Sachs

Sachs is a Jewish-Ashkenazi and a German surname. Its Jewish meaning is "Zerah Kedoshim" (translation: holy seed), its German meaning is "man from Saxony". Notable people with the surname include:

• Albie Sachs (born 1935), a South African Constitutional Court Justice
• Andrew Sachs (born 1930), a German-British actor
• Bernard Sachs (1858–1944), an American neurologist
• Curt Sachs (also Kurth Sachs, 1881–1959), a music historian
• Eddie Sachs (1927–1964), an American racecar driver
• Gunter Sachs (1932–2011), better known as Gunter Sachs, a German photographer, researcher (mathematics and astrology) and playboy
• George Sachs (1896–1961), a Russia-born German and US metallurgist
• Hans Sachs (disambiguation)
  • Hans Sachs (1494–1576), a German poet
  • Hans Sachs (serologist) (1877–1945), a German serologist
• Harvey Sachs (born 1946), an American-Canadian conductor and writer
• Horst Sachs, a German mathematician, an expert in graph theory
• Ignacy Sachs (born 1927), a Polish, naturalized French economist and ecosocioeconomist
• James D. Sachs a retired United States Air Force veteran, game artist and game programmer
• Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954), an American economist
• Johann Sachs (born 1843), a German composer
• Jonathan Sachs (born 1947), an American computer programmer
• Julius von Sachs (1832–1897), a German botanist
• Lenny Sachs (1897–1942), an American football player and basketball coach
• Leonard Sachs (1909–1990), a British actor
• Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), art photographer
• Maria Sachs, an American politician
• Maurice Sachs (1906–1945), a French author
• Mavro Sachs (1817–1888), a Croatian physician
• Mendel Sachs (born 1927), an American physicist
• Michael Sachs (born 1808), a German rabbi
• Milan Sachs (1884–1968), a Czech-Croatian opera conductor and composer
• Moses Sachs (1800–1870), a German Meshulach.
• Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), a German poet
• Rainer Sachs (born 1932), German-born American scientist known for his work in astrophysics and biophysics
• Robin Sachs (born 1951), a British actor
• Stephen Sachs (born 1959), an American stage director and playwright
• Stephen H. Sachs (born 1934), an American politician and Attorney General of Maryland
• Wolfgang Sachs, Ph.D., a German researcher and author of books

Fictional characters:

• Andrea Sachs, created by Lauren Weisberger
• Daniel Sachs, from an online graphic novel Demonology 101
• Amelia Sachs, an NYPD police officer in the Lincoln Rhyme series of crime/mystery novels by Jeffery Deaver.
• Benjamin Sachs, protagonist in novel, Leviathan (Auster novel) by Paul Auster

See also

• Goldman Sachs, a bank
• ZF Sachs AG, a company
• Sachs Electric, a Missouri electrical contractor
• Sachs Motorcycles
• Sachs Patera
• Saks (disambiguation)
• Sax (disambiguation)
• Saxe (disambiguation)
• Sacks

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