Moritz
Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to:
People
People and characters named Moritz
- Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century
- Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse
- Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760), a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch
- Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926), the head of the House of Hesse, pretendant to the throne of Finland, son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse
- Moritz Becker, American politician
- Max and Moritz, a German language illustrated story in verse, written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch and published in 1865
- Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the Broadway Musical, Spring Awakening
- Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter
People with the surname Moritz
- A. F. Moritz (born 1947), American poet, teacher and scholar
- André Moritz (born 1986), Brazilian attacking midfielder
- Bruno Moritz (1900–?), German-Ecuadorian chess master
- Carl Moritz (1863–1944), German architect
- Christoph Moritz (born 1990), German footballer
- Elisabeth Moritz, mother of Catherine I of Russia.
- Halvar Moritz, Swedish cross country
- Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793), German author, editor and essayist
- Julius L. Moritz (1830–1909) and Morris Moritz (about 1836–1903), German brothers in Los Angeles
- Louisa Moritz (born 1946), Cuban-born American actress
- Marie Elisabeth Moritz (1860–1925), German painter
- Mathias Moritz (born 1988), German footballer
- Michael Moritz (born 1954), Welsh venture capitalist
- Nancy Moritz (born 1960), justice on the Kansas Supreme Court
- Neal H. Moritz (born 1959), American film producer
- Nils Moritz (born 1943), Swedish actor
- Robert Moritz, musician
- Robert Edouard Moritz (1868–1940), German-American mathematician
- Paulus Moritz (1869–1942), German Roman Catholic cleric
- Sabine Moritz (born 1969), German painter and graphic designer
- Theodore L. Moritz (1892–1982), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Wilhelm Moritz (1913–2010), German Luftwaffe ace
- William Moritz (1941–2004), film historian
Other uses
- Moritz, Germany, a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, now part of the town of Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Moritz College of Law, a public law school at Ohio State University
- Moritz (beer), a Catalan beer brand
See also
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