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Moskowitz

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Moskowitz (also Moskovitz, Moskovits, Moscovitch, Moskovich, Moszkowicz, and other variants) is an Eastern Ashkenazic Jewish surname. A Germanized form of a Slavic patronymic of the Yiddish personal name Moshke, a pet form of Moshe. Moscovici is the Romanian form.

People

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Moscovich, Moscovitch

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  • Dylan Moscovitch (born 1984), Canadian Olympic medalist pair skater
  • Hannah Moscovitch (born 1978), a Canadian female playwright
  • Ivan Moscovich (1926–2023), Yugoslav-Dutch designer of games, puzzles, toys, and educational aids
  • Maurice Moscovich (1871–1940), Russian-American actor
  • Morris Moscovitch, the Max & Gianna Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging and Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto

Moscowitz, Moskovitz

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Moshkovich, Moshkovitz, Moschcowitz, Moschkowitz, Moshkowitz

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Moskowitz

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Moszkowicz

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Fictional characters

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  • An American Tail, American franchise of animated films where the protagonist is a mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz (word play on Moskowitz)
  • "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz", the tenth episode in season 6 of American sitcom Frasier
  • Minnie and Moskowitz, a film by John Cassavetes
  • Princess Diaries series of books by Meg Cabot where Moscovitz siblings, Michael and Lilly, are the oldest friends of protagonist Mia Thermopolis and important characters of the story.
  • Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz, character in TV series Cobra Kai
  • Sid Moscowitz, character in the 1990 film Alice
  • Kevin Moskowitz better known as The Deep, one of the main superheroes in the TV series The Boys

See also

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References

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