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
• 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

See also

• Horwitz Publishing House, an Australian publisher
• Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
• Horowitz
• Horovitz
• Horvitz
• Hurwitz