Lothar

Lothar is a modern form of the Old High German name Chlothar or Hlothar. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ernst Lothar, German writer
• Hanns Lothar or Hanns Lothar Neutze (1929–1967), German actor
• Mark Lothar (1902–1985), German composer
• Rudolf Lothar (1865–after 1933), German writer
• Susanne Lothar (1960-2012), German actress

Notable people with the given name include:

• Lothar Ahrendt (born 1936), former interior minister of the German Democratic Republic
• Lothar Ambrosius (1903–1971), German military leader of the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Lothar Bolz (1903-1986), East German politician
• Lothar Collatz (1910–1990), German mathematician
• Lothar Hause (born 1955), East German football player
• Lothar Lindtner (1917–2005), Norwegian actor
• Lothar Machtan (born 1949), German historian, writer
• Lothar Malskat (1913–1988), German painter and art restorer
• Lothar Matthäus born 1961, German football player and manager, 1990 world cup champion
• Lothar Matthes (born 1947), German diver
• Lothar de Maizière, last Prime Minister of East Germany (1990)
• Lothar Milde (born 1934), East German athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw
• Lothar Mendes (1894–1974), German screenwriter and film director
• Lothar Metz (born 1939), German wrestler and Olympic medalist
• Lothar Müthel (1896–1964), German stage and film actor and director
• Lothar von Richthofen (1894–1922), fighter ace and younger brother of top-scoring ace Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron)
• Lothar von Trotha (1848–1920), a German commander who instigated the Herero massacre

Fiction and Cartoons:

• Lothar - comic character, sidekick to Mandrake the Magician. Created by Lee Falk.
• Lothar - a Nazi spy for Germany, sidekick to Nazi spy Neville Sinclair in the Rocketeer
• Lothar Weiser- a spy for Socialist East Germany in Indridason's book, The Draining Lake.