Horovitz is one of the variants of a surname originating in the Jewish community of Bohemia – bearers of that surname apparently migrated in the Middle Ages from a small town Hořovice in Bohemia (today the Czech Republic). For detailed historical background see the Horowitz page. It can also be a non-Jewish surname as well.

It may refer to:

  • Ad-Rock (born 1966), stage name of Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys
  • Adam Horovitz (poet) (born 1971), British poet
  • Béla Horovitz (1898–1955), Hungarian-born British publisher
  • David Horovitz (born 1962), author and political commentator
  • Frances Horovitz (1938–1983) English poet and broadcaster
  • Gillian Horovitz (born 1955), English long-distance runner
  • Hannah Horovitz (1936–2010), British classical music promoter
  • Israel Horovitz (1939–2020), American playwright and screenwriter, father of Adam and Rachael Horovitz
  • Josef Horovitz (1874–1931), German orientalist
  • Joseph Horovitz (1926–2022), Austrian-English composer
  • Michael Horovitz (1935–2021), English poet
  • Rachael Horovitz (born 1962), American film producer, sister of Adam Horovitz
  • Robert Horovitz (born 1947), medical biologist and Nobel Prize winner

See also