Lew (given name)
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, American actor and musician
- Lew Ayres, American actor
- Lew Bedell, American music executive and entertainer
- Lew Brown, Russian-American lyricist
- Lew Buford Brown, American editor and poet
- Lew Christensen, American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director
- Lew Cody, American actor
- Lew Davis, American film actor
- Lew DeWitt, American country music singer and composer
- Lew Dietz, American writer
- Lew Dockstader, American singer and comedian
- Lew Douglas, American composer, arranger, and conductor
- Lew Fields, American actor and producer
- Lew Futterman, American record producer
- Lew Gallo, American actor and producer
- Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born English impresario and media mogul
- Lew Harvey, American actor
- Lew Hunter, American screenwriter, author, and educator
- Lew Kelly, American actor
- Lew Jetton, American musician and meteorologist
- Lew Johnson, American minstrel-troupe owner
- Lew Landers, American film and television director
- Lew Lehr, American comedian, writer, and editor
- Lew Leslie, American theater writer and producer
- Lew Lewis, English harmonica player and vocalist
- Lew Meehan, American actor
- Lew McCreary, American author, editor, and speaker
- Lew Nottke, American guitarist
- Lew Parker, American actor
- Lew Pollack, American songwriter
- Lew Porter, American composer and songwriter
- Lew Rywin, Russian-born Polish film producer
- Lew Schneider, American television producer, writer, actor, and comedian
- Lew Schwartz, American comic book artist
- Lew Soloff, American jazz musician and actor
- Lew Spence, American songwriter
- Lew Stone, English jazz bandleader
- Lew Stringer, English comic artist and scriptwriter
- Lew Tabackin, American jazz musician
- Lew Temple, American actor
- Lew Wallace, American author, lawyer, general, and politician
- Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and studio executive
- Lew Welch, American Beat poet
- Lew Williams, American rockabilly singer and songwriter
Politics
- Lew Frederick, American politician
- Lew Johnstone, Australian politician
- Lew Rockwell, American libertarian political commentator
- Lew Sapieha, leader of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Sports
- Lew Alcindor, American retired basketball player who adopted the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Lew Andreas, American basketball and football coach
- Lew Barnes, American football player
- Lew Beck (basketball), American basketball player
- Lew Beasley, American baseball player
- Lew Bradford, English footballer
- Lew Booth, Welsh footballer
- Lew Brown (baseball), American baseball player
- Lew Burdette, American baseball player
- Lew Camp, American baseball player
- Lew Carpenter, American football player and coach
- Lew Carpenter (baseball), American baseball player
- Lew Carr, American baseball player
- Lew Chatterley, English footballer and coach
- Lew Dodak, American politician
- Lew Drill, American baseball player
- Lew Evans, Australian rugby union player
- Lew Flick, American baseball player
- Lew Fonseca, American baseball player
- Lew Ford, American baseball player
- Lew Gerrard, New Zealand tennis player
- Lew Graulich, American baseball player
- Lew Groh,, American baseball player
- Lew Hayman, American-born Canadian football coach and executive
- Lew Hitch, American basketball player
- Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player
- Lew Jenkins, American boxer
- Lew Krausse Sr., American baseball player and scout
- Lew Krausse Jr., American baseball player
- Lew Lane, American football coach
- Lew Luce, American football player
- Lew Malone, American baseball player
- Lew Massey, American basketball player
- Lew Mayne, American football player
- Lew McCarty, American baseball player
- Lew Meehl, American soccer player
- Lew Moren, American baseball player
- Lew Morgan,, Scottish footballer
- Lew Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
- Lew Nichols III, American football player
- Lew Perkins, American athletic director
- Lew Post, American baseball player
- Lew Richie, American baseball player
- Lew Riggs, American baseball player
- Lew Ritter, American baseball player
- Lew Sharpe, Australian rules footballer
- Lew Shaver, American football and wheelchair basketball coach
- Lew Simmons, American baseball manager
- Lew Skinner, American football player
- Lew Tendler, American boxer
- Lew Watts, American baseball player and coach
- Lew Wendell, American baseball player and manager
- Lew Whistler, American baseball player
- Lew Woodroffe, English footballer
- Lew Worsham, American golfer
- Lew Wyld, British track cyclist
- Lew Yates, English boxer
- Lew Zivanovic, Australian rugby league player
Other
- Lew Adams, British trade unionist
- Lew Allen, United States Air Force general
- Lew Baker, Welsh-born American policeman and accused assassin
- Lew Campbell, Canadian pioneer rancher
- Lew Cirne, Canadian-American technologist and entrepreneur
- Lew Irwin, American journalist
- Lew Kowarski, Russian-born French physicist
- Lew Mander, New Zealand organic chemist
- Lew A. Nelson, American test pilot
- Lew Whiteman, Australian businessman and collector
- Lew Wood, 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