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, 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
  • 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, 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
  • Samuel Horwitz, a.k.a. Shemp Howard 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), analytical chemist, formerly at the US Food and Drug Administration
  • Yosef Yozel Horwitz, rabbi

See also

Surname list
This page lists people with the surname Horwitz.
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