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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.

Entertainment

• Adam Horowitz, American TV show writer
• Michael Landon (Eugene Orowitz) Actor, Tv show Writer, Director, Producer.

Historical

• Dolek Horowitz, played by Paweł Deląg in Schindler's List

Rabbis

• Isaiah Horowitz, Czech-born German and Palestinian rabbi, cabbalist, and author
  • Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz, Volhynia-born Austrian Rabbi and Talmudist, son of the Isaiah
• Pinchas Horowitz, German rabbi and Talmudist
• Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz, one of North America’s foremost experts on the intricate art of kosher food production and a key part of Manischewitz.
• Rebbe Yankev Yitzchok fun Lublin (Horowitz)
• Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz, Volhynia-born Austrian Rabbi and Talmudist, son of the Isaiah
• Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg, Poland-born Chief Rabbi of Moravia and cabalist

Others

• Alexandre Horowitz, Dutch technical engineer and inventor
• Anthony Horowitz, British author and television scriptwriter
• Ariel Horowitz
• 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 conservative writer and social activist
• David Ish-Horowicz Fellow of the Royal Society
  • also see David Horowitz (disambiguation)
• Donald Horowitz, political scientist
• Israel Horowitz, American chess master
• Jerome Horowitz, American scientist
• Leonard Horowitz, American conspiracy theorist, dentist and writer.
• Matthew P. Horvitz, American lawyer
• 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
• Scott J. Horowitz, American astronaut
• Shmuel Horowitz, Israeli agronomist.
• S. Horowitz & Co. (a law firm in Israel founded by the late Shalom Horowitz)
• Teagan Horowitz, A well respected member of the Montreal Jewish community
• Vladimir Horowitz, distinguished classical pianist
• Winona Ryder (Horowitz), American actor
• Yidele Horowitz, Hasidic Rebbe of Dzikov

See also

• Horovitz

External links

• The Horowitz Families Association

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