Horovitz is one of the variants of a surname originating in the Jewish community of Bohemia – bearers of that surname apparently migrated in the Middle Ages from a small town Hořovice in Bohemia (today the Czech Republic). For detailed historical background see the Horowitz page. It can also be a non-Jewish surname as well.
It may refer to:
Ad-Rock (born 1966), stage name of Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys Adam Horovitz (poet) (born 1971), British poet Béla Horovitz (1898–1955), Hungarian-born British publisher David Horovitz (born 1962), author and political commentator Frances Horovitz (1938–1983) English poet and broadcaster Gillian Horovitz (born 1955), English long-distance runner Hannah Horovitz (1936–2010), British classical music promoter Israel Horovitz (1939–2020), American playwright and screenwriter, father of Adam and Rachael Horovitz Josef Horovitz (1874–1931), German orientalist Joseph Horovitz (1926–2022), Austrian-English composer Michael Horovitz (1935–2021), English poet Rachael Horovitz (born 1962), American film producer, sister of Adam Horovitz Robert Horovitz (born 1947), medical biologist and Nobel Prize winner
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