Moritz Horschetzky (1777 or 1788 – 7 November 1859) was an Austrian physician, writer, and translator. He was born to a Jewish family in Bydzov, Bohemia, in 1777 or 1788. He received a traditional early education, attended the Israelitische Hauptschule in Prague, and later acquired a doctorate in medicine in Vienna. He died in Nagykanizsa on 7 November 1859.