Youtz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Byron Youtz, acting president of Reed College in summer 1968 Cleo Youtz (1909–2005), American statistician Gregory Youtz, composer, 1984 Charles Ives Prize winner Karena Youtz, poet and song lyricist in Poetry Bus Tour, sister of Ralf Ralf Youtz (born 1972), American rock drummer, brother of Karena