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

 * 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, world-renowned yacht builder
 * Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher
 * Hermann Goetz, German composer
 * Hermann Goetz (art historian), German scholar and museum director
 * 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 (politician) (born 1945), German politician
 * Leon Götz (1892–1970), New Zealand politician
 * Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
 * 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