Horowitz ( he, הוֹרוֹביץ, yi, האָראָװיץ) is a
Levitical Ashkenazi surname deriving from the
Horowitz family, though it can also be a non Jewish surname as well. The name is derived from the town of
Hořovice,
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohe ...
. Other variants of the name include Harowitz,
Harrwitz, Harwitz,
Horovitz,
Horvitz, Horwicz,
Horwitz, Hourwitz,
Hurewicz
Witold Hurewicz (June 29, 1904 – September 6, 1956) was a Polish mathematician.
Early life and education
Witold Hurewicz was born in Łódź, at the time one of the main Polish industrial hubs with economy focused on the textile industry. His ...
,
Hurwicz,
Hurwitz, Gerovich, Gurovich, Gurevich,
Gurvich, Gourevitch, Orowitz and Urwitz.
List of people with the surname Horowitz
Rabbis
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Aaron HaLevi ben Moses of Staroselye
Aaron HaLevi ben Moses (Hurwitz) of Staroselye was a Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist of note who lived in Poland during the latter part of the eighteenth century and the early part of the nineteenth.
Student of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi
He ...
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Isaiah Horowitz, Prague-born rabbi of Germany, Austria, Prague and Palestine, Kabbalist, and author, 1555–1630
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Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, Bostoner rabbi, 1921–2009
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Mayer Alter Horowitz (born 1946), Bostoner rabbi in Har Nof
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Moses ha-Levi Hurwitz (d. 1820), Lithuanian rabbi
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Moshe Meshullam Halevy Horowitz (1832–1894), Galician rabbi
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Naftali Yehuda Horowitz, Bostoner rabbi of Boston
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Pinchas Horowitz
Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz (c. 1731, Chortkiv – July 1, 1805, Frankfort-on-the-Main), also known as the Baal Hafla'ah, was a rabbi and Talmudist.
Life
The descendant of a long line of rabbinical ancestors and the son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsc ...
(c.1731–1805), German rabbi and Talmudist
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Pinchas David Horowitz (1877–1931), First Bostoner rabbi, 1876–1941
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Shabbethai Horowitz (1590–1660), Volhynia-born Austrian rabbi and Talmudist, son of Isaiah Horowitz.
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Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz (1565–1619), rabbi and nephew of Isaiah Horowitz
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Shmelke of Nikolsburg
Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (Yiddish: שמואל שמעלקי הלוי הורוויץ פון ניקאלשפורג, ; 1726 – April 28, 1778) also known as the Rebbe Reb Shmelke was an early Hasidic master and kabbalist, who is am ...
(1726–1778), Galician-born Landesrabbiner of Moravia and kabbalist
*Shmuel Horowitz (1903–1973), compiler and publisher of
Breslov books
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Yidele Horowitz (1905–1989), Hasidic rebbe of Dzikov
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Yosef Yoizel Hurwitz
Yosef Yozel Horowitz ( he, יוסף יוזל הורוביץ), also Yosef Yoizel Hurwitz, known as the Alter of Novardok (1847–December 9, 1919), was a student of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, the founder of the Musar movement. Horowitz was also a stude ...
(1847-1919), Belorussian rosh yeshiva, Alter of Novardok
Other people
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Adam Horowitz (journalist)
''Mondoweiss'' is a news website that began as a general-interest blog written by Philip Weiss on ''The New York Observer'' website. It subsequently developed into a broader collaborative venture after fellow journalist Adam Horowitz joined it ...
, co-editor of Mondoweiss
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Adam Horowitz
Adam Horowitz (born December 4, 1971) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-creating the ABC fairy tale drama series ''Once Upon a Time'' with his writing partner Edward Kitsis. Days after the show ended its seven-year r ...
(born 1971), American TV show writer
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Alexandre Horowitz
Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz (24 March 1904 – 1982) was a Belgian-born Dutch mechanical engineer and inventor.
Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz was born in 1904 in Antwerp, (Belgium) to parents of East-European Jewish heritage, and lived from 19 ...
(1904–1982), Dutch technical engineer and inventor
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Andrew Horowitz (born 1983), American songwriter, producer and member of the band Tally Hall
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Anthony Horowitz
Anthony John Horowitz, (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense.
His works for children and young adult readers include '' The Diamond Brothers'' series, the ''Alex Rider'' series, and ' ...
(born 1955), British author and television scriptwriter
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Ariel Horowitz (born 1970), Israeli singer-songwriter
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Barry Horowitz
Barry Horowitz (born March 24, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Early life
Horowitz attended Florida State University, where he studied sports nutrition and wrestled.
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(born 1959), American wrestler
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Ben Horowitz
Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder along with Marc Andreessen of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He previously co ...
(born 1966), technology entrepreneur and investor
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Bernhard Horwitz
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 and went to school in Berlin, where he studied art. From 1837 to 1843, he was part ...
(born 1807), German and British chess master, one of the Berlin Pleiades
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Curly Howard
Jerome Lester Horwitz (; October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), known professionally as Curly Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the American comedy team the Three Stooges, which also featured his elder ...
(1903–1952), American comedian, birth name Jerome Horwitz
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Daniel Horowitz (born 1954), legal analyst and attorney
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David Horowitz (born 1939), writer and social activist
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David Horowitz (author) (1903–2002), founder of the United Israel World Union
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David Horowitz (consumer advocate) (1937–2019), American consumer advocate
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David Horowitz (economist)
David Horowitz ( he, דוד הורוביץ; 1899 – 10 August 1979) was an Israeli economist and the first Governor of the Bank of Israel.
Biography
David Horowitz was born in Drohobych, in Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ...
(1899–1979), first governor of the Bank of Israel
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Donald Horowitz (New Jersey lawyer) (born 1936), American lawyer
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Donald L. Horowitz Donald L. Horowitz (born 1939) is James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke Law School and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
He earned his PhD from Harvard University in 1968 and also holds degrees from ...
(born 1939), American professor of law and political science
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Eugene Maurice Orowitz (1936–1991), American actor, better known by stage name Michael Landon
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Harry Horowitz
Harry Horowitz ( – April 13, 1914), also known as "Gyp the Blood", was an American underworld figure and a leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang in New York City.
Early life and career
Harry Horowitz was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan ...
(1889–1914), American underworld figure and a leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang in New York City
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Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (born 31 Jan. 1942) is an American historian and the Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of American Studies and History, emerita, at Smith College.
Early life and education
Horowitz was born on 31 Jan. 1942 in Shreveport, Lo ...
(born 1942), professor emerita of American studies and history at Smith College
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Isaac Horowitz (1920–2005), scientist in automatic control theory, developed quantitative feedback theory
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Israel Albert Horowitz
Israel Albert Horowitz (often known as I. A. Horowitz or Al Horowitz) (November 15, 1907 – January 18, 1973) was an American International Master of chess. He is most remembered today for the books he wrote about chess. In 1989 he was induc ...
(1907–1973), American chess master
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Jerome Horwitz (1919–2012), American scientist
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Jordan Horowitz (born 1980), American film producer
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Joseph Horowitz
Joseph Horowitz (born 1948 in New York City) is an American cultural historian whose seven books mainly deal with the institutional history of classical music in the United States. As a producer of concerts, he has played a pioneering role in p ...
(born 1948), American musicologist and cultural historian
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Leah Horowitz (born 1933), Israeli hurdler
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Michael C. Horowitz (born 1978), American writer and political scientist
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Michael D. Horowitz, American author
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Michael E. Horowitz, American lawyer and Inspector General of the US Department of Justice
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Michael J. Horowitz (born 1964), American electrical engineer
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Moses Horowitz
Moses Ha-Levi Horowitz (February 27, 1844Baker 1998. – March 4, 1910), also known as Moishe Hurvitz, Moishe Isaac Halevy-Hurvitz, etc., was a playwright and actor in the early years of Yiddish theater.Bercovici, ''O sută de ani…'' Jacob Adl ...
(1844–1910), Yiddish playwright
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Moe Howard (1897–1975), American comedian, birth name Moses Harry Horwitz
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Nitzan Horowitz (born 1965), Israeli journalist and politician
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Norman Horowitz
Norman Harold Horowitz (March 19, 1915 – June 1, 2005) was a geneticist at Caltech who achieved national fame as the scientist who devised experiments to determine whether life might exist on Mars. His experiments were carried out by the Viki ...
(1915–2005), American geneticist and space biologist
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Paul Horowitz
Paul Horowitz (born 1942) is an American physicist and electrical engineer, known primarily for his work in electronics design, as well as for his role in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (see SETI).
Biography
At age 8, Horowitz achi ...
(born 1942), American physicist and electrical engineer
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Ryszard Horowitz
Ryszard Horowitz (born May 5, 1939) is a Polish-born American photographer recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography that predates digital imaging.
Early life
Horowitz was born in Kraków, Poland on May 5, 1939. Four months later, b ...
(born 1930), Polish photographer
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Scott J. Horowitz (born 1957), American astronaut
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Shemp Howard (1895–1955), American actor, birth name Samuel Horwitz
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Shmuel Hurwitz (1901–1999), Israeli agronomist
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Slawa Horowitz Duldig (1901–1975), Austrian-Australian inventor, artist, interior designer and teacher
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Tamara Horowitz (1950–2000), American philosopher
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Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz; yi, וולאַדימיר סאַמוילאָוויטש האָראָוויץ, group=n (November 5, 1989)Schonberg, 1992 was a Russian-born American classical pianist. Considered one of the greatest pianists of al ...
(1903–1989), American classical pianist
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Wayne Horowitz
Wayne Horowitz (born Roslyn, New York) is an archeologist and academic. He specialises in the ancient Near East and Assyriology.
Activities
Wayne Horowitz received his BA from Brandeis University. He completed his Ph.D. thesis (this later leadi ...
, archeologist
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Winona Ryder (born 1971), American actress, birth name Winona Horowitz
Other
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S. Horowitz & Co., Israeli law firm
See also
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Horovitz
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Horvitz
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Gurvich
References
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