Who Else Do I Know Named Liebowitz?

Once Danes realize they actually can pronounce my last name, easily, they always ask "Who else do I know named Liebowitz?"

Here's a list of other Liebowitzes (spellings may vary) that you may have heard of:

Annie Leibovitz, photographer

Famous for her photographs, she started as a staff photographer for Rolling Stone magazine. She was the last person to photograph John Lennon.

Fran Lebowitz, author

She started at Interview magazine working for Andy Warhol, and her first book was a collection of essays. Fran Lebowitz smokes like a chimney, and has an opinion about everything. She was once thrown out of elementary school for "non-specific surliness". Whatever that means.

Samuel Leibowitz, defense attorney

A New York attorney, he is most well-known for defending the Scottsboro Boys, a group of 9 black young men who were on death row in Alabama in 1931, on false rape charges.

Fawn Liebowitz, dead student

In the 1978 comedic romp (I like "comedic romp" - it's always in the blurb on the back of Blockbuster movies) Animal House, some bumbling college students try to meet sympathetic women by pretending they have a date with "Fawn Liebowitz", a student who recently died.

Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, television host

Otherwise known as Jon Stewart.