Koch ( [kɔx]) is a German surname that means "cook".
In English-speaking countries it may also be pronounced "caulk", "cook", "coke", "kosh" or "kotch".
Adam Koch (born 1988), American professional basketball player
Adolf Koch (1896–1970), German school teacher and leader of the Freikörperkultur
Alan Koch (baseball) (born 1938), retired American professional baseball player
Alan Koch (soccer) (born 1975), South African and Canadian football/soccer coach
Alexander Koch (disambiguation), several people
Alfred Koch (born 1961), Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman of ethnic German origin
Amy Koch (born 1971), member of the Minnesota Senate
Andreas Koch (born 1966), Austrian former footballer
Aubrey Koch (1904–1975), pioneering Australian aviator
Beat Koch (born 1972), Swiss cross country skier
Beate Koch (born 1967), former German athlete
Bernward Koch (born 1957), German composer, pianist and keyboardist
Berthold Koch (1899–1988), German chess master
Bill Koch (businessman) (born 1940), William I. "Bill" Koch, America's Cup yachtsman, businessman, son of Fred C. Koch
Bill Koch (skier) (born 1955), cross-country skier
Billy Koch (born 1974), Major league baseball relief pitcher
Blake Koch (born 1985), American race car driver
Bobby Koch (born 1960), CEO of the Wine Institute
Carl Koch (director) (1892–1963), German film director and writer
Carl Koch (architect) (1912–1998), American architect
Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857), German entomologist and arachnologist, father of Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Carin Koch (born 1971), Swedish professional golfer
Cary Koch (born 1986), American professional football wide receiver playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Cees Koch (athlete) (born 1936), Dutch discus thrower
Charles Koch (born 1935), heir and CEO of Koch Industries and co-founder of the free-market Cato Institute
Chris Koch, American film director
Christof Koch (born 1956), American neuroscientist
Christopher Koch (1932–2013), Australian novelist
Ciril Metod Koch (1867–1925), Slovene architect
Dagfinn Koch, Norwegian musician
Dan Koch, lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Sherwood
Daniel Koch (1816–1903), Pennsylvania politician
David Koch (Australian politician) (born 1949), member of the Victorian Legislative Council
David Koch (television presenter), Australian financial analyst and TV presenter
David Koch, businessman, 1980 Libertarian Party vice-presidential candidate, heir to Koch Industries, son of Fred C. Koch
Des Koch (1932–1991), American athlete
Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (born 1953), German politician
Dietrich Koch (1916–2002), Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II
Dora Koch-Stetter (1881–1968), (aka Dora Stetter), German landscape artist, portrait painter and etcher
Dorothy Bush Koch (born 1959), daughter of the 41st president of the US, George Herbert Walker Bush
Ed Koch (1924–2013), 105th mayor of New York City 1978–1989
Edeltraud Koch, retired German swimmer
Ehrhardt Koch (1886–1954), German American businessman
Eric Koch, German-born Canadian author, broadcaster and professor.
Erich Koch (1896–1986), Gauleiter of East Prussia
Erik Koch (born 1988), American martial artist
Erland Koch (1867–1945), German sports shooter
Fabian Koch (born 1989), Austrian footballer
Florian Koch (born 1992), German basketball player
Franz Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
Franz Koch (cinematographer) (1898–1959), German cinematographer
Franziska Romana Koch (1748–1796), German operatic soprano
Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), American chemical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Koch Industries, father of William I. (Bill), Charles G., David H. and Frederick R. Koch
Freddy Koch (1916–1980), Danish film actor
Frederick R. Koch (born 1933), American collector and philanthropist, son of Fred C. Koch
Friedrich Koch (1862–1927), German composer
Friedrich Koch (general) (1879–1961), German general
Gabriele Koch, German studio potter
Gaetano Koch (1849–1910), Italian architect
Gareth Koch (born 1962), Australian classical guitarist
Gary Koch (born 1952), American professional golfer
George Koch (1919–1966), American football player
George W. Koch (1871–1908), American politician
Georg Koch (born 1972), German football goalkeeper
Gini Koch, American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer
Greg Koch (born 1955), former American football tackle
Hans Koch (1893–1945), German lawyer
Hans Koch (SS man) (1912–1955), SS-Unterscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp
Harry Koch (born 1969), German football central defender
Hawk Koch (born 1945), American film producer
Helge von Koch (1870–1924), Swedish mathematician, originator of the eponymous "Koch snowflake"
Henny Koch (1854–1925), German children's author and translator
Henri Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
Henri Koch (bobsledder) (born 1904), Luxembourgish bobsledder
Henriette Koch, Danish sports sailor
Henry C. Koch (1841–1910), German-American architect
Herbert Koch (born 1962), German mathematician
Herman Koch (born 1953), Dutch writer and actor
Howard E. Koch (1901–1995), American screenwriter
Howard W. Koch (1916–2001), American film director/producer
Hugo Koch (1870–1928), Dutch inventor
Ilse Koch (1906–1967), "The Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of Karl Otto Koch
Jan Koch, German footballer
Jerry Koch, American basketball player
Jesper Koch, Danish composer
Jim Koch, American brewer, founder of Boston Beer Company
John Koch, American painter
Johan Peter Koch, Danish captain and explorer
Jonathan Koch (disambiguation), several people
Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter
Jørgen Hansen Koch, Danish architect
Julian Koch, German football player
Julius Ludwig August Koch, German psychiatrist
Julius Koch (1872–1902), exceptionally tall man
Jurij Koch, Sorbian writer
Jürgen Koch, Austrian badminton player
Karen Koch, American ice hockey goaltender
Karl Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
Karl Koch (botanist), German botanist
Karl-Otto Koch, German first commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp
Karl-Rudolf Koch, German geodesist and professor
Kenneth Koch, American poet
Klaus Koch, German Old Testament Scholar
Konrad Koch, German teacher and football pioneer
Kurt Koch, Swiss Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Kurt E. Koch, Protestant theologian and writer (best known for books on the occult and on the work of the Holy Spirit)
Kyle Koch, Canadian football offensive lineman
Lauge Koch, Danish expedition leader in Greenland
Lothar Koch (oboist), German oboist
Ludwig Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908), German entomologist and arachnologist, son of Carl Ludwig Koch
Ludwig Koch (painter) (1866–1934), Austrian equestrian painter
Marco Koch, German swimmer
Marianne Koch (born 1931), German actress and physician
Marita Koch (born 1957), German sprint athlete
Mariza Koch, Greek folk singer
Markus Koch, American football defensive lineman
Martin Koch (novelist), Swedish novelist
Martin Koch (ski jumper), Austrian ski jumper
Matthias Koch (born 1988), Austrian football midfielder
Max Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
Max Koch, Australian botanist
Max Koch (academic) (1855–1931), German historian and literary critic
Max Friedrich Koch, German history painter (de)
Meinolf Koch, retired German football player
Michael Koch (disambiguation), several people
Michel Koch, German track and road racing cyclist
Mogens Koch, Danish architect
Noppie Koch, Dutch cyclist and pacer
Norma Koch (1898–1979), Academy Award winning costume designer
Paulie Koch, world champion wakeboarder
Pauline Koch, Albert Einstein's mother
Philippe Koch, Swiss football defender
Pete Koch (born 1962), American football player and actor
Pietro Koch, Italian police leader
Polly Koch (1895–1976), American football player
Pyke Koch (1901–1991), Dutch artist
Raphael Koch, Swiss footballer
Richard Koch (born 1950), management consultant, entrepreneur, and writer
Richard H. Koch (born 1852), American judge and railroad owner
Robert Koch, German physician, discoverer of the tubercle and cholera bacilli, Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate in 1905
Robert Koch Woolf, American interior decorator
Roland Koch, German politician
Roscoe R. Koch, American politician
Rudolf Koch, German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher
Sam Koch, American football punter for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
Sebastian Koch, German actor
Silvana Koch-Mehrin, German politician
Simona Koch (born 1968), German diver
Simone Koch, German figure skater
Shari Koch, German ice dancer
Stefanie Koch (born 1981), German ski mountaineer
Stephan W. Koch (born 1953), German theoretical physicist
Theodor Koch, German engineer
Thomas Koch (disambiguation), several people
Thomaz Koch, Brazilian tennis player
Tobias Koch, German pianist
Tom Koch, writer for Mad Magazine
Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
Valdemar Koch (1852–1902), Danish architect and politician
Waldemar Koch, former German politician
Walter Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
Walter Koch (Fallschirmjäger) (1910–1943), commander of the Fallschirmjäger during World War II
Walter Karl Koch, German surgeon
Werner Koch (born 1961), German software author
Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), German physician and botanist
Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924), German composer
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