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Horowitz（הוֹרוֹביץ） a surname can refer to one of several prominent people.
The name "Horowitz" has its origin in the Yiddish placename equivalent to the German name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia.
There are many variations like Gurevich, Gurvitch(Gurvich), Hurewicz, Horvitz, Hurwitz...
- David Horowitz, formerly New Left but now right-wing writer and social activist
- see also David Horowitz (disambiguation)
- Dolek Horowitz, played by Paweł Deląg in Schindler's List
- Ed Horowitz, see Exit Wounds
- Isaiah Horowitz, Czech-born German and Palestinian rabbi, cabbalist, and author.
- Israel Horowitz, American chess master
- Jerome Horowitz
- Moses Yitzchaq ha-Levi Horowitz, a.k.a. Moishe Hurvitz, etc., [[Galicia (Central Europe|]]-born Yiddish(Judæo-German) playwright, made career in Romania, Russia, England, and U.S.
- Paul Horowitz, U.S. physicist and electrical engineer.
- Scott J. Horowitz, American astronaut
- Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist
- Winona Ryder(Horowitz)
- Moe Howard(Moses Horowitz)
From Jewish Encyclopedia;
- Lazar Horowitz(Eleazar Horowitz), Bavaria-born Austrian and Hungarian rabbi.
- Hirsch Horowitz, rabbi of Czortkow
- Schmelke Horowitz, Poland-born Czech Rabbi and cabalist
- Phinehas Levi Horowitz(Horwitz), Poland-born German Rabbi and Talmudic author.
- Isaiah Horowitz, Czech-born German and Palestinian rabbi, cabbalist, and author.
- Shabbethai Horowitz, Volhynia-born Austrian Rabbi and Talmudist, son of the Isaiah H..
- Abraham Sheftels Horowitz, brother of Isaiah Horowitz
- Akiba Sheftel Horowitz
- Shabbethai Sheftel Horowitz, Czech Cabalistic author.
- Akiba Sheftel Horowitz
- Aaron ben Jacob ha-Levi Horowitz, Belarus-born Russian Talmudist.
- Leopold Horowitz or Horowitz Lipót, Hungarian(Slovakia-born) painter.
Same origin people, and See also
Variation - Gurevich, Gurvich
/Gurvich/ refers to:
- Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher.
- Georges Gurvitch, Russian-French sociologist.
- Jose Gurvich, José Gurvich, painter
- Fedor Dan(born Gurvich)
/Gurevich/ refers to:
- Aron Gurevich(Aron Yakovlevich Gurevich), Russian historian
- Zali Gurevitch, Hebrew language author, see List of Hebrew language authors
- David Gurevich
- Mikhail Gurevich
- Mikoyan-Gurevich, see also Artem Mikoyan
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-110
- Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS
- Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 (N)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270
- Mikoyan-Gurevich AT
- Mikoyan-Gurevich, see also Artem Mikoyan
External links
- The Horowitz Families Association (http://www.geocities.com/horowitzassociation/)