Frits (given name)

Frits is a masculine given name and also a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Frederik (or Frederick, Fredericus, Frederikus). Quite common in the Netherlands, it also occurs in Denmark and Norway. It may refer to:


 * Frits Agterberg (born 1936), Dutch-born Canadian geologist
 * Frederik Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931), Dutch politician and former Minister of Justice
 * Frits Bernard (1920–2006), Dutch clinical psychologist and sexologist
 * Frits Beukers (born 1953), Dutch mathematician
 * Frits van Bindsbergen (born 1960), Dutch road cyclist
 * Frits Bolkestein (born 1933), Dutch politician
 * Frits Bülow (1872–1955), Danish politician and Justice Minister
 * Frits Castricum (1947–2011), Dutch journalist and Labour Party politician
 * Frits Clausen (1893–1947), Danish collaborator with Nazi Germany
 * Frits Dantuma (born 1992), Dutch footballer
 * Frits van Dongen (born 1946), Dutch architect
 * Frits Dragstra (1927–2015), Dutch politician
 * Frits Eijken (1893–1978), Dutch rower
 * Frits Fentener van Vlissingen (1882–1962), Dutch businessman and entrepreneur
 * Frits Goedgedrag (born 1951), first Governor of Curaçao and former Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
 * Frits Goldschmeding (born 1933), Dutch businessman
 * Frits Hansen (1841–1911), Norwegian educator, newspaper editor, biographer and politician
 * Frits Hartvigson (1841–1919), Danish pianist and teacher
 * Frits Heide (1883–1957), Danish botanist and science writer
 * Frits Helmuth (1931–2004), Danish film actor
 * Frits Henningsen (1889–1965), Danish furniture designer and cabinet maker
 * Frederik David Holleman (1887–1958), Dutch and South African ethnologist and jurist
 * Frits Holm (1881–1930), Danish scholar and adventurer
 * Frits Hoogerheide (1944–2014), Dutch racing cyclist
 * Frits Janssens (1898–?), Belgian wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics
 * Frits Kemp (born 1954) is a Dutch attorney, receiver and activist
 * Frits Kiggen (born 1955), Dutch sidecarcross passenger
 * Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931), Dutch Minister of Justice
 * Frederik Kortlandt (born 1946), Dutch linguistics professor
 * Frits Kuipers (1899–1943), Dutch footballer, rower and physician
 * Frederik Lamp (1905–1945), Dutch sprinter
 * Frits Landesbergen (born 1961), Dutch jazz drummer and vibraphonist
 * Frits von der Lippe (1901–1988), Norwegian journalist and theatre director
 * Frits Lugt (1884–1970), Dutch collector of Dutch drawings and prints and authority on Rembrandt
 * Frits Meuring 1882–1973), Dutch swimmer
 * Frits Mulder, Belgian sailor at the 1928 Summer Olympics
 * Frederik Muller (1817–1881), Dutch bibliographer, book seller, and print collector
 * Frits Niessen (1936–2020), Dutch politician
 * Frits van Oostrom (born 1953), Dutch historic philologist
 * Frits van Paasschen (born 1961), Dutch and American chief executive
 * Frits Pannekoek (born 1947), Canadian historian and university dean
 * Frits Peutz (1896–1974), Dutch architect
 * Frits Philips (1905–2005), Dutch chairman of Philips electronics and Righteous Among the Nations
 * Frits Pirard (born 1954), Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer
 * Frits Poelman (born ca. 1930), Dutch-born New Zealand footballer
 * Frits Potgieter (born 1974), South African retired discus thrower and shot putter
 * Frits Purperhart (1944–2016), Surinamese football player and manager
 * Frits de Ruijter (1917–2012), Dutch middle-distance runner
 * Frits Ruimschotel (1922–1987), Dutch water polo player
 * Frits Schalij (born 1957), Dutch retired speed skater
 * Frits Schlegel (1896–1965), Danish architect
 * Frederik Carl Gram Schrøder (1866–1936), Danish civil servant
 * Frits Schuitema (born 1944), Dutch chief executive and football director
 * Frits Schutte (1897–1986), Dutch swimmer
 * Frits Schür (born 1954), Dutch retired cyclist
 * Frits Sins (born 1964), Dutch slalom canoer
 * Frits Smol (1924–2006), Dutch water polo player
 * Frits Soetekouw (1938–2019), Dutch footballer
 * Frits Staal (1930–2012), Dutch Indologist
 * Frits Tellegen (1919–2020), Dutch urban designer
 * Frits Thaulow (1847–1906), Norwegian Impressionist painter
 * Frits Thors (1909–2014), Dutch journalist and news anchor
 * Frits van Turenhout (1913–2004), Dutch sports journalist
 * Frits Van den Berghe (1883–1939), Belgian expressionist and surrealist painter and illustrator
 * Frits Vanen (born 1933), Dutch painter and sculptor
 * Frederik Vermehren (1823–1910), Danish genre and a portrait painter
 * Frits Went (1863–1935), Dutch botanist, father of Frits Warmolt Went
 * Frits Warmolt Went (1903–1990), Dutch biologist and botanist
 * Frits Zernike (1888–1966), Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner