Götz
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
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- Alphonse Goetz, French chess master
- Arturo Goetz, Argentinian actor
- 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
- Hermann Goetz, German scholar and museum director
- John Goetz, baseball player
- Leo Goetz, German painter
- Louise Götz, actress
- Magdalena Zernicka-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
- William Goetz, the American film producer
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- Franz Götz , German politician
- Leon Götz, New Zealand politician
- Johann Nikolaus Götz, 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, Franconian mercenary and poet
- Götz Briefs, German Catholic social ethicist, social philosopher, and political economist
- Götz Friedrich, German film and theater director
- Götz George, German actor
- Götz Aly, German journalist and historian
- Götz Alsmann, German musician and entertainer
- Götz Spielmann, Austrian film director
- Götz Otto, German actor
