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:
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Ad-Rock (born 1966), stage name of Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys
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Adam Horovitz (poet) (born 1971), British poet
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Béla Horovitz (1898–1955), Hungarian-born British publisher
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David Horovitz (born 1962), an author and political commentator (cousin of Alex Horovitz)
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Frances Horovitz (1938–1983) English poet and broadcaster
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Gillian Horovitz (born 1955), English long-distance runner
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Hannah Horovitz (1936–2010), British classical music promoter
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Israel Horovitz (1939–2020), American playwright and screenwriter
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Josef Horovitz (1874–1931), German orientalist
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Joseph Horovitz (1926–2022), Austrian-English composer
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Michael Horovitz (1935–2021), English poet
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Robert Horovitz (born 1947), a medical biologist and Nobel Prize winner
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