Götz

Götz or Goetz (German pronunciation: [ɡœts]) is a German name, in origin a hypocorism of Gottfried.^[1] It remains in use as a short form of Gottfried, but it has also become a surname.

Surnames

Goetz

• Alphonse Goetz, French chess master
• Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante"
• Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor
• Eric Goetz, world-renowned yacht builder
• Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher
• Hermann Goetz, German composer
• John Goetz, baseball player
• Leo Goetz, the 20th-century German painter
• Meg Goetz, the first woman reading clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Peter Michael Goetz, actor
• William Goetz, the American film producer
• [Arturo Goetz], Argentinian actor

Götz

• Franz Götz (pilot) (1913–1980), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
• Franz Götz (politician) (born 1945), German politician
• Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
• Paul Götz, German astronomer
• Rainald Götz, German writer
• Ralph Götz, president of the German Rugby Federation

Given name

Götz
Pronunciation	[ɡœts]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	German
Origin
Region of origin	Germany
Other names
Derived	Gottfried

• Götz von Berlichingen (Gottfried von Berlichingen, 1480–1562), Franconian mercenary and poet
• Götz Briefs (Gottfried Anton Briefs, 1889–1974), German Catholic social ethicist, social philosopher, and political economist
• Götz Friedrich (1930–2000), German film and theater director
• Götz George (b. Götz Schulz, 1938), German actor
• Götz Aly (b. 1947), German journalist and historian
• Götz Alsmann (b. 1957), German musician and entertainer
• Götz Spielmann (b. 1961), Austrian film director
• Götz Otto (b. 1967), German actor

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1990). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-19-211651-7.

See also

• Goetz Collection, Munich
• Goetz, Wisconsin, a small town
• Goethe (surname)