Götz

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Götz or Goetz (originating from Gottfried) is a name of many notable people.


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[edit] Origin

"Götz" is a diminutive form of Gottfried. The word comes from 15th Century Middle High German as a diminutive form of what translates into English as Idol, but also in the sense of fool or weakling.

[edit] Surnames

Goetz

  • Bernhard Goetz, the New York "subway vigilante"
  • Leo Goetz, the 20th-century German painter
  • William Goetz, the American film producer
  • Meg Goetz, the first woman reading clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Walter Goetz, German historian
  • Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor
  • Hermann Goetz, German composer
  • Stan Goetz, the American Percussionist

Götz

  • Hermann Götz, German politician
  • Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721-1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
  • Karl Otto Götz, German painter of Informal Art
  • Leonhard Götz, German artist
  • Paul Götz, German astronomer
  • Peter Götz, German politician (CDU)
  • Rainald Götz, German writer
  • Julia Götz, German PS2 manager and project leader
  • Matthias Götz, German teacher

[edit] First name

  • Götz von Berlichingen
  • Götz Alsmann, German musician and entertainer
  • Götz Aly, German journalist and historian
  • Götz Briefs, German Catholic social ethicist, social philosopher, and political economist
  • Götz Dieckmann, German historian
  • Götz Fritsch, German theater and radio play director
  • Götz Friedrich, German film and theater director
  • Götz George, German actor
  • Götz Kaufmann, Austrian actor
  • Götz Otto, German actor
  • Götz Spielmann, Austrian film director
  • Götz Werner, German entrepreneur (dm-pharamcy)

[edit] Place names

Goetz is also a small town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin; see Goetz, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

[edit] See also

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