Götz

Götz ( rarely also Goetz ) is a male German first name and surname.

Origin and Meaning

Götz is a short form of Gottfried. The name Götz ( s), Goetz (s) are short forms for the nickname in the Old High German " got- Fridu " = God peace, protection.

Variants

  • Goz, Goez
  • Götze, Goetze

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Götz Adriani (* 1940), German art historian
  • Götz Alsmann (* 1957), German musician
  • Götz Altmann (* 1940), German folklorist
  • Götz Aly ( born 1947 ), German historian
  • Götz von Berlichingen (~ 1480-1562 ), Imperial Knight
  • Goetz Eilers (* 1941), German lawyer and football official
  • Götz Friedrich (1930-2000), German film director
  • Götz George (* 1938), German actor
  • Götz von Houwald (1913-2001), German diplomat, anthropologist and historian
  • Götz Kauffmann (1949-2010), Austrian actor
  • Götz Otto ( born 1967), German actor
  • Götz Schubert ( b. 1963 ), German actor
  • Götz Schultheiss under the forelock († 1408), Schultheiss of Winterthur
  • Götz Spielmann (* 1961 ), Austrian director
  • Götz Werner ( * 1944 ), German entrepreneur
  • Götz Widmann ( * 1965), German singer-songwriter

Family name

A

  • Alexander Götz ( politician ) ( b. 1928 ), Austrian politician ( FPÖ)
  • Alexander Götz ( theater manager ), Austrian theater manager
  • Anton Götz (1867-1946), Roman Catholic prelate

B

  • Borris Goetz (1915-1998), German artist and graphic designer
  • Brigitte Götz ( born 1958 ), German pop singer, see Gitti and Erika

C

  • Carl Goetz (actor ) ( 1862-1932 ), Austrian actor
  • Christa Goetz (* 1948), German politician (CSU )
  • Christian Gottlieb Gotz (1746 - 1803), Württemberg pastor and evangelical hymn writer
  • Cornelia Götz ( born 1965 ), German opera singer (soprano )

D

  • Daniela Goetz (* 1987), German swimmer
  • Dieter Götz (born 1964 ), German football player

E

  • Edmund Goetz (1891-1968), German painter, printmaker and educator
  • Edward Goetz (1876-1961), German painter
  • Eicke Götz ( born 1939 ), German politician ( CSU)
  • Emil Friedrich Götz (1806-1858), German physician and university teacher
  • Erica Goetz (* 1956), German pop singer, see Gitti and Erika
  • Erich Götz ( born 1940 ), German botanist

F

  • Falko Götz (born 1962 ), German football player and coach
  • Ferdinand Goetz (1826-1915), German politician and sports official
  • František Götz (1894-1974), Czech literary historian
  • Franz Götz ( born 1945 ), German politician
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Götz (1891-1954), Swiss meteorologist and geophysicist

G

  • Gabriele Franziska Götz (born 1954 ), German designer
  • Georg Götz (economist ) ( born 1963 ), German economist ( Economics )
  • Joseph Georg Götz (1802-1871), German canon and politicians
  • Gerhard Götz ( politician ) (* 1920), German politician
  • Gerhard Götz (wine expert ) (* 1931), German wine-growing and fruit-growing expert
  • Gisela Goetz, German economist
  • Gustav Götz ( born 1979 ), Austrian radio presenter

B

  • Heike Götz ( 1964) ( * 1964 ), German television and radio presenter
  • Heike Götz ( 1970) ( * 1970), German radio presenter
  • Heinrich Götz (1896-1960), German officer, last Lieutenant General in World War II
  • Heinz -Werner Goetz (* 1941), German businessman and senator ( Bavaria )
  • Herbert Götz ( born 1963 ), Austrian manager
  • Hermann Goetz ( artist) ( 1848-1901 ), German artist and professor
  • Hermann Goetz (SPD ) ( 1913-1983 ), German politician ( SPD)
  • Hermann Goetz (CDU ) ( 1914-1987 ), German politician ( CDU)

I

  • IRMTRAUD Götz von Olenhusen (* 1952), German historian

J

  • Janina -Kristin Götz ( born 1981 ), German swimmer
  • Johann Götz ( theologian ) ( † after 1618), German Protestant theologian, historian and educator
  • Johann von Götz (1599-1645), German general, see John of idols
  • Johann Götz ( organ builder ) ( 1734-1797 ), German organ builder
  • Johann Götz (entrepreneur) ( 1815-1893 ), German brewery entrepreneurs
  • Johann Karl Leopold Goetz (1833-1903), German Protestant theologian
  • Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721-1781), German clergyman, writer and translator
  • Götz Johann Wilhelm (1732-1762), German Porzellanbildner
  • John Goetz (1865-1934), German sculptor
  • Joseph Goetz ( politician ) ( 1895-1933 ), German politician ( KPD) and a resistance fighter
  • Joseph Matthias Götz (1696-1760), German sculptor
  • Joseph Michael Goetz ( born 1926 ), American physician

K

  • Karl Goetz (1888 - ), German politician ( NSDAP)
  • Karl Götz von Olenhusen (1847-1933), German estate owners and politicians
  • Karl Otto Götz ( * 1914), German painter
  • Karlheinz Götz ( * 1941 ), German entrepreneur
  • Karl -Heinz Götz ( born 1946 ), German entrepreneur

L

  • Leo Goetz (1883-1962), German artist
  • Leonhard von Götz ( † 1640), Bishop of Lavant
  • Lutz Götz (1891-1958), German actor

M

  • Magdalena Götz (born 1962 ), German biologist
  • Manfred Götz ( born 1932 ), German scholar of Islam and turkologist
  • Marcus Götz ( * 1987), German - Swedish professional ice hockey player
  • Markus Götz (born 1973 ), German commentator and presenter
  • Maximilian Götz ( born 1986 ), German racing driver
  • Monika Goetz (* 1981), German track and field athlete

N

  • Nora Goetz (* 1989), German volleyball player

O

  • Olaf Götz ( born 1965 ), German film director
  • Götz Otto (1895 - ), German chess player and chess composer

P

  • Paul Goetz (printer ) ( before 1500 - after 1530 ), German book printer
  • Paul Goetz (~ 1570-1633 ), German historian and educator, see Paul Goetz
  • Paul Götz ( astronomer ) (before 1885 -? ), German astronomer
  • Paul Götz ( geophysicist ) ( 1891-1954 ), German geophysicist, meteorologist and astronomer
  • Peter Götz ( * 1947 ), German politician ( CDU)

R

  • Richard Goetz (1874-1954), German art collector and painter
  • Robert Goetz (1892-1978), radio producer, music educator, poet and composer
  • Roland Götz ( born 1939 ), German organist and harpsichordist
  • Rudolf Götz ( * 1949 ), German national politician ( CDU)

S

  • Stefan Götz (born 1966 ), Austrian mathematician and professor
  • Susann Götz ( * 1982 ), German ice hockey player

T

  • Theo Goetz (1930-2008), German politician ( CDU)
  • Thomas Götz ( diplomat ) ( born 1953 ), German diplomat
  • Thomas Goetz (musician ) ( born 1968 ), German musician, drummer for the band Beatsteaks
  • Thomas Götz ( hockey player ) ( born 1985 ), German ice hockey player
  • Tom Goetz (* 1985), German volleyball and beach volleyball player

V

  • Volker Götz ( born 1945 ), German lawyer
  • Volkmar Götz ( born 1934 ), German lawyer and university professor

W

  • Willi Götz ( * 1947 ), German football player
  • Woldemar Götz (1930-1996), German astronomer
  • Wolfgang Götz ( * 1951), German economist
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