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Götz

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Pronunciation
  
[ɡœts]

Language(s)
  
German

Derived
  
Gottfried

Gender
  
Male

Region of origin
  
Germany

Götz or Goetz ( [ɡœts]) 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.

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Surnames

Goetz
  • Alphonse Goetz, French chess master
  • Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante"
  • Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor
  • Eric Goetz, world-renowned yacht builder
  • Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher
  • Hermann Goetz, German composer
  • John Goetz, baseball player
  • Leo Goetz, the 20th-century German painter
  • 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
  • William Goetz, the American film producer
  • Arturo Goetz, Argentinian actor
    • Götz
  • Franz Götz (pilot) (1913–1980), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
  • Franz Götz (politician) (born 1945), German politician
  • Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
  • Paul Götz, German astronomer
  • Rainald Götz, German writer
  • Ralph Götz, president of the German Rugby Federation

    • 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 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

    • References

    Götz Wikipedia
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