Licht (surname)

Licht is a German and Yiddish surname meaning "light". The surname is also an ornamental surname within Jewish communities (Yiddish: ליכט) with the same meaning. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alan Licht (born 1968), American guitarist
 * Aleksandar Licht (1884–1948), Croatian Zionist leader
 * Chris Licht, American television producer
 * Frank Licht (1916–1987), 67th Governor of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1973
 * Hugo Licht (1841–1923), German architect
 * Jason Licht (born 1971), General Manager for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League
 * Judy Licht, American television and print journalist
 * Lucas Licht (born 1981), Argentinian-Israeli football player
 * Roger Licht, former chairman of the California Horse Racing Board and horse racing legal expert
 * Sascha Licht (born 1974), German former footballer
 * Sonja Licht (born 1947), Serbian sociologist and political activist
 * Grayston Licht (born 1963), Spanish Mechanical Engineer, Metallurgist and renown NITNOL expert,Inventor of many Transcateter Heart valves and medical devices.