Voit (surname)

Voit is a family name, which is mainly used in southern Germany.

Origin and Meaning

Voit is a notation of Vogt. It is derived from the Latin advocatus (German: " Manager").

Bearers of the name

  • Albert Voit (~ 1550-1606 ), German educator and literary scholar
  • August von Voit (1801-1870), German architect
  • Brigitte Voit (* 1963), German chemist and university teacher at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
  • Carl von Voit (1831-1908), German physiologist and nutritionist
  • Carl Friedrich Voit (1774-1854), German instrument maker
  • David Voit (around 1529-1589 ), German Protestant theologian
  • Edmund Voit (1707-1780), German priest, Jesuit and professor
  • Ernst Voit (1838-1921), German physicist
  • Erwin Voit (1852-1932), German physiologist
  • Fritz Voit (1863-1944), German Internist
  • Hartmut Voit (* 1944), German historian and history didactics
  • Heinrich Voit (1834-1914), German organ builder
  • Johann Michael Voit (1771-1846), German architect
  • Kurt Voit (1895-1978), German physician
  • Ludwig Voit (1906-2001), German classical scholar
  • Marlies Voit (* 1941), German badminton player
  • Max Voit (1876-1949), German anatomist
  • Mieczysław Voit (1928-1991), Polish actor
  • Stephanie Voit (* 1977), German actress
  • Viktor Voit (1888-1948), Austrian politician ( Landbund )
  • Wolfgang Voit (* 1961), German lawyer and university professor
Vogt (surname) Foyt
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