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), Curly Howard, American 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 * Jay Horwitz (born 1945), American executive for the New York Mets * 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, American 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, South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter * Samuel Horwitz, a.k.a. Shemp Howard, American 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), American analytical chemist, formerly at the US Food and Drug Administration * Yosef Yozel Horwitz, rabbi Provided by Wikipedia