Lew (given name)

Lew is the usual shortened form of Lewis or Louis when they are used as first names in English. In Polish language it is a translation of Latin name Leon. Its literal meaning is lion.

People with the name

Arts

• Lew Anderson (1922–2006), American actor and musician
• Lew Ayres (1908–1996), American actor
• Lew Bedell (1919–2000), American music executive and entertainer
• Lew Brown (1893–1958), Russian-American lyricist
• Lew Buford Brown (1861–1944), American editor and poet
• Lew Christensen (1909–1984), American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director
• Lew Cody (1884–1934), American actor
• Lew Davis (1884–1948), American film actor
• Lew DeWitt (1938–1990), American country music singer and composer
• Lew Dietz (1907–1997), American writer
• Lew Dockstader (1856–1924), American singer and comedian
• Lew Douglas (1912–1997), American composer, arranger, and conductor
• Lew Fields (1867–1941), American actor and producer
• Lew Futterman, American record producer
• Lew Gallo (1928–2000), American actor and producer
• Lew Grade (1906–1998), Ukrainian-born English impresario and media mogul
• Lew Harvey (1887–1953), American actor
• Lew Hunter (born 1935), American screenwriter, author, and educator
• Lew Kelly (1879–1944), American actor
• Lew Jetton (born 1959), American musician and meteorologist
• Lew Johnson (fl. 1866–1890), American minstrel-troupe owner
• Lew Landers (1901–1962), American film and television director
• Lew Lehr (1895–1950), American comedian, writer, and editor
• Lew Leslie (1888–1963), American theater writer and producer
• Lew Lewis, English harmonica player and vocalist
• Lew Meehan (1890–1951), American actor
• Lew McCreary (born 1947), American author, editor, and speaker
• Lew Nottke, American guitarist
• Lew Parker (1910–1972), American actor
• Lew Pollack (1895–1946), American songwriter
• Lew Porter (1892–1956), American composer and songwriter
• Lew Rywin (born 1945), Russian-born Polish film producer
• Lew Schneider (born 1961), American television producer, writer, actor, and comedian
• Lew Schwartz (1926–2011), American comic book artist
• Lew Soloff (born 1944), American jazz musician and actor
• Lew Spence (1920–2008), American songwriter
• Lew Stone (1898-1969), English jazz bandleader
• Lew Stringer (born 1959), English comic artist and scriptwriter
• Lew Tabackin (born 1940), American jazz musician
• Lew Temple (born 1967), American actor
• Lew Wallace (1827–1905), American author, lawyer, general, and politician
• Lew Wasserman (1913–2002), American talent agent and studio executive
• Lew Welch (1926–1971), American Beat poet
• Lew Williams (born 1934), American rockabilly singer and songwriter

Politics

• Lew Frederick, American politician
• Lew Johnstone (1916–1983), Australian politician
• Lew Rockwell (born 1944), American libertarian political commentator
• Lew Sapieha (1557–1633), leader of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Sports

• Lew Andreas (1895–1983), American basketball and football coach
• Lew Barnes (born 1962), American football player
• Lew Beck (basketball) (1922–1970), American basketball player
• Lew Beasley (born 1948), American baseball player
• Lew Bradford (1916–1984), English footballer
• Lew Booth (1912–1984), Welsh footballer
• Lew Brockett (1880–1960), American baseball player
• Lew Brown (baseball) (1858–1889), American baseball player
• Lew Burdette (1926–2007), American baseball player
• Lew Camp (1868–1948), American baseball player
• Lew Carl (1832–1885), American baseball player
• Lew Carpenter (1932–2010), American football player and coach
• Lew Carpenter (baseball) (1913–1979), American baseball player
• Lew Carr, (1872–1954), American baseball player
• Lew Chatterley (born 1945), English footballer and coach
• Lew Dodak, American politician
• Lew Drill (1877–1969), American baseball player
• Lew Evans (fl. 1881–1904), Australian rugby union player
• Lew Flick (1915–1990), American baseball player
• Lew Fonseca (1899–1989), American baseball player
• Lew Ford (born 1976), American baseball player
• Lew Gerrard (born 1938), New Zealand tennis player
• Lew Graulich (1862–1934), American baseball player
• Lew Groh, (1883–1960), American baseball player
• Lew Hayman (1908–1984), American-born Canadian football coach and executive
• Lew Hitch (1929–2012), American basketball player
• Lew Hoad (1934–1994), Australian tennis player
• Lew Jenkins (1916–1981), American boxer
• Lew Krausse, Sr. (1912–1988), American baseball player and scout
• Lew Krausse, Jr. (born 1943), American baseball player
• Lew Lane (1899–1980), American football coach
• Lew Luce (born 1938), American football player
• Lew Malone (1897–1972), American baseball player
• Lew Massey (born 1956), American basketball player
• Lew Mayne (born 1920), American football player
• Lew McCarty (1888–1930), American baseball player
• Lew Meehl (born 1946), American soccer player
• Lew Moren (1883–1966), American baseball player
• Lew Morgan, (1911–1988), Scottish footballer
• Lew Morrison (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player
• Lew Perkins (born 1945), American athletic director
• Lew Phelan (1864–1933), American baseball manager
• Lew Post, (1875–1944), American baseball player
• Lew Richie (1883–1936), American baseball player
• Lew Riggs (1910–1975), American baseball player
• Lew Ritter (1875–1952), American baseball player
• Lew Sharpe (1906–2001), Australian rules footballer
• Lew Shaver, American football and wheelchair basketball coach
• Lew Simmons (1838–1911), American baseball manager
• Lew Skinner (1898–1941), American football player
• Lew Tendler (1898–1970), American boxer
• Lew Watts (1922–2003), American baseball player and coach
• Lew Wendell (1892–1953), American baseball player and manager
• Lew Whistler (1868–1959), American baseball player
• Lew Woodroffe (born 1921), English footballer
• Lew Worsham (1917–1990), American golfer
• Lew Wyld (1905–1974), British track cyclist
• Lew Yates (born 1947), English boxer
• Lew Zivanovic, Australian rugby league player

Other

• Lew Adams (born 1940), British trade unionist
• Lew Allen (1925–2010), United States Air Force general
• Lew Baker (fl. 1825–1856), Welsh-born American policeman and accused assassin
• Lew Blum, American businessman
• Lewis (Lew) Campbell (1831–1910), Canadian pioneer rancher
• Lew Cirne (born 1970), Canadian-American technologist and entrepreneur
• Lew Irwin, American journalist
• Lew Kowarski (1907–1979), Russian-born French physicist
• Lew Mander (born 1939), New Zealand organic chemist
• Lew A. Nelson, American test pilot
• Lew Owens, Australian businessman
• Lew Wood (c. 1929–2013), American television journalist

Fictional characters

• Lew Archer, a fictional detective created by Ross Macdonald
• Lew Moxon, a character in the DC Comics Batman series
• Lew Zealand, a Muppet character

See also

• Lew (disambiguation)