Lew (given name) explained

Lew is the usual shortened form of Lewis or Llywelyn when they are used as first names in English.

It can also be found in Slavic languages as a translation of Latin name Leon, where it may be written as "Lew" or "Lev".

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 (1935–2023), 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 (1944–2015), 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 (1934–2019), American rockabilly singer and songwriter

Politics

• Lew Frederick (born 1951), 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 Alcindor (born 1947), American retired basketball player who adopted the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• 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 Brown (baseball) (1858–1889), American baseball player
• Lew Burdette (1926–2007), American baseball player
• Lew Camp (1868–1948), 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 (born 1946), 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. (1943–2021), American baseball player
• Lew Lane (1899–1980), American football coach
• Lew Luce (1938–2020), American football player
• Lew Malone (1897–1972), American baseball player
• Lew Massey (1956–2014), American basketball player
• Lew Mayne (1920–2013), 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 (1948–2023), Canadian ice hockey player
• Lew Nichols III (born 2001), American football player
• Lew Perkins (1945–2023), 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 (1921–2015), English footballer
• Lew Worsham (1917–1990), American golfer
• Lew Wyld (1905–1974), British track cyclist
• Lew Yates (born 1947), English boxer
• Lew Zivanovic (born 1959), 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 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 (1939–2020), New Zealand organic chemist
• Lew A. Nelson, American test pilot
• Lew Whiteman (1903–1994), Australian businessman and collector
• 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)
• Lev (given name)