Pistorius
Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin pistor meaning miller or baker) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German Becker. Notable people with the surname include:
Pistorius:
- Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria
- Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation) refers to three 16th century bearers of that name
- Micki Pistorius, a South African offender profiler
- Oscar Pistorius (born 1986), a South African double-amputee athlete convicted of the murder of his girlfriend
- Martin Pistorius, author of the personal memoir Ghost Boy
Pistor:
- Johann Jakob Pistor, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army
- Ludger Pistor (born 1959), German actor
See also
- Demian, a novel by Hermann Hesse, in which one of the characters is named Pistorius
- Pastorius (disambiguation)
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