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Horwitz

Horwitz is a surname, current among Ashkenazi Jews. It is derived from the Yiddish pronunciation of the name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bernhard Horwitz, chess player
  • Brian Horwitz, American major league baseball outfielder
  • Jacob H. Horwitz (1892-1992), American businessman, philanthropist and fashion innovator.
  • Jerome Lester Horwitz, aka Curly Howard, of the Three Stooges
  • Maksymilian Horwitz, aka Henryk Walecki (1877–1937), leader and theoretician of the Polish communist movement
  • Morton Horwitz (born 1938), legal historian and law professor
  • Moses Harry Horwitz, aka Moe Howard, of the Three Stooges
  • Phineas Jonathan Horwitz (1822–1904), former Surgeon General of the United States Navy
  • Ralph Horwitz (later "Ralph Horween), American football player for Harvard Crimson and in the NFL
  • Ronald Horwitz, known as Ronald Harwood
  • Samuel Horwitz, aka Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges
  • Steven Horwitz, American economist
  • Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist
  • Susan Band Horwitz, American biochemist
  • Tony Horwitz, American journalist
  • William Horwitz, analytical chemist, formerly at the US Food and Drug Administration
  • Yosef Yozel Horwitz, rabbi