Levy

Levy

Levy or Lévy may refer to:

*Levy County, Florida
* Forced labor; see conscription or national service
* An imposition of a tax
* A judicial remedy where the property of a judgment debtor is seized for public sale to satisfy a monetary judgment
* An administrative (i.e., non-judicial) seizure or distraint of property by a taxing authority to satisfy a tax liability (for example, under United States tax law pursuant to usc|26|6331)
* An alternate spelling of Levi
* An alternate spelling of levee
* Paul Pierre Lévy, a French mathematician known for:*Lévy processes:*The Lévy continuity theorem:*Lévy's convergence theorem:*Lévy's modulus of continuity:*The Lévy metric

People

*Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
*Bernard-Henri Levy, a French public intellectual and journalist
*Bob Levy (politician), the former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey
*Bob Levy, Reverend, a stand-up comedian and radio personality
*Bob Levy (producer), the executive producer of "Gossip Girl"
*Carl Edvard Marius Levy, Danish obstetrician 1808-1865
*Chandra Levy, famous DC murder victim
*David H. Levy, Canadian astronomer and science writer
*Elias Levy, Security specialist
*Eugene Levy, Canadian Actor
*Fabien Lévy, French Composer
*Florence Nightingale Levy, U.S. arts administrator
*Gilbert Levy, or Marc Gilbert, french tv producer
*Marv Levy, American football coach
*Maurice Lévy, French Engineeting
*Maya Cohen Levy (born 1955), an Israeli artist
*Richard S. Levy, professor of Modern German History at the University of Illinois at Chicago
*Scott Levy, an American professional wrestler better known as Raven
*Steve Levy, ESPN anchor
*Steve Levy (politician), politician
*Steven Levy, American Technology writer
*Uriah P. Levy, first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy and conservator of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

See also

* Levi, Lewi, Lexy
* Levin, Lewin
* Levee, proper spelling of the word for a protective barrier from a flood


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  • Levý — Levy, Levý oder Lévy ist der Familienname folgender Personen: A Alan Levy (1932–2004), amerikanischer Journalist Albert Levy (1862–1922), Vorsitzender der Centrale für private Fürsorge, Sozialarbeiter Alexandre Levy (1864–1892), brasilianischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lévy — Levy, Levý oder Lévy ist der Familienname folgender Personen: A Alan Levy (1932–2004), amerikanischer Journalist Albert Levy (1862–1922), Vorsitzender der Centrale für private Fürsorge, Sozialarbeiter Alexandre Levy (1864–1892), brasilianischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Levy — Levy, Levý oder Lévy ist ein jüdischer Familienname. Herkunft und Bedeutung Der Name leitet sich vom israelitischen Stamm Levi ab. Varianten Levey Levi, Lewi, Lewis, Lewy Bekannte Namensträger Inhaltsverzeichnis A B …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… …   Law dictionary

  • Levy — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour les articles homophones, voir Levi, Lévi (homonymie), Lévis (homonymie) et Lévy. Les Levy sont dans la religion juive et dans l Ancien… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • LÉVY — LÉVY, family of French publishers. MICHEL (1821–1875) was born in Phalsbourg, Lorraine. He studied at the Paris music conservatory, but, finding that he lacked talent, abandoned his studies and became a secondhand bookseller. Lévy first sold… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • LÉVY (J.-P.) — Jean Pierre LÉVY 1911 1996 «Jean Moulin n’a nul besoin d’une gloire usurpée: ce n’est pas lui qui a fondé Combat , Libération , Franc Tireur : c’est Frenay, d’Astier, Jean Pierre Lévy.» Ces mots d’André Malraux donnent à Jean Pierre Lévy, mort à… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Levy — Lev y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levied} (l[e^]v [i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levying}.] 1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • LÉVY (P.) — LÉVY PAUL (1886 1971) Mathématicien français né et mort à Paris. Ingénieur au corps des Mines, docteur ès sciences en 1912, Paul Lévy enseigna l’analyse à l’École polytechnique de 1920 à 1959, ainsi que l’analyse et la mécanique à l’École… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • LÉVY — LÉVY, family of musicians in mid 18th century Paris. They were probably admitted to reside in Paris by Louis XV among the limited number of merchants and representatives of liberal professions. The talented members of the family enjoyed… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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