Kurzweil is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adele Kurzweil (1925–1942), Austrian Holocaust victim
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Allen Kurzweil (born 1960), American writer
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Arthur Kurzweil (born 1951), American genealogist, scholar of Judaism and writer
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Baruch Kurzweil
Baruch Kurzweil (1907–1972) (Hebrew: ברוך קורצווייל) was a pioneer of Israeli literary criticism.
Biography
Kurzweil was born in Brtnice, Moravia (now Czechoslovakia) in 1907, to an Orthodox Jewish family. He studied at Solomon ...
(1907–1972), Israeli literary critic
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Edith Kurzweil Edith Kurzweil (born 1924 Vienna - died February 6, 2016 New York City) was an American writer, and editor of ''Partisan Review''. In 1995, she married William Phillips. She graduated with a Ph.D. in sociology. She taught at Rutgers University.
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(1925–2016), American writer and editor
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Jaroslav Kurzweil
Jaroslav Kurzweil (, 7 May 1926, Prague – 17 March 2022) was a Czech mathematician.
Biography
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he was a specialist in ordinary differential equations and defined the Henstock–Kurzweil integral in terms of Rieman ...
(1926–2022), Czech mathematician
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Max Kurzweil (1867–1916), Austrian painter and printmaker
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Ray Kurzweil (born 1948), American inventor, author and futurist
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Kurzweil Music Systems
Kurzweil Music Systems is an American company that produces electronic musical instruments. It was founded in 1982 by Stevie Wonder (musician), Ray Kurzweil (innovator) and Bruce Cichowlas (software developer).
Kurzweil was a developer of rea ...
, company founded by Ray Kurzweil that produces electronic musical instruments
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Kurzweil Educational Systems
Kurzweil Education (formerly Kurzweil Educational Systems) is an American-based company that provides educational technology.
Kurzweil Education provides literacy solutions, tools and training for those with learning differences and challenges, ...
, company founded by Ray Kurzweil that produces reading and writing software
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German-language surnames
Jewish surnames