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Definition: Horowitz

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989).[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Horowitz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1920. (references)

Common Expressions: Horowitz

Expressions Definition
Barry Horowitz Barry Horowitz (born March 24, 1960 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American professional wrestler, best known as a former jobber in the World Wrestling Federation. (references)
Cindy Horowitz Cindy Horowitz is also known by her maiden name Cynthia Palmer. She is an author, wife of Michael Horowitz and mother of Winona Ryder. With her husband she is responsible for the creation of the world's largest library of drug literature, the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library. (references)
David Horowitz (Zionist) David Horowitz (1903 2002) was the founder of the United Israel World Union and one of eight children of Cantor Aaron and Bertha Horowitz whose family immigrated to the United States in 1914. He first went to the land of present-day Israel in 1924 as an ardent Zionist. He married and moved to Poland in 1927 where he lived with his wifes parents during her pregnancy and played a part in trying to rescue Jews from the Nazi death machine as it rolled across Europe. He moved to the U.S. in 1943 where he became an accredited correspondent to the United Nations and founded the United Israel World Union. The purpose of his organization was to preach a universal Hebraic faith for all humankind based on the Decalogue and the other universal commandments of the Torah. (references)
Isaiah Horowitz Isaiah Horowitz (c. 1555 - c. 1630), was a well known Rabbi and Mystic. He is also known as Shelah HaKodesh - "the Holy Shelah" - from the title of his best known work. (references)
Jerome Horowitz Jerome Horowitz, in 1964, first synthesized the compound that would later become known as zidovudine, an antiviral drug used to treat HIV. At the time of the synthesis, he was working for the Michigan Cancer Foundation under a US National Institutes of Health grant. (references)
Michael Horowitz Michael Horowitz is an American author. He is the husband of Cynthia Palmer and the father of Winona Ryder. With his wife he is responsible for the creation of the world's largest library of drug literature, the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library. (references)
Moses Horowitz He was born, according to the Jewish Encyclopedia on the 7th of Adar, 1844, at Stanislau, Galicia. After the usual Jewish education he studied German and went to Bucharest. Horowitz went to New York City in 1884, taking with him a company of his own. (references)
Paul Horowitz Paul Horowitz (born 1942) is a U.S. physicist and electrical engineer, known primarily for his work in electronics design, as well as for his role in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (see SETI). (references)
Scott J. Horowitz Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz (born 24 March 1957) is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions. (references)
Vladimir Horowitz Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Horowitz

Horowitz

Horowitz (האָראָװיץ ,הוֹרוֹביץ) is a surname which can refer to one of several prominent people.

The name has its origin in the Yiddish placename equivalent to the German name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia.

  • Adam Horowitz, American TV show writer
  • Alexandre Horowitz, Dutch technical engineer and inventor
  • Anthony Horowitz, British author and television scriptwriter
  • Cindy Horowitz, maiden name Cynthia Palmer, author and mother of Winona Ryder.
  • Daniel Horowitz, legal analyst and attorney
  • David Horowitz, formerly New Left but now right-wing writer and social activist
  • David Ish-Horowicz Fellow of the Royal Society
    • also see David Horowitz
  • Dolek Horowitz, played by Paweł Deląg in Schindler's List
  • Donald Horowitz, political scientist
  • Rebbe Yankev Yitzchok fun Lublin (Horowitz)
  • Isaiah Horowitz, Czech-born German and Palestinian rabbi, cabbalist, and author
    • Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz, Volhynia-born Austrian Rabbi and Talmudist, son of the Isaiah
  • Israel Horowitz, American chess master
  • Jerome Horowitz, American scientist
  • Michael Horowitz, American author and father of Winona Ryder.
  • Moses Yitzchaq ha-Levi Horowitz, Yiddish playwright
  • Norman Horowitz, American geneticist and space biologist
  • Paul Horowitz, U.S. physicist and electrical engineer.
  • Robert B.G. Horowitz, American intellectual property lawyer
  • Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg, Poland-born Chief Rabbi of Moravia and cabalist
  • Scott J. Horowitz, American astronaut
  • S. Horowitz & Co. (a law firm in Israel founded by the late Shalom Horowitz)
  • Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist
  • Winona Ryder (Horowitz), American actor
  • Yidele Horowitz, Hasidic Rebbe of Dzikov
  • Michael Landon (Eugene Orowitz) Actor, Tv show Writer, Director, Producer.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Horowitz

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
David Horowitz 90     Adam Horowitz 5
Vladimir Horowitz 42     Anthony Horowitz 26
Israel Albert Horowitz 27     Ariel Horowitz 2
Anthony Horowitz 26     Arlene Horowitz 4
David Horowitz Freedom Center 19     Barry Horowitz 13
Richard Horowitz 17     Daniel Horowitz 9
Barry Horowitz 13     David Horowitz 90
Leonard Horowitz 12     David Horowitz (alternative meanings) 2
Levi Yitzchak Horowitz 11     David Horowitz (consumer advocate) 5
Isaiah Horowitz 9     David Horowitz (Zionist) 4
Scott J. Horowitz 9     David Horowitz Freedom Center 19
Moses Horowitz 9     Donald L. Horowitz 4
Daniel Horowitz 9     Eugene Horowitz 5
Yidele Horowitz 8     Fight Back! With David Horowitz 3
S. Horowitz & Co. 8     Gad Horowitz 4
More Horowitz Horror 7     Harry Horowitz 4
Horowitz Horror 7     Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz 5
Paul Horowitz 6     Horowitz 5
Joseph Horowitz 6     Horowitz Horror 7
Pinchas Horowitz 6     Isaiah Horowitz 9
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz 5     Israel Albert Horowitz 27
Eugene Horowitz 5     Joseph Horowitz 6
Adam Horowitz 5     Leonard Horowitz 12
Horowitz 5     Levi Yitzchak Horowitz 11
David Horowitz (consumer advocate) 5     Mark Horowitz 3
Norman Horowitz (geneticist) 5     Michael Horowitz 4
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz 5     More Horowitz Horror 7
Arlene Horowitz 4     Moses Horowitz 9
Harry Horowitz 4     Naftali Yehuda Horowitz 5
Michael Horowitz 4     Norman Horowitz (geneticist) 5
David Horowitz (Zionist) 4     Paul Horowitz 6
Gad Horowitz 4     Pinchas Horowitz 6
Donald L. Horowitz 4     Richard Horowitz 17
Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz 3     S. Horowitz & Co. 8
Fight Back! With David Horowitz 3     Sara Horowitz 2
Mark Horowitz 3     Scott J. Horowitz 9
Ariel Horowitz 2     Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz 3
Sara Horowitz 2     Vladimir Horowitz 42
David Horowitz (alternative meanings) 2     Yidele Horowitz 8

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Translations: Horowitz

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 霍洛维茨 (Horowitz). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Horowitz. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 霍洛維茨 (Horowitz). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Horowitz. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew ישעיה הלוי הורוביץ (Isaiah Horowitz). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Horowitz. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit ישעיה הלוי הורוביץ (Isaiah Horowitz). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Horowitz. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ホロヴィッツ (Horovitz, Horowitz), ヴラジーミル・ホロヴィッツ (Vladimir Horowitz). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Horowitz. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Horowitz

Language Translations for “Horowitz” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Hathagorathagowathagitz (Horowitz). Additional references: Athag, Horowitz. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Hagoragowagitz (Horowitz). Additional references: Double Dutch, Horowitz. (volunteer)
Leet #()[z()'//1+~\_ (Horowitz). Additional references: Leet, Horowitz. (volunteer)
Oppish Hoporopowopitz (Horowitz). Additional references: Oppish, Horowitz. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Orowitzhay (Horowitz). Additional references: Pig Latin, Horowitz. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Huborubowubitz (Horowitz). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Horowitz. (volunteer)
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