Hurwitz

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title: "Hurwitz" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-jewish-origin", "jewish-toponymic-surnames", "yiddish-language-surnames"] description: "Surname list" topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurwitz" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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
• Shmuel Hurwitz, Israeli agronomist
• Shmuel Hurvits, Yiddish poet
• 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:

• Yair Hurvitz, Hebrew language poet.
• Igael Hurvitz, Likud Knesset Member
• Yigal Hurvitz, Israeli former finance minister

A variation of the name is Ish-Hurwitz, which may refer to:

• Yoram Ish-Hurwitz, Dutch pianist A variation of the name is Gurvitz, which may refer to:
• Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter. A variation of the name is Gurwits, which may refer to:
• Eduard Gurwits, Ukrainian politician, Mayor of Odesa

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