Witt (name)
Witt is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Witt:
- Low German nickname; to Witte .
- Occasionally (always in Upper Germany) from a short form of nicknames that contain the word widu (cf. Witter ), a family name.
Name bearer
A.
- Alexander Witt (filmmaker) (* 1952), American filmmaker
- Alexander Adolfowitsch Witt (1902–1938), Russian physicist
- Alfred Nikolaus Witt (1914–1999), German surgeon
- Alicia Witt (* 1975), American actress
- Anja Witt (* 1965), German painter
- Arthur Nikolaus Witt (1890–1964), German teacher, Low German writer and local researcher
- August F. Witt (1931–2002), Austrian researcher in the field of electronic materials
- Ayke Witt (* around 1992), German pop singer
B.
- Bernhard Witt (1899–1967), German politician (SPD), MdL Lower Saxony
- Brendan Witt (* 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bobby Witt Sr. (born 1964), American baseball player
- Bobby Witt Jr. (* 2000), American baseball player
C.
- Carl Witt (philologist) ( Karl Alexander Viktor Witt ; 1815–1891), German philologist, teacher and politician
- Carl-August Witt (* 1938), German metallurgist
- Carl Gustav Witt (1866–1946), German stenographer and astronomer, see Gustav Witt
- Carl Witt (theater director) (1862–1930), actor and director of the Dresden Residenz Theater (1902–1919, 1924–1930)
- Carl-Heinz Witt (* around 1964), German lawyer and university lecturer
- Christian Witt-Dörring (* 1953), Austrian ski racer
- Christian Friedrich Witt (around 1660–1717), German composer and church musician
- Claudia de Witt (* 1962), German educator
- Claudia Witt (* 1969), German doctor and university lecturer
- Claus Peter Witt (1932–2017), German director and screenwriter
D.
- Dieter Witt (* 1941), German economist
E.
- Ebba Witt-Brattström (* 1953), Swedish literary scholar
- Eberhard Witt (* 1945), German journalist, director and general manager
- Edgar E. Witt (1876–1965), American politician
- Edith Witt-Hidé (1928–2009), German illustrator and painter
- Elisabeth Müller-Witt (* 1953), German politician (SPD), Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Elmar Witt (* 1960), German conductor, horn player and music teacher
- Emil Witt (* 1934), German orthodontist and university professor
- Emily Witt (* 1981), American journalist
- Erna Witt , b. Bannow (1911-2006), German mathematician and politician (FDP)
- Ernst Witt (1911–1991), German mathematician
- Ernst Witt (architect) (1898–1971), German architect, master builder and university professor
- Ernst Witt (painter) (1901–1977), German painter
F.
- Fabian Witt (* 1991), German bass player with Tumesday
- Fanny Witt (1838–1900), German theater actress
- Frank H. Witt (* 1962), German economist
- Franz Witt (1906–1986), German banker and bank manager ( Dresdner Bank )
- Franz Xaver Witt (1834–1888), German church musician
- Friedrich Witt (bass player) (1930-2015), German double bass player
- Friedrich Witt (composer) (1770–1836), German conductor and composer
- Friedrich Witt (politician) (1895–1966), German politician (DP)
- Friedrich Witt (theologian) (1863-1914), German theologian
- Fritz Witt (1908–1944), German major general and SS brigade leader
- Fritz H. Witt (1887–1969), German dentist
G
- Georg Witt (film producer) (1899–1973), German film producer
- Georg Witt (politician) (1909-1975), German politician (CDU)
- Günter Witt (* 1925), German sports scientist, university professor
- Gustav Witt (1866–1946), German astronomer
H
- Hans Witt (1891–1966), Austrian painter
- Harald Witt (* 1952), German soccer goalkeeper
- Harry Witt (* 1954), German soccer player
- Heinrich Witt (Mayor) , German politician, Mayor of Rostock
- Heinrich Witt (businessman) (1799-1892), German businessman
- Heinrich Witt (student functionary) , German student functionary
- Heinrich Witt (politician) (1876–1954), German trade unionist and politician (SPD)
- Heinrich Witt (SS member) (1897– ??), German SS Oberscharführer
- Helmut Witt (1927–2016), German surgeon
- Herbert Witt (1900–1980), German screenwriter
- Hermann Witt (* 1964), German business manager
- Hermine Straßmann-Witt (1870 – after 1922), German theater actress
- Horst Tobias Witt (1922–2007), German biophysicist
- Hubert Witt (1935–2016), German post-poet and editor
I.
- Ingo Witt (theologian) , German theologian and journalist
- Ingo Witt (mathematician) ( Ingo Frank Witt ; * 1965), German mathematician and university professor
J
- Jan de Witt (tennis coach) (* 1964/1965), German tennis coach
- Jann M. Witt (* 1967), German historian
- Joachim Witt (* 1949), German musician
- Johann Witt (politician) (1833–1915), German businessman and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- Johann Witt (boxer) (* 1986), German boxer
- John Fabian Witt (* 1972), American lawyer
- Josef von Witt (1843–1887), Bohemian-German singer (tenor)
- Josef Witt (1901–1994), Austrian singer (tenor) and singing teacher
- Josephine Witt (* 1993), German women's rights activist
- Julius Witt (1835–1879), German theater actor and director
K
- Karen Witt (* around 1962), English table tennis player
- Karl Witt (actor) (1862–1930), German actor and director
- Karl Witt (soccer player) (* 1923), German soccer player
- Karl Friedrich August Witt (1832–1910), German pharmacist
- Karl Josef Witt (* 1951), German civil engineer
- Karl Julius Witt (1885–1969), German politician (DNVP, DVFP, NSDAP)
- Karl Wilhelm Witt (1851 – after 1918), German landowner and politician, MdR
- Katarina Witt (* 1965), German figure skater
- Katharina Witt (* 1979), German squash player
- Käthe Franck-Witt (1872–1916), German actress
- Klaus Witt (* 1943), German soccer player
- Kurt-Ulrich Witt (* 1953), German mathematician
L.
- Leopold Friedrich Witt (1811–1890), German composer
- Lothar Witt (* 1935), German functionary of the FDJ and SED, MdV
- Ludwig Witt (1846–1905), German-Swiss trade unionist and social democrat (President of the Federal Committee of the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions)
M.
- Matthias Witt (* 1951), German politician (CDU)
- Max Witt (1899–1979), German animal breeder
- Michael Witt (1940–2012), German church musician
N
- Nikolaus Witt (1834–1890), German landowner and politician, MdR
- Nina Witt (* 1987), German actress and voice actress
O
- Oscar Witt (1901 – after 1946), German economist and civil servant
- Oskar Witt (1892–1957), German sculptor, ceramist and painter
- Otto Witt (1875–1923), Swedish engineer and author
- Otto Nikolaus Witt (1853–1915), Russian chemist
P
- Paul Witt (politician) , German farmer and politician (DNVP), MdL Prussia
- Paul Witt (administrative scientist) (* 1955), German administrative economist and university lecturer
- Paul Junge Witt (1941–2018), American film producer
- Peter Witt (DVP) (1868 – after 1924), German farmer and politician (DVP), MdL Prussia
- Peter Witt (politician) (1869–1948), American politician
- Peter Witt (Manager) (* 1938), German economic and industrial manager
- Peter Witt (tennis player) , British tennis player
- Peter Witt , real name of Pit Witt (* 1959), German jazz musician
- Peter-Christian Witt (* 1943), German historian
- Peter-Uwe Witt (* 1942), German actor and politician
- Peter Werner Witt (1901–1971), German ministerial official
- Pit Witt (actually Peter Witt ; * 1959), German jazz musician
- Philipp Witt , highwayman in the Spessart
R.
- Rainer Witt (1943–2014), German journalist, presenter, writer and gallery owner
- Reimer Witt (1941–2018), German archivist
- Reinhard Witt (* 1953), German biologist
- Ronald G. Witt (1932–2017), American historian
- Rudolf Witt (1933–2002), German banker
S.
- Sandro Witt (* 1981), German local politician (Die Linke)
- Silke Maier-Witt (* 1950), German terrorist
- Silvio Witt (* 1978), German politician, satirist and entrepreneur
- Stephanie Witt-Loers (* 1964), German specialist author
- Susann Witt-Stahl , German journalist
- Susanne Jaffke-Witt (* 1949), German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- Susi Witt (1910–1989), Austrian actress
T
- Theodor de Witt (1823–1855), German musician and editor
- Thomas Witt (* 1966), German theologian
- Thomas Josef Witt (* 1947), German businessman, see Museum Witt
U
- Ulrich Witt (* 1946), German economist
- Ursula Reitemeyer-Witt (* 1955), German philosopher and educator
- Uwe Witt (soccer player) (* 1939), German soccer player
- Uwe Witt (politician) (* 1959), German politician (AfD), Member of the Bundestag
V
- Volkmar Witt (1949–2018), German actor
W.
- Walter Witt (1933–2000), German Slavist, linguist and university professor
- Wastl Witt (1882–1955), German folk actor
- Werner Witt (cartographer) (1906–1999), German geographer and cartographer
- Werner Witt (soccer player) (* 1947), German soccer player
- Wilhelm Witt (1869 – after 1937), German judge
- Wittus Witt (* 1949), German magician
- Wolfgang Witt (church musician) (? –1996), German church musician and choir director
- Wolfgang Witt (writer) (* 1954), German writer
- Wolfram Witt (1953-2003), German screenwriter
See also
- De Witt
- De Witt (family) , Dordrecht patrician and regent family
Individual evidence
- ↑ DUDEN, surnames, Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Vienna - Zurich, 2005, p. 728