Rath (family name)
Rath is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Rath can be found in the Rhineland and in eastern Belgium as a name for people and as a name ending. It originated from the suffix -rode and means clearing . See also -rath .
Name bearer
A.
- Adolph vom Rath (1832–1907), German banker
- Alexander Rath (* 1985), German music producer & DJ under "Alex Rath"
- Andreas Rath (* 1962), German soccer player
- Andreas Rath (politician) (1823-1894), German politician and senior bailiff
- Angel Rath , Uruguayan politician
- Anna vom Rath (1839–1918), German salonnière
- Ari Rath (1925–2017), Austrian-Israeli journalist and publicist
- Arthur vom Rath (1832–1901), German entrepreneur and manufacturer
- Arthur Rath (1919–2017), German librarian, fled to Switzerland in 1941, from there emigrated to the USA
- August Rath (1866–1938), Austrian paint manufacturer
B.
- Balthasar Rath (1846–1899), German lawyer and politician, MdR
- Barbara Rath (* 1941), German actress
- Barbara Rath (author) (* 1962), German author
- Benjamin Rath (1994-2017), Austrian karateka
C.
- Carsten K. Rath (* 1966), German entrepreneur and author
- Claudia Rath (writer) (* 1964), German writer
- Claudia Salman-Rath (* 1986), German heptathlete
D.
- Daniela Rath (* 1977), German high jumper
- Dorle Rath (1921–1989), German jazz and pop singer
E.
- Elfriede Moser-Rath (1926–1993), Austrian folklorist
- Elisabeth Rath (* 1948), Austrian actress
- Emil vom Rath (1833–1923), German entrepreneur, sugar manufacturer, councilor and founder of the foundation
- Emil Rath (1868–1949), German librarian
- Emil Rath , pseudonym of Emil Schröder (1896–1977), German writer
- Emmerich Rath (1883–1962), Czech athlete
- Erich von Rath (1881–1948), German librarian and university professor
- Ernst vom Rath (banker) (1836–1920), German manufacturer and banker
- Ernst Eduard vom Rath (1909–1938), German diplomat
F.
- Felix vom Rath (1866–1905), German composer
- Florian Rath (religious name Gebhard ; 1902–1979), Austrian Cistercian priest ( Wilhering Abbey , resigned in 1946), archivist and resistance fighter against National Socialism; after 1946 director of the State Archives
- Franz Rath (* 1932), German cameraman
- Franziska Rath (* 1977), German politician (CDU), MdHB
G
- Gebhard Rath (1902–1979), Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman
- Gerhard vom Rath (1830–1888), German mineralogist and geologist
- Gernot Rath (1919–1967), German medical historian
- Gisela Agnes von Rath (1669–1740), regent of the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen
- Gustav vom Rath (1807–1881), German sugar manufacturer
- Gustav von Rath (1888–1961), German velvet and silk manufacturer
H
- Hanns Wolfgang Rath , pseudonym of Carl Friedrich Schulz-Euler (1880–1934), German writer, genealogist and literary scholar
- Hans Rath (writer) (* 1965), German writer and screenwriter
- Hans-Joachim Rath (1894–1968), German Major General in the Air Force in World War II
- Hans Josef Rath (1947–2012), German mechanical engineer and university professor
- Hans Rath (painter) (1952), German painter and draftsman. He lives and works in Freiburg im Breisgau.
- Heinrich von Rath (1792–1864), Austrian field marshal lieutenant
- Heinrich Rath (1868–1936), German manufacturer
- Heinz Rath (* 1921), German soccer player
- Henriette Rath (1773–1856), Swiss painter
- Heribert Rath (1924–2007), Austrian sculptor
- Hermann vom Rath (1818–1890), German manor owner and politician, MdR
- Hermann vom Rath (diplomat) (1856–1917), German diplomat, politician (MdL) and publicist
- Hermann Rath (1904–1977), German chemist
- Hugo Ludwig Rath (1904–1987), German civil servant, politician and lawyer
I.
- Ingeborg von Rath (1902–1984), German sculptor, wood carver and medalist, draftsman and lecturer at the University of Bonn
J
- Jesse Rath , Canadian actor
- Johann von Rath (1789–1853), Austrian real councilor
- Johann Friedrich Carl Rath (1796–1875), musician, conductor and composer
- Johannes Rath (explorer) (1816–1903), Austrian missionary and explorer
- Johannes Rath (politician) (1876–1945), German politician (DVP)
- Johannes Rath (painter) (1910–1973), German painter
- Josef von Rath (1772–1852), Austrian field military officer
- Josef Rath (* 1959), Austrian author and playwright
- Josef Theodor Rath (1900–1993), German religious chaplain (Spiritaner) and historian
K
- Karl Rath (geologist) (1802–1876), German geologist
- Karl Rath (politician) (1833–1903), Württemberg politician
- Karl Rath (SS member) (1909–1993), German SS Obersturmführer
- Karl vom Rath (1915–1986), art historian and city councilor as well as head of the cultural department of Frankfurt / M.
- Karlmann Rath (1727–1809), German monk and historian
- Klaus Wilhelm Rath (1902–1981), German economist
L.
- Leo Rath (1943 / 1944–2015), Austrian singer and DJ
- Leopold von Rath († before 1790), Prussian colonel
- Lukas Rath (* 1992), Austrian soccer player
M.
- Marcel Rath (* 1975), German soccer player
- Mathäus Rath (1761–1828), Austrian officer and real councilor of appeal
- Matthias Rath (* 1955), German doctor and alternative medicine
- Matthias Rath (philosopher) (* 1959), German philosopher, media scientist and educator
- Matthias Alexander Rath (* 1984), German dressage rider
- Meaghan Rath (* 1986), Canadian actress
O
- Oliver Rath (1978–2016), German photographer
P
- Paul Rath (1922–2009), German local historian and genealogist
- Peter vom Rath (1795–1866), German entrepreneur and sugar manufacturer
- Peter Rath (jeweler) (1846–1922), German jeweler
- Peter Rath (soccer player, 1942) (* 1942), Austrian soccer player
- Peter Rath (soccer player, 1962) (* 1962), German soccer player
- Peter Dietrich Rath (* 1938), German insurance manager and association official
R.
- Rudolf Rath (painter) (1877–1958), Austrian painter
- Rudolf Rath (lawyer) (1887–1966), Austrian business lawyer
S.
- Stephan Rath (* 1967), German musician and music manager
- Susanne Rath , Austrian singer (soprano)
T
- Theodor vom Rath (1808–1876), German entrepreneur
- Thomas Rath (fashion designer) (* 1966), German fashion designer, fashion entrepreneur and presenter
- Thomas Rath (soccer player) (* 1970), German soccer player
- Thomas Rath (chemist) , Austrian chemist, university lecturer in Graz
V
- Volker Rath (* 1940), German sports journalist
W.
- Walter Rath (* 1954), Professor of Organic Chemistry and Deputy Director of the Institute for Applied Polymer Chemistry at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences
- Walther vom Rath (1857–1940), German lawyer and industrialist
- Walther Rath (1886–1935), German painter, graphic artist and drawing teacher
- Werner Heinrich Rath (* 1950), German gynacologist and obstetrician
- Wilhelm von Rath (around 1585–1641), German soldier
- Wilhelm vom Rath (1824–1885), German industrialist
- Wilhelm Rath (1892–1967), German farmer and politician
- Wilhelm Rath (writer) (1897–1973), German writer, translator and anthroposophist
- Willy Rath (1872–1940), German journalist, cabaret artist, screenwriter and theater director
- Wolfgang Rath (Germanist) (* 1953), German Germanist and university professor
- Wolfgang Rath (mathematician) (1955–2006), Austrian mathematician and university professor