Opitz
Opitz is a family name that arose from the nickname Albrecht or Adalbert. The namesake for this is the martyr Adalbert (died before 1000). A variant of the name is the family name Opel or Oppel .
Name bearer
A.
- Ambros Opitz (1846–1907), Austrian theologian and politician
B.
- Bernhard Opitz (* 1936), German doctor, synodal and politician
C.
- Christel Opitz , German rowing athlete
- Christoph Opitz (1815–1885), German organ builder
- Claudia Opitz-Belakhal (* 1955), German historian
D.
- Detlef Opitz (* 1956), German writer
- Dietrich Opitz (1901–1992), German Assyriologist
E.
- Eckardt Opitz (* 1938), German historian
- Erich Opitz (gynecologist) (1871–1926), German gynecologist and university professor
- Erich Opitz (physiologist) (1909–1953), German physiologist and university professor
- Erich Opitz (composer) (1912–2001), Austrian composer and music teacher
F.
- Ferdinand Opitz (1885–1960), Austrian sculptor
- Florian Opitz (* 1973), German documentary film director, author and journalist
- Franz K. Opitz (1916–1998), Swiss artist
- Friedrich Opitz (1898–1948), German SS Hauptsturmführer
- Friedrich August Gottlieb Opitz (1805–1857), German bookseller and publisher
G
- Gerhard Opitz (tax officer) (* 1924), German tax officer
- Gerhard Opitz (painter) (1942–1999), German painter
- Gerhard Opitz (medic) (* 1953), German medic
- Gottfried Opitz (1904–1976), German historian
- Günter Opitz (1928–2016), German horn player
H
- Hans Opitz (1888–1971), German pediatrician and university professor
- Hans-Georg Opitz (1905–1941), German Protestant church historian
- Hans-Georg Opitz (* 1958), German soccer player
- Hans-Joachim Opitz (1921–2018), German politician
- Heike Opitz (* 1975), Hamburg politician (GAL)
- Heinrich Opitz (also Heinrich Opitius ; 1642–1712), German theologian and orientalist
- Heinrich Opitz (philosopher) (1929–2018), German Marxist philosopher
- Heinz Opitz (* 1928), German officer and major general of the People's Police
- Heinz-Eberhard Opitz (1912–1997), German officer and judge
- Hellmuth Opitz (* 1959), German writer
- Herwart Opitz (1905–1978), German engineer
- Hieronymus Opitz the Elder (also Opitius the Elder ; 1519–1591), German Lutheran theologian
- Hugo Gottfried Opitz (1846–1916), German lawyer and politician, MdL Kingdom of Saxony
I.
- Ida Opitz (* in the 19th century), German politician (USPD)
J
- John Marius Opitz (* 1935), American human geneticist and university professor of German descent
- Josua Opitz (also Opitius or Opicius ; 1542–1585), German theologian and educator
K
- Karl Opitz († 1907), German administrative officer
- Kurt Opitz (agricultural scientist) (1877–1958), German agricultural scientist
- Kurt Opitz (painter) (1887–1960), German painter and graphic artist
- Kurt Opitz (politician) (1918-2008), German politician (SED)
L.
- Lucille Opitz (* 1977), German speed skater
M.
- Maria Opitz-Döllinger (1917-2007), German politician (ÖDP)
- Martin Opitz (1597–1639), German poet
- Martina Opitz (* 1960), German athlete
- Max Ernst Opitz (1890–1982), German politician, Lord Mayor of Leipzig
- Michael Opitz (literary scholar) (* 1953), German literary scholar and editor
- Michael Opitz (soccer player) (* 1962), German soccer player
O
- Oliver G. Opitz (* 1968), German internist
- Otto Opitz (* 1939), German business mathematician and university lecturer
P
- Paul Opitz (* 1897, † after 1967), German civil servant
- Paul Friedrich Opitz (1684–1747), German orientalist
- Paul-Hermann Opitz (1917–2014), German music teacher, choir director and composer
- Peter Opitz (Nordic Combiner) , German Nordic Combiner
- Peter Opitz (theologian) (* 1957), Swiss church historian
- Peter Opitz (artist) (* 1927), German artist
- Peter J. Opitz ( Peter Joachim Opitz ; * 1937), German political scientist
- Peter Opitz-von Bardeleben (1943–2018), lawyer (most recently as senior public prosecutor) and politician (FDP)
R.
- Reimon Opitz (1948–2010), German zoo keeper
- Reinhard Opitz (1934–1986), German social scientist
- Roland Opitz (1934–2015), German literary scholar
- Rolf Opitz (politician) (1929-2006), German politician (SED)
- Rolf Opitz (entrepreneur) (1942–2005), German entrepreneur
- Rudi Opitz (1908–1939), German photographer, chemigrapher and resistance fighter
- Rudolf Opitz (paleontologist) (1890–1940), German paleontologist
- Rudolf Opitz (pilot) (1910-2010), German glider pilot and test pilot
- Rudolf Opitz (politician) (1920–1997), German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
- Rudolph Karl Friedrich Opitz (1735–1800), German doctor, town and country physicist and councilor
S.
- Simone Opitz (* 1963), German cross-country skier
T
- Ted Opitz (* 1961), Canadian politician
- Theodor Opitz (1820-1896), German publicist
V
- Victoria Opitz (* 1988), American rower
W.
- Walter Opitz (1929–2003), German painter, graphic artist and type artist
- Werner Opitz (* 1948), Austrian actor
- Wilhelm Opitz von Boberfeld (1941–2015), German agricultural scientist
- Willi Opitz (1928–2011), German lawyer and major general of the MfS
- Wolfgang Opitz , German dancer and dance trainer
See also
Web link
- Opitz at genealogy.net