Horwitz

Horwitz is a surname, current among Ashkenazi Jews. It is derived from the Yiddish pronunciation of the name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia. For detailed historical background see the Horowitz page .

Notable people with the surname include:

* Alan Horwitz (born 1944), American businessman
* Arnold Horwitz (later Arnold Horween), American football player for Harvard Crimson and in the NFL
* Bella Horwitz, 18th century Bohemian writer
* Bernhard Horwitz (1807-1885), German chess player
* Brian Horwitz (born 1982), American major league baseball outfielder
* Jacob H. Horwitz (1892–1992), American businessman, philanthropist and fashion innovator.
* Jerome Lester Horwitz (1903–1952), a.k.a. Curly Howard, American of the Three Stooges
* David Horwitz (born 1994), Australian rugby union player
* Dominique Horwitz (born 1957), French film and television actor and singer
* Howard Horwitz (1918 – 1976), American television producer
* Jay Horwitz (born 1945), American executive for the New York Mets
* Kai Horwitz (born 1998), Chilean Olympic alpine skier
* Maksymilian Horwitz, aka Henryk Walecki (1877–1937), leader and theoretician of the Polish communist movement
* Morton Horwitz (born 1938), legal historian and law professor
* Moses Harry Horwitz, a.k.a. Moe Howard, American of the Three Stooges
* Phineas Jonathan Horwitz (1822–1904), former Surgeon General of the United States Navy
* Ralph Horwitz (later "Ralph Horween), American football player for Harvard Crimson and in the NFL
* Ronald Horwitz (born 1934), known as Ronald Harwood, South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter
* Samuel Horwitz, a.k.a. Shemp Howard, American of the Three Stooges
* Spencer Horwitz (born 1997), American Major League Baseball first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays
* Steven Horwitz (born 1964), American economist
* Susan B. Horwitz 1955 – 2014), American computer scientist
* Susan Band Horwitz, American biochemist
* Tony Horwitz (1958-2019), American journalist
* William Horwitz (1918 – 2006), American analytical chemist, formerly at the US Food and Drug Administration
* Yosef Yozel Horwitz, rabbi

## See also

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* Horwitz Publications, an Australian publisher
* Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
* Horowitz
* Horovitz
* Horvitz
* Hurwitz

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Horwitz.
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