Hurwitz

Surname list

Hurwitz is one of the variants of a surname of Ashkenazi Jewish origin (for historical background see the Horowitz page). Notable people with the surname include:

Adolf Hurwitz (1859–1919), German mathematician
Andrew D. Hurwitz (born 1947), American judge
David Hurwitz (born 1961), American music critic
Edward Hurwitz (born 1931), American diplomat
Emanuel Hurwitz (1919–2006), British violinist
Gregg Hurwitz, American novelist
Henry Hurwitz Jr. (1918–1992), nuclear physicist
Hyman Hurwitz (1770–1844), professor of Hebrew in England
Jake Hurwitz (born 1985), American comedian, writer and actor
Jerard Hurwitz (1928–2019), American biochemist
Johanna Hurwitz (born 1937), American children's author
Jon Hurwitz (born 1977), American screenwriter
Jonty Hurwitz (born 1969), electrical engineer and sculptor
Justin Hurwitz (born 1985), American composer
Lazar Lipman Hurwitz (1815–1852), editor and writer
Leo Hurwitz (1909–1991), American documentary film maker
Moses ha-Levi Hurwitz (d. 1820), Lithuanian rabbi
Mitchell Hurwitz, American television writer and producer
Shelley Hurwitz, American biostatistician
T. Alan Hurwitz (born 1942), 10th president of Gallaudet University
William Hurwitz, American pain management physician
Yosef Yozel Horwitz (1849–1919), the Alter of Navordok
Zvi Harry Hurwitz, (1924–2008) Israeli diplomat, public servant and biographer

In fiction

Lieutenant Hurwitz, a minor character in the movie Airplane!. A patient in a military hospital, he was suffering from "severe shell-shock," causing him to think he was Ethel Merman. Played by Merman herself, in her final screen appearance.

A variation of the name is Hurvitz, which may refer to: