Orovitz

Orovitz, Orowitz, Orwitz, Orwicz, Urvitz, Urwitz, Urwicz, Urvits is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, a form of the Yiddish surname "Horowitz", see the latter article about its etymology. Notable people with the surname include:

O

• Abraham Orovitz, birth name of Vincent Sherman, American actor and film director
• Eugene Maurice Orowitz, birth name of Michael Landon, American actor and filmmaker
• Richard Joseph Orwitz, birth name of Richard Howard, American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator

U

• David Urwitz, Swedish singer and musician
• Tomás Ocaña Urwitz, Spanish investigative journalist

See also

• Harrwitz, Harwitz, Horovitz, Horvitz, Horowitz, Horwitz, Hourwitz, Hurewicz, Hurewitz, Hurvits, Hurwicz, Hurvitz, Hurwitz
• Gourevitch, Gurovich, Gurevich, Gurovich, Gurvich, Gurwich, Gurwitsch, Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, Gurwitch, Gorovits, Gorovitz
• Kurvitz, Orovitz/Orowitz/Orwitz/Orwicz/Urwicz/Urwitz