Pistorius
Pistorius is a family name.
Origin and meaning
The name is derived from the Latin pistor ("miller, baker").
Name bearer
- Boris Pistorius (* 1960), German politician (SPD), Interior Minister of Lower Saxony
- Charlotte Pistorius (1777-1850), German poet
- Christian Pistorius (1765–1823), German writer and translator
- Eduard Pistorius (1796–1862), German painter and etcher
- Elias Pistorius senior (also: Elias Beck; 1590–1664), German Lutheran theologian, preacher, pastor and rector
- Elias Pistorius junior (also: Elias Beck; 1624–1668), Protestant theologian, court preacher and consistorial assessor
- Ferdinand von Pistorius (1767–1841), German educator, member of the state parliament
- Fritz Pistorius (1864–1932), German author, see Robert Eule
- Georg Tobias Pistorius (1666–1745), German lawyer and historian
- Hedwig Pistorius (1906-2004), Austrian actress
- Heinrich Julius Pistorius (1781–1861), German local politician
- Hermann Andreas Pistorius (1730–1798), German theologian, philosopher, reviewer, writer and translator
- Jakob Pistorius (before 1801 – after 1813), German timber merchant and from 1804 to 1813 mayor of the city of Worms
- Johann Karl von Pistorius (1771–1847), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
- Johannes Pistorius (pastor) (1528–1605), German pastor and chronicler
- Johannes IV. Pistorius (1516–1562), German Cistercian abbot, see Johannes IV. Beck
- Johannes Pistorius (Badminton) (* 1995), German badminton player
- Johannes Pistorius the Elder ( Niddanus ; 1504–1583), German reformer and superintendent
- Johannes Pistorius the Younger ( Niddanus ; 1546–1608), German physician, historian, theologian and politician
- Johannes Pistorius Woerdensis (1499–1525), Dutch Protestant martyr, see Jan van Woerden
- Johann Heinrich Leberecht Pistorius (1777–1858), German businessman, farmer and inventor
- Karl Pistorius (agricultural scientist) (1808-1859), German agricultural scientist
- Karl Pistorius (1898–1966), Austrian opera singer
- Luboš Pistorius (1924–1997), Czech theater director, playwright, organizer and educator
- Oscar Pistorius (* 1986), South African athlete
- Theodor von Pistorius (1861–1939), civil servant and finance minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg
- Theophil Pistorius , German linguist, theologian, Hebrew and poet
- Ursula Pistorius (1933–2015), German politician (SPD)