Moskowitz

Not to be confused with Moskvitch.

Moskowitz (also Moskovitz, Moskovits, Moscovitch, Moskovich, Moszkowicz, and other variants) is an Eastern Ashkenazic Jewish surname. A Germanized form of a Slavic patronymic of the Yiddish personal name Moshke, a pet form of Moshe. Moscovici is the Romanian form.

## People[edit]

### Moschcowitz[edit]

* Eli Moschcowitz (1879–1964), Hungarian-born American doctor

### Moscovich[edit]

* Ivan Moscovich (1926–2023), Yugoslav-Dutch designer of games, puzzles, toys, and educational aids
* Maurice Moscovich (1871–1940), Russian-American actor

### Moscovitch[edit]

* Dylan Moscovitch (born 1984), Canadian Olympic medalist pair skater
* Hannah Moscovitch (born 1978), a Canadian female playwright
* Morris Moscovitch, the Max & Gianna Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging and Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto

### Moscowitz[edit]

* Jennie Moscowitz (1867/1868–1953), American actress

### Moshkovich[edit]

* Zelman Moshkovich Chernyavsky (Russian: Зельман Мошкович Чернявский; 1903–1968), a Jewish Soviet cinematographer[1]

### Moshkovitz[edit]

* Omer Moshkovitz, actor
* Shulem Moshkovitz (died 1958), Romania-born rabbi, known as the Shotzer Rebbe

### Moshkowitz[edit]

* Dana Moshkovitz, Israeli computer scientist

### Moskovitz[edit]

* Dustin Moskovitz, American businessman
* Rabbi Dan Moskovitz [1]

### Moskowitz[edit]

* Abraham Moskowitz Yiddish-language singer
* Avigdor Moskowitz (born 1953), Israeli basketball player
* Barry Ted Moskowitz (born 1950, Paterson, New Jersey), United States federal judge
* Belle Moskowitz, political advisor to New York Governor and 1928 presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith
* Clara Moskowitz, American science journalist
* Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, née Moskowitz, a food and wine writer, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz, character in TV series Cobra Kai
* Eva Moskowitz, educator and former City Council member in New York City
* Eve Merriam, née Moskovitz (1916–1992, Philadelphia), an American poet
* Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz (1937–2019), French politician
* Gordon Moskowitz, social psychologist
* Hannah Moskowitz (born 1991), American author
* Henry Moskowitz, civil rights leader
* Henry Moskowitz, New York real estate investor
* Howard Moskowitz, American market researcher and psychophysicist
* Irving Moskowitz, Jewish American businessman and philanthropist
* Isa Chandra Moskowitz, American-born cookbook author
* Jared E. Moskowitz (born 1980), youngest elected official in South Florida
* Joel Moskowitz, American public health researcher
* Joseph Moskowitz, Romanian-born American cimbalom player and Restaurateur
* Miriam Moskowitz. American convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice during the McCarthy era
* Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz (Moskowitz), a Melitzer Rebbe of Ashdod
* Ohad Moskowitz (born 1974), Orthodox Jewish singer
* Paul Moskowitz, Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, NY
* Robert Moskowitz, American painter
* Sam Moskowitz, writer, critic, and historian
* Sid Moscowitz, character in the 1990 film Alice
* Stacy Moskowitz, shooting victim of David Berkowitz
* Stanley Moskowitz, top official of the Central Intelligence Agency
* Tobias Jacob "Toby" Moskowitz (born 1971), an American financial economist and professor

### Moszkowicz[edit]

* Bram Moszkowicz (born 1960), a Dutch jurist and former lawyer, son of Max Moszkowicz sr.
* Daniel Moszkowicz, aka Dawid Chone (1905–1943), Jewish Polish merchant[2]
* Imo Moszkowicz (1925, Ahlen –2011, Munich), German director, writer and actor[3]
* Ludwig Moszkowicz (1873–1945), Jewish Polish/Austro-Hungarian surgeon, pathologist[4]
* Martin Moszkowicz (born 1958), German film producer[5]
* Max Moszkowicz sr. (born 1926), a retired Dutch lawyer
* Michał Moszkowicz (born 1941, Magnitogorsk), Jewish Polish writer[6]
* "Baruch" Robert Moszkowicz (born 1953, Maastricht), son of Max Moszkowicz sr.[7]
* Ruth Handler (née Moskowicz; 1916–2002), American businesswoman and Barbie doll inventor

## In Fiction[edit]

* An American Tail, American franchise of animated films where the protagonist is a mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz (word play on Moskowitz)
* "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz", the tenth episode in season 6 of American sitcom Frasier
* Minnie and Moskowitz, a film by John Cassavetes
* Princess Diaries series of books by Meg Cabot where Moscovitz siblings, Michael and Lilly, are the oldest friends of protagonist Mia Thermopolis and important characters of the story.

## Other[edit]

* Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, a New York City law firm founded in 1979
* Moschkowitz Syndrome (Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura), named after discoverer Eli Moschkowitz

## See also[edit]

* Moskvitch (disambiguation)
* Moscovici (Romanian form)

Surname list

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## References[edit]

1. ^ ru:Чернявский, Зельман Мошкович
2. ^ pl:Daniel Moszkowicz
3. ^ de:Imo Moszkowicz
4. ^ pl:Ludwig Moszkowicz
5. ^ de:Martin Moszkowicz
6. ^ pl:Michał Moszkowicz
7. ^ nl:Robert Moszkowicz