The Lewis Family

לואיס

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Lewis lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Patronyme porté par plusieurs figures juives documentées (États-Unis). Cette fiche regroupe 2 figures du corpus partageant ce nom ; leurs liens généalogiques précis restent à documenter.

Geographic origin: États-Unis

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Lewis lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

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Variants of the name (6)

One name, a hundred faces.

The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.

Latin1

Lewys

עברית · Hebrew1

לואיס

العربية · Arabic1

لويس

Кириллица · Cyrillic2

ЛьюисЛьюїс

Ελληνικά · Greek1

Λιούις

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Notable figures

1.
Anthony Lewis
journaliste américain
2.
Karen Lewis
American labor leader (1953-2021)

In memory

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Lewis.

Search “Lewis” on Yad Vashem

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Works & texts (2)

Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.

juridique

Gideon's Trumpet

Anthony Lewis

Récit d'Anthony Lewis sur l'arrêt Gideon v. Wainwright et le droit à l'assistance d'un avocat aux États-Unis.

juridique

Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

Anthony Lewis

Essai d'Anthony Lewis sur l'histoire du Premier Amendement et la liberté d'expression aux États-Unis.

Notable figures of the lineage

Lewis, David

Lewis, Harry S

Lewis, Leopold Davis

Lewis, Samuel

Lewis, Samuel A.

Lewis, Sir George Henry

Anthony Lewis

1927–2013

Cassandra Clare

קסנדרה קלייר

1973

Karen Lewis

1953–2021

Martin Lewis

1972

Michael Lewis

מייקל לואיס

1987

Judah Lewis

ג'ודה לואיס

2001

Diaspora regions

États-Unis

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Lewis give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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