Herzog

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Herzog is a German title of nobility, equivalent to Latin dux or English duke. Originally it was a title of elected Germanic military leaders. Herzog is also a common family name. Herzog is not related to Herz (German: heart).

[edit] People named Herzog

• Andreas Herzog (born 1968), Austrian soccer player
• Haim Herzog (1918–1997), sixth president of Israel; son of Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog
  • Aura Herzog, his wife
• Émile Herzog (1885–1967), French writer, known by his pen name André Maurois
• Fredrick Herzog III, co-creator of Mr. Zog's Sex Wax
• Gustav Herzog (born 1958), German SPD politician. See German article
• Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1831–1932), German-American artist
• Jacques Herzog (born 1950), Swiss architect, founder of Herzog & de Meuron
• Jakob Herzog (1892 – 1931), Swiss Socialist
• Jared Herzog (born 1983), 2001 Pennsylvania State Wrestling Champion, 103 lbs.
• Johann Jakob Herzog (1805–1882), German Protestant theologian
• Marvin Herzog, Yiddish Linguist Professor at Columbia University
• Maurice Herzog (born 1919), French mountaineer and politician
• Otthein Herzog (born 1944), German information scientist. See German article
• Roman Herzog (born 1934), President of Germany from 1994 to 1999
  • Christiane Herzog (1936–2000), his wife, see German article
• Werner Herzog (born 1942), German screenwriter, film director, actor and opera director.
• Wilhelm Herzog (1884-1960), German writer
• Whitey Herzog (born 1931), U.S. baseball player
• Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1889-1959), Chief Rabbi of Ireland and of Israel

[edit] Other use

• Herzog, Fox & Neeman, a law firm in Israel
• Herzog, a novel by Saul Bellow.
• Herzog and Herzog Zwei, two computer games by TechnoSoft.

[edit] See also

• James Barry Munnik Hertzog, German-South African politician.
• Ferenc Herczeg, German-Hungarian writer.