ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, whose career spanned four decades.-Wrestling career:...
, American wrestler - Eddie Lewis, American football (soccer) player
- Eddie LewisEddie Lewis (English footballer)Edward "Eddie" Lewis was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward and later as a full-back. Born in Manchester, he played for Goslings before joining the now-famous Manchester United Junior Athletic Club...
, English football (soccer) player - Edward John LewisEdward John LewisEdward John Lewis was a Welsh medical doctor and international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Llandovery College and international rugby for Wales...
, Wales international rugby union player - Eldece Clarke-LewisEldece Clarke-LewisEldece Clarke-Lewis is a Bahamian sprints athlete. She was a part of the Bahamian team that won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics 4 x 100 metres relay.-External reference:*...
, Bahamian runner - Fred LewisFred LewisFrederick Deshaun Lewis is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He made his debut on September 1, , with the San Francisco Giants. He is the cousin of former major league outfielder Matt Lawton. Lewis also hit the 46th Splash Hit at AT&T Park...
, American baseball player - Fred Lewis (handball)Fred Lewis (handball)Fred Lewis is an American former handball player.Lewis is Jewish, and was born in The Bronx, New York. Both of his parents played handball, and he learned to play handball by playing it off building walls in the Bronx. He grew up primarily playing 1-wall handball, and played his first tournament...
(born 1947), American handball player - Grant LewisGrant LewisGrant Lewis is an professional ice hockey defenseman currently with the Nashville Predators organization of the National Hockey League.-Early life:Lewis, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania....
, American NHL ice hockey player - Greg Lewis (wide receiver), American football player
- Guy LewisGuy LewisGuy Vernon Lewis II is a former NCAA basketball coach who led the University of Houston Cougars program for 30 years from 1956-86.-Coaching career:...
, American basketball coach - Harry LewisHarry Lewis (boxer)Harry Lewis , was an American champion boxer. Lewis was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 and to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.-Link:***...
, American boxer - Hayley LewisHayley LewisHayley Jane Lewis is a retired Australian swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old....
, Australian swimmer - Herbie LewisHerbie Lewis (hockey)Herbert A. "Herb" Lewis was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. He was born in Calgary, Alberta....
, Canadian hockey player - Jackie LewisJackie LewisJack Lewis is a British former racing driver, born in England to a Welsh family. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 June 1961. He scored a total of three championship points.Aged 27 he decided to take a year out of Formula One, though he was never to...
, British racing driver - Jamal LewisJamal LewisJamal Lafitte Lewis is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens fifth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft...
, American football player - Jensen LewisJensen LewisJensen Daniel Lewis is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. Jensen stands at 6'3" and weighs 220 pounds. Jensen was selected 102nd overall at the 2005 MLB Draft...
, American baseball player - Jim LewisJim Lewis (racehorse owner)Jim Lewis is a British racehorse owner, particularly noted for being the owner of thrice Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate and also Edredon Bleu. He frequently works with trainers Henrietta Knight and Venetia Williams and jockey Jim Culloty. He is a supporter of Aston Villa FC, whose famous...
, owner of racehorse Best Mate - Jimi LewisJimi LewisJames "Jimi" Lewis is an English field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
, English hockey player - Joe Lewis, English footballer
- John Henry LewisJohn Henry LewisJohn Henry Lewis was an African American boxer who was the world Light Heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1939.One interesting fact of his is that Lewis was managed by a gambler and racketeer of the 1930s: Gus Greenlee, a man who became very important to baseball's Negro Leagues as a commissioner...
(1914-1974), boxer - Jon LewisJon LewisJonathan "Jon" Lewis is an English cricketer. He was brought up in Swindon where he went to Churchfields School and Swindon College. He played for Swindon CC and, in Minor Counties cricket, for Wiltshire County Cricket Club in 1993. He joined Northamptonshire in 1994 and played for its Second XI...
, English cricketer - Kevin LewisKevin Lewis (football player)Kevin Lewis is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League who played for the New York Giants. He played college football at Duke.-New York Giants:...
, American football linebacker - Kirstin Jean LewisKirstin Jean LewisKirstin Jean Lewis is a South African archer. She represented South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she placed 52nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 606. In the first round of elimination, she faced 13th-ranked Dola Banerjee of India...
, South African archer - Lennox LewisLennox LewisLennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...
, English boxer - Leo LewisLeo LewisLeo Lewis was a famed American College football player for Lincoln University of Missouri in the 1950s , who continued his success with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ....
, American football player - Lionel LewisLionel LewisLionel Lewis is a Singaporean footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Home United FC and the Singapore national football team. Lewis is known for his bulky frame, remarkable shot-saving abilities and ferocious presence in goal...
, Singaporean footballer - Luke LewisLuke LewisLuke Lewis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative utility player, he has spent his entire professional career with the Panthers,...
, Australian rugby league player - Maia LewisMaia LewisMaia Ann Mereana Lewis is a cricketer and a former captain of the New Zealand women's cricket team. As of July 2005, Lewis has played in nine women's Test matches, captaining in two of them. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand....
, New Zealand cricketer - Mark Lewis, American football player
- Mark Lewis, American baseball player
- Mark Lewis-FrancisMark Lewis-FrancisMark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...
, British athlete - Martin LewisMartin Lewis (basketball)Martin Lewis is an American professional basketball player.Lewis, a 6'5" and 210 lb small forward, played competitively with Seward County Community College and Butler County Community College .Lewis was selected 50th overall in the 1995 National Basketball Association Draft by the Golden State...
, American basketball player - Martyn LewisMartyn Lewis (badminton)Martyn Lewis is a male badminton player from Wales, Great Britain.-References:**...
, British badminton player - Marvin LewisMarvin LewisMarvin Ronald Lewis is the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League, a position he has held since January 14, 2003...
, American football coach - Mick LewisMick LewisMichael Llewellyn "Mick" Lewis is an Australian cricketer.-Grade career and state career:Born in Greensborough, Victoria, Lewis was a grade cricketer who played for Northcote and the Victorian Bushrangers gave him his first-class debut in the 1999/2000 season...
, Australian cricketer - Michael Lewis, American Football player for the San Francisco 49ers
- Michael Lewis, American Football player for the New Orleans Saints
- Mo LewisMo LewisMorris "Mo" C. Lewis is a former American football player who played linebacker for the New York Jets from 1991 until 2003.-Career:...
, American football player - Oliver LewisOliver LewisOliver Lewis was an African-American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. In 1875, Lewis rode in the very first Kentucky Derby on the winning horse, Aristides...
, American jockey - Panama LewisPanama LewisCarlos "Panama" Lewis is a well-known and highly controversial boxing trainer who achieved his greatest notoriety in the 1980s.-Early career:Lewis was a disciple of trainer Chickie Ferrara...
, American boxing trainer - Percy LewisPercy LewisPercy Tyson "Plum" Lewis was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1913....
, South African cricketer - Rashard LewisRashard LewisRashard Quovon Lewis is an American professional basketball player, currently with the NBA's Washington Wizards as a small forward and a power forward.-Seattle SuperSonics:...
, American basketball player - Rawl LewisRawl LewisRawl Nicholas Lewis is a West Indian cricketer. Statistically, he is one of the most ineffective Test bowlers of recent times.Lewis is a right-handed batsman and bowls a legbreak googly...
, Grenadian cricketer - Ray Lewis, an NFL linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens
- Ray LewisRay Lewis (runner)Competitor for CanadaRaymond "Ray" Gray Lewis, CM was a Canadian track and field athlete, and the first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist....
, Canadian athlete - Reg LewisReg LewisReginald "Reg" Lewis was an English footballer.Born in Bilston, Staffordshire, Lewis spent his entire career at Arsenal. He joined the club as a schoolboy in 1935, and scored on his debut against Everton on January 1, 1938. He made only four appearances in 1937-38, however, and as a result missed...
, English footballer - Reggie LewisReggie LewisReggie Lewis was an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993.-Early life:...
(died 1993), American basketball player - Ricky LewisRicky LewisRicky Lewis realname Eric Timothy Lewis is an American soccer defender.Lewis played college soccer at Clemson University for three years from 2000 to 2002...
, American soccer player - Scott Lewis, American baseball player
- Steve Lewis, American athlete
- Stuart Lewis-EvansStuart Lewis-EvansStuart Nigel Lewis-Evans was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 May 1957. He achieved two podiums, and scored a total of 16 championship points...
, British Formula One driver - Tamsyn LewisTamsyn LewisTamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles....
, Australian athlete - Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), English world champion Hall of Fame welterweight boxer
- Trey LewisTrey LewisTrey Lewis is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft...
, NFL Defensive Tackle - Thomas LewisThomas Lewis (football)Thomas A. Lewis is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants. He was drafted by the Giants in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft out of Indiana University with the 24th pick...
(born 1972), American football wide receiver in the NFL - Tim LewisTim LewisTim Lewis is an American football coach and former cornerback. He is currently the secondary coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.-Playing career:...
, American football player - Tony LewisTony LewisAnthony Robert Lewis CBE is a former Welsh cricketer, who went on to become the face of BBC Television cricket coverage in the 1990s, and become president of the MCC. Lewis attended Christ's College, Cambridge and played for Cambridge University. He also played county cricket for Glamorgan, and...
, Welsh cricketer - Trevor LewisTrevor LewisTrevor Lewis is an American professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
, American hockey player - Wally LewisWally LewisWalter James "Wally" Lewis AM is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. Currently a commentator of the sport, he is widely regarded as the greatest rugby league player of all time...
, Australian rugby league player - Wilf LewisWilf LewisWilfred Leslie "Wilf" Lewis was a former footballer, who played for Swansea Town, Huddersfield Town, Derby County and Yeovil and Petters United. He also played international football for Wales on six occasions.-References:...
(1903-1976), Welsh international footballer
Literature
- Alun LewisAlun LewisAlun Lewis , was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school, and is regarded by many as Britain's finest Second World War poet.- Education :...
, poet of the Anglo-Welsh school - Anthony LewisAnthony LewisAnthony Lewis is a prominent liberal intellectual, writing for The New York Times op-ed page and The New York Review of Books, among other publications. He was previously a columnist for the Times . Before that he was London bureau chief , Washington, D.C...
, American writer - Beverly LewisBeverly LewisBeverly Lewis is a Christian fiction novelist and children's author of over 70 books.She was born Beverly Marie Jones, and is a former schoolteacher and musician. She started playing the piano at age 5, and began writing short stories and poetry when she was 9 years old.Much of her writing focuses...
, American Christian fiction novelist and children's author - C. S. LewisC. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland...
, Irish academic and writer - Cecil Day-LewisCecil Day-LewisCecil Day-Lewis CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake...
, Irish poet - Charles LewisCharles Lewis (journalist)Charles Lewis is an investigative journalist based in Washington D.C. since 1977. Charles Lewis founded the Center for Public Integrity and three other nonprofit organizations and is currently the executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of...
, founder of the Center for Public Integrity - D. B. Wyndham-LewisD. B. Wyndham-LewisDominic Bevan Wyndham-Lewis FRSL was a British writer best known for his humorous contributions to newspapers and for biographies. His family were originally from Wales, but he was born in Liverpool and brought up in Cardiff...
, British columnist and literary editor - D. F. LewisD. F. LewisD. F. Lewis is an English author who has had approximately 1,500 short fictions published in print from 1986 to 2000, some in hard-to-find outlets, others in literary journals such as Stand, Iron, Orbis, Panurge and London Magazine. Others have appeared in anthologies...
, English writer - Edna LewisEdna LewisEdna Lewis was an African-American chef and author best known for her books on traditional Southern cuisine.-Early life and career:...
, American cook and writer - Edward Gardner LewisEdward Gardner LewisEdward Gardner Lewis was a flamboyant and controversial promoter, magazine publisher, political activist, and founder of two utopian colonies -- University City, Missouri, and Atascadero, California....
, American publisher - Eiluned LewisEiluned LewisEiluned Lewis was a Welsh novelist, poet and journalist.She was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire in Wales. She was educated at Levana School, Wimbledon, and Westfield College London. She had a long period of work on the Sunday Times, becoming assistant editor...
, Welsh writer - Hilda LewisHilda LewisHilda Winifred Lewis was a British writer.She wrote a noted children's book, The Ship that Flew which concerns Norse mythology and time travel. It was republished in the Oxford Children's Modern Classics series in 1998. Several of her historical novels, e.g. I am Mary Tudor , received attention...
, British writer - Janet LewisJanet LewisJanet Loxley Lewis was an American novelist and poet.-Biography:Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was a graduate of the University of Chicago, where she was a member of a literary circle that included Glenway Wescott, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, and her future husband Yvor Winters...
, American writer - Linda LewisLinda Lewis (author)Linda Lewis is the author of a series of young adult novels, unofficially known as the "Linda Series". The series was published by Archway Paperbacks from 1985 to 1993. The series centers around Linda Berman and her love life from the fourth grade to the summer after her senior year...
, British author - Matthew Gregory LewisMatthew Gregory LewisMatthew Gregory Lewis was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his classic Gothic novel, The Monk.-Family:...
(1775-1818), British Gothic novelist - Michael LewisMichael Lewis (author)Michael Lewis is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist. His bestselling books include The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, Panic and Home Game: An...
, non-fiction author - Michael LewisMichael Lewis (naval historian)Michael Arthur Lewis was a British naval historian, as well as a fiction writer, who was Professor of History and English at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich between 1934 and 1955.-Early life and education:...
(1890-1970) - Miles Marshall LewisMiles Marshall LewisMiles Marshall Lewis is an American pop culture critic, essayist, literary editor, fiction writer, and music journalist. He is a graduate of Morehouse College, class of 1993....
, American writer - Richard Lewis, literary critic and biographer
- Roger LewisRoger LewisRoger Lewis , a former Fellow of Wolfson College at Oxford University, is the biographer of Anthony Burgess. Lewis's book, Anthony Burgess: A Life, was published in 2002....
, British biographer - Saunders LewisSaunders LewisSaunders Lewis was a Welsh poet, dramatist, historian, literary critic, and political activist. He was a prominent Welsh nationalist and a founder of the Welsh National Party...
, Welsh writer - Sinclair LewisSinclair LewisHarry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of...
, American novelist - Ted LewisTed Lewis (writer)Ted Lewis was a British writer.He was born in Manchester, an only child. After World War II the family moved to Barton-on-Humber...
(1940 - 1982), English crime novelist - Warren LewisWarren LewisWarren Hamilton Lewis was an Irish British Army officer and historian, best known as the brother of the author and professor C. S. Lewis. Warren Lewis was a supply officer with the Royal Army Service Corps of the British Army during and after World War I...
, brother of C. S. Lewis - Wyndham LewisWyndham LewisPercy Wyndham Lewis was an English painter and author . He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art, and edited the literary magazine of the Vorticists, BLAST...
, American-British modernist artist and writer
Modelling
- Ananda LewisAnanda LewisAnanda Lewis is an American television personality, social activist, and model. She appeared on Maxim and AskMen.com's Hottest Celebrity Lists in 2001...
, American model - Lesa LewisLesa LewisLesa Lewis is a female bodybuilder from the United States. At a height of 5'10" and a contest weight around 180 lbs, Lesa is one of the largest women ever to compete in bodybuilding....
, American female bodybuilder - Nancy LewisNancy LewisNancy Lewis is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. She earned her pro card by winning the overall title at the 1991 NPC USA Championship. She competed in a number of professional contests from 1992 to 1998 with a series of solid placings, but no titles...
, American female bodybuilder
Business
- Andrea LewisAndrea Lewis (Microsoft)Andrea Lewis was Microsoft's first technical writer, joining in 1977. She had previously edited the monthly newsletter, Computer Notes, for Microsoft's first customer Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems . She left the company in 1983, today her financial worth is estimated to be around $2...
, early Microsoft employee - Aylwin LewisAylwin LewisAylwin B. Lewis is an African American businessman. He is formerly the interim Chief Executive Officer and President of Sears Holdings Corporation and currently the CEO of Potbelly Sandwich Works....
, American CEO - Drew Lewis, American railroad executive
- Ken LewisKen Lewis (executive)Kenneth D. "Ken" Lewis is the former CEO, President, and Chairman of Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States and second largest in the world. On September 30th, 2009 Bank of America confirmed that Ken Lewis would be retiring by the end of the year...
, head of Bank of America - Peter Lewis, American businessman
- Reginald LewisReginald LewisReginald F. Lewis , was an American businessman, who was one of the most successful business leaders during the 1980s. He was the richest African-American man in the 1980s. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he grew up in a middle class neighborhood. He won a football scholarship to Virginia State...
, American businessman
Politics
- Andrew LewisAndrew Lewis (Canadian politician)Andrew Lewis is a former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2004 to 2006, and a prominent member of the Green Party of British Columbia.He is a 45-year-old landscaper who came from the United Kingdom to Vancouver Island in the early 1990s....
, contemporary Canadian politician - Andrew Lewis, Jr.Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.Andrew Lindsay Lewis, Jr. is a businessman who was Secretary of Transportation for part of the administration of United States President Ronald Reagan. He is widely known as Drew Lewis....
, American politician - Arthur Lewis, former MP for Newham, North West
- Clive Derby-LewisClive Derby-LewisClive John Derby-Lewis is a South African ex-politician, who was involved first in the National Party and then, while serving as a Member of Parliament, in the Conservative Party. He is serving a life sentence for his role in the assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani...
, South African politician - Daurene LewisDaurene LewisDaurene E. Lewis, CM is a Canadian politician and educator.Born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Lewis is a descendant of freed Loyalist African Americans who settled in Annapolis Royal in 1783...
, Canadian politician - David LewisDavid Lewis (politician)David Lewis, CC was a Russian-born Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician. He was national secretary of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1936 to 1950, and one of the key architects of the New Democratic Party in 1961...
(1909-1981), Russian-born Canadian lawyer and politician - David LewisDavid P. LewisDavid Peter Lewis was the 23rd Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1872 to 1874. After his term was over, a Republican would not be elected Governor of Alabama for 119 years.He had previously been a delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861. In 1868 he was a delegate to the...
, American politician - David LewisDavid R. LewisDavid Lewis is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 53rd House District since 2002. His district includes most of Harnett County...
, American politician - Dixon Hall LewisDixon Hall LewisDixon Hall Lewis was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Alabama.-Biography:...
, American politician - Doug LewisDoug LewisDouglas Grinslade "Doug" Lewis, PC, QC, is a Canadian former politician.A chartered accountant and lawyer by training, Lewis entered the Canadian House of Commons when he won the seat of Simcoe North, Ontario, as a Progressive Conservative in the 1979 federal election...
, Canadian politician - Edmund LewisEdmund H. LewisEdmund Harris Lewis was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1953 to 1954.-Life:...
(1884-1972), Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals 1953-1954 - Elliott LewisElliott LewisSir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton....
, Australian politician - Eugene LewisEugene LewisEugene Lewis is an American political scientist. One of the leading academic authorities on the concept of political entrepreneurship, Lewis is the author of Public Entrepreneurship: Toward a Theory of Bureaucratic Political Power . His current research focuses on the role of science and technology...
, American political scientist - Evan LewisEvan Lewis (politician)Evan Lewis was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1925 and 1941.-Biography:Lewis was born in Wales on July 2, 1869, and was taken to Iowa when young. He became a U.S. citizen in 1890, two years after moving to California. He was at various times a deputy sheriff, a...
, American politician - Fielding LewisFielding LewisFielding Lewis was a Colonel during the American Revolutionary War and the brother-in-law of George Washington....
, brother-in-law of George Washington - Francis LewisFrancis LewisFrancis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....
(1713-1803), American merchant and politician - Fred Lewis (1865-1949), US Congressman from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- George Cornewall LewisGeorge Cornewall LewisSir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...
(1806-1863), British statesman - J. Hamilton LewisJ. Hamilton LewisJames Hamilton Lewis was the first Senator to hold the title of Whip in the United States Senate. Lewis was born in Danville, Virginia, and also grew up in Augusta, Georgia...
, American politician - Herbert LewisHerbert LewisSir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...
, British politician - Ivan LewisIvan LewisIvan Lewis is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bury South since 1997. Lewis served in a variety of junior ministerial positions, including as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.-Personal life:Lewis was born to a British Jewish...
, British politician - James LewisJames A. LewisJames A. "Jim" Lewis was the Libertarian Party's Vice-Presidential candidate in the 1984 U.S. presidential election, sharing the party ticket with David Bergland...
, American libertarian politician - James LewisJames T. LewisJames Taylor Lewis was an American lawyer and politician who served as the ninth Governor of Wisconsin.Lewis was born in Clarendon, New York, and in 1845 he settled in Columbus, Wisconsin. He held the positions of district attorney and county judge, and he was elected to terms in both the...
, politician - Jerry LewisJerry Lewis (politician)Charles Jeremy Lewis is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 40th, 35th and 37th, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, serving in the role during the 109th Congress.-Early life, education, and...
, American politician - John LewisJohn F. LewisJohn Francis Lewis was an American plantation owner and politician from Rockingham County, Virginia. He served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and represented Virginia as a Republican in the United States Senate during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.John F...
(1818-1895), American farmer and politician - John Bower LewisJohn Bower LewisJohn Bower Lewis, QC was the second mayor of Bytown in 1848, the first mayor of Ottawa from 1855 to 1857, and a member of the 2nd Canadian Parliament from 1872 to 1873....
, Canadian politician - John LewisJohn Lewis (politician)John Robert Lewis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee , playing a key role in the struggle to end segregation...
, American civil rights activist - John Wood Lewis, Sr.John Wood Lewis, Sr.John Wood Lewis, Sr. was a lawyer and politician who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.Lewis was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina...
, American politician - Julian LewisJulian LewisDr. Julian Murray Lewis is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for New Forest East in Hampshire since the 1997 general election.-Education:Born on 26 September 1951 in Swansea, Dr...
, British politician - Kenneth LewisKenneth LewisSir Kenneth Lewis was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Rutland and Stamford from 1959 to 1983, and following boundary changes for Stamford and Spalding from 1983 to 1987.Son of William and Agnes Lewis, Kenneth Lewis was...
, British politician - Mary Parker LewisMary Parker LewisMary Parker Lewis is a political consultant who most famously served as Chief of Staff to Dr. Alan Keyes, candidate for President of the United States in 1996 and 2000. In addition to running both Keyes presidential campaigns, Lewis also ran the statesman's historic campaign for the U.S...
, American political consultant and activist - Merton LewisMerton E. LewisMerton Elmer Lewis was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...
, NY State Attorney General 1917-1918 - Morgan LewisMorgan Lewis (governor)Morgan Lewis was an American lawyer, politician and military commander.Of Welsh descent, he was the son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from Princeton in 1773 and began to study law on the advice of his father...
, Governor of New York State - Mungo LewisMungo LewisMungo Turnbull Lewis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1945.-Early life and career:...
, Canadian politician - Peter LewisPeter Lewis (politician)Ivan Peter Lewis is an Australian politician. Lewis was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1979 and 2006 in the electorates of Hammond, Ridley, Murray-Mallee and Mallee. Between 1979 and 2000 he was in the House as a Liberal member. From 2000 until 2006 he served as an...
, Australian politician - Richard LewisRichard Lewis (politician)Richard Lewis is the leader of The Family Party, a political party in New Zealand, and was formerly leader of the now de registered Destiny New Zealand, a conservative right-wing Christian party associated with Destiny Church....
, New Zealand politician - Ron LewisRon LewisRonald E. "Ron" Lewis , an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1994–2009, representing the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky....
, American politician - J. E. Stanley LewisJ. E. Stanley LewisJ. E. Stanley Lewis was Ottawa's longest serving mayor, to date, from 1936 to 1948.He was born in Ottawa in 1888 to Edward and Isabella Lewis. He owned and operated an electrical store in the city. He was first elected to City Council as an alderman in 1930...
, Canadian politician - Stephen LewisStephen LewisStephen Henry Lewis, is a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of the those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party...
, Canadian politician - Terence LewisTerence LewisTerence Lewis, known as Terry Lewis, is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Mount Carmel School, Salford and did his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming a Personnel Officer. He was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Worsley, Greater Manchester...
, British politician - Thomas Lewis (born 1922), Australian politician
- Thomas Lewis, Jr.Thomas Lewis, Jr.Thomas Lewis, Jr. January 26, 1760–1847) was an American politician from Rockingham County, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House in 1803 and 1804.Thomas Jr...
(1760-1847), U.S. Congressman from Virginia - Tommy LewisTommy LewisThomas Lewis was a British trade unionist, local councillor and Labour Member of Parliament ....
(1873-1962), British trade unionist and Labour MP - Tryon D. LewisTryon D. LewisTryon D. Lewis is an attorney in Odessa, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 81 . He is also a former state court judge....
(born 1947), Texas politician - Vaughan LewisVaughan LewisVaughan Lewis is a Saint Lucian politician and a former member of the ruling United Workers' Party . He served for a brief period as the fourth Prime Ministers of Saint Lucia following the resignation of John Compton. Lewis, a former director of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States,...
, St. Lucian politician - William Lewis (1784-1866), American politician
Military and naval
- Andrew LewisAndrew Lewis (soldier)Andrew Lewis was an American pioneer, surveyor, and soldier from Virginia. He served as a colonel of militia during the French and Indian War, and as a brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War...
(1720–1781), Virginia general - Robert LewisRobert A. LewisRobert A. Lewis was a United States Army Air Forces Officer serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.Lewis grew up in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey and attended Ridgefield Park High School there, graduating in 1937....
, co-pilot on the Enola GayEnola GayEnola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel Paul Tibbets. On August 6, 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war...
that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima - Isaac Newton LewisIsaac Newton LewisIsaac Newton Lewis was an American soldier and inventor. He was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1884 and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Second Artillery...
, American soldier and inventor of the Lewis Gun - Joseph Horace LewisJoseph Horace LewisJoseph Horace Lewis was an American lawyer, military leader and politician. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and later a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the court of last resort in...
, Confederate Brigadier General - William Gaston Lewis, Confederate General
- Michael LewisMichael Lewis (naval historian)Michael Arthur Lewis was a British naval historian, as well as a fiction writer, who was Professor of History and English at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich between 1934 and 1955.-Early life and education:...
(1890-1970), Professor at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich - Milton LewisMilton LewisMilton Lewis was a United States Marine Corps corporal who received a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions in the Battle of Tulagi during World War II.-Biography:...
(1920-1942), a United States Marine Corps recipient of the Navy Cross
Economics
- Arthur Lewis, winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize 1979
- Joe Lewis, wealthy English investor
- Martin LewisMartin Lewis (financial journalist)Martin Steven Lewis is journalist, television presenter, website entrepreneur and author in the United Kingdom, who specialises in ways to save money...
, English money expert - Tracy LewisTracy R. LewisTracy R. Lewis, is a Martin L. Black professor of business administration within the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Before arriving at Duke University in 2003, he was the James Walter Eminent Scholar in Economics at the University of Florida....
, American economist - Arthur Lewis, St Lucian economist
Science
- Bennett LewisBennett LewisWilfrid Bennett Lewis, was a Canadian nuclear scientist and administrator, and was centrally involved in the development of the CANDU reactor....
, Canadian physicist - Carenza LewisCarenza LewisCarenza Rachel Lewis is a British archaeologist who became famous as a result of her appearances on the Channel 4 television series Time Team....
, archaeologist - Edward LewisEdward B. Lewis- External links :* *...
(1918-2004), American geneticist - George LewisGeorge W. LewisGeorge William Lewis was the Director of Aeronautical Research at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until he retired in 1947...
(1882 - 1948), director of NACA - Georgina King LewisGeorgina King LewisGeorgina King Lewis was described as a "Friend of the Oppressed". She followed in the grand tradition of philanthropic Victorian Quakers, leaving an important legacy in Croydon, South London, England...
, English philanthropist - Gilbert LewisGilbert N. LewisGilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond , his purification of heavy water, his reformulation of chemical thermodynamics in a mathematically rigorous manner accessible to ordinary chemists, his theory of Lewis acids and...
, American chemist - Glyn LewisGlyn LewisGlyn Lewis is a British professor of psychiatric epidemiology.Glyn Lewis was born in Wales. He studied at University College, Oxford, where he played saxophone with The Oxcentrics, a Dixieland jazz band....
, British professor of psychiatric epidemiology - Henry Carvill LewisHenry Carvill LewisHenry Carvill Lewis was an American geologist and mineralogist. Lewis was born in Philadelphia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Masters of Arts Degree in 1876 and became attached to the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania in 1879...
(1853-1888), American geologist - Jack Lewis, English chemist
- John LewisJohn S. LewisJohn S. Lewis is a professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. His interests in the chemistry and formation of the solar system and the economic development of space have made him a leading proponent of turning potentially hazardous near-Earth...
, American professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona - Jonathan LewisJonathan Lewis (oncologist)Jonathan J. Lewis MD, PhD, is a surgeon, biomedical researcher, and entrepreneur. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His family includes his parents, Maisie Lewis, a music educator, and Myer Lewis, a prominent barrister and human rights advocate, a sister Anne, and a brother Selwyn, a...
, biomedical researcher, cancer drug developer
Visual art
- Bill LewisBill LewisWilliam "Bill" Lewis is an English artist, story-teller, poet and mythographer. He was a founder-member of The Medway Poets and of the Stuckists art group.-Early life:...
, English artist - Corey LewisCorey LewisCorey Sutherland Lewis is an American comic book creator. He is primarily known as the creator of Sharknife, published by Oni Press. Other works include PENG for Oni, and providing back-up comic strips for the Darkstalkers and Street Fighter comics for UDON...
, American comics artist - Edmonia LewisEdmonia LewisMary Edmonia Lewis was the first African American and Native American woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor in the international fine arts world...
, American sculptor - Ivor LewisIvor LewisIvor Rhys Lewis was a Canadian artist and business director.Lewis was born in Wales, but emigrated to Canada as a small boy. He trained as an artist at the Ontario School of Art, and was hired in the art department of the Eaton's department store chain in Toronto...
, Canadian sculptor - Maud LewisMaud LewisMaud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. She remains one of Canada's best known and most loved folk artists.-Early life:...
, Canadian artist - Neville LewisNeville LewisAlfred Neville Lewis was a South African artist. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and educated there and, later, at the Slade School of Art in London....
, South African artist
Religion
- Christopher Andrew LewisChristopher Andrew LewisThe Very Reverend Christopher Andrew Lewis is Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.-Early life:The son of Admiral Sir Andrew Lewis, KCB and his wife Rachel Elizabeth , Lewis was educated at Marlborough College, in Wiltshire, the University of Bristol , Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , and Westcott...
, British academic and clergyman - Saint David Lewis, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and WalesForty Martyrs of England and WalesThe Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of men and women who were executed for treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1535 and 1679...
- Edwin LewisEdwin LewisEdwin Lewis was an American Methodist theologian primarily associated with Drew University in New Jersey.Born in Great Britain, Lewis traveled to Canada as a missionary before continuing his education in the United States...
, American Methodist theologian - Harvey Spencer LewisHarvey Spencer LewisHarvey Spencer Lewis F.R.C., S.·.I.·., 33°66°95°, Ph.D. , a noted Rosicrucian author, occultist, and mystic, was the founder in USA and the first Imperator of Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis , from 1915 until 1939....
, American Rosicrucian - Jim LewisJim Lewis (astrologer)Jim Lewis was the developer of modern Astrocartography. For his work in this field, he received the Marc Edmund Jones award in 1978, and the Regulus Award for Discovery, Innovation, and Research at the United Astrology Congress in 1992.Locational astrology is an old concept, but Lewis developed...
, astrologer - John LewisJohn Lewis (philosopher)John Lewis was a British Unitarian minister and Marxist philosopher and author of many works on philosophy, anthropology, and religion....
(1889-1976), British philosopher and religious leader - Joseph Lewis, freethinker and atheist
- Ralph Maxwell LewisRalph Maxwell LewisRalph Maxwell Lewis , the son of Harvey Spencer Lewis, was the Imperator of Rosicrucian organisation Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis from 1939 to 1987. In Fédération Universelle des Ordres et Sociétés Initiatiques, FUDOSI, he was known with the nomen mysticum Sar Validivar...
, American Rosicrucian - Row LewisRow LewisRow Lewis is a Grenadian activist, teacher, life-coach, vocalist, word-warrior, and liberation theologian. She is the founder of Liberty Fellowship Center, a non-profit Ministry, where she serves as the Executive Director and Spiritual Advisor....
, Grenadian Director of the Liberty Fellowship Center
Philosophy
- Clarence Irving LewisClarence Irving LewisClarence Irving Lewis , usually cited as C. I. Lewis, was an American academic philosopher and the founder of conceptual pragmatism. First a noted logician, he later branched into epistemology, and during the last 20 years of his life, he wrote much on ethics.-Early years:Lewis was born in...
(1883–1964), philosopher and mathematical logician - David Lewis (1941-2001), American philosopher
Law
- Bayan LewisBayan LewisBayan Lewis was interim Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in 1997. He was chosen by majority vote by the LAPD commission, March 31, 1997. Prior to this, he served on the force for 34 years. When voted, Lewis said he was uninterested in taking over Willie Williams' position...
, Los Angeles police chief - George Henry LewisGeorge Henry LewisSir George Henry Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer of Jewish extraction.-Solicitor:Lewis was born at 10 Ely Place, Holborn in London and educated at University College, London. In 1850 he was articled to his father, James Graham Lewis , founder of Lewis & Lewis, one of the best-known firms...
(1833-1911), English lawyer of Jewish extraction - James Lewis, American convicted in relation to the 1982 Tylenol scare
- Johnnie LewisJohnnie LewisJohnnie N. Lewis is the 18th and current Chief Justice of Liberia. A native of Sinoe County, Lewis was educated at the University of Liberia in Monrovia and at Yale Law School in the United States. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as a judge in Liberia’s circuit court...
, Liberian judge - R. Fred LewisR. Fred LewisR. Fred Lewis was appointed to the Supreme Court of Florida on December 7, 1998. While serving as Chief Justice, he founded Justice Teaching, an organization that now has over 3,900 volunteer lawyers and Judges placed with and active in all Florida public schools, which enhances civic and...
, American judge - Terry Lewis, former Queensland police commissioner
- Theodore G. LewisTheodore G. LewisTheodore Gorman Lewis was an American jurist from Wisconsin.Born in McFarland, Wisconsin, Lewis graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He served in the United States Army during World War I. Lewis was district attorney of...
, American judge - William Draper LewisWilliam Draper LewisWilliam Draper Lewis was the first full-time dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the founding director of the American Law Institute.-Personal life and education:...
, American legal scholar
Stage
- Margaret Lewis, American playwright
- Michael Lewis, 1950s stage actor and son of Sinclair LewisSinclair LewisHarry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of...
and Dorothy Thompson - Shari LewisShari LewisShari Lewis was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s and 1990s...
, American puppeteer
Royalty
- Lady Davina LewisLady Davina LewisThe Lady Davina Lewis is the elder daughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess of Gloucester, and is in the line of succession to the British Throne....
, minor British Royal - Mary Anne LewisMary Anne Disraeli, 1st Viscountess BeaconsfieldMary Anne Disraeli, 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield was a British peeress and society figure, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli....
, Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Other
- Bernard LewisBernard LewisBernard Lewis, FBA is a British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator. He is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University...
, English historian - Clyde LewisClyde LewisClyde Lewis is a talk radio personality and actor. He is the creator and host of Ground Zero, a talk radio show dealing with paranormal and parapolitical topics....
, American talk radio personality - Dorothy LewisDorothy LewisDr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis is an American psychiatrist specializing in the study of serial killers and people with Dissociative Identity Disorders , formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. Dr...
, American psychiatrist - Earl LewisEarl LewisEarl Lewis is Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of History and African American Studies at Emory University...
, American academic administrator - James Paul Lewis, Jr.James Paul Lewis, Jr.James Paul Lewis, Jr. operated one of the largest and longest running "Ponzi schemes" in United States history.Over approx. 20 years, Lewis collected around $311 million U.S. dollars from investors. He operated under the name of Financial Advisory Consultants in Lake Forest, Calif., and promised...
, American Ponzi schemerPonzi schemeA Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation... - John L. LewisJohn L. LewisJohn Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960...
, American labor leader - Mark Edward LewisMark Edward LewisMark Edward Lewis is an American historian of ancient China. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago and studied Chinese at the International Chinese Language Program . Since 2002 he has been Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Chinese Culture at Stanford University...
, American historian of early China - Meriwether LewisMeriwether LewisMeriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark...
, American explorer of Lewis and Clark - Samuel LewisSamuel L. LewisSamuel Lewis was an American mystic and dance teacher who founded the Dances of Universal Peace movement. He was also known under his Sufi name Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti and was addressed by his mureeds and others as Murshid...
, American Sufi and founder of Dances of Universal Peace - Thomas LewisThomas Lewis (Virginia)Thomas Lewis was an Irish-American surveyor, lawyer, and a pioneer of early Virginia. He was a signatory to the Fairfax Resolves preceding the American War for Independence, and after the conflict, contributed to the settlement of western Virginia in an area that would one day become part of West...
(1718-1790), American surveyor - Thomas LewisThomas Lewis (unionist)Thomas L. Lewis was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1907 to 1911.He was born in Locust Gap, Pennsylvania, and worked in the mines as a boy. He later helped found the United Mine Workers in 1890....
, president, United Mine Workers of America - Tom LewisTom Lewis (M.D.)Thomas Loftus Townshend Lewis CBE, MD was an internationally renowned English obstetrician / gynecologist who served on the council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as secretary and later as senior vice president...
, English obstetrician - William LewisWilliam Lewis (chess player)William Lewis was an English chess player and author, nowadays best known for the Lewis Countergambit and for being the first player ever to be described as a Grandmaster of the game..-Life and works:...
, English chess player of the 19th century
List of fictional characters having surname Lewis
- Alphie LewisHouse of AnubisHouse of Anubis is a jointly American/British/Belgian produced teen mystery/drama television show based on the Belgian/Dutch television series Het Huis Anubis. The series was created by Hans Bourlon & Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25...
, fictional character from House of Anubis - Anne Lewis, fictional cop character in RoboCopRoboCopRoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction-action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop"...
and its first two sequels - Bill Lewis, fictional character from Guiding Light
- Charlotte Lewis (Lost)Charlotte Lewis (Lost)Dr. Charlotte Staples Lewis is a fictional character on the American Broadcasting Company television series Lost, played by Rebecca Mader. Charlotte is introduced in the second episode of season four and is a cultural anthropologist on a mission to the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed...
, fictional character from LOSTLost-In cinema or television:*Lost , an ABC drama about people who become stranded on a mysterious island*Lost , a short-lived reality television program*Lost , an American thriller starring Dean Cain... - Cliff Lewis, fictional character from Matlock
- Edward Lewis, fictional character in Pretty WomanPretty WomanPretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles, California. Written by J.F. Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall, this motion picture features Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and also Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. Roberts played the only...
- Josh and Reva LewisJosh and Reva LewisJoshua "Josh" Lewis and Reva Shayne Lewis are fictional characters and the signature supercouple from the American CBS daytime drama Guiding Light. Josh is played by Robert Newman and Reva is played by Kim Zimmer. The popular couple has been nicknamed the portmanteau name "Jeva" on internet...
, fictional characters from Guiding Light - Marisol Lewis, from Degrassi
- Robbie Lewis, fictional character in Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis
- Shelley Lewis, fictional character from EastEnders
- Susan LewisSusan LewisDr. Susan Lewis, played by Sherry Stringfield, is a fictional doctor on the television show ER between 1994–1996, and again from 2001-2005....
, fictional character from ER - Tony Lewis, fictional character from The Tenth Kingdom
- Vanessa Lewis, fictional character from Virtua Fighter