Götz
Götz or Goetz (German pronunciation: [ɡœts]) is a German name, in origin a hypocorism of Gottfried.[1] It remains in use as a short form of Gottfried, but it has also become a surname.
Surnames
- Goetz
- Alphonse Goetz, French chess master
- Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante"
- Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor
- Eric Goetz, world renowned yacht builder
- Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher
- Hermann Goetz, German composer
- John Goetz, baseball player
- Leo Goetz, the 20th-century German painter
- Meg Goetz, the first woman reading clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Peter Michael Goetz, Actor
- William Goetz, the American film producer
- Götz
- Franz Götz (politician) (born 1945), German politician
- Franz Götz (pilot) (1913–1980), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
- Hermann Götz, German politician
- Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
- Paul Götz, German astronomer
- Rainald Götz, German writer
- Ralph Götz, President of the German Rugby Federation
- Marianne and Franz Götz, founders of Götz Puppenmanufaktur, a large German producer of dolls.
Given name
| Götz | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [ɡœts] |
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | German |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Germany |
| Other names | |
| Derived | Gottfried |
- Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (1480–1562), Franconian mercenary
- Gottfried "Goetz" Anton Briefs (1889–1974), German Catholic social ethicist, social philosopher, and political economist
- Götz Friedrich (1930–2000), German film and theater director
- Götz George (b. Götz Schulz, 1938), German actor
- Götz Aly (b. 1947), German journalist and historian
- Götz Alsmann (b. 1957), German musician and entertainer
- Götz Spielmann (b. 1961), Austrian film director
- Götz Otto (b. 1967), German actor
References
See also
- Goetz Collection
- Goetz, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, a small town
- Goethe (surname)