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
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...
Spencer Elliott Horwitz (born November 14, 1997) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball...
Anthony Lander Horwitz (June 9, 1958 – May 27, 2019) was an American journalist and author who won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. His...
Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955), was an American comedian and actor. He was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out...
Murray Horwitz (born September 28, 1949) is an American playwright, lyricist, NPR broadcaster, and arts administrator. Horwitz was born in Dayton, Ohio...
Dominique Horwitz (born 23 April 1957) is a French film and television actor and singer. Horwitz was born on 23 April 1957 in Paris, France, to German...
Jerome Phillip Horwitz (January 16, 1919 – September 6, 2012) was an American scientist; his affiliations included the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute...
Bernhard Horwitz (1807 in Neustrelitz – 1885 in London) was a German and British chess master, chess writer and chess composer. Horwitz was born in Neustrelitz...
Alan Horwitz (born January 16, 1944) is an American businessman and the founder and chairman of Campus Apartments, a student housing company headquartered...
Allan Victor Horwitz (born August 22, 1948) is an American sociologist who is Board of Governors Professor in the Department of Sociology and Institute...
1978, he moved to West Hollywood with his romantic partner, lawyer Roger Horwitz (November 22, 1941 – October 22, 1986). He wrote and published several...
David Jason Horwitz (born 30 September 1994), commonly referred to as Dave, is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a Centre for Sydney rugby...
Howard Santly Horwitz (May 22, 1918 – June 25, 1976) was an American television producer, remembered as the producer of 77 Sunset Strip between 1958 and...
Zachary Joseph Horwitz (born December 5, 1986), also known by his stage name Zach Avery, is a former actor and producer. In 2021, he pleaded guilty to...
William Horwitz (1918 – September 27, 2006, in Olney, Maryland) was an analytical chemist who is notable for formulating a description of the relationship...
Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as...
Steven G. Horwitz (February 7, 1964 – June 27, 2021) was an American economist of the Austrian School. Horwitz was the Distinguished Professor of Free...
Heinrich Joseph Horwitz (28 April 1824 – 17 November 1899) was a German lawyer and liberal politician. Horwitz was born in Putzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Puck...
Maksymilian Horwitz (pseudonym: Henryk Walecki; 6 September 1877 – 20 September 1937) was a leader and theoretician of the Polish socialist and communist...
Jerome Lester Horwitz (October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a...
Susan Horwitz may refer to: Susan B. Horwitz (1955–2014), American computer scientist Susan Band Horwitz (born 1937), American biochemist This disambiguation...
Sir Ronald Harwood CBE FRSL (né Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best...
Horwitz Publications is an Australian publisher primarily known for its publication of popular and pulp fiction. Established in 1920 in Sydney, Australia...
Elinor Lander Horwitz (March 8, 1929 – November 3, 2022) was an American author of young adult and adult books. She lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Mountain...
Morton J. Horwitz (born 1938) is an American legal historian and law professor at Harvard Law School. The recent past dean of Harvard Law School, Elena...
Sari Horwitz is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning member of The Washington Post's investigation unit. A reporter for The Washington Post since 1984...
Ḥazzan, née Horwitz, was an 18th-century Bohemian Yiddish writer. She was the daughter of the martyr Be'er ben Hezekiah ha-Levi Horwitz and wife of Joseph...
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