Otto (family name)
Otto is one of the most common family names in Germany.
Name bearer
A.
- Adelheid Otto (* 1966), German archaeologist and university professor
- Adolf Otto (lawyer) (1827–1898), German judge and lawyer
- Adolf Otto (social reformer) (1872–1943), German co-founder and general secretary of the German Garden City Society and cooperative functionary
- Adolf Otto (politician) (1888–1962), German politician (LDPD)
- Adolph Wilhelm Otto (1786–1845), German anatomist and rector of the University of Breslau
- Albert von Otto (1836–1922), German civil servant and politician
- Albert Otto (1885–1975), German painter
- Alex Otto (1861–1936), German actor
- Alexander Otto (diplomat) (* 1924), Austrian diplomat
- Alexander Otto (entrepreneur) (* 1967), German entrepreneur
- Alexander Otto (soccer player) (* 1988), German soccer player
- Alfred Otto (painter) (1873–1953), German painter
- Alfred Otto (theologian) (1903–1982), German theologian, medievalist and university professor
- Alina Otto (* 1995), German handball player
- Alkis Henri Otto (* 1974), German economist and university professor
- Amöne Otto (pseudonym Amalie von Obyrn or AD; 1774–1837), German writer
- Andreas Otto (physicist) (1936–2018), German physicist and university professor
- Andreas Otto (politician) (* 1962), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Andreas Otto (boxer) (* 1963), German boxer
- Andreas Otto (voice actor) , German voice actor
- Andreas Otto (economist) , German economist and university professor
- Angelina Otto (* 2000), German inline speed skater
- Ann-Kathrin Otto (* 1968), German illustrator, production designer, theater painter, presenter, singer and photo model
- Anna Kerstin Otto (* 1972), German artist
- Anton Otto (theologian) (around 1505 – around 1588), German theologian and pastor
- Anton Otto (entomologist, 1849) (1849–1914), Austrian entomologist (beetle)
- Anton Otto (actor) (1852–1930), German actor, director and theater manager
- Anton Otto (entomologist, 1877) (1877–1949), Austrian entomologist (butterflies)
- August Otto (historian) (1800–1866), German teacher, translator and historian
- August Otto (businessman) († 1884), Austrian businessman
- August Otto-Walster (1834–1898), German journalist, writer and politician
- Auguste Otto-Wernthal (1833-1856), German theater actress and opera singer (soprano)
B.
- Barry Otto (* 1941), Australian actor
- Benjamin Otto (* 1975), German entrepreneur
- Bernd Otto (* 1940), German manager
- Bernd K. Otto (* 1947), German jazz musician and author
- Bernhard Otto (local history researcher) (1901–1981), German teacher, journalist and local history researcher
- Bernhard Christian Otto (1745–1835), German doctor, naturalist and economist
- Bernhard Johann Otto (1805-1856), German painter
- Berthold Otto (1859–1933), German reform pedagogue
- Björn Otto (* 1977), German athlete
- Boris Otto (* 1971), German industrial engineer and university lecturer
- Brinna Otto (* 1938), German classical archaeologist
C.
- Carl Otto (entrepreneur) ( Karl Otto ; 1844–1898), German entrepreneur
- Carl Otto (sculptor) (1875–1916), German sculptor
- Carl Otto (statistician) (* 1928), German statistician and university professor
- Carl August Gottlob Otto (1896–1968), German writer and editor
- Carl Christian Otto (1817–1873), Danish-German mnemonic technician and communist journalist
- Carl Wunibald Otto (* 1808), German chemist
- Carlos Otto (1838–1897), German chemist and entrepreneur
- Carolin Otto (* 1962), German author and director
- Carsten Otto (* 1986), German voice actor
- Christian Otto (politician, 1948) (1948-2006), German politician (PDS)
- Christian Otto (politician, 1949) (* 1949), German politician (CDU)
- Christian Otto (triathlete) (* 1986), German triathlete
- Christian Friedrich von Otto (1758–1836), civil servant and politician from Württemberg
- Christian Traugott Otto (1791–1874), German Lutheran theologian and educator
- Christoph Friedrich Otto (1783–1856), German gardener and botanist
D.
- David Otto (* 1999), German soccer player
- Dieter Otto (* 1930), German entomologist
- Dietmar Otto (soccer player) (* 1955), German soccer player
- Dietmar Otto (vaulting) , German equestrian
- Dominicus Otto (1716–1773), German Benedictine abbot
- Doris Otto-Franke (* 1953), German actress
E.
- Eberhard Otto (1685–1756), German lawyer, see Everard Otto
- Eberhard Otto (Egyptologist) (1913–1974), German Egyptologist
- Eberhard Otto (entrepreneur) (* 1948), German entrepreneur and politician (FDP)
- Eckart Otto (* 1944), German theologian and university professor
- Edouard Carl Friedrich Otto (1841–1905), German-English inventor
- Eduard Otto (1812–1885), German botanist
- Egbert Otto (1905–1968), German politician (NSDAP)
- Ekkehard Otto (1928–2012), German chamber singer
- Elisabeth Herrmann-Otto (* 1948), German ancient historian
- Elizabeth Otto (* 1970), American art historian
- Emil Otto (lecturer) (1813–1878), German Protestant theologian, author and lecturer at Heidelberg University
- Emil Otto (1903–1974), German politician (KPD / SED) and trade unionist
- Émile Otto (1883 – after 1926), Belgian cyclist
- Erich Otto (1883–1975), German trade union official and actor
- Ernst von Otto (geologist) (1799–1863), German geologist
- Ernst Otto (painter) (1807–1847), German painter
- Ernst Otto (politician) , German politician (SPD), MdL Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Ernst Otto (educator) (1877–1959), German linguist, rector of the Karl Ferdinand University
- Ernst Otto (theologian) (1891–1941), German Lutheran pastor
- Ernst von Otto-Kreckwitz (1861–1938), German cynologist and publicist
- Ernst Julius Otto (1804–1877), German composer and choir director, see Julius Otto (composer)
- Everard Otto (also: Everardus Otto ) (1685–1756), German lawyer
F.
- Felix Otto (mathematician) (* 1966), German mathematician
- Felix Otto (rower) (* 1983), German rower
- Florian Otto (* 1977), German landscape architect and university lecturer
- Frank Otto (actor) , American actor
- Frank Otto (media entrepreneur) (* 1957), German media entrepreneur
- Frank Otto (geologist) (* 1957), German geologist and university professor
- Frank Otto (water polo player) (* 1958), German water polo player
- Frank Otto (historian) (* 1967), German historian
- Franz Otto (1820–1886), German bookseller and publisher, see Otto Spamer
- Franz Otto (politician) (1821–1911), German politician, mayor of Würzburg
- Fred Otto (1883–1944), German architect and construction clerk
- Frei Otto (1925–2015), German architect
- Frieda Otto (1911–1985), German librarian
- Friederike Otto (* 1982), German physicist, climatologist and university professor
- Friedrich Otto (historian) (1826–1902), German historian
- Friedrich Otto (General) (1859–1925), German major general
- Friedrich Otto (writer) (1877-1924), German writer and journalist
- Friedrich Otto (computer scientist) (* 1952), German computer scientist
- Friedrich Julius Otto (1809–1870), German chemist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Otto (philologist) (1805–1866), German classical philologist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Otto (politician) (1897 – after 1967), German politician (LDPD), MdL Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Fritz Otto (instrument maker) ( Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Otto ; 1808–1884), German-Swedish instrument maker
- Fritz Otto (KPD functionary) (1902–1983), German KPD functionary, functionary of the National Council of the National Front of the GDR
- Fritz Joachim Otto (1916–1993), German cameraman and entrepreneur
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- Georg Otto (graphic artist) (1868–1939), German graphic artist
- Georg Otto (politician) (* 1928), German high school teacher, politician (The Greens)
- Georg Christian Otto (1763–1828), German writer and statistician
- Georg Wilhelm Christian Otto (1800–1871), German Reformed theologian
- Gerald Otto (* 1964), German politician (CDU), MdL
- Gerhard Otto (1914–1992), German flautist
- Gert Otto (1927–2005), German Protestant theologian
- Gertrud Otto (1895–1970), German art historian
- Gianni Otto (* 1995), German basketball player
- Gisela Buschendorf-Otto (1921–2011), German archaeologist
- Gottlieb Friedrich Otto (1751–1815), German teacher, pastor and lexicographer
- Götz Otto (* 1967), German actor
- Gracie Otto (* 1987), Australian actress, producer and director
- Grit Otto (* 1990), German biathlete
- Günter Otto (* 1938), German soccer player
- Gunter Otto (teacher) (1927–1999), German art teacher
- Gunter Otto (biologist) (1944–2012), German hydrobiologist, entomologist and ornithologist
- Gunter Otto (director) , German film director, producer and cameraman
- Günther Otto (* 1950), German entrepreneur, manager and functionary
- Gustav Otto (historian) (1843–1917), Baltic doctor and historian
- Gustav Otto (aircraft manufacturer) (1883–1926), German aircraft manufacturer
H
- Hanns Theo Schmitz-Otto (1908–1992), German businessman and book collector
- Hans Otto (politician) (1895–1970), German civil servant and politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
- Hans Otto (1900–1933), German actor
- Hans Otto Löwenstein (1881–1931, pseudonym Hans Otto), Austrian film director and film producer
- Hans Otto (organist) (1922–1996), German organist and cantor
- Hans C. Otto (1879–1929), German glove manufacturer
- Hans-Georg Otto (Author) (1903– ??), German author and administrative officer
- Hans-Georg Otto (politician) (* 1941), German politician (SPD, independent), Lord Mayor of Dessau
- Hans-Hartwig Otto (* 1939), German chemist, pharmacist and association official
- Hans-Joachim Otto (basketball official) (1928–2011), German basketball official
- Hans-Joachim Otto (soccer player) (1937-2020), German soccer player
- Hans-Joachim Otto (politician) (* 1952), German politician (FDP)
- Hansjörg Otto (* 1938), German lawyer and university professor
- Hans-Jürgen Otto (1935–2017), German forest scientist and forest official
- Hans-Uwe Otto (* 1940), German educationalist
- Hans-Werner Otto (State Secretary) (1908–1977), German lawyer and State Secretary
- Hans-Werner Otto (botanist) (* 1933), German botanist and teacher
- Harro Otto (* 1937), German criminal law scholar
- Heini Otto (* 1954), Dutch soccer player
- Heino Otto (* 1869), Saxon architect and builder
- Heinrich Otto (manufacturer) (1820–1908), German manufacturer
- Heinrich Otto (painter) (1858–1923), German painter
- Heinrich Otto (politician, 1892) (1892–1944), German politician (KPD), MdL Hessen
- Heinrich Otto (politician, 1893) (1893–1983), German politician (KPD), Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Heinz-Joachim Otto (1933-2017), German politician (SPD)
- Helga Otto (* 1938), German politician (SPD)
- Hellmut Otto (1925–2004), German doctor and diabetologist
- Helmut Otto (medic) (1892–1974), German medic and politician (NSDAP)
- Helmut Otto (historian) (* 1927), German historian
- Helmut Otto (artist) (1937–2012), German painter and university professor
- Hendrik Otto (* 1974), German chef
- Herbert Otto (1925–2003), German writer
- Hermann Otto (1863–1941), German writer, journalist, artist and mining entrepreneur
- Hugo Otto (1875–1949), German teacher, local researcher, local and nature writer
I.
- Ilona Otto (* 1979), German voice actress , see Ilona Brokowski
- Immanuel Friedrich Otto (1791–1875), German businessman and manufacturer
- Ingeborg Otto (* 1927), German politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Iris Anna Otto (* 1953), German writer
- Isabell Otto (* 1976), German film and media scholar
J
- Jacob Otto (1792–1880), German farmer, MdL Nassau
- Jacob Christian Friedrich Otto (1795–1869), Royal Prussian Major General
- James Otto (* 1973), American country singer and songwriter
- Jan Otto (1841–1916), Czech publisher
- Jim Otto (born 1938), American football player
- Joachim Otto (* 1927), German football goalkeeper
- Joel Otto (* 1961), American ice hockey player and coach
- Johann Otto ( Joh. Ottonius ; before 1664–1691), Hanover school director, see Johannes Otto (pedagogue)
- Johann Otto (internist) (1892 – after 1966), German internist
- Johann Georg Otto (1744–1829), German administrative lawyer and civil servant
- Johann Karl Theodor von Otto (1816–1897), German Protestant theologian and writer
- Johann Samuel Otto (1798–1878), German painter, draftsman, engraver and lithographer
- Johann Sebastian Otto (1689–1750), Hanau privy councilor and chancellery director, bailiff in Babenhausen
- Johann Thomas Otto (1726–1790), German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- Johannes Otto (clergyman) († 1545), German lawyer, clergyman and university professor at the time of the Reformation in Pomerania
- Johannes Otto (pedagogue) (Johann Otto; before 1664–1691), rector at the Ratsgymnasium in Hanover
- Johannes Otto (journalist) (1922–1994), German journalist
- John Otto (* 1977), American rock musician
- John E. Otto (1938-2020), American government official
- Jonny Otto (* 1994), Spanish soccer player
- Josef Otto (1880–1961), German heavy athlete
- Joseph Albert Otto (1901–1981), German Roman Catholic clergyman, theologian, Jesuit, missionary scholar, editor and narrator
- Julius Otto (actor) (1866–1924), German actor and artistic director
- Julius Otto (composer) (1804–1877), German composer and choir director
- Julius Otto (chemist) (1809–1870), German chemist
- Julius Otto (Oberamtmann) (1851–1895), Oberamtmann from Baden
- Julius Konrad Otto (* 1562; † 1649 or around 1655/56), Hebraist and university professor in Altdorf and Edinburgh
- Jürgen Otto (* 1938), German mineralogist, geoscientist and university professor
- Jürgen H. Otto (* 1952), German psychologist and university professor
- Justine Otto (* 1974), German artist
- Justus Otto (1802–1877), member of the state parliament of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
K
- Karl Otto (painter) (1830–1902), German painter
- Karl Otto (writer) (pseudonym Otto Karl Friedrich ; 1902–1978), German writer
- Karl Otto (singer) (1904– ??), German opera singer (bass)
- Karl Otto (architect) (1904–1975), German architect and university professor
- Karl Otto (stenographer) (1910–1998), German stenographer and inventor
- Karl-Adolf Otto (* 1934), German sociologist
- Karl Anton Dominik von Otto (1723–1797), German major general and fortress commander
- Karl Eduard Otto (1795–1869), German lawyer and university professor
- Karl-Heinz Otto (prehistoric) (1915–1989), German prehistoric scientist and university professor
- Karl-Heinz Otto (writer) (* 1937), German writer
- Karl-Heinz Otto (actor) , German actor
- Karl-Heinz Otto (geographer) (* 1958), German geographer and university professor
- Karoline Otto-Thate (1822 / 1826–1897), German theater actress
- Katharina Otto-Dorn (1908–1999), German art historian and archaeologist
- Kevin Otto , American actor
- Kim Otto (* 1968), German journalist, author and university lecturer
- Klaus Otto (1939–1978), German jockey
- Klaus-Stephan Otto (* 1949), German psychologist and organizational developer
- Konrad Otto-Zimmermann (* 1951), German environmental planner and administrative scientist
- Kristin Otto (* 1966), German swimmer and television presenter
- Kurt Otto (politician, 1887) (1887–1947), German politician (NSDAP)
- Kurt Otto (soccer player) (1900–1942), German soccer player and coach
- Kurt Otto (politician, 1903) (1903–1985), German farmer and politician (NPD), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate
- Kurt Otto (racing driver) (1930–2003), German rally racing driver
L.
- Leopold Otto (1819–1882), Polish Lutheran theologian and hymn poet
- Lisa Otto (1919–2013), German opera singer
- Lothar Otto (cartoonist) (1932–2019), German graphic artist and cartoonist
- Lothar Otto (engineer) (* 1947), German engineer, university professor and rector
- Louise Otto (swimmer) (1896–1975), German swimmer
- Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895), German writer
- Ludwig Otto (1909–1940), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Lutz Otto (1954–2010), German soccer player
M.
- MAC Otto (1918–2005), German philosopher
- Manfred Otto (1927–2013), German Baptist clergyman and church functionary
- Manuel Alexander Otto (* 1996), German game developer specializing in Flash games
- Marc-Oliver Otto (* 1971), German mathematician and university professor
- Margarethe Otto-Körner († 1937), German theater and silent film actress
- Margit Otto-Crépin (1945–2020), French dressage rider
- Maria Otto (1892–1977), German legal scholar
- Markus Otto (1600–1674), envoy of the imperial city of Strasbourg to the Westphalian Peace Congress in Münster
- Martin Otto (mathematician) (* 1961), German mathematician and university professor
- Martin Otto (wheelchair basketball) (* 1962), German wheelchair basketball trainer
- Martin Otto (lawyer) (* 1974), German lawyer and legal historian
- Martin Otto (wrestler) , German wrestler
- Mathilde Otto (1875–1933), German politician and women's rights activist
- Matthias Otto (chemist) (* 1950), German chemist and university professor
- Matthias Otto , real name of Max Raabe (* 1962), German singer
- Maximilian Otto (* 1991), German skeleton driver
- Melitta Otto-Alvsleben (1842-1893), German singer
- Michael Otto (artist) (* 1938), German painter and graphic artist
- Michael Otto (* 1943), German manager
- Michael Otto (medalist) (* 1966), German medalist and engraver
- Michael T. Otto (* 1969), German trumpeter and composer
- Miranda Otto (* 1967), Australian actress
- Moritz Otto (* 1988), German actor
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- Natalino Otto (1912–1969), Italian singer and actor
- Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891), German mechanical engineer and inventor
- Norbert Otto (politician) (* 1943), German politician (CDU)
- Norbert Otto (soccer player) (* 1957), German soccer player
O
- Oliver Otto (* 1972), German soccer player
- Ottomar Otto (1892–1945), detective and, as SS-Sturmbannführer, head of the Nuremberg State Police Headquarters
P
- Paul Otto (sculptor) (1846-1893), German sculptor
- Paul von Otto (1868–1939), German mayor and lepidopterist
- Paul Otto (librarian) (1873–1937), German librarian
- Paul Otto (actor) (1878–1943), German actor
- Paul Otto (General) (1881–1961), German Lieutenant General
- Paul Otto (politician) (1903–1979), German politician (CDU)
- Peter Otto (chemist) ( Peter P. Otto ; 1943–2011), German chemist and university professor
- Peter Otto (Anglist) (* 1953), Australian Anglist, literary scholar and university lecturer
- Peter Otto (artist) (1955–2017), Dutch painter, sculptor and writer
- Peter Otto (economist) (* 1956), American economist, computer scientist and university professor
- Peter Otto (photographer) (* 1976), German photographer
- Philipp Otto (* 1973), German actor
- Philipp Otto (political advisor) (* 1978), German advisor
R.
- Ralf Otto (* 1956), German conductor
- Reinhard Otto (* 1954), German politician (CDU)
- Reinhold Otto (teacher) (1863–1930), German teacher and politician (FVp, DDP), MdL Prussia
- Reinhold Otto (politician) (* 1932), German politician (SPD)
- Richard Otto (forester) (? –1918), German forester and nature writer
- Richard Otto (interior designer) (1869–1939), German interior designer and sculptor
- Richard Otto (1872–1952), German physician and university professor
- Robert Otto (chemist) (1837–1907), German chemist and pharmacist
- Robert Otto (painter) (* April 28, 1895 in Malchin; † December 18, 1973 in Güstrow), see [1]
- Robert Otto (architect, 1902) (1902–1986), German architect
- Robert Otto (architect, 1908) (1908–1983), German architect
- Roland Otto (* 1955), German hydrogeologist
- Rolf Otto (soccer player) (* 1921), German soccer player
- Rolf Georg Otto (1924–2003), Swiss architect
- Rolf-Jürgen Otto (1940–2016), German entrepreneur and football official
- Rosa Otto-Martineck (1836–1928), German actress
- Rudolf von Otto (1735–1811), German Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Rudolf Otto (1869–1937), German theologian and religious scholar
- Rudolf Otto (painter) (1887–1962), German painter
S.
- Sabrina Otto (* 1984), German singer, known under the stage name Sabrina Stern
- Sandra Otto (* 1975), German badminton player
- Siegfried Otto (1914–1997), German entrepreneur
- Siegmund Otto (before 1594–1641), Dresden councilor and mayor
- Silvia Otto (1931–2009), German basketball referee
- Stefan Otto (* 1969), Swedish photographer and video artist
- Stephan Otto (1931–2010), German philosopher and historian of philosophy
- Stephan Klenner-Otto (* 1959), German draftsman and etcher
- Sven-Joachim Otto (* 1969), German lawyer and politician (CDU)
- Sylke Otto (* 1969), German luge athlete
T
- Teo Otto (1904–1968), German set designer
- Theo Otto (1910 – after 1954), German soccer player and coach
- Theodor Otto (1867–1952), German Protestant pastor and preacher
- Thomas Otto (* 1958), German journalist and artist
- Thomas Otto (engineer) (* 1957/1958), German engineer and university professor
- Thorsten Otto (* 1964), German moderator
- Tilmann Otto (* 1974), German reggae musician, see Gentleman (musician)
- Tim Otto (* 1997), German handball player
U
- Ulrich Otto (political scientist) (* 1942), German engineer and political scientist
- Ulrich Otto (painter, 1944) (* 1944), German painter
- Ulrich Otto (painter, 1945) (* 1945), German painter
- Ulrich Otto (Admiral) (* 1946), German rear admiral
- Ulrich Otto (social pedagogue) (* 1961), German social pedagogue and university professor
V
- Valentin Otto (1529–1594), German musician and Leipzig Thomaskantor
- Valentin Otto (politician) (1795–1849), member of the state parliament, Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Venantia Otto (* 1987), Namibian photo model
- Victor Alexander von Otto (1852–1912), lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Saxony
W.
- Waldemar Otto (1929–2020), German sculptor and artist
- Walter Otto (historian) (1878–1941), German ancient historian
- Walter Otto (SS member) (1906–?), German SS officer
- Walter Otto (lawyer) (1907–1998), German lawyer
- Walter Otto (art historian) (1911–1971), German art historian
- Walter F. Otto (1874–1958), German philologist
- Wayne Otto (* 1966), British karateka
- Werner von Otto (1838–1927), German lieutenant general
- Werner Otto (entrepreneur) (1909–2011), German entrepreneur
- Werner Otto (physician) (1921–2007), German internist and university professor
- Werner Otto (dramaturge) (* 1922), German dramaturge
- Werner Otto (soccer player) (* 1929), German soccer player
- Werner Otto (cyclist) (* 1948), German cyclist
- Wilfriede Otto (1933–2015), German historian and publicist
- Wilhelm Otto (theologian) (1800–1871), German theologian and politician, MdL Nassau
- Wilhelm Otto (actor) (1825-1918), German actor
- Wilhelm Otto (painter) (1868–1950), German painter
- Wilhelm Otto (sculptor) (1871–1943), German sculptor and university professor
- Wilhelm Otto (politician) (1898–1956), German politician (CDU), Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Wilhelm Otto (lawyer) (1900 – after 1968), German lawyer and judge
- Wilhelm Otto (singer) (1907–1985), German opera singer (tenor)
- Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto (1909–1991), Danish horn player and university professor
- Wolfgang Otto (SS member) (1911–1989), German SS staff troop leader
- Wolfgang Otto (General) (* 1947), German Lieutenant General
- Wolfgang Otto (politician) (* 1947), German politician
- Wolfgang Otto (journalist) , German journalist
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- Yari Otto (* 1999), German soccer player
See also
Wiktionary: Otto - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
