Lowenstein or Loewenstein () is a German-language and Yiddish-language surname meaning "lion stone". A dialect form of the name is Lewenstein, which is also the original Yiddish form. Other variants are Levenstein and Levenshtein.
Notable people with the name include:
Loewenstein Alfred Loewenstein (1877–1928), Belgian financier, remembered for his mysterious disappearance and death Antony Loewenstein (born 1974), Australian political activist and journalist George Loewenstein (born 1955), American educator and economist Jason Loewenstein (born 1971), American rock musician and a member of the indie-rock band Sebadoh Karl Loewenstein (1891–1973), German-American professor of government and law Karl Loewenstein (banker) (1887–1975/1976), German banker and naval officer Meir David Loewenstein (1904–1995), Israeli politician Regina Loewenstein (1916–1999), American public health statistician Rudolph Loewenstein (psychoanalyst) (1898–1976), American psychoanalyst Rupert Loewenstein (1933–2014), Spanish-born Bavarian aristocrat and financial manager of The Rolling Stones
Lowenstein Arts and entertainment Jaron Lowenstein (born 1974), American singer Jon Lowenstein (born 1970), American documentary photographer, filmmaker, and visual artist Maria Lowenstein (1894–1982), American artist Richard Lowenstein (born 1959), Australian film director
Government and law Allard K. Lowenstein (1929–1980), American Democratic politician in New York state; father of Frank Lowenstein Daniel H. Lowenstein (attorney) (born 1943), American expert in election law Frank Lowenstein (born 1967), American lawyer, diplomat and former government official James Lowenstein (1927–2023), American diplomat Louis Lowenstein (lawyer) (1925–2009), American corporate attorney, law professor, and financial industry critic
Journalism Doug Lowenstein, American business executive and former newspaper reporter Ralph Lowenstein (1930–2020), American professor of journalism Roger Lowenstein (born 1954), American financial journalist
Medicine Daniel H. Lowenstein (physician), American neurologist Jerome Lowenstein (1933–2025), American medical doctor specializing in nephrology Leah Lowenstein (1930–1984), American nephrologist Louis Lowenstein (medicine) (1908–1968), American-born Canadian medical researcher Otto Lowenstein (1889–1965), German-American neuropsychiatrist
Sports Claude Lowenstein (1921–2010), French Olympic rower (coxswain) John Lowenstein (born 1947), American baseball player
Other Edward Lowenstein (1913–1970), American architect Nitza Lowenstein (born 1953), Israeli-Australian radio broadcaster and producer Otto Egon Lowenstein (1906–1999), German-born zoologist Solomon Lowenstein (1877–1942), American rabbi, social worker, and philanthropist Tom Lowenstein (1941–2025), English poet, ethnographer, teacher, and cultural historian Wendy Lowenstein (1927–2006), Australian historian, author, and teacher; mother of Richard Lowenstein
Löwenstein See also Löwenstein-Wertheim for a list of title holders in the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim Anna Löwenstein (born 1951), British journalist, teacher and activist in the Esperanto movement Baruch Solomon Löwenstein (19th century), Jewish mathematician Hans Louis Ferdinand von Löwenstein zu Löwenstein (1874–1959), German mining official, politician and Reichstag deputy Hans Otto Löwenstein (1881–1931), Austrian film director and screenwriter Heinz Bernhard Löwenstein (1923–1994), British actor and director best known as Heinz Bernard; father of Anna Löwenstein Hubertus, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1906–1984), German historian and political figure Jakob Löwenstein (1799–1869), German rabbi and writer Jürgen Löwenstein (1925–2018), German-born Israeli citizen and concentration camp survivor Kurt Löwenstein (1885–1939, German politician László Löwenstein (1904–1964), birth name of Hungarian and American actor Peter Lorre Leo Löwenstein (1966–2010), German prince and endurance race driver Lippmann Hirsch Löwenstein (1809–1848), German Hebrew scholar Rudolf Löwenstein (1819–1891), German author
Fictional characters Susan Lowenstein, a fictional character in the novel and film The Prince of Tides Margravine di Chiave Lowenstein, a fictional character in the 1963 Thomas Pynchon novel V.
See also Lowenstein (disambiguation) Levenstein Lewenstein Lovenstein