Zwick

Zwick is a German surname. It originates as a descriptor for a triangular piece of land, which would be applied to the person who worked it.[1]

* Charles Zwick (1926–2018), American government official
* Edward Zwick (born 1952), American filmmaker
* Jill Zwick (born 1944), American politician
* Joel Zwick (born 1942), American director
* Johannes Zwick (c. 1496–1542), German Reformer and hymnwriter
* Justin Zwick (born 1983), American football player
* Luis Zwick (born 1994), German footballer (Dundee United FC)
* Rebecca Zwick, American expert in educational assessment and college admissions
* Spencer J. Zwick, finance chair of Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012
* W. Craig Zwick (born 1947), American religious leader
* Uri Zwick, Israeli computer scientist

## Other

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* Zwick Roell Group, German manufacturing company
* Karloff–Zwick algorithm, a randomised approximation algorithm in computational complexity theory
* Zwick (card game), a north German card game for 2-4 players and the name of a sweep in that game

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Zwick.
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## References

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1. ^ American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith, page 211 in the 1972 printing, book first published in 1969

*[c.]: circa