Koch (surname)
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Koch (German pronunciation: [kɔx], although it is often pronounced differently in other countries, as well as by different persons with this name[1]) is a German surname meaning cook and may refer to:
A–D
- Adam Koch (born 1988), American professional basketball player
- Adolf Koch, (1896–1970) German school teacher and leader of the Freikörperkultur
- Alan Koch (baseball) (born 1938), retired American professional baseball player
- Alan Koch (soccer) (born 1975), South African and Canadian football/soccer coach
- Alexander Koch (disambiguation)
- Alfred Koch, Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman of ethnic German origin
- Amy Koch, member of the Minnesota Senate
- Andreas Koch, Austrian former footballer
- Aubrey Koch, pioneering Australian aviator
- Beat Koch, Swiss cross country skier
- Beate Koch, former German athlete
- Bernward Koch, German composer, pianist and keyboardist
- Berthold Koch, German chess master
- Bill Koch (businessman) (born 1940), William I. "Bill" Koch, America's Cup yachtsman, businessman, son of Fred C. Koch
- Bill Koch (skier), cross-country skier
- Billy Koch, Major league baseball relief pitcher
- Blake Koch, American race car driver
- Bobby Koch, CEO of the Wine Institute
- Carl Koch (director), (1892–1963), German film director and writer
- Carl Ludwig Koch, German entomologist and arachnologist, father of Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
- Carin Koch, Swedish professional golfer
- Cary Koch, American professional football wide receiver playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Cees Koch (athlete) (born 1936), Dutch discus thrower
- Charles G. Koch, heir and CEO of Koch Industries and co-founder of the free-market Cato Institute
- Chris Koch, American film director
- Christof Koch (born 1956), American neuroscientist
- Christopher Koch, Australian novelist
- Ciril Metod Koch (1867-1925), Slovene architec
- Dagfinn Koch, Norwegian musician
- Dan Koch, lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Sherwood
- David Koch (television presenter), Australian financial analyst and TV presenter
- David H. Koch, businessman, 1980 Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential candidate, heir to Koch Industries, son of Fred C. Koch
- Des Koch (1932–1991), American athlete
- Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, German politician
- Dietrich Koch (1916-2002), Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II
- Dorothy Bush Koch (born 1959), daughter of the 41st president of the US, George Herbert Walker Bush
E–I
- Ed Koch (1924–2013), 105th mayor of New York City 1978–1989
- Edeltraud Koch, retired German swimmer
- Ehrhardt Koch (1886–1954), German American businessman
- Eric Koch, German-born Canadian author, broadcaster and professor.
- Erich Koch (1896–1986), Gauleiter of East Prussia
- Erik Koch (born 1988), American martial artist
- Erland Koch (1867–?), German sports shooter
- Fabian Koch (born 1989), Austrian footballer
- Franz Koch (disambiguation), several people, among them:
- Franz Koch (cinematographer) (1898–1959), German cinematographer
- Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), American chemical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Koch Industries, father of William I. (Bill), Charles G., David H. and Frederick R. Koch
- Freddy Koch (1916–1980), Danish film actor
- Frederick R. Koch (born 1933), American collector and philanthropist, son of Fred C. Koch
- Friedrich Koch (1862–1927), German composer
- Friedrich Koch (general) (1879–1961), German general
- Gabriele Koch, German studio potter
- Gaetano Koch (1849–1910), Italian architect
- Gareth Koch (born 1962), Australian classical guitarist
- Gary Koch (born 1952), American professional golfer
- Gini Koch, American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer
- Georg Koch (born 1972), German football goalkeeper
- Greg Koch (born 1955), former American football tackle
- Hans Koch (1893–1945), German lawyer
- Hans Koch (SS man) (1912–1955), SS-Unterscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp
- Harry Koch (born 1969), German football central defender
- Hawk Koch (born 1945), American film producer
- Helge von Koch (1870–1924), Swedish mathematician, originator of the eponymous "Koch snowflake"
- Henny Koch (1854–1925), German children's author and translator
- Henri Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
- Henri Koch (bobsleigh) (born 1904), Luxembourgish bobsledder
- Henriette Koch, Danish sports sailor
- Henry C. Koch (1841–1910), German-American architect
- Herbert Koch (born 1962), German mathematician
- Herman Koch (born 1953), Dutch writer and actor
- Howard E. Koch (1901–1995), American screenwriter
- Howard W. Koch (1916–2001), American film director/producer
- Hugo Koch (1870–1928), Dutch inventor
- Ilse Koch (1906–1967), "The Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of Karl Otto Koch
J–M
- Jan Koch, German footballer
- Jerry Koch, American basketball player
- Jim Koch, American brewer, founder of Boston Beer Company
- John Koch, American painter
- Johan Peter Koch, Danish captain and explorer
- Jonathan Koch (disambiguation) – several people
- Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter
- Jørgen Hansen Koch, Danish architect
- Julian Koch, German football player
- Julius Ludwig August Koch, German psychiatrist
- Julius Koch (1872–1902), exceptionally tall man
- Jurij Koch, Sorbian writer
- Jürgen Koch, Austrian badminton player
- Karen Koch, American ice hockey goaltender
- Karl Koch (disambiguation) – several people, among them:
- Karl Koch (botanist), German botanist
- Karl-Otto Koch, German first commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp
- Karl-Rudolf Koch, German geodesist and professor
- Kenneth Koch, American poet
- Klaus Koch, German Old Testament Scholar
- Kurt Koch, Swiss Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Kyle Koch, Canadian football offensive lineman
- Lauge Koch, Danish expedition leader in Greenland
- Lothar Koch (oboist), German oboist
- Ludwig Koch (disambiguation) – several people, among them:
- Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908), German entomologist and arachnologist, son of Carl Ludwig Koch
- Ludwig Koch (painter) (1866–1934), Austrian equestrian painter
- Marco Koch, German swimmer
- Marianne Koch (born 1931), German actress and physician
- Marita Koch (born 1957), German sprint athlete
- Mariza Koch, Greek folk singer
- Markus Koch, American football defensive lineman
- Martin Koch (novelist), Swedish novelist
- Martin Koch (ski jumper), Austrian ski jumper
- Matthias Koch (born 1988), Austrian football midfielder
- Max Koch (disambiguation) – several people, among them:
- Max Koch, Australian botanist
- Max Koch (academic) (1855–1931), German historian and literary critic
- Max Friedrich Koch, German history painter (de)
- Meinolf Koch, retired German football player
- Michael Koch (disambiguation) – several people
- Michel Koch, German track and road racing cyclist
- Mogens Koch, Danish architect
N–Z
- Noppie Koch, Dutch cyclist and pacer
- Paulie Koch, world champion wakeboarder
- Pauline Koch, Albert Einstein's mother
- Philippe Koch, Swiss football defender
- Pete Koch (born 1962), American football player and actor
- Pietro Koch, Italian police leader
- Pyke Koch (1901–1991), Dutch artist
- Raphael Koch, Swiss footballer
- Richard Koch (born 1950), management consultant, entrepreneur, and writer
- Robert Koch, German physician, discoverer of the tubercle and cholera bacilli, Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate in 1905
- Robert Koch Woolf, American interior decorator
- Roland Koch, German politician
- Rudolf Koch, German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher
- Sam Koch, American football punter for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
- Sebastian Koch, German actor
- Silvana Koch-Mehrin, German politician
- Simona Koch (born 1968), German diver
- Simone Koch, German figure skater
- Shari Koch, German ice dancer
- Stefanie Koch (born 1981), German ski mountaineer
- Stephan W. Koch, German theoretical physicist
- Theodor Koch, German engineer
- Thomas Koch (disambiguation)
- Thomaz Koch, Brazilian tennis player
- Tobias Koch, German pianist
- Tom Koch, writer for Mad Magazine
- Valdemar Koch (1852–1902), Danish architect and politician
- Waldemar Koch, former German politician
- Walter Koch, commander of the Fallschirmjäger during World War II
- Walter Karl Koch, German surgeon
- Werner Koch (born 1961), German software author
- Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), German physician and botanist
- Wilhelmina Koch, (1845–1924), German composer
- ↑ Differing pronunciations, e.g., David H. Koch as /ˈkoʊk/ KUUK, or Ed Koch as /ˈkɒtʃ/ KOTCH.
See also
- Koch (disambiguation)
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