Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz, Lifschitz, Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz), Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc.
The surname may refer to:
Chezki Lifshitz (born 1974), Head Shaliach of Chabad of Nepal and the Chief Rabbi
Rabbi Eliezer Meir Lifshitz (1879–1946), for whom the Lifshitz College of Education was named
Evgeny Lifshitz (1915–1985), Soviet physicist
Ilya Lifshitz (1917–1982), Soviet physicist (brother of Evgeny)
J.D. Lifshitz (born 1992), American film director
Miguel Lifschitz (born 1955), Argentine politician, former mayor of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe
Mikhail Lifshitz (1905–1983), Soviet literary critic and aesthetics philosopher
Ofer Lifschitz (born 1958), chairman of Brit Olam party, Israel
Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz 1939), American fashion designer and business executive
Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), French screenwriter and director
Yaron Lifschitz, Australian theatre director most notable for his involvement in the circus arts
