Praetorius
Praetorius is a Latin adjective derived from praetor , which could designate things or persons related to the office of praetor , the original Roman chief official and general. There was a porta praetoria in Roman military camps , and the general's bodyguard was known as cohors praetoria ( Praetorians ). In the Roman Senate , praetorius denoted the rank of former praetors in nouns .
Name bearer
- Abdias Prätorius (1524–1573), German theologian and reformer
- Anton Praetorius (1560–1613), German pastor, theologian and writer
- Barbara Praetorius (* 1964), German economist, political scientist and university lecturer
- Bartholomaeus Praetorius (approx. 1590–1623), German composer and musician
- Carl Gotthelf Praetorius (1763–1837), Council President von Thorn
- Christoph Praetorius (1631–1713), German judge, administrative clerk, archivist and song writer
- Christoph Daniel Prätorius (1733–1810), German lawyer and educator
- Ephraim Praetorius (1657–1723), pastor in Danzig and Thorn, author
- Ernst Praetorius (1880–1946), German conductor, music historian and university professor
- Franz Praetorius ( Georg Friedrich Franz Praetorius ; 1847–1927), German orientalist (Hebrew and Semitic) in Breslau and Halle
- Friedrich Prätorius (1902–1962), German set designer, painter and graphic artist
- Friedrich-Karl Praetorius (* 1952), German actor and writer
- Georg Praetorius (physician) (1878–1944), German urologist
- Gisela Praetorius (1902–1981), German educator and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Hans Philipp Praetorius († 1732), German major general
- Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629), German composer
- Hieronymus (III) Praetorius (1614–1629), German composer
- Hugo Praetorius (1835–1904), German landowner and politician
- Ina Praetorius (* 1956), Swiss theologian
- Jacob Praetorius the Elder (around 1520–1586), German organist and composer
- Jacob Praetorius the Younger (1586–1651), German organist and composer
- Jakob Chrysostomus Praetorius (1730 – around 1797), German engineer and geographer
- Joachim Praetorius (1566–1633), German theologian and hymn poet
- Johann Praetorius (pedagogue) (1594–1656), German pedagogue
- Johann Praetorius (composer) (1595–1660), German composer
- Johann Praetorius (musician) (1634–1705), German educator and musician
- Johann Philipp Praetorius (1696–1766), German librettist
- Johannes Praetorius (1537-1616), German mathematician, instrument maker and astronomer, see Johann Richter (astronomer)
- Johannes Praetorius (writer) (1630–1680), German writer and fairy tale collector
- Johannes Praetorius (1738–1782), pastor of the Moravian Brethren and song writer
- Johannes Praetorius (civil servant) (1794–1863), German civil servant and politician
- Ludwig Max Praetorius (1813–1887), German portrait, animal, genre and landscape painter
- Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901), Boer politician, President of the South African Republic from 1857 to 1863 and 1864 to 1871
- Matthäus Prätorius (around 1635 – around 1704), German pastor and historian
- Michael Praetorius (1571? –1621), German composer and organist
- Michael Praetorius senior (1510 – after 1583), German theologian
- Nathanael Praetorius (1722–1791), Mayor of Thorn
- Otfried Praetorius (1878–1964), German genealogist
- Otto Praetorius (1636–1668), German historian
- Paulus Praetorius (1521–1565), German educator and philologist
- Petrus Praetorius (1526? –1588), German theologian and writer
- Pia Praetorius (* 1963), German conductor and cantor
- Rainer Prätorius (* 1952), German political scientist and university professor
- Stephan Praetorius (1536–1603), German theologian and writer
- Susanne Praetorius (* 1961), German painter
- Zacharias Praetorius (1535–1575), German poet and theologian