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!

See also