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Lewy

Lewy may refer to:

  • Lewy (surname)
  • Levi, a biblical personage
  • Lewy body, abnormal aggregates of protein that develop inside nerve cells of the brain
  • Dementia with Lewy bodies, progressive brain disease associated with degenerative dementia in the elderly
Lewy (surname)

Lewy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alfred J. Lewy, psychiatrist
  • Bergnart Carl Lewy, Danish chemist
  • Casimir Lewy, philosopher
  • Frederic Lewy, neurologist best known for discovering Lewy bodies
  • Glen Lewy, National Chair of the Anti-Defamation League
  • Guenter Lewy, political scientist
  • Hans Lewy, Mathematician
  • Israel Lewy, German-Jewish scholar
  • Robert Ira Lewy, American doctor