Orth (family name)
Orth is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
The name Orth can be derived from several meanings. So it can come from the Middle High German place (end, corner, angle, tip) for someone who lives at the end of the place, or it can be used as a name of origin for the place name place (in Germany and Upper Austria). It can also go back to the short form of the nickname Ortlieb .
Name bearer
A.
- Albert Orth (1835–1915), German soil and agriculture scientist
- Anders Orth (* 1962), German musician, composer, author, actor and director
- August Orth (1828–1901), German architect
B.
- Benjamin Orth (1803–1875), also Benjamin Heinrich Orth and Ph. Orht , German artist and painter
- Bernhard Orth (1918–2011), German agricultural functionary
C.
- Christian Orth (* 1977), German classical philologist and university professor
- Claire Orth (1908–1988), German draftsman and graphic artist
- Clemens Orth , German jazz musician
- Conrad Orth ab Hagen ( Konrad Orth ; 1523–1589), German lawyer and university professor
D.
- David Orth (born 1965), Canadian actor
- Donald Orth (1923–2017), American nuclear chemist
E.
- Eduard Orth (District Administrator) (1830–1895), German district director
- Eduard Orth (1902–1968), German politician (CDU)
- Elisabeth Orth (politician) (1921–1976), German politician (SPD)
- Elisabeth Orth (* 1936), Austrian actress
- Elsbet Orth (1937–1991), German historian
- Emil Orth (1814–1876), German painter, lithographer and photographer
- Ernst Orth (Pastor) (Ernst Rudolph Orth; 1803-1892), German Protestant pastor
- Ernst Orth (military writer) (Karl Johann Ernst Orth; 1841–1923), German lieutenant colonel and military writer
- Ernst Orth (Rear Admiral) (1870–1941), German Rear Admiral
- Ernst Wolfgang Orth (* 1936), German philosopher
F.
- Ferdinand Orth (1856–1922), German ancient historian and high school teacher
- Florian Orth (* 1989), German athlete
- Franz Op den Orth (1902-1970), German politician (SPD)
- Frank Orth (1880–1962), American actor
- Friedrich Orth (1883 – after 1947), German violin teacher and director of the conservatory
G
- Georg Heinrich Orth (1698–1769), German politician, mayor of Heilbronn
- Gérard Orth (* 1936), French virologist
- Godlove Stein Orth (1817–1882), American politician and diplomat
- György Orth (1901–1962), Hungarian football player and coach
H
- Hans Orth (1914–2009), German Protestant clergyman and head of the Hessian Diakonieverein
- Heide Orth (* 1942), German tennis player
- Heinrich Orth (? –1575), German physicist, theologian and university professor
- Heinrich Karl Philibert Orth (1733–1795), German politician, mayor of Heilbronn
- Hermann Orth (journalist) (1885 – after 1945), German editor-in-chief ( Germania ) and publishing director ( Ermländische Zeitung ); died in camp in Omsk
- Hermann Orth (engineer) (* 1942), German hydraulic engineer and university professor
I.
- Ilse Orth (* 1936), German therapist
J
- Jakob Orth (1780–1861), German painter and lithographer
- Johann Orth , later name of Johann Salvator of Austria-Tuscany (1852 – after 1890), Austrian Archduke
- Johann Orth (architect) , Austrian architect
- Johann Orth (cartographer) (1929–2004), Austrian cartographer
- Johann Bernhard Orth (1677–1734), German politician, mayor of Heilbronn
- Johann Heinrich Orth (1653–1733), German politician, mayor of Heilbronn
- Johann Philipp Orth (politician, 1566) (1566–1626), German politician, mayor of Frankfurt am Main
- Johann Philipp Orth (politician, 1582) (1582–1635), German politician, mayor of Heilbronn
- Johann Philipp Orth (politician, 1658) (1658–1733), German politician, mayor of Frankfurt am Main
- Johann Philipp Orth (lawyer) (1698–1783), German lawyer and legal historian
- Johannes Orth (physician) (1847–1923), German doctor and pathologist
- Johannes Orth (lawyer) , German administrative lawyer
K
- Karin Orth (* 1963), German historian
- Karl Orth (1869–1942), German painter
- Karl-Adolf Orth (1939–2017), German district administrator
- Klaus Orth (* 1953), German politician (SPD)
L.
- Lorenz Orth (1872–1955), German teacher and politician
M.
- Maren Orth (* 1990), German athlete
- Markus Orth (* 1964), German manager
N
- Nicole Müller-Orth (* 1974), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), see Nicole Besic-Molzberger
- Norbert Orth (* 1939), German opera singer (tenor)
O
- Oscar Orth (1876–1958), German surgeon
- Otto Orth (1826–1903), German lawyer and politician
P
- Patrick Orth (* 1968), German cameraman
- Patrick Orth (music manager) (*?), German music manager (Die Toten Hosen, Die Broilers), managing director of the record company JKP
- Paul Orth (? –1935), German newspaper scholar and editor
- Peter Orth (pianist) (* 1954), American pianist and music teacher
- Peter Orth (* 1964), German Middle Latin philologist
- Philipp Orth (1534–1603), German politician, mayor of Heilbronn
- Philipp Orth the Younger (1567–1622), German politician, mayor of Heilbronn
R.
- Rainer Orth , Swiss historian
- Renate Orth-Guttmann (* 1935), German translator
- Robert Orth (* 1968), German politician (FDP)
- Rudolf Orth (* 1930), German soccer player
S.
- Siegfried Orth (* 1902), German administrative lawyer
- Stefan Orth (* 1968), German Catholic theologian and publicist
- Stephan Orth (* 1979), German journalist and book author
U
- Ulli Orth , German jazz musician
- Ulrich Orth (* 1971), German developmental psychologist and university professor
W.
- Wigand Orth (1537–1566), German theologian
- Wilhelm Orth (1900 – after 1942), German lawyer
- Wolfgang Orth (1944–2017), German ancient historian
Z
- Zacharias Orth (before 1551–1579), German poet
- Zak Orth (born 1970), American actor
Individual evidence
- ^ Rita Heuser: Family names in Nieder-Olm - origin and interpretation. regionalgeschichte.net. Retrieved March 5, 2015.