# Hurwitz

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**Hurwitz** is one of the variants of a surname of [Ashkenazi](/source/Ashkenazi) Jewish origin (for historical background see the [Horowitz](/source/Horowitz) page). Notable people with the surname include:

- [Adolf Hurwitz](/source/Adolf_Hurwitz) (1859–1919), German mathematician
- [Andrew D. Hurwitz](/source/Andrew_D._Hurwitz) (born 1947), American judge
- [David Hurwitz (disambiguation)](/source/David_Hurwitz_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Edward Hurwitz](/source/Edward_Hurwitz) (born 1931), American diplomat
- [Emanuel Hurwitz](/source/Emanuel_Hurwitz) (1919–2006), British violinist
- [Gregg Hurwitz](/source/Gregg_Hurwitz), American novelist
- [Henry Hurwitz Jr.](/source/Henry_Hurwitz_Jr.) (1918–1992), nuclear physicist
- [Hyman Hurwitz](/source/Hyman_Hurwitz) (1770–1844), professor of Hebrew in England
- [Jake Hurwitz](/source/Jake_Hurwitz) (born 1985), American comedian, writer and actor
- [Jerard Hurwitz](/source/Jerard_Hurwitz) (1928–2019), American biochemist
- [Johanna Hurwitz](/source/Johanna_Hurwitz) (born 1937), American children's author
- [Jon Hurwitz](/source/Jon_Hurwitz) (born 1977), American screenwriter
- [Jonty Hurwitz](/source/Jonty_Hurwitz) (born 1969), electrical engineer and sculptor
- [Justin Hurwitz](/source/Justin_Hurwitz) (born 1985), American composer
- [Lazar Lipman Hurwitz](/source/Lazar_Lipman_Hurwitz) (1815–1852), editor and writer
- [Leo Hurwitz](/source/Leo_Hurwitz) (1909–1991), American documentary film maker
- [Moses ha-Levi Hurwitz](/source/Moses_ha-Levi_Hurwitz) (d. 1820), Lithuanian rabbi
- [Mitchell Hurwitz](/source/Mitchell_Hurwitz), American television writer and producer
- [Shelley Hurwitz](/source/Shelley_Hurwitz), American biostatistician
- [Shmuel Hurwitz](/source/Shmuel_Hurwitz), Israeli agronomist
- [Shmuel Hurvits](/source/Shmuel_Hurvits), Yiddish poet
- [T. Alan Hurwitz](/source/T._Alan_Hurwitz) (born 1942), 10th president of Gallaudet University
- [William Hurwitz](/source/William_Hurwitz), American pain management physician
- [Yosef Yozel Horwitz](/source/Yosef_Yozel_Horwitz) (1849–1919), the *Alter of Navordok*
- [Zvi Harry Hurwitz](/source/Zvi_Harry_Hurwitz), (1924–2008) Israeli diplomat, public servant and biographer

## Fictional characters

- Lieutenant Hurwitz, a minor character in the movie *[Airplane!](/source/Airplane!)*

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