Heinz (given name)

Heinz
Pronunciation	/ˈhaɪnz/ German pronunciation: [haɪnts]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	German
Origin
Word/name	Germanic Haimric
Meaning	Home-ruler
Other names
Cognate(s)	Henry, Heinrich

Heinz, is a German given name, a diminutive of Heinrich and cognate of the given name Henry. Notable persons with that given name include:

People with the given name Heinz

• Heinz Allersmeier (1917–2001), a German Army officer in World War II
• Heinz von Allmen (1913–2003), a Swiss Olympic skier
• Heinz Alt (1922–1945), a German composer and victim of the Nazi regime
• Heinz Angelmaier (born 1918), a German Army officer in World War II
• Heinz Anger (born 1941), an Austrian painter
• Heinz Ansbacher (1904–2006), a German-American psychologist
• Heinz Arndt (1915–2002), an influential Australian economist
• Heinz Arnold (1919–1945), a German Luftwaffe fighter ace
• Heinz Arzberger (born 1972), an Austrian football player
• Heinz Auerswald (1908–1970), a German lawyer and member of the SS
• Heinz Barwich (1911–1966), a German nuclear physicist
• Heinz Burt (1942–2000), German-born British pop singer
• Heinz Edelmann (1934–2009), German illustrator and designer
• Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), German comedian, entertainer and actor
• Heinz Fischer (born 1938 October 1938), President of Austria
• Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), an Austrian-American physicist and philosopher
• Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born 1967), German Formula One racing driver
• Heinz Galinski (1912–1992), president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
• Heinz Guderian (1888–1954), a German general during World War II
• Heinz-Günther Guderian (1914–2004), German officer in the Wehrmacht and later NATO, son of Heinz Guderian
• Heinz Günthardt (born 1959), a former Swiss tennis player
• Heinz van Haaren (born 1940), a Dutch football midfielder
• Heinz Heck (1894–1982), German biologist and former director of zoo in Munich
• Heinz Werner Höber (born 1931), a prolific pulp fiction author
• Heinz Höher (born 1938), a former German footballer
• Heinz Höhne (1926–2010), German journalist and historian
• Heinz Hopf (1894–1971), a German mathematician
• Heinz-Otto Kreiss (born 1930s), German mathematician
• Heinz-Georg Lemm (1919–1994), German military officer
• Heinz Linge (1913–1980), SS officer who served as Adolf Hitler's valet
• Heinz A. Lowenstam (1912–1993), a German-born, Jewish-American paleoecologist
• Heinz von Lichberg (1890–1951), a German author known for his 1916 short story Lolita
• Heinz Mayr (born 1935), German racewalker
• Heinz von Randow (1890–1942), a German army general in World War II
• Heinz Rühmann (1902–1994), German actor
• Heinz Staab (born 1926), a German chemist and director of the Max Planck Society
• Heinz Steinberger (born 1958), Austrian ice speed skater
• Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (1888–1954), military theorist and innovative General of the German Army during the Second World War
• Heinz Winckler (born 1978), singer, winner of the first South Africa Idols competition
• Heinz Wolff (born 1928), German-British scientist and TV presenter

People better known by other names

• Heinz Alfred Kissinger (Henry Kissinger), German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman
• Heinz Horst Bodo Dettke (Bodo Dettke), a Solomon Islands politician
• Heinz Kurt Bolender (Kurt Bolender), SS officer in World War II
• Heinz Strobl (Gandalf), Austrian New Age composer
• Heinz-Frederic Jolles (Henry Jolles), a German pianist and composer
• Heinz-Georg Kramm (Heino), German singer and entertainer

Fictional characters

• Heinz Doofenshmirtz, a fictional character from Phineas and Ferb
• Heinz Kruger, a German spy during World War II in the Marvel Comics universe
• Heinz Thorvald, character in the 1999 novel War of the Rats
• Heinz Thorvald, character in the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates

Other uses

• Heinrich (disambiguation)

See also

• Heinz (surname)
• Heinz (disambiguation)