List of Famous people with last name Lemkin

Raphael Lemkin

First Name Raphael

Last Name Lemkin

Born on June 24, 1900

Died on August 28, 1959 (aged 59)

Raphael Lemkin was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who is best known for coining the word genocide and initiating the Genocide Convention. Lemkin coined the word genocide in 1943 or 1944 from genos and -cide. His work inspired Jessie Bernard whose American Community Behavior contains one of the earliest sociological studies of genocide.

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Jonathan Lemkin

First Name Jonathan

Last Name Lemkin

Born on January 1, 1900 (age 124)

Jonathan Lemkin is an American screenwriter. He has written for the television series 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Hill Street Blues. He has also written the films Showdown in Little Tokyo, Lethal Weapon 4, Red Planet, and adapted The Devil's Advocate and Shooter from novels. He and actress Kiersten Warren-Acevedo were married in 1990 and divorced in 2005.

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