Götz or Goetz () 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.

Surnames

;Goetz

  • Alphonse Goetz (1865-1934), French chess master
  • Arturo Goetz, Argentine actor
  • Benjamin Eliakim Goetz (died 1798), English rabbi
  • Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante"
  • Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor
  • E. Ray Goetz, an American composer, lyricist, and theatrical producer
  • Eric Goetz, yacht builder
  • Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher
  • Hermann Goetz, German composer
  • Hermann Goetz (art historian), German scholar and museum director
  • Hermann Götz (politician) (1914–1987), German politician
  • Jaden Goetz, Canadian actor
  • James B. Goetz, American politician
  • John Goetz, baseball player
  • Judith Goetz (born 1983), Austrian literature and political science scholar
  • Kimi Goetz (born 1994), American speed skater
  • Leo Goetz, German painter
  • Louise Götz, actress
  • Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz, Polish biologist
  • 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
  • Ruth Goetz (German screenwriter), German screenwriter
  • William Goetz, the American film producer

;Götz

  • Franz Götz, multiple people
  • Hans Götz (1919–1943), German fighter pilot
  • Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
  • Leon Götz (1892–1970), New Zealand politician
  • Maximilian Götz (born 1986), German racing driver
  • Paul Götz, German astronomer
  • Rainald Götz, German writer
  • Ralph Götz, president of the German Rugby Federation
  • Simone Götz (born 1969), Swiss politician and oenologist

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
  • Götz Werner (1944–2022), German businessman

See also

  • Goetz Collection, Munich
  • Goetz, Wisconsin, a small town
  • Goethe (surname)
  • Götz (company), a German doll manufacturer

References