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Abram Gurvich Abram Solomonovich Gurvich (Russian Абра́м Соломо́нович Гу́рвич) was a Russian composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Baku on February 11, 1897, worked as literature and theatrical reviewer. His first chess stud ...

(1897–1962), Russian chess composer. * Jose Gurvich (1927–1974), Lithuanian-Uruguayan plastic artist. *

Alexander Gurwitsch Alexander Gavrilovich Gurwitsch (also Gurvich, Gurvitch; russian: Алекса́ндр Гаври́лович Гу́рвич; 1874–1954) was a Russian and Soviet biologist and medical scientist who originated the morphogenetic field theory and di ...

(1874–1954), Russian biologist *

Aleksandr Gurevich Aleksandr (Alex) Viktorovich Gurevich (russian: Александр Викторович Гуревич) (b. September 19, 1930) is a Soviet and Russian physicist. In 1992 he proposed the theory of lightning initiation known as the " runaway breakdow ...

(b. 1930), Russian physicist. *

Aron Gurevich Aron Yakovlevich Gurevich (also spelled Aaron Gurevich russian: Аро́н Я́ковлевич Гуре́вич; May 12, 1924 – August 5, 2006) was a Russian medievalist historian, working on the European culture of the Middle Ages. Gurevich's ...

(1924–2006), Russian medievalist. *

Aron Gurwitsch Aron Gurwitsch (russian: Аро́н Гу́рвич; 17 January 1901, Vilnius, Vilna Governorate – 25 June 1973, Zurich) was a Litvak American phenomenologist. Work Gurwitsch wrote on the relations between phenomenology and Gestalt psychology ...

(1901–1973), Lithuanian-American philosopher. * Georges Gurvitch (1894–1965), Russian-French sociologist. *

Liubov Gurevich Liubov Yakovlevna Gurevich (russian: Любо́вь Я́ковлевна Гуре́вич; November 1, 1866, Saint Petersburg – October 17, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian editor, translator, author, and critic. She has been described as "Russia's mo ...

(1866–1940), Russian editor, translator, author, and critic. *

Leib Gurwicz Aryeh Ze'ev (Leib) Gurwicz (1906–20 October 1982) was an influential Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and best known as Rosh Yeshiva of the Gateshead Yeshiva in Gateshead, England, where he taugh ...

(1906–1982), influential Orthodox Rabbi. *

Naum Gurvich Naum Lazarevich Gurvich (Наум Лазаревич Гурвич) (April 15, 1905 – 1981) was a Soviet-Jewish cardiac physician, a pioneer in the development of defibrillators.Igor R. Efimov"Naum Lazarevich Gurvich (1905–1981) and his contribut ...

, Soviet-Jewish inventor of defibrillator *

Fedor Dan Fyodor Ilyich Dan (surname at birth: Gurvich) (died 22 January 1947) was a political activist and journalist who helped found the Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Background Fyodor Dan was born to a Jewish family ...

(born Gurvich) (1871–1949), Russian revolutionary and Menshevik.

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Aharon Gurevich Colonel Rabbi Aharon Gurevich is the first Chief Rabbi of the Russian Army since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Rabbi Gurevich was appointed by Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar (born May 19, 1964), better known as Berel ...

, Chief Rabbi of Russian Army. *

Anatoly Gurevich Anatoly Markovich Gurevich (russian: Анатолий Маркович Гуревич; 7 November 1913 – 2 January 2009) was a Soviet intelligence officer. He was an officer in the GRU operating as "разведчик-нелегал" (''razve ...

Soviet espionage agent during world war two. *

Boris Maksovich Gurevich Boris Maksimovich Gurevich (russian: Борис Максимович Гуревич; 23 March 1931 – 10 January 1995) was a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Social ...

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Boris Michail Gurevich Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; 23 February 1937 – 12 November 2020) was a Soviet wrestler. The figure of Boris Gurevich served as a model for the allegorical sculpture of the Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuc ...

(born 1937), Soviet Olympic champion wrestler * David Gurevich (b. 1951), Russian-American writer. *

Dmitry Gurevich Dmitry Gurevich (russian: Дмитрий Гуревич; born September 11, 1956) is a Russian-American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. Born in Moscow, Gurevich emigrated to New York City in 1980 and earned the Grandmaste ...

(b. 1956), Russian-American chess grandmaster. *

Michelle Gurevich Michelle Gurevich is a Canadian singer-songwriter, also known by her former stage name Chinawoman. Her music is influenced by her Russian heritage, and has been described as slowcore rock and "lo-fi pop". Her largest fanbase is in Eastern Euro ...

, Canadian singer of Russian descent. *

Mikhail Gurevich (chess player) Mikhail Gurevich (russian: Михаил Наумович Гуревич, Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich; born 22 February 1959) is a Soviet-born Belgian chess player. He was a top ten ranked player from 1989 to 1991. Gurevich became an International ...

(b. 1959), Ukrainian chess grandmaster. *

Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer) Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich (russian: Михаи́л Ио́сифович Гуре́вич) ( – 12 November 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer who co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich military aviation bureau along with Artem Mikoyan. The bur ...

(1893–1976), Soviet aircraft designer. *

Mikhail Gurevich (psychiatrist) Mikhail Osipovich Gurevich (russian: Михаи́л О́сипович Гуре́вич) (September 18, 1878, the village of Sosnytsia, Chernigov Governorate — November 16, 1953) was a Ukrainian and Soviet psychiatrist, one of leaders of Russia ...

(1878–1953), Soviet psychiatrist. *

Valery Solomonovich Gurevich Valery Solomonovich Gurevich, a Russian politicianis the vice-governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Leadership in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Gurevich both organized, and participated in, the 2004 70th anniversary celebrations of the Jewish A ...

is Vice-chairman of Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast. *

Yuri Gurevich Yuri Gurevich, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, is an American computer scientist and mathematician and the inventor of abstract state machines. Gurevich was born and educated in the Soviet Union. He taught mathematics there an ...

, American computer scientist and mathematician.

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Annabelle Gurwitch Annabelle Gurwitch (born November 4, 1961) is an American author, comedic actress, television host most recognizable from her stint as hostess on ''Dinner and a Movie on TBS','' and activist associated with environmental issues and secular huma ...

(born 1961), American comedic actress *

Janet Gurwitch Janet Gurwitch is the founder of Gurwitch Products, the manufacturer of Laura Mercier Cosmetics. She founded the company in 1995 and launched the Laura Mercier line in March 1996. Biography A native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, a ...

(born 1954), founder of

Gurwitch Products Gurwitch Products is a Houston, Texas-based subsidiary of Shiseido that produces, manages, and markets cosmetics and skincare products. Gurwitch produces and markets products under two brands, Laura Mercier Cosmetics and RéVive Skincare. Compa ...

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