Lotz
Lotz is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
- Lotz is from a medium- z formed suffix Koseform of Ludwig resulting name.
- Lotz is a nickname for Middle High German lotze , meaning clumsy, clumsy person, simple.
- Lotz is a name of origin for place names such as Loitz ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ), Loitze ( Lower Saxony ) and Lotzen ( Saxony ).
Name bearer
Lotz is the family name of the following people:
A.
- Achilles Lotz (1845–1921), Swiss silk dyer and entrepreneur
- Albert Lotz (1858–1926), German civil servant, politician and university professor
- Arnold Lotz (1851–1930), Austrian architect
C.
- Caity Lotz (* 1986), American actress, dancer, singer and a model
- Christian Lotz (philosopher) (* 1970), German-American philosopher and university professor
- Christian Lotz (historian) (* 1976), German historian
D.
- Denton Lotz (1939-2019), American Baptist theologian
- Dieter Lotz (* 1954), German educator
E.
- Eduard Lotz (1818–1890), German genre painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Erich Walter Lotz (1895–1966), German politician (SPD)
- Erika Lotz (* 1943), German politician
- Ernst Lotz (1887–1948), German politician
- Ernst Wilhelm Lotz (1890–1914), German poet
F.
- Franz Lotz (1822–1906), German government councilor and politician, MdR
- Franz Lotz (sports scientist) (1910–1994), German sports scientist and sports official
- Fritz Lotz (1842–1894), Swiss architect and politician
G
- Georg Lotz (1899–1957), German politician (VdgB), MdV
- Gerhard Lotz (1911–1981), German church lawyer and party functionary (GDR CDU)
H
- Hans-Georg Lotz (1934-2001), German composer
- Hans Georg Lotz (writer) (1784–1844), German writer, fiction writer, publisher
- Heinrich Lotz (1873–1943), German geologist
- Heinz Lotz (industrialist) (1894– ??), German industrialist
- Heinz Lotz (politician) (* 1954), German politician (SPD), MdL Hessen
- Helmut Lotz (* 1955), German editor, editor and publisher
- Hilde Lotz-Bauer (1907–1999), German photographer and art historian
- Hilmar Lotz (1922–2009), German administrative lawyer, senior district director of the Detmold district and first senior district director of the Lippe district
- Hugo Lotz (1893–1978), German administrative lawyer
I.
- Ilse Lotz-Dupont (1898–1968), German actress and screenwriter
- Ingrid Lotz (* 1934), German athlete
- Irmgard Lotz (1903–1974), German mathematician and aerodynamicist
J
- Jakob Lotz (* 1918), German soccer player
- Johannes Lotz (* 1975), German painter
- Johannes Baptist Lotz (1903-1992), German philosopher
- Johann Friedrich Eusebius Lotz (1771–1838), German lawyer and economist
K
- Karl Lotz (Mayor) (1823–1875), German politician (Bavaria)
- Karl Lotz (politician) (1889–1950), German politician (SPD)
- Karl Lotz (politician, 1891) (1891–1973), German politician (KPD)
- Karl Heinz Lotz (* 1946), German film director, screenwriter and producer
- Károly Lotz ( Karl Anton Paul Lotz ; 1833–1904), German-Hungarian painter
- Kurt Lotz (1912-2005), German manager
- Kurt Lotz (TV presenter) (* 1960), German journalist and presenter
L.
- Lars-Gunnar Lotz (* 1982), Austrian film director
M.
- Marc Lotz (* 1973), Dutch racing cyclist
- Mark Alban Lotz (* 1963), German jazz musician
- Martin Lotz (* 1938), German athlete
- Max Lotz (1919–1992), German politician (FDP)
- Michael Lotz (* 1967), German politician (CDU)
O
- Oskar Lotz (* 1940), German soccer player
P
- Peter Lotz alias Petrus Lotichius (1501–1567), German reformer, Abbot of Schlüchtern
- Peter Lotz alias Petrus Lotichius Secundus (1528–1560), German physician and poet
R.
- Rainer Lotz (* 1937), German discographer and jazz historian
- Ronald Lotz (* 1966), German soccer player
- Rouven Lotz (* 1977), German art historian and curator
- Rudolf Lotz (1901–1973), German lawyer and politician
W.
- Walter Lotz (1909–1987), German Protestant theologian and pastor
- Walther Lotz (1865–1941), German political scientist
- Werner Lotz (1938–2018), German football player
- Wilhelm Lotz (1829–1879), German architect and art historian
- Wilhelm Lotz (theologian) (1853–1928), German Protestant theologian
- Wolfgang Lotz (art historian) (1912–1981), German art historian
- Wolfgang Lotz (agent) (1921–1993), German-Israeli secret agent
- Wolfgang Lotz (historian) (* 1953), German historian
- Wolfram Lotz (* 1981), German poet, playwright, narrator and radio play author
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Duden: Familiennames , Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Vienna - Zurich, 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2 , p. 435.