Horowitz

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Horowitz (האָראָװיץ ,הוֹרוֹביץ) is a surname which can refer to one of several prominent people.

The name has its origin in the Yiddish placename equivalent to the German name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia.

• Adam Horowitz, American TV show writer
• Alexandre Horowitz, Dutch technical engineer and inventor
• Anthony Horowitz, British author and television scriptwriter
• Cindy Horowitz, maiden name Cynthia Palmer, author and mother of Winona Ryder.
• Daniel Horowitz, legal analyst and attorney
• David Horowitz, formerly New Left but now right-wing writer and social activist
• David Ish-Horowicz Fellow of the Royal Society
  • also see David Horowitz (disambiguation)
• Dolek Horowitz, played by Paweł Deląg in Schindler's List
• Donald Horowitz, political scientist
• Rebbe Yankev Yitzchok fun Lublin (Horowitz)
• Isaiah Horowitz, Czech-born German and Palestinian rabbi, cabbalist, and author
  • Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz, Volhynia-born Austrian Rabbi and Talmudist, son of the Isaiah
• Israel Horowitz, American chess master
• Jerome Horowitz, American scientist
• Michael Horowitz, American author and father of Winona Ryder.
• Moses Yitzchaq ha-Levi Horowitz, Yiddish playwright
• Norman Horowitz, American geneticist and space biologist
• Paul Horowitz, U.S. physicist and electrical engineer
• Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg, Poland-born Chief Rabbi of Moravia and cabalist
• Scott J. Horowitz, American astronaut
• S. Horowitz & Co. (a law firm in Israel founded by the late Shalom Horowitz)
• Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist
• Winona Ryder (Horowitz), American actor
• Yidele Horowitz, Hasidic Rebbe of Dzikov

• Michael Landon (Eugene Orowitz) Actor, Tv show Writer, Director, Producer.

[edit] External links

• The Horowitz Families Association