is a Surname . It has more than one possible origin. One is the Anglicised version of the personal forename '' Louis '' that has, through Patronymic s, also come to be used as a Surname . The other is derived from the Germanic given name Lewis, meaning "renowned, famous battle", and is of English/Welsh origin.
It may refer to many people, as below.
- Aaron Lewis , American singer
- Al Lewis , American actor
- Alan Lewis , Irish cricketer and rugby referee
- Alexander Lewis , American science fiction writer
- Alfred Henry Lewis , American novelist
- Alun Lewis , poet of the Anglo-Welsh school
- Ananda Lewis , American model
- Andrea Lewis (born 1985), Canadian actress
- Andrea Lewis (Microsoft) , early Microsoft employee
- Andrew Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Andrew Lewis (composer) , British composer of acousmatic music
- --- Andrew Lewis (Canadian Politician) , contemporary Canadian politician
- --- Andrew Lewis (soldier) (1720–1781), Virginia general
- --- Andrew L. Lewis, Jr. or "Drew Lewis", American politician
- Andy Lewis , Australian musician
- Anthony Lewis , American writer
- Arthur Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Arthur Lewis (economist) , winner of the Bank Of Sweden Prize 1979
- --- Arthur Lewis (English Politician) , former MP for Newham , North West
- --- Arthur Lewis (Australian Politician) , former MP
- --- Arthur Lewis (Caribbean) , educator
- Ashton Lewis , American driver
- Avi Lewis , Canadian television journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Aylwin Lewis , American CEO
- Barbara Lewis , American singer
- Bayan Lewis , Los Angeles police chief
- Bennett Lewis , Canadian physicist
- Bernard Lewis , British-American historian
- Bill Lewis , British artist
- Bill Lewis (character) , fictional character from '' Guiding Light ''
- Bill Lewis (football) , American football coach
- Bob Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Bob Lewis (musician) , member of Devo
- --- Bob Lewis (horse Racing) , who owned "Silver Charm" and "Charismatic", winners of the 1997 and 1999 Kentucky Derby
- --- Captain Bob Lewis, copilot on the Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
- --- Bob Lewis (DJ) , disk jockey on AM radio station WABC-AM in New York in the 1960's, then moving to FM station WPLJ
- Bobby Lewis , American singer
- Brian Lewis , American athlete
- Bruce Lewis , American cartoonist B-chan
- C. S. Lewis , British academic and writer
- Carenza Lewis , archaeologist
- Carl Lewis , American athlete
- Cecil Day-Lewis , Irish poet
- Chad Lewis , American football player
- Charles Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Charles Lewis (engineer) , engineer at the Ford Motor Company
- --- Charles Lewis (footballer) , English football player
- --- Charles Lewis (journalist) , founder of the Center For Public Integrity
- --- Charles Lewis (soldier) , American 18th century colonel
- Chris Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Chris Lewis , New Zealand tennis player
- --- Chris Lewis , an Aboriginal Australian Rules Football er with the West Coast Eagles
- --- Chris Lewis , England international and county cricketer
- Christopher Andrew Lewis , British academic and clergyman
- Clarence Irving Lewis ( 1883 – 1964 ), Philosopher and Mathematical Logician
- Cliff Lewis , fictional character from '' Matlock ''
- Clive Derby-Lewis , South African politician
- Clyde Lewis , American talk radio personality
- Colby Lewis , baseball player
- Corey Lewis , American comics artist
- D. B. Wyndham-Lewis , British columnist and literary editor
- D.D. Lewis , American football player
- D. F. Lewis , British writer
- Dale Lewis , Australian Rules footballer
- Damian Lewis , British actor
- Dan Lewis , Welsh football player
- Daniel Day-Lewis , British actor
- Darren Lewis , American baseball player
- Darryll Lewis , American football player
- Daurene Lewis , Canadian politician
- Dave Lewis (American Football Player)
- Dave Lewis , Canadian head coach in the National Hockey League
- David Lewis , one of several people including
- --- David Lewis (philosopher) (1941-2001), American philosopher known for his theory of Modal Realism
- --- David Lewis (politician) (1909-1981), Russian-born Canadian lawyer and politician.
- --- David Lewis (actor) , known for his role as Edward on '' General Hospital ''
- --- Saint David Lewis , one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs Of England And Wales
- --- David P. Lewis , American politician
- --- David Robert Lewis , South African writer and artist
- --- David R. Lewis , American politician
- --- David Lewis (striker) , a Rand Revolt striker who was hanged for the murder of Rupert William Taylor on 17 November 1922
- Lady Davina Lewis , minor British Royal
- Dawnn Lewis , American actress
- Denise Lewis , British Heptathlete
- Desmond Lewis , Jamaican cricketer
- Dixon Hall Lewis , American politician
- Donna Lewis , Welsh singer-songwriter
- Donnie Lewis , singer
- Dorothy Lewis , American psychiatrist
- Doug Lewis , Canadian politician
- Drew Lewis , American railroad executive
- Duffy Lewis , American baseball player
- Earl Lewis , American academic administrator
- Ed Lewis , American wrestler
- Eddie Lewis , American soccer player
- Edna Lewis , American cook and writer
- Edmonia Lewis , American sculptor
- Edward Lewis , one of several people
- --- Edward B. Lewis (1918-2004), American geneticist and Nobel Prize winner
- --- Edward Lewis , Oscar-winning film producer and writer
- --- Edward Lewis , author of papers on plasma effects
- ---Sir Edward Lewis (d. 1980), the founder of Decca Records
- --- Edward Lewis (1831-1913)), New Zealand Church of Christ minister
- --- Edward Gardner Lewis , American publisher
- Edwin Lewis , American Methodist theologian
- Edythe Lewis , American DJ and politician
- Eiluned Lewis , Welsh writer
- Eldece Clarke-Lewis , Bahamian runner
- Elliott Lewis , Australian politician
- Emmanuel Lewis , American actor
- Eugene Lewis , American political scientist
- Evan Lewis , American politician
- Gary Lewis (born 1946), American musician with Gary Lewis & The Playboys , son of Jerry Lewis
- Geoffrey Lewis , American actor
- George Lewis , onle of several people including
- --- Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), British statesman
- --- George Lewis (clarinetist) (1900 - 1968), New Orleans jazz musician
- --- George Lewis (trombonist) (born 1952)
- --- George W. Lewis (1882 - 1948), director of NACA
- --- George Lewis (jockey)
- --- George Lewis (Journalist)
- --- George Lewis (tv Host) ( 1926 - 2004 ), the tv host and newscaster who portrayed Captain Chesapeake , Captain Pitt , Steamboat Bill and others.
- --- George Henry Lewis (1833-1911), UK
- --- George Lewis (Scilly Isles Politician) , the conservative member for the Scilly Isles, born in the Democratic Republic of Streetly, close friend of Margaret Thatcher.
- Georgina King Lewis , British philanthropist
- Glenn Lewis , Canadian singer
- Greg Lewis , American football player
- Gilbert N. Lewis , American chemist
- Guy Lewis , American basketball coach
- J. Hamilton Lewis , American politician
- Harry Lewis , actor
- Harvey Spencer Lewis , American Rosicrucian
- Henry Carvill Lewis (1853-1888), American geologist
- Hayley Lewis , Australian swimmer
- Herbert Lewis , British politician
- Herbie Lewis , American jazz bassist
- Herbie Lewis , Canadian hockey player
- Herschell Gordon Lewis , American film director
- Hilda Lewis , British writer
- Hiram Lewis , American politician
- Howard Lew Lewis , British actor and comedian
- Huey Lewis , American musician and singer
- Jack Lewis , British chemist
- Jackie Lewis , British racing driver
- Jamal Lewis , American football player
- James Lewis , American libertarian politician
- James "Jimmy" Lewis , fictional character from '' Rage Of The Dragons ''
- James T. Lewis , politician
- James W. Lewis , American convicted in relation to the 1982 Tylenol Scare
- Janet Lewis , American writer
- Jason Lewis , American actor
- Jassie Lewis , American model and actress Jassie James
- Jeannie Lewis , Australian musician
- Jeffrey Lewis American singer/songwriter
- Jerry Lewis , American comic actor and director, 50% of Martin And Lewis
- Jerry Lewis , American politician
- Jerry Lee Lewis , American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist
- Jenifer Lewis , American actress
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- Jenny Lewis , American singer
- Jim Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Jim Lewis , astrologer
- --- Jim Lewis , owner of Best Mate
- --- Jim Lewis , Libertarian politician
- --- Jim Lewis , nominated for a Tony Award in 1996 for the libretto of '' Chronicle Of A Death Foretold ''
- Jimi Lewis , English hockey player
- Joe Lewis , English footballer
- John Lewis , one of several people including
- --- John F. Lewis (1818-1895), American farmer and politician
- --- John Henry Lewis (1914-1974), boxer
- --- John L. Lewis , American labor leader
- --- John Lewis (1889-1976), British philosopher and religious leader
- --- John Lewis (pianist) , the jazz pianist John Aaron Lewis
- --- Jona Lewie , British singer
- --- John Bower Lewis , Canadian politician
- --- John L. Lewis (mayor Of New Orleans) , mayor of New Orleans
- --- John Lewis (politician) , American civil rights activist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- --- John S. Lewis , professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
- --- John Lewis (department Store Founder) , draper and founder of the John Lewis department store
- --- John Spedan Lewis , pioneer of industrial democracy and founder of the John Lewis Partnership
- --- John Wood Lewis, Sr. , American politician
- --- a contemporary glass sculpture artist
- Johnny Lewis , American actor
- Jon Lewis , English cricketer
- Jon Peter Lewis , American singer
- Joseph Lewis , freethinker and atheist
- Joseph Lewis (British) , wealthy British investor
- Joseph H. Lewis , American film director
- Josh Lewis , American guitarist
- Josh And Reva Lewis , fictional characters from '' Guiding Light ''
- Judy Lewis , American actress
- Julian Lewis , British politician
- Juliette Lewis , American actress
- Maia Lewis , New Zealand cricketer
- Margaret Lewis , American playwright
- Mark Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Mark Lewis , American football player
- --- Mark Lewis , American baseball player
- Mark Lewis-Francis , British athlete
- Martyn Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Martyn Lewis , British newsreader
- --- Martyn Lewis , British Badminton player
- Marvin Lewis , American football coach
- Mary Anne Lewis , first married name of Mary Anne Disraeli, 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield
- Mary Jane Lewis , American actress Mary Jane Croft
- Mary Parker Lewis , American political consultant and activist
- Matthew Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Matthew David Lewis , born 1989, British actor
- --- Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), British Gothic novelist
- Maud Lewis , Canadian artist
- Meade Lux Lewis , American pianist and composer
- Mel Lewis , American jazz drummer
- Mercedes Lewis , American football player
- Meriwether Lewis , American explorer of Lewis And Clark
- Michael Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Michael Lewis (author) , non-fiction author
- --- Michael Lewis , Australian cricketer
- --- Michael Lewis (investor) , British shareholder in German Axel Springer AG
- --- Michael Lewis (NFL Safety) , an American Football player for the Philadelphia Eagles
- --- Michael Lewis (NFL Receiver) , an American Football player for the New Orleans Saints
- --- Michael Lewis (actor) , a 1950s stage actor and son of Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson
- Miles Marshall Lewis , American writer
- Mo Lewis , American football player
- Monica Lewis , American singer and actress
- Morgan Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Morgan Lewis , a Governor Of New York State
- --- Morgan Lewis , a songwriter
- Mungo Lewis , Canadian politician
- Ralph Maxwell Lewis , American Rosicrucian
- Rashard Lewis , American basketball player
- Rawl Lewis , Grenadian cricketer
- Ray Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Ray Lewis , an NFL Linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens
- --- Ray Lewis , Canadian athlete
- --- Ray Lewis , a singer for The Drifters
- Reg Lewis , English footballer
- Reggie Lewis (died 1993), American basketball player
- Reginald Lewis , American businessman
- Richard Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Richard Lewis , American comedian and actor
- --- Richard Lewis , New Zealand politician
- --- Richard Lewis , English tenor
- --- Richard J. Lewis , TV and film director
- --- Richard W. Lewis , literary critic and biographer
- Ricky Lewis , American soccer player
- Robbie Lewis , fictional character, police sergeant under '' Inspector Morse '' and now star of spin-off series '' Lewis ''
- Robert Lewis , American actor, co-founder of the Actors Studio
- Robert Q. Lewis , American actor and game show host
- Robert W. Lewis , writer
- Roger Lewis , British biographer
- Ron Lewis , American politician
- Row Lewis , Grenadian Director of the Liberty Fellowship Center
- Samuel L. Lewis , American Sufi and founder of Dances Of Universal Peace
- Saunders Lewis , Welsh writer
- Shari Lewis , American puppeteer
- Sharon Lewis , Canadian television personality
- Shaznay Lewis , British singer-songwriter
- Sinclair Lewis , American novelist
- Smiley Lewis , musician
- J. E. Stanley Lewis , Canadian politician
- Stefaney Lewis , American model
- Stephen Lewis , Canadian politician
- Stephen Lewis (actor) , British actor
- Steve Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Steve Lewis (musician) , American jazz pianist
- --- Steve Lewis (athlete) , American athlete
- Stuart Lewis-Evans , British Formula One driver
- Susan Lewis , fictional character from '' ER ''
- Tamasin Day-Lewis , British television chef
- Tamsyn Lewis , Australian athlete
- Ted Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Ted Lewis (ballplayer) , Edward Morgan Lewis (born 1872 in Wales; died 1936) was an American baseball player from 1896 through 1900 with the National League Boston Beaneaters , and in 1901 with the Boston Americans .
- --- Ted Lewis (musician) , given name Theodore Friedman (1890-1971), American band leader
- --- Ted Lewis (writer) (1940 - 1982) was an English crime novelist whose works include ''Jack's Return Home''.
- --- Ted "Kid" Lewis was a world boxing champion who is in the International Boxing Hall Of Fame . His nickname was ''Kid''.
- --- Ted Lewis (voice Actor) , a Voice Actor who does voiceover work in the English dubbed versions of certain ''anime''
- Terry Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Terence Lewis , British politician
- --- Terry Lewis (designer) , fashion designer featured on television's Home Shopping Network
- --- Terry Lewis (Queensland) , former Queensland police commissioner who was convicted and jailed for corruption
- --- Terry Lewis , R&B writer and producer who works with partner Jimmy Jam
- Thomas Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Thomas Lewis (1718-1790), American surveyor, Virginia pioneer
- --- Thomas Lewis (1881-1945), British surgeon and cardiologist
- --- Thomas Lewis (1913-1993), American physician and author
- --- Thomas Lewis (born 1922), Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales
- --- Thomas Lewis (born 1972), American football wide receiver in the NFL
- --- Thomas Lewis, Jr. (1760-1847), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
- --- Thomas F. Lewis (born 1923), former U.S. Congressman from Florida
- Tim Lewis , American football player
- Tim Lewis, Welsh experimental musician Thighpaulsandra
- Tom Lewis , one of several people including
- --- Tom Lewis , Canadian folksinger/songwriter
- --- Tom Lewis , British obstetrican
- Tommy Lewis (1873-1962), British trade unionist and Labour MP
- Tony Lewis , Welsh cricketer
- Tony Lewis , fictional character from '' The Tenth Kingdom ''
- Tracy R. Lewis , American economist
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