Götz

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

Origin and meaning

Götz is a short form of Gottfried . The names Götz (e), Goetz (e) are short forms of the given name in Old High German "got-fridu" = God + Peace, Protection.

variants

Name bearer

First name

Götz Adriani (* 1940), German art historian
Götz Alsmann (* 1957), German musician
Götz Altmann (* 1940), German folklorist
Götz Aly (* 1947), German historian
Götz von Berlichingen (around 1480–1562), Frankish imperial knight
Götz Bernau (* 1941), German violinist
Goetz Eilers (* 1941), German lawyer and football official
Götz Friedrich (1930–2000), German director
Götz Fritsch (1943–2018), German theater and radio play director
Götz George (1938–2016), German actor
Götz von Houwald (1913–2001), German diplomat, ethnologist and historian
Götz Kauffmann (1949–2010), Austrian actor
Götz Kubitschek (* 1970), German publicist
Götz Loepelmann (1930–2017), German visual artist
Götz Otto (* 1967), German actor
Götz R. Richter (1923–2016), German writer
Götz Schubert (* 1963), German actor
Götz Schultheiss under the hair († 1408), Schultheiss of Winterthur
Götz Schulze (1964–2018), German legal scholar
Götz Spielmann (* 1961), Austrian director
Götz Werner (* 1944), German entrepreneur
Götz Widmann (* 1965), German songwriter

family name

A.

Adolf Götz (1876–1944), German engineer and writer (deported in 1941, died in the Lodz ghetto )
Albert Goetz (theologian) (1889–1965), German Pentecostal theologian and founder of the publishing house
Albert Goetz-Rigaud (1835–1907), German entrepreneur and economic functionary
Albert Wilhelm Gustav Goetz (1821–1898), German entrepreneur and politician, MdR
Alexander Götz (politician, 1888) (1888–1982), Austrian politician (FPÖ)
Alexander Götz (politician) (1928-2018), Austrian politician (FPÖ)
Alexander Götz (theater manager) (* 1964), Austrian theater manager
Alexander von Götz and Schwanenflies (1806–1871), Prussian civil servant, district president of Köslin, district president of Düsseldorf
Alfred Goetz (1894–?), German dialect writer
Alfred Götz (* 1946/1947), German local historian, librarian and archivist
Alois Götz (1823–1905), Austrian guitarist and singer
Andreas Götz (1698–1780), German teacher and philologist
Anton Götz (1867–1946), German clergyman
Arthur Goetz (1885 – after 1923), German painter and graphic artist
Arturo Goetz (1944–2014), Argentine actor
Ashton Götz (* 1993), German soccer player

B.

Bernd Götz (* 1940), German educationalist, special education teacher and university professor
Berndt Götz (1891 – after 1934), German psychiatrist, expert and employee of Magnus Hirschfeld
Bernhard Götz (before 1823 – after 1870), German xylograph
Bernhard Goetz (theologian) (1915-2004), German Protestant theologian
Bernhard Goetz (* 1947), American who shot at African Americans
Bettina Götz (* 1962), Austrian architect
Borris Goetz (1915–1998), German artist
Brigitte Götz (* 1958), German pop singer, see Gitti and Erika
Bruno Goetz (1885–1954), Baltic German poet and writer
Burkhard H. Götz (* 1965), German economist and university professor

C.

Carl Götz (1818–1879), German administrative officer
Carl Goetz (actor) (1862–1932), Austrian actor
Carl Goetz (bank manager) (1885–1965), German bank manager
Carl Florian Goetz (1763–1829), German architect and urban planner
Christa Götz (* 1948), German politician (CSU)
Christian Götz (Major General) (1783–1849), Austrian Major General
Christian Götz (trade unionist) (1940–2000), German trade unionist
Christian Gottlieb Götz (pastor) (1746–1803), German pastor and hymn poet
Christian Gottlieb Götz (Major General) (1810–1884), German Major General
Christiane Götz-Sobel (* 1956), German science journalist
Christiane Goetz-Weimer (* 1962), German publisher
Christine Goetz (1952–2020), German art historian
Cornelia Götz (* 1965), German singer (soprano)
Cornelia Götz (basketball player) (* 1966), German basketball player
Curt Goetz (1888–1960), German-Swiss writer and actor
Curt Goetz-Pflug (1919–1967), German director and screenwriter

D.

Daniela Götz (* 1987), German swimmer
Dieter Götz (* 1964), German soccer player
Diether Götz (* 1944), German Slavist

E.

E. Ray Goetz ( Edward Ray Goetz ; 1886–1954), American songwriter, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Edmund Götz (Benedictine) (1792–1862), Austrian Benedictine and politician
Edmund Götz (1891–1968), German painter, graphic artist and educator
Eduard Götz (1876–1961), German painter
Eicke Götz (* 1939), German politician (CSU)
Emanuel Götz-Buser (1808–1854), Swiss manufacturer
Emil Götz (1869–1958), Swiss photographer and publisher
Emil Friedrich Götz (1806–1858), German doctor and university professor
Erica Götz (* 1956), German pop singer, see Gitti and Erika
Erich Götz (* 1940), German botanist
Ernst Götz (dialect researcher) (1873–1947), German teacher and dialect researcher
Ernst Götz (art historian) (* 1939), German architect and art historian

F.

Falko Götz (* 1962), German soccer player and coach
Ferdinand Goetz (1826–1915), German politician and sports official
Ferdinand Götz (painter) (1874–1941?), German painter, graphic artist and architect
Ferdinand Götz (* 1955), Austrian artist
František Götz (1894–1974), Czech literary historian
Franz Götz (manufacturer) (1861–1933), German manufacturer and company founder
Franz Götz (* 1945), German politician
Frederik Götz (* 1988), German actor
Friedrich Götz (publisher) (1801–1860), German publisher
Friedrich Götz (writer) († 1947), German writer
Friedrich Götz (NSDAP) (1897 – after 1948), German teacher and NSDAP local group leader in Rothenburg / Tauber
Friedrich Götz (theater scholar) (1930–2000), German theater scholar and director
Friedrich Götz (microbiologist) (* 1945), German microbiologist and university professor
Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Götz (1891–1954), German-Swiss geophysicist, meteorologist and astronomer, see Paul Götz (geophysicist)
Fritz Goetz (1876–1957), German journalist and publicist (1933 emigrated to France, 1938 Palestine, died in Israel)

G

Gabriele Franziska Götz (* 1954), German designer
Georg Goetz (1849–1932), German classical philologist
Georg Götz (politician) (1869 – after 1918), German politician, Bavarian member of parliament
Georg Götz (economist) (* 1963), German economist
Georg Joseph Götz (1802–1871), German priest and politician
George Goetz (1892–1968), general secretary of the Association for Liberal Judaism in Germany, editor-in-chief and preacher
Gerhard Götz (politician) (* 1920), German politician
Gerhard Götz ( viticulture specialist ) (* 1931), German viticulture and fruit growing specialist

Gisela Götz (* before 1960), German economist

Gisela Götz (art historian) , German art historian and museum curator

Götz von Götz (1881–1954), German administrative officer

Gustav Götz (* 1979), Austrian radio presenter

H

Hans Götz (entomologist) (1852–1930), German entomologist
Hans Götz (politician) (1865–1946), German politician, MdL Bavaria
Hans Götz (actor) (1890–1939), Austrian actor and director
Hans Götz (physician) (1915–1997), German dermatologist and university professor
Hans Götz (officer) (1919–1943), German air force officer
Hans Götz (painter) (1930–2001), German painter
Hans von Götz-Hünerbein (1832–1883), German administrative officer and manor owner
Hans Herbert Götz (1921–1999), German business journalist and publicist
Hans-Joachim Goetz (* 1944), German diplomat
Hans-Peter Goetz (* 1961), German politician (FDP), MdL Brandenburg
Hans-Werner Goetz (* 1947), German historian
Hannes Goetz (1934–2019), Swiss manager
Heike Götz (presenter, 1964) (* 1964), German television and radio presenter at NDR
Heike Götz (presenter, 1970) (* 1970), German television and radio presenter for Bayerischer Rundfunk
Heinrich Götz (photographer) (1866–1931), German photographer
Heinrich Götz (actor) (1872– ??), German actor
Heinrich Götz (officer) (1896–1960), German lieutenant general
Heinz-Werner Götz (* 1941), German businessman and politician
Helmut Goetz (* 1920), German historian
Helmuth Götz (* 1962), German entrepreneur and business manager
Herbert Götz (* 1963), Austrian manager
Hermann Goetz (1840–1876), German composer
Hermann Götz (artist) (1848–1901), German artist and university professor
Hermann Götz (architect) (1876–1955), German architect and court architect
Hermann Götz (politician, 1888) (1888–1971), German politician, district administrator of the Tauberbischofsheim district
Hermann Goetz (art historian) (1898–1976), German art historian
Hermann Götz (politician, 1913) (1913–1983), German politician (SPD)
Hermann Götz (politician, 1914) (1914–1987), German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag

I.

Ingvild Goetz (* 1941), German art collector and curator
Irene Götz (* 1962), German ethnologist and university professor
Irene von Götz (* 1976), German historian and curator
Irmtraud Götz von Olenhusen (* 1952), German historian
Isabell Götz (* 1957), German family judge

J

Jakob Götz (1890–1977), German company founder
James B. Goetz (* 1936), American politician
Janina-Kristin Götz (* 1981), German swimmer
Johann Götz (theologian, Sondershausen) († after 1618), German Protestant theologian, historian and educator
Johann Götz (theologian, Frankfurt) (1573–1652), German Protestant theologian, pastor in Frankfurt am Main
Johann Götz (theologian, Eisenach) (1573–1636), German Protestant theologian, general superintendent in Eisenach
Johann von Götz (1599–1645), German general, see Johann von Götzen
Johann Götz (theologian, Nuremberg) (1610–1684), German Protestant theologian, deacon to St. Sebald (Nuremberg)
Johann Götz (organ builder) (1734–1797), German organ builder
Johann Götz (entrepreneur) (1815–1893), German brewery entrepreneur
Johann Christoph Götz (1688–1733), German physician
Johann Friedrich Götz (1820–1892), German entrepreneur
Johann Michael Götz (around 1735–1810), German engraver and music publisher
Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German clergyman, writer and translator
Johann Wilhelm Götz (1732–1762), German porcelain designer
Johannes Götz (1865–1934), German sculptor
John Goetz (* 1962), American-German journalist and author
Josef Götz (politician) ( Joseph Anton Götz ; 1823–1894), Austrian landowner and politician
Josef Götz (musicologist) (1855–1918), Austrian musicologist, composer and folk song collector
Josef von Glatter-Götz (organ builder, 1880) (1880–1948), Austrian organ builder
Josef von Glatter-Götz (organ builder, 1914) (1914–1989), Austrian organ builder
Josef Stulla-Götz (1901 – after 1972), Austrian physicist and metrologist
Joseph Götz (actor) (1836–1861), Austrian actor and singer (bass)
Joseph Götz (politician) (1895–1933), German politician (KPD) and resistance fighter
Joseph Matthias Götz (1696–1760), German sculptor
Joseph Michael Götz (* 1926), American physician
Judith Goetz (* 1983), Austrian literary and political scientist
Jürgen Götz (* 1967), German politician

K

Karl Goetz (1875–1950), German medalist
Karl Götz (politician) (1888 – after 1941), German politician (NSDAP)
Karl Götz (writer) (1903–1989), German writer
Karl Götz (composer) (1922–1993), German composer and arranger
Karl Götz von Olenhusen (1847–1933), German manor owner and politician
Karl von Götz and Schwanenfließ (1776–1858), German major general
Karl Georg Götz (* 1930), German biophysicist and bio-cyberneticist
Karl Gerold Goetz (1865–1944), Swiss clergyman, theologian and university professor
Karlheinz Götz (* 1941), German entrepreneur
Karl Otto Götz (1914–2017), German painter and poet
Kay-Uwe Götz (* 1959), German agricultural scientist
Klaus Götz (* 1957), German pedagogue and university professor for further education research and management
Klaus H. Goetz (* 1961), German political scientist and university professor

L.

Laura Götz (* 1992), German actress
Leo Götz (1883–1962), German artist
Leonhard von Götz († 1640), Bishop of Lavant
Leopold Götz (1833–1903), German Protestant theologian
Leopold Karl Goetz (1868–1931), German Old Catholic theologian
Louis Goetz (1854–1922), Prussian major general
Lorenz Goetz (1810-1894), German theologian and politician
Lothar Götz (1925–2018), German architect
Ludwig Götz (entrepreneur) (1887–1955), German company founder, entrepreneur and pioneer of inland shipping
Ludwig Götz (painter) (1892–1963), German painter
Ludwig Götz (musician, 1952) (* 1952), German church musician, organist and conductor
Ludwig Götz (musician, 1957) (* 1957), German trombonist
Lutz Götz (1891–1958), German actor

M.

Magdalena Götz (* 1962), German biologist
Manfred Götz (* 1932), German Islamic scholar and Turkologist
Marcus Götz (* 1987), German-Swedish ice hockey player
Margarete Götz (* 1951), German pedagogue and university professor
Marie Götz-Grosse (around 1854–1943), singer (soprano)
Markus Götz (composer) (* 1973), German composer, arranger and musician
Markus Götz (presenter) (* 1973), German sports commentator and presenter
Markus Götz (cyclist) (* 1985), Austrian cyclist
Martin Götz (1903 – after 1963), German-British economist and journalist
Mathias Götz (* 1972), German jazz musician
Maximilian Götz (* 1986), German racing driver
Maya Götz (* 1967), German media scientist
Mike Goetz (* 1956), Swiss jazz musician
Monika Götz (* 1981), German athlete

N

Nikolaus Götz , pseudonym of Ernst Niekisch (1889–1967), German politician and political writer
Nikolaus Götz (historian) (* 1952), German historian and political scientist
Nora Götz (* 1989), German volleyball player

O

Olaf Götz (* 1965), German film director
Oswald Goetz (1896–1960), German art historian
Otto Götz (physician) (? –1971), German internist
Otto Götz (1895–1995), German chess player and chess composer

P

Paul Götz (printer) (before 1500 – after 1530), German book printer
Paul Götz (around 1570–1633), German historian and educator, see Paulus Götz
Paul Götz (astronomer) (1883–1962), German astronomer, editor of the Schurig-Götz sky atlas

Paul Götz (geophysicist) (1891–1954), German geophysicist, meteorologist and astronomer

Paul Goetz (actor) (* 1986), American actor

Paul Götz-Räcknitz (1873–1952), German painter and graphic artist

Peter Götz (* 1947), German politician (CDU)

R.

Rainald Goetz (* 1954), German writer
Richard Götz (1874–1954), German art collector and painter
Robert Götz (1892–1978), German composer, music teacher and poet
Robert Hans Goetz (1910–2000), German-American surgeon
Roland Götz (* 1939), German organist and harpsichordist
Roland Götz (historian) (* 1963), German church historian
Rolf Götz (1943–2008), German racing car driver
Rudolf Götz (* 1949), German politician (CDU)
Ruth Goetz (1880–1965), German writer, journalist and screenwriter

S.

Stefan Götz (* 1966), Austrian mathematician and university professor
Susann Götz (* 1982), German ice hockey player
Susann Opel-Götz (* 1963), German illustrator, author and graphic artist

T

Theo Götz (1930-2008), German politician (CDU)
Theodor Goetz (1806–1885), German architect
Theodor von Götz (1826-1892), German painter
Thomas Götz (diplomat) (* 1953), German diplomat
Thomas Götz (musician) (* 1968), German musician, drummer for the band Beatsteaks
Thomas Götz (psychologist) (* 1968), German psychologist
Thomas Götz (mathematician) (* 1971), German mathematician and university professor
Thomas Götz (ice hockey player) (* 1985), German ice hockey player
Tom Götz (* 1985), German volleyball and beach volleyball player
Torsten Götz (* 1968), German-Swiss chef, restaurateur and TV chef
Turid Goetz (* 1967), German badminton player

V

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

W.

Walter Goetz (1867–1958), German historian
Walter Götz (* 1960), German soccer player
Werner Götz (* 1934), German opera singer (tenor)
Wilhelm Götz (geographer) (1844–1911), German teacher and geographer
Wilhelm Götz (association official) , German teacher and association official
Wilhelm Götz (ornithologist) , German ornithologist
Wilhelm Götz-Knothe (* 1933), German painter
Wilhelm HJ Götz ( Wilhelm Heinrich Jakob Götz ; 1902–1979), German entomologist
Willi Götz (* 1947), German soccer player
William Goetz (1903–1969), American film producer and art collector
Woldemar Götz (1930–1996), German astronomer
Wolfgang Goetz (1885–1955), German writer, publicist and screenwriter
Wolfgang Götz (art historian) (1923–1996), German art historian and university professor
Wolfgang Götz (economist) (* 1951), German economist
Wolfgang Götz (choir director) , German conductor and choir director

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