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
Fictional characters Lieutenant Hurwitz, a minor character in the movie Airplane!
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