Editing Hurwitz

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'''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

== See also ==
*[[Witold Hurewicz]]
*[[J. C. Hurewitz]]
*[[Horowitz]]
*[[Horovitz]]
*[[Horvitz]]
*[[Horwitz]]
*[[Gurvitz]]
*[[Hurwicz]]
*[[Hurvits]]
*[[Kõrvits]]
*[[Kurvits]]
*[[Kurvitz]]



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[[Category:Surnames of Jewish origin]]
[[Category:Jewish toponymic surnames]]
[[Category:Yiddish-language surnames]]