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.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bernhard Horwitz, chess player
- Brian Horwitz, American major league baseball outfielder
- Jacob H. Horwitz (1892-1992), American businessman, philanthropist and fashion innovator.
- Jerome Lester Horwitz, aka Curly Howard, of the Three Stooges
- 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, aka 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, known as Ronald Harwood
- Samuel Horwitz, aka Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges
- Steven Horwitz, American economist
- Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist
- Susan Band Horwitz, American biochemist
- Tony Horwitz, American journalist
- William Horwitz, analytical chemist, formerly at the US Food and Drug Administration
- Yosef Yozel Horwitz, rabbi
See also
- Horwitz Publishing House, an Australian publisher
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- Horowitz
- Horovitz
- Horvitz
- Hurwitz
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