{{Wiktionary|Berkowicz|Berkowitz}} '''Berkowitz''' is an Ashkenazic Jewish surname.<ref name=OP>{{cite web | title=Berkovitz last name - genealogy, origins, and statistics | url=https://ourpublicrecords.org/lastname/berkovitz }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish Genealogy |url=https://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/NonGeographic/Jewish.pdf}}</ref><ref name="SD">{{Cite web |title=Berkowitz |url=https://surnamedb.com/Surname/Berkowitz}}</ref>
Alternative spellings include Berkovitz, Berkovich, Berkowicz,<ref name="SD" /> Berkovits, Berkovic<ref name="OP" /> and Berkovici.
'''Berkowicz''' is also a Polish surname.<ref>{{cite web | title=Herb Nieczuja - PolishRoots | url=https://www.polishroots.org/Research/Heraldry/HerbNieczuja?PageId=186 }}</ref>
==Bercovic / Bercović / Bercovici== * Berkovic - list of people * Berković - list of people * Bercovici - list of people
== Berkovitz == * Dan Berkovitz, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission * Eyal Berkovitz (born 1972), Israeli footballer * Jay R. Berkovitz, Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst * Philip B. is the professional name of Philip Berkovitz, an American hair stylist and entrepreneur
== Berkowicz == * Józef Berkowicz (1789–1846), Polish military officer * Konrad Berkowicz (born 1984), Polish politician
== Berkowits / Berkovits == * Laszlo Berkowits (1928–2020), American rabbi * Eliezer Berkovits (1908–1992), rabbi, author, theologian and philosopher * Yitzchak Berkovits, American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi, rosh kollel and posek
== Berkowitz == * Albert Berkowitz (1910–2008), New York politician * Avi Berkowitz (born 1988), American attorney * Benzion Judah Berkowitz (1803–1879), Hebrew scholar * Bob Berkowitz, American journalist, talk show host, and author * Bobbie Berkowitz, American professor of nursing * Bruce D. Berkowitz (born 1956), American author * Bruce R. Berkowitz (born 1961), American equity fund manager * Daisy Berkowitz, stage name of Scott Putesky (1968–2017), American musician * David Berkowitz (born 1953), American serial killer * David B. Berkowitz, American chemist * Edward Berkowitz, American history professor * Ethan Berkowitz (born 1962), American politician in Alaska * Ira Berkowitz (born 1939), American writer of crime fiction * Isaac Dov Berkowitz (1885–1967), Belarus-born Israeli author * Joan Berkowitz (1931–2020), American chemist * Leon Berkowitz (1911–1987), American painter * Leonard Berkowitz (1926–2016), American social psychologist * Liane Berkowitz (1923–1943), member of the German resistance movement during World War II * Lisa Berkowitz (born 1952), American bridge player * Marc Summers (born Berkowitz; born 1951), American television personality * Michael Berkowitz, American historian * Monroe Berkowitz (1919–2009), American economist * Niv Berkowitz (born 1986), Israeli basketball player * Norbert Berkowitz (1924–2001), Canadian scientist * Peter Berkowitz (born 1959), American political scientist * Ralph Berkowitz (1910–2011), American composer, classical musician * Richard Berkowitz (born 1955), American author and safe sex advocate * Roger Berkowitz, American seafood restaurant chain owner * Ron Berkowitz (born 1972), American entrepreneur, publicist and sports journalist, founder of Berk Communications * Sean M. Berkowitz (born 1967), American lawyer * Sol Berkowitz (1922–2006), American composer and music educator * Steven Berkowitz (born 1958), American real estate developer * Terry Berkowitz, American artist
== See also== *{{intitle|Berkowicz}} *{{intitle|Berkovitz}} *{{intitle|Berkowitz}} *{{intitle|Berkowits}} *{{intitle|Berkovits}} * 25657 Berkowitz, an asteroid *Berkovec *Berkovets * Berkovići, village and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Berkovich * Bercow, Anglicized from Berkowitz
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