Horovitz is one of the variants of a surname originating in the Jewish community of Bohemia – bearers of that surname apparently migrated in the middle ages from a small town Hořovice in Bohemia (today the Czech Republic). For detailed historical background see the

Horowitz 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. Other ...

page. It can also be a non-Jewish surname as well. It may refer to: *

Ad-Rock Adam Keefe Horovitz (born October 31, 1966), popularly known as Ad-Rock, is an American rapper, guitarist and actor. He was a member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys. While Beastie Boys were active, Horovitz performed with a side project, BS ...

(born 1966), stage name of Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys *

Adam Horovitz (poet) Adam Horovitz (born 1971) is a British poet. He is the son of the poets Michael Horovitz and Frances Horovitz. Biography Born in London in 1971, he moved with his parents to Stroud, Gloucestershire, the same year. He has been active as a poet si ...

(born 1971), British poet * Béla Horovitz (1898–1955), Hungarian-born British publisher *

David Horovitz David Horovitz ( he, דוד הוֹרוֹויץ; born 12 August 1962) is a British-born Israeli journalist, author and speaker. He is the founding editor of ''The Times of Israel'', a current affairs website based in Jerusalem that launched in F ...

(born 1962), an author and political commentator (cousin of Alex Horovitz) *

Frances Horovitz Frances Margaret Horovitz ( Hooker; 13 February 1938 – 2 October 1983) was an English poet and broadcaster. Life and work Frances Margaret Hooker (who adopted and wrote under the surname of her first husband, Michael Horovitz) was born in W ...

(1938–1983) English poet and broadcaster *

Gillian Horovitz Gillian Pamela Horovitz (née Adams) (born 7 June 1955 in Bromley, Kent) is an English female retired long-distance runner. Athletics career She competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the women's marathon (sport), marathon and won the 19 ...

(born 1955), English long-distance runner * Hannah Horovitz (1936–2010), British classical music promoter *

Israel Horovitz Israel Horovitz (March 31, 1939 – November 9, 2020) was an American playwright, director, actor and co-founder of the Gloucester Stage Company in 1979. He served as artistic director until 2006 and later served on the board, ex officio an ...

(1939–2020), American playwright and screenwriter *

Joseph Horovitz Joseph Horovitz (26 May 1926 – 9 February 2022) was an Austrian-born British composer and conductor best known for his 1970 pop cantata ''Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo'', which achieved widespread popularity in schools. Horovitz also compo ...

(1926–2022), Austrian-English composer *

Michael Horovitz Michael Yechiel Ha-Levi Horovitz (4 April 1935 – 7 July 2021) was a German-born British poet, editor, visual artist and translator who was a leading part of the Beat Poetry scene in the UK. In 1959, while still a student, he founded the "tr ...

(1935–2021), English poet * Robert Horovitz (born 1947), a medical biologist and Nobel Prize winner

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