Meyerowitz

Meyerowitz (Polish: Majerowicz) is a Yiddish-language surname. It is a patronymic surname literally meaning "descendant of Meyer" (Polish phonetic transcription: Majer), derived with the Polish-language patronymic suffix -wicz.

It can be transcribed via Russian language as Meyerovich. The surname may refer to:


 * Elliot Meyerowitz (born 1951), U.S. biologist
 * Herbert Vladimir Meyerowitz (1900-1945), British artist
 * Jan Meyerowitz (1913-1998), German-American composer
 * Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938), U.S. photographer
 * Rick Meyerowitz (born 1943), U.S. artist