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American clothing manufacturer. For the French anthropologist, see <a href="/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss" title="Claude Lévi-Strauss">Claude Lévi-Strauss</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Levi_Strauss_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Levi Strauss (disambiguation)">Levi Strauss (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><p><b>Levi Strauss</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'">aʊ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">LEE</span>-vy <span style="font-size:90%">STROWSS</span></i></a>; born <b>Löb Strauß</b>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[løːp<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈʃtʁaʊs]</a></span>; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture <a href="/wiki/Jeans" title="Jeans">blue jeans</a>. His firm of <a href="/wiki/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co." title="Levi Strauss & Co.">Levi Strauss & Co.</a> (Levi's) began in 1853 in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Downey_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Downey-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Levi Strauss</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Levi_Strauss_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Levi_Strauss_1.jpg/220px-Levi_Strauss_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Levi_Strauss_1.jpg/330px-Levi_Strauss_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Levi_Strauss_1.jpg/440px-Levi_Strauss_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1327" data-file-height="1514"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Löb Strauß</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1829-02-26</span>)</span>February 26, 1829<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Buttenheim" title="Buttenheim">Buttenheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Kingdom of Bavaria</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 26, 1902<span style="display:none">(1902-09-26)</span> (aged 73)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">German-American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data category">German Confederation (1829–1853)<br>United States (1853–1902)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Founding the first company to manufacture riveted blue jeans<br>Founder of the <a href="/wiki/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co." title="Levi Strauss & Co.">Levi Strauss & Co.</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg/220px-Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3040"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg/220px-Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg/330px-Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg/440px-Buttenheim_Levi_Strauss_Haus.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Birthplace of Levi Strauss</figcaption></figure> <p>Levi Strauss was born to a Jewish family in <a href="/wiki/Buttenheim" title="Buttenheim">Buttenheim</a> on February 26, 1829, in the <a href="/wiki/Franconia" title="Franconia">Franconia</a> region of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Kingdom of Bavaria</a> in the <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of Hirsch Strauss and Hirsch’s second wife, Rebecca Strauss (née Haas).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1847, aged 18, Strauss travelled with his mother and two sisters to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> to join his brothers Jonas and Louis, who had begun a wholesale <a href="/wiki/Dry_goods" title="Dry goods">dry goods</a> business in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> called J. Strauss Brother & Co., at 108 Liberty Street in Manhattan.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PBS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vpreservation_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vpreservation-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After arriving in New York, Strauss worked as an itinerant peddler of goods from his brother's store: kettles, blankets and sewing goods.<sup id="cite_ref-PBS_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vpreservation_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vpreservation-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Levi_Strauss&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Business career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>Levi's sister Fanny and her husband <a href="/wiki/David_Stern_(businessman)" title="David Stern (businessman)">David Stern</a> moved to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, while Levi went to live in <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, and sold his brothers' supplies there.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levi became an <a href="/wiki/American_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="American citizen">American citizen</a> in January 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The family decided to open a West Coast branch of their dry goods business in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, which was the commercial hub of the <a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levi was chosen to represent them, and he took steamships for San Francisco via Panama,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he arrived in early March 1854 and joined his sister's family.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Strauss opened his wholesale business as <a href="/wiki/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co." title="Levi Strauss & Co.">Levi Strauss & Co.</a> and imported fine dry goods from his brothers in New York, including clothing, bedding, combs, purses, and handkerchiefs.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made tents and later jeans while he lived with Fanny's growing family.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tailor <a href="/wiki/Jacob_W._Davis" title="Jacob W. Davis">Jacob W. Davis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno, Nevada</a> was one of his customers; in 1871, having invented a way to strengthen work pants using rivets, he went into business with Strauss to mass produce them.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, Davis asked Strauss to help him apply for a patent, and the patent (one-half assigned to Levi Strauss & Co.) was issued in 1873.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Levi_Strauss&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Levi Strauss was never married, and died on September 26, 1902 in San Francisco. His estate was worth about $30 million (equivalent to $855 million in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-Downey_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Downey-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levi's nephew Sigmund Stern's only child, Elise Fanny Stern,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> married <a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Haas" title="Walter A. Haas">Walter A. Haas</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Haas" title="Abraham Haas">Abraham Haas</a>, whose descendants are the current owners of Levi Strauss & Co.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Levi_Strauss&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>Levi Strauss, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform branch of Judaism</a>, helped establish <a href="/wiki/Congregation_Emanu-El_(San_Francisco)" title="Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco)">Congregation Emanu-El</a>, the first Jewish <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a> in the city of San Francisco.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also gave money to several charities, including special funds for orphans. The Levi Strauss Foundation started with an 1897 donation to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, that provided the funds for 28 scholarships.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Levi Strauss museum is located in the 1687 house where Strauss was born <a href="/wiki/Buttenheim" title="Buttenheim">Buttenheim</a>, Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a visitors center at Levi Strauss & Co. headquarters in San Francisco, which features historical exhibits. </p><p>In 1994, he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Hall_of_Great_Westerners" title="Hall of Great Westerners">Hall of Great Westerners</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museum" title="National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum">National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Levi_Strauss&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDowney2008" class="citation web cs1">Downey, Lynn (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110723005530/http://www.levistrauss.com/sites/default/files/librarydocument/2010/4/History_Levi_Strauss_Biography.pdf">"Levi Strauss: a short biography"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Levi Strauss & Co. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.levistrauss.com/sites/default/files/librarydocument/2010/4/History_Levi_Strauss_Biography.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on July 23, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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St. Johns Martin's Press. p. 145. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-35527-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-312-35527-2"><bdi>978-0-312-35527-2</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-31220-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-31220-5"><bdi>978-0-313-31220-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+an+Influential+Fashion%3A+An+Encyclopedia+of+Nineteenth-and+Twentieth-century+Fashion+Designers+and+Retailers+who+Transformed+Dress&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-313-31220-5&rft.aulast=Kellogg&rft.aufirst=Ann+T.&rft.au=Peterson%2C+Amy+T.&rft.au=Bay%2C+Stefani&rft.au=Swindell%2C+Natalie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPIgUAQAAIAAJ%26q%3Dlevi%2Bstrauss%2BFebruary%2B26%2C%2B1829%2C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALevi+Strauss" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dietze, Joachim. 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3" title="لیوای اشتراوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیوای اشتراوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss_(jeans)" title="Levi Strauss (jeans) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Levi Strauss (jeans)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4_%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="리바이 스트라우스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리바이 스트라우스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5_%D5%8D%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD" title="Լիվայ Ստրաուս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լիվայ Ստրաուս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1" title="לוי שטראוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לוי שטראוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levis_Strauss" title="Levis Strauss – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Levis Strauss" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ლევი სტრაუსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლევი სტრაუსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81" title="Леви Страусс – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Леви Страусс" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81" title="Леви Штраус – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Леви Штраус" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B8" title="लेव्ही स्ट्रॉस – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लेव्ही स्ट्रॉस" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ლევი სტრაუსი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლევი სტრაუსი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%89_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3" title="ليفى شتراوس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليفى شتراوس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9" title="リーヴァイ・ストラウス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リーヴァイ・ストラウス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss_(przedsi%C4%99biorca)" title="Levi Strauss (przedsiębiorca) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Levi Strauss (przedsiębiorca)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81,_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Страусс, Ливай – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Страусс, Ливай" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81" title="Леви Штраус – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Леви Штраус" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D" title="లెవీ స్ట్రాస్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="లెవీ స్ట్రాస్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="ลีวาย สเตราส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ลีวาย สเตราส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81" title="Леві Стросс – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Леві Стросс" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Levi Strauss" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E7%BB%B4%C2%B7%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%E5%8A%B3%E6%96%AF" title="李维·斯特劳斯 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="李维·斯特劳斯" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"/> </div> <ul id="footer-info" class="footer-info hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 10 December 2024, at 13:35<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Content is available under <a 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