Berkowicz is a Polish surname. There is a Polish noble family under this surname, of

Nieczuja coat of arms Nieczuja is a Polish coat of arms that was used by many '' szlachta'' families in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History Blazon Gules, a Brunâtre stock or tree stub, with three lopped branches on the dexter, and two on the sinister ...

. Alternative spelling: Berkowitz, Berkovitz, Berkowits, Berkovits, Berkovich, Bercowitz, Berkovic.

Berkowicz

* Józef Berkowicz (1789–1846) was a Polish military officer * Konrad Berkowicz (born 1984), Polish politician

Berkowitz

Albert Berkowitz Albert Berkowitz (June 25, 1910 – March 5, 2008) was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York. Life He was born on June 25, 1910, in Glens Falls, New York, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, the son of Hyman Berkowi ...

(1910–2008), New York politician *

Avi Berkowitz Avrahm "Avi" Berkowitz (born November 4, 1988) is an American attorney and political adviser who served as the Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations from 2019 to 2021. He was an advisor to Jared Kushn ...

(born 1988), American attorney * Benzion Judah Berkowitz (1803–1879), Hebrew scholar *

Bob Berkowitz Bob Berkowitz is an American journalist, talk show host, and author. Education He holds a degree in business from the State University of New York at Delhi and a B.A. in communications from the University of Denver. Professional life Berkowi ...

, American journalist, talk show host, and author * Bobbie Berkowitz, American professor of nursing * Bruce D. Berkowitz (born 1956), American author *

Bruce R. Berkowitz Bruce R. (Robert) Berkowitz is an American equity fund manager and registered investment adviser. Berkowitz founded Fairholme Capital Management in 1997 and was formerly a senior portfolio manager at Lehman Brothers Holdings and a managing dire ...

(born 1961), American equity fund manager * Daisy Berkowitz, the stage name of Scott Putesky (1968–2017), American musician * David Berkowitz (disambiguation), several people *

Edward Berkowitz Edward D. Berkowitz is a professor of history at George Washington University. A graduate of Princeton University, Berkowitz received his master's and doctoral degrees in American history from Northwestern University. His area of special expertise ...

, American history professor *

Ethan Berkowitz Ethan Avram Berkowitz (born February 4, 1962) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician from Alaska. From 1997 to 2007 he was the Alaska State Representative for District 26, serving as the Democratic Party Minority Leader from 1999 t ...

(born 1962), American politician in Alaska *

Gary Berkowitz Gary Berkowitz is an American radio broadcast consultant based in Detroit, Michigan. Bio Originally from Oceanside, New York, he attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts where he received a bachelor's degree in Speech and Communicatio ...

, American radio frontier *

Ira Berkowitz Ira Berkowitz (born October 8, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer of crime fiction. His Jackson Steeg Mystery Series novels are set in Hell's Kitchen. Berkowitz's debut novel ''Family Matters'', published in 2006, won the Washin ...

(born 1939), American writer of crime fiction * Isaac Dov Berkowitz (1885–1967), Belarus-born Israeli author *

Joan Berkowitz Joan B. Berkowitz (13 March 1931 - 22 January 2020) was an American chemist. Her areas of research have included materials for the space program, reusable molds for spacecraft construction built from molybdenum disilicides and tungsten disilici ...

(born 1931), American chemist *

Leon Berkowitz Leon Berkowitz (1911–1987) was an American artist and educator. He is best known for his color field paintings and the series, ''The Unities''. He co-founded the Washington Workshop Center, a gallery and school. Berkowitz was a leading member o ...

(1911–1987), American painter *

Leonard Berkowitz Leonard Berkowitz (August 11, 1926 – January 3, 2016) was an American social psychologist best known for his research on altruism and human aggression. He originated the cognitive neoassociation model of aggressive behavior, which was created to ...

, an American social psychologist *

Liane Berkowitz Liane Berkowitz (7 August 1923 – 5 August 1943) was a German resistance fighter and was most notable for being a member of the Berlin-based pro-Soviet resistance group that coalesced around Harro Schulze-Boysen, that was later called the Re ...

(1923–1943), member of the German resistance movement during World War II *

Lisa Berkowitz Lisa Berkowitz (born 1952) is an American bridge player. She is from Old Tappan, New Jersey. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (17) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1986, 1987 ** Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 2009 ** N ...

, American bridge player * Marc Summers (born Berkowitz; born 1951), American television personality *

Michael Berkowitz Michael Berkowitz is a UK-based American historian and professor of modern Jewish history at University College London. Early life Berkowitz was born in Rochester, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hobart College in Geneva, New York, ...

, American historian *

Monroe Berkowitz Monroe Berkowitz (1919–2009) was Professor of Economics at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was chair for many years, and director of the Bureau of Economic Research. Berkowitz was a leading authority on the economics of ...

(1919–2009), American economics professor *

Niv Berkowitz Niv Berkowitz ( he, ניב ברקוביץ; born April 25, 1986) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli National League. He is the son of former basketball player Miki Berkowitz. Early years Berkowitz was bor ...

(born 1986), Israeli basketball player *

Norbert Berkowitz Norbert Berkowitz, (1924 – June 25, 2001) was a Canadians, Canadian scientist involved in researching coal technology in conjunction with the Alberta Research Council and the University of Alberta. Berkowitz was born in Berlin and lived in ...

(1924–2001), Canadian scientist * Peter Berkowitz (born 1959), American political scientist * Ralph Berkowitz (1910–2011), American composer, classical musician * Richard Berkowitz (born 1955), American author and safe sex advocate *

Roger Berkowitz Roger S. Berkowitz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Legal Sea Foods, a Boston-based restaurant group that has 34 restaurants along the northeast of the United States. He started working in his family's fish market in the Inman Squ ...

, American seafood restaurant chain owner * Ron Berkowitz, American entrepreneur, publicist and sports journalist, founder of the company Berk Communications *

Sean M. Berkowitz Sean M. Berkowitz (born 1967) is a former director of the Department of Justice's Enron Task Force. He prosecuted former employees of Enron who were accused of white collar crimes, principally accounting fraud. Most significantly, he was the lead p ...

(born 1967), American lawyer * Sol Berkowitz (1922–2006), American composer and music educator *

Steven Berkowitz Steven Berkowitz (born September 4, 1958) was CEO of Move, Inc. After serving on the board of directors of Move, Inc. for nearly a year, Steve was selected by the board to succeed Michael Long to serve as the company's CEO. After completing the ...

(born 1958), American entrepreneur, CEO of the real estate company Move (2009–2015) *

Terry Berkowitz Terry Berkowitz (born Brooklyn, New York) creates installations, videos, photography, audio and objects dealing with social and political critique, social consciousness and the human condition. Beginning in the early seventies, she has shown in m ...

, American artist *

Tzvi Berkowitz Tzvi (Zvi Paltiel) Berkowitz is an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and Maggid Shiur (lecturer) at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel ( Ner Israel Rabbinical College), Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, and teaches the highest-level Talmud shiur (lecture). ...

, American Orthodox rabbi

Berkovitz

Dan Berkovitz Dan Michael Berkovitz was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on April 24, 2018. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on August 28, 2018 and sworn into office on Septem ...

, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission * Eyal Berkovitz (born 1972), Israeli footballer * Jay R. Berkovitz, Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst * Philip B. is the professional name of Philip Berkovitz, an American hair stylist and entrepreneur

Berkowits/ Berkovits

Laszlo Berkowits Laszlo Berkowits (February 29, 1928 – December 13, 2020) was a Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi. From 1944 to 1945, he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. After his release in 1945, he studied briefly in Sweden before ...

(1928–2020), American rabbi *

Eliezer Berkovits Eliezer Berkovits (8 September 1908, Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary – 20 August 1992, Jerusalem), was a rabbi, theologian, and educator in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism. Life Berkovits received his rabbinical training first under Rabbi ...

(1908–1992), rabbi, author, theologian and philosopher * Yitzchak Berkovits, American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi, rosh kollel and posek

Related names with alternative spelling

* John Bercow (born 1963), (formerly ''Bercowitz''), British politician * Miki Berkovich (born 1954), Israeli basketball player

Other

Berkowitz may also refer to: * 25657 Berkowitz, an asteroid {{surname, Berkowitz Polish-language surnames Yiddish-language surnames he:ברקוביץ' pl:Berkowicz