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Heinz (given name)

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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
Germanic Haimric

Cognate(s)
  
Henry, Heinrich

Language(s)
  
German

Meaning
  
Home-ruler

Pronunciation
  
/ˈhaɪnz/ German pronunciation: [haɪnts]

Heinz, is a German given name, a diminutive of Heinrich and cognate of the given name Henry. Notable persons with that given name include:

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People with the given name Heinz

  • Heinz Allersmeier (1917–2001), a German Army officer in World War II
  • Heinz von Allmen (1913–2003), a Swiss Olympic skier
  • Heinz Alt (1922–1945), a German composer and victim of the Nazi regime
  • Heinz Anger (born 1941), an Austrian painter
  • Heinz Ansbacher (1904–2006), a German-American psychologist
  • Heinz Arndt (1915–2002), an influential Australian economist
  • Heinz Arnold (1919–1945), a German Luftwaffe fighter ace
  • Heinz Arzberger (born 1972), an Austrian football player
  • Heinz Auerswald (1908–1970), a German lawyer and member of the SS
  • Heinz Barwich (1911–1966), a German nuclear physicist
  • Heinz Burt (1942–2000), German-born British pop singer
  • Heinz Edelmann (1934–2009), German illustrator and designer
  • Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), German comedian, entertainer and actor
  • Heinz Fischer (born 1938 October 1938), President of Austria
  • Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), an Austrian-American physicist and philosopher
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born 1967), German Formula One racing driver
  • Heinz Galinski (1912–1992), president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
  • Heinz Guderian (1888–1954), a German general during World War II
  • Heinz-Günther Guderian (1914–2004), German officer in the Wehrmacht and later NATO, son of Heinz Guderian
  • Heinz Günthardt (born 1959), a former Swiss tennis player
  • Heinz van Haaren (born 1940), a Dutch football midfielder
  • Heinz Heck (1894–1982), German biologist and former director of zoo in Munich
  • Heinz Werner Höber (born 1931), a prolific pulp fiction author
  • Heinz Höher (born 1938), a former German footballer
  • Heinz Höhne (1926–2010), German journalist and historian
  • Heinz Hopf (1894–1971), a German mathematician
  • Heinz-Otto Kreiss (born 1930s), German mathematician
  • Heinz-Georg Lemm (1919–1994), German military officer
  • Heinz Linge (1913–1980), SS officer who served as Adolf Hitler's valet
  • Heinz A. Lowenstam (1912–1993), a German-born, Jewish-American paleoecologist
  • Heinz von Lichberg (1890–1951), a German author known for his 1916 short story Lolita
  • Heinz Mayr (born 1935), German racewalker
  • Heinz von Randow (1890–1942), a German army general in World War II
  • Heinz Raack (1917-2002), a German field hockey player
  • Heinz Rühmann (1902–1994), German actor
  • Heinz Staab (born 1926), a German chemist and director of the Max Planck Society
  • Heinz Steinberger (born 1958), Austrian ice speed skater
  • Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (1888–1954), military theorist and innovative General of the German Army during the Second World War
  • Heinz Winckler (born 1978), singer, winner of the first South Africa Idols competition
  • Heinz Wolff (born 1928), German-British scientist and TV presenter

    • People better known by other names

  • Heinz Alfred Kissinger (Henry Kissinger), German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman
  • Heinz Horst Bodo Dettke (Bodo Dettke), a Solomon Islands politician
  • Heinz Kurt Bolender (Kurt Bolender), SS officer in World War II
  • Heinz Strobl (Gandalf), Austrian New Age composer
  • Heinz-Frederic Jolles (Henry Jolles), a German pianist and composer
  • Heinz-Georg Kramm (Heino), German singer and entertainer

    • Fictional characters

  • Heinz Doofenshmirtz, a fictional character from Phineas and Ferb
  • Heinz Kruger, a German spy during World War II in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Heinz Thorvald, character in the 1999 novel War of the Rats
  • Heinz Thorvald, character in the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates

    • Other uses

  • Heinrich (disambiguation)

    • References

    Heinz (given name) Wikipedia
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