Markovitz is a surname that may be of Jewish or Americanized Croatian, Slovak and Slovene origin, a variant of Markovich or MarkoviÃÂ, which are patronymics from the personal name Mark. Notable people with the surname include:
Leon Markovitz (1937âÂÂ2005), South African politician and hotelier
Steven Markovitz (born 1965), South African film and television producer