title: Javitz
text: # Javitz
  
  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 List of Marvel Comics characters: J#Javitz
  