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    Abramowicz

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    Abramowicz, Abramovich, Abramowitz, and Abramovitz are variant spellings of a name meaning "son of Abraham" among Slavic language speaking peoples; it is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews,[1][2] for whom it is commonly Hebraized to Ben-Avraham (בן-אברהם) upon immigration to Israel.

    A similar surname of peoples from the former Yugoslavia is Abramović.

    Some people with these names include:

    Abramowicz (Polish)

    • Andrzej Abramowicz (died 1763), Polish-Lithuanian nobleman.
    • Danny Abramowicz (born 1945), American football player
    • Daria Abramowicz (born 1987), Polish sports psychologist
    • Dawid Abramowicz (born 1991), Polish footballer
    • Kazimierz Abramowicz (1889–1936), Polish mathematician
    • Leo Abramowicz (1889–1978), Jewish Austrian painter
    • Manuel Abramowicz (born 1967), Belgian reporter
    • Michel Abramowicz (born 1950), French cinematographer
    • Sławomir Abramowicz (born 2004), Polish footballer
    • Tomasz Abramowicz (born 1979), Polish footballer
    • Witold Abramowicz, Polish scientist, academic
    • Yehuda Meir Abramowicz, (1914–2007), Israeli rabbi and politician

    Abramovich (Russian: Абрамо́вич)

    • Alexander Abramovich (Alexander "Sasha" Argov; 1914–95), Russian-born Israeli composer
    • Luis Abramovich (born 1962), Argentine footballer
    • Mario Abramovich (1926–2014), Argentine musician
    • Roman Abramovich (born 1966), Russian billionaire businessman, former owner of Chelsea FC
    • Vsevolod Abramovich (1890–1913), Russian aviator
    • Yuri Abramovich (1935–2017), Soviet aircraft pilot and 'Hero of Russia'
    Abramovitch
    • Raphael Abramovitch (1880–1963), Russian socialist
    Abramovitz
    • Max Abramovitz (1908–2004), American architect
    • Moses Abramovitz (1912–2000), American economist and professor
    • Orit Abramovitz, Israeli Olympic athlete
    • S. Y. Abramovitz aka Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836–1917), Jewish author from Belarus
    Abramowitz
    • Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz (1902–1995), American Hasidic rebbe
    • Dov Ber Abramowitz (1860–1926), American Rabbi
    • Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958), American mathematician
    • Morton I. Abramowitz (1933–2024), American diplomat and U.S. State Department official
    • Pinchas Abramowitz (1909–1986), Israeli artist
    • Sid Abramowitz (born 1960), American football player
    • Yosef Abramowitz (born 1964), Israeli businessman

    References

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    1. ^ Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Publishing House. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. OCLC 25093664.
    2. ^ A Sourcebook for Genealogical Research: Resources Alphabetically by Type and Location, McFarland, 13 May 2004
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