Lewis (first name)

Lewis is a common given name , especially in the Anglo-Saxon region . It is a variant of the French given name Louis , which in turn was derived from the Old High German / Franconian first name Hluthwig ( Ludwig ).

Name bearer

• Lewis Allen (1905-2000), British film director
• Lewis Boss (1846–1912), American astronomer
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), British writer
• Lewis Elton (1923-2018), British educational researcher
• Lewis Flash (pseudonym of Luigi Naviglio; 1936-2001), Italian science fiction writer
• Lewis Gilbert (1920–2018), British film director, producer and screenwriter
• Lewis "Lew" Gluckin (1930–2017), American jazz and studio musician
• Lewis Hamilton (* 1985), British racing car driver
• Lewis Holtby (* 1990), German-English soccer player
• Lewis Kahn (1946 / 47–2019), American salsa and jazz musician
• Lewis Mumford (1895–1990), American architecture critic and historian
• Lewis Travis (born 1997), English football player
• Lewis Worrell (* 1934), American free jazz bassist
• Lewis Wright (* ≈1990), British jazz musician
• Lewis Yablonsky (1924–2014), American criminologist and psychotherapist