Javitz

Javitz, Javits, Jawitz, Yavetz, Yawitz, or variation, is a Jewish surname. For the Biblical sources of the name see Jacob Emden.

People with this name include:

People

 * Dan Jawitz (born 1960), South African screen producer
 * Jacob K. Javits (1904-1986), an American politician
 * Marian Javits (1925-2017), U.S. actress, arts patron, wife of Jacob K. Javits
 * Paul Yawitz (1900-1983), U.S. screenwriter
 * Romana Javitz (1903-1980), U.S. librarian
 * Ze'ev Yavetz (1847-1924), a Polish-Jewish historian, teacher and Hebrew linguist
 * Zvi Yavetz (1925-2013), Israeli historian

Fictional characters

 * Javitz (Marvel Comics), a comic book supervillain; see List of Marvel Comics characters: J