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, 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