Horowitz (, ) is a Levitical Ashkenazi surname deriving from the Horowitz family, though it can also be a non-Jewish surname as well. The name is derived from the town of Hořovice, Bohemia. Other variants of the name include Harowitz, Harrwitz, Harwitz, Horovitz, Horvitz, Horwicz, Horwitz, Hourwitz, Hurewicz, Hurwicz, Hurwitz, Gerovich, Gurovich, Gurevich, Gurvich, Gourevitch, Orowitz and Urwitz. List of people with the surname Horowitz Rabbis Aaron HaLevi ben Moses of Staroselye Isaiah Horowitz, Prague-born rabbi of Germany, Austria, Prague and Palestine, Kabbalist, and author, 1555–1630 Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, Bostoner rabbi, 1921–2009 Mayer Alter Horowitz (born 1946), Bostoner rabbi in Har Nof Moses ha-Levi Hurwitz (d. 1820), Lithuanian rabbi Moshe Meshullam Halevy Horowitz (1832–1894), Galician rabbi Naftali Yehuda Horowitz, Bostoner rabbi of Boston Pinchas Horowitz (c.1731–1805), German rabbi and Talmudist Pinchas David Horowitz (1877–1931), First Bostoner rabbi, 1876–1941 Shabbethai Horowitz (1590–1660), Volhynia-born Austrian rabbi and Talmudist, son of Isaiah Horowitz. Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz (1565–1619), rabbi and nephew of Isaiah Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726–1778), Galician-born Landesrabbiner of Moravia and kabbalist Shmuel Horowitz (1903–1973), compiler and publisher of Breslov books Yidele Horowitz (1905–1989), Hasidic rebbe of Dzikov Yosef Yoizel Hurwitz (1847-1919), Belorussian rosh yeshiva, Alter of Novardok Other people Adam Horowitz (journalist), co-editor of Mondoweiss Adam Horowitz (born 1971), American TV show writer Alexandre Horowitz (1904–1982), Dutch technical engineer and inventor Andrew Horowitz (born 1983), American songwriter, producer and member of the band Tally Hall Anthony Horowitz (born 1955), British author and television scriptwriter Ariel Horowitz (born 1970), Israeli singer-songwriter Barry Horowitz (born 1959), American wrestler Ben Horowitz (born 1966), technology entrepreneur and investor Bernhard Horwitz (born 1807), German and British chess master, one of the Berlin Pleiades Curly Howard (1903–1952), American comedian, birth name Jerome Horwitz Daniel Horowitz (born 1954), legal analyst and attorney David Horowitz (born 1939), writer and social activist David Horowitz (author) (1903–2002), founder of the United Israel World Union David Horowitz (consumer advocate) (1937–2019), American consumer advocate David Horowitz (economist) (1899–1979), first governor of the Bank of Israel Donald Horowitz (New Jersey lawyer) (born 1936), American lawyer Donald L. Horowitz (born 1939), American professor of law and political science Eugene Maurice Orowitz (1936–1991), American actor, better known by stage name Michael Landon Harry Horowitz (1889–1914), American underworld figure and a leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang in New York City Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (born 1942), professor emerita of American studies and history at Smith College Isaac