Götz or Goetz () is a German name, in origin a hypocorism of Gottfried. It remains in use as a short form of Gottfried, but it has also become a surname.
Surnames Goetz Alphonse Goetz (1865-1934), French chess master Arturo Goetz (1844-1914), Argentine actor Benjamin Eliakim Goetz (died 1798), English rabbi Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante" Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor E. Ray Goetz, an American composer, lyricist, and theatrical producer Eric Goetz, yacht builder Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher Hermann Goetz, German composer Hermann Goetz (art historian), German scholar and museum director Hermann Götz (politician) (1914–1987), German politician Jaden Goetz, Canadian actor James B. Goetz, American politician John Goetz, baseball player Judith Goetz (born 1983), Austrian literature and political science scholar Kimi Goetz (born 1994), American speed skater Leo Goetz, German painter Louise Götz, actress Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz, Polish biologist Meg Goetz, the first woman reading clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Peter Michael Goetz, actor Ruth Goetz, American playwright, screenwriter, and translator Ruth Goetz (German screenwriter), German screenwriter William Goetz, the American film producer
Götz Franz Götz, multiple people Hans Götz (1919–1943), German fighter pilot Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator Karl Otto Götz (1914–2017), German artist Leon Götz (1892–1970), New Zealand politician Maximilian Götz (born 1986), German racing driver Paul Götz, German astronomer Rainald Götz, German writer Ralph Götz, president of the German Rugby Federation Simone Götz (born 1969), Swiss politician and oenologist
Given name
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 (1938–2016), German actor Götz Werner (1944–2022), German businessman 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 Götz Kubitschek (born 1970), German political activist
See also Goetz Collection, Munich Goetz, Wisconsin, a small town Goethe (surname) Götz (company), a German doll manufacturer
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