Kalmus Calmann Lévy

Kalmus "Calmann" Lévy (29 March 1819, Phalsbourg – 18 June 1891, Paris) was the founder of Calmann-Lévy, one of the oldest French publishing houses.

Simon Lévy was an Alsatian Jewish colporteur (a peddler of printed publications) who moved to a poor neighbourhood in Paris in 1825.

Until 1825, Kalmus and Michel studied in a primary school of the Israelite Consistory of the Seine.

After Michel's death in 1875, Kalmus took over the management of the company and changed his first name to Calmann.

Calmann Lévy died in 1893 and his sons succeeded him at the head of Calmann-Lévy.