Moritz is both a given name and a surname. It is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, Roman Theban Legion leader Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760), German prince Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926–2013), German nobleman Moritz, Prince of Dietrichstein (1775–1864), German prince Moritz Becker (1827–1906), American politician Moritz Benedikt (1849–1920), Jewish-Austrian newspaper editor Moritz Borman (born 1955), German-born American film producer Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790–1849), Austrian miniature painter and sculptor Moritz Duschak (1815–1890), Moravian rabbi and writer Moritz Grünwald (1853–1895), Bulgarian chief rabbi
Moritz Körner (born 1990), German politician Moritz von Oswald (born 1962), German record producer and percussionist Moritz Schlick (1882–1936), German philosopher and physicist Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), Austrian painter Moritz Seider (born 2001), German ice hockey player Moritz Steinla (1791–1858), German engraver Moritz Wagner (basketball) (born 1997), German basketball player Moritz Wagner (naturalist) (1813–1887), German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian
Surname 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 and real estate entrepreneur Christoph Moritz (born 1990), German footballer Halvar Moritz (1906–1993), Swedish cross-country skier Helmut Moritz (1933–2022), Austrian geodeticist Jacob Moritz (1849–1910), German-born American brewer Julius L. and Morris Moritz (1830–1909 and (–1903), German-born American retail merchants Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793), German author, editor and essayist Louisa Moritz (1936–2019), Cuban-born American actress Mathias Moritz (born 1988), German footballer Michael Moritz (born 1954), Welsh venture capitalist Nancy Moritz (born 1960), American judge Neal H. Moritz (born 1959), American film producer Nils Moritz (born 1943), Swedish actor Paulus Moritz (1869–1942), German Roman Catholic cleric Robert Edouard Moritz (1868–1940), German-American mathematician Sabine Moritz (born 1969), German painter and graphic designer Theodore L. Moritz (1892–1982), American politician Wilhelm Moritz (1913–2010), German fighter pilot
Fictional characters a title character of Max and Moritz, an 1865 German-language illustrated story by Wilhelm Busch Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening Moritz Benayoun, human male doctor on the TV series Star Trek: Picard
See also Moritz (disambiguation) Yunna Morits (born 1937), Soviet and Russian poet