{{Short description|Dutch engineer and inventor (1904–1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Sacha Horowitz | birth_name = Alexandre Horowitz | birth_date = 24 March 1904 | birth_place = Antwerp | death_date = 1982 | death_place = Switzerland | employer = Philips, Eindhoven University of Technology | known_for = Rotary electric razor and many other inventions | honours = Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers }}

'''Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz''' (24 March 1904 – 1982) was a Belgian-born Dutch mechanical engineer and inventor.

Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz was born in 1904 in Antwerp, (Belgium) to parents of East-European Jewish heritage, and lived from 1914 in The Netherlands until his death in 1982. He has 136 patents awarded to his name over a period of 50 years, covering a wide variety of products including prefab housing, farm machinery (e.g. Vicon, see below) and oil industry equipment. His most well-known invention, however, is the Philishave rotary electric razor, one of the first rotary electric razors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wise |first1=Pete |title=Best electric shavers for men UK 2021: performance electric razors from Remington, Philips, Braun and Boots |url=https://www.scotsman.com/recommended/best-electric-shavers-2021-3108290 |work=The Scottsman |date=30 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|2546865908}} |title=Best electric shavers for men UK 2021: performance electric razors from Remington, Philips, Braun and Boots |newspaper=The Driffield Times |date=30 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uMhJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Alexandre+Horowitz+1982&pg=PA94 | title=On the Origin of Products: The Evolution of Product Innovation and Design | isbn=978-1-316-95353-2 | last1=Eger | first1=Arthur O. | last2=Ehlhardt | first2=Huub | date=15 February 2018 | publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref>

From 1958 to 1974, he was the first professor of product design and Production engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology. In 1980, Horowitz was elected Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He died in 1982 in Switzerland.

== References == {{Reflist}} *Hans Schippers, ''Vader van de Philishave'', Dutch periodical ''De Ingenieur'' nr. 3–16 February 2000, p.&nbsp;49

== External links ==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080225083336/http://home.wanadoo.nl/philiclub/indexeng.htm Philishave collectors Club], see history *[http://www.findoldtractors.com/library/Landbouwmachines/hfd1/par4/Pagina_82.shtml Picture of a Vicon rotary plough] *[http://www.jodeninnederland.nl/id/P-3492 Horowitz, Alexandre (Sacha) 1904 - 1982] at the Database Joods Biografisch Woordenboek

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