Horovitz

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), an author and political commentator (cousin of Alex Horovitz)
 * 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
 * Joseph Horovitz (1926–2022), Austrian-English composer
 * Michael Horovitz (1935–2021), English poet
 * Robert Horovitz (born 1947), a medical biologist and Nobel Prize winner