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:

• Arnold Horwitz (later Arnold Horween), American football player for Harvard Crimson and in the NFL
• Bella Horwitz, 18th century Bohemian writer
• Bernhard Horwitz (1807-1885), German chess player
• Brian Horwitz (born 1982), American major league baseball outfielder
• Jacob H. Horwitz (1892–1992), American businessman, philanthropist and fashion innovator.
• Jerome Lester Horwitz (1903 – 1952), a.k.a. Curly Howard, of the Three Stooges
• David Horwitz (born 1994), Australian rugby union player
• Kai Horwitz (born 1998), Chilean Olympic alpine skier
• 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, a.k.a. 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 (born 1934), known as Ronald Harwood
• Samuel Horwitz, a.k.a. Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges
• Steven Horwitz (born 1964), American economist
• Susan B. Horwitz 1955 – 2014), American computer scientist
• Susan Band Horwitz, American biochemist
• Tony Horwitz (1958–2019), American journalist
• William Horwitz (1918 – 2006), analytical chemist, formerly at the US Food and Drug Administration
• Yosef Yozel Horwitz, rabbi