Jerzy Turowicz was born on December 10, 1912 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He died on January 27, 1999 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
Editor of the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny from 1945 until his death.
With his wife, Anna Gasiorowska, he is the grandfather of cinematographer Lukasz Jogalla and the great-grandfather of American actor Pico Alexander. His son-in-law is actor Jerzy Jogalla.
He was the son of Klotylda (Turnau) and August Turowicz.