Javitz Explained

Javitz, Javits, Jawitz, Yavetz, Yawitz, or variation, is a Jewish surname. For the Biblical sources of the name see Jacob Emden.

People with this name include:

People

• Dan Jawitz (born 1960), South African screen producer
• Jacob K. Javits (1904-1986), an American politician
• Marian Javits (1925-2017), U.S. actress, arts patron, wife of Jacob K. Javits
• Paul Yawitz (1900-1983), U.S. screenwriter
• Romana Javitz (1903-1980), U.S. librarian
• Ze'ev Yavetz (1847-1924), a Polish-Jewish historian, teacher and Hebrew linguist
• Zvi Yavetz (1925-2013), Israeli historian

Fictional characters

• Javitz (Marvel Comics), a comic book supervillain; see

See also

• Jarvis (name), one way to Anglicize the Jewish surname (though not only used for the Jewish surname)
• Javet (surname)