Otto (surname)

Otto is a German, Dutch, Hungarian, Danish, and Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adolph Wilhelm Otto (1786–1845), German anatomist
 * Berthold Otto (1859 –1933), German pedagogue
 * Catherine Otto, author of echocardiography textbooks
 * Christoph Friedrich Otto (1783–1856), German botanist
 * Felix Otto (mathematician) (born 1966), German mathematician
 * Frei Otto (1925–2015), German architect
 * Frank Otto (academic) (1936–2017), American educator and entrepreneur
 * Gertrud Otto (1895–1970) German art historian
 * Gustav Otto (1883–1926), German aircraft and aircraft-engine designer and manufacturer
 * Jan Otto (1841–1916), publisher of Otto's encyclopedia
 * John Otto (disambiguation), several people
 * Justine Otto (born 1974), German artist
 * Lisa Otto (1919–2013), German opera singer
 * Mary Otto, American journalist
 * Michael Otto (businessman) (born 1943), German businessman
 * Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle
 * Rudolf Otto (1869–1937), German theologian
 * Shawn Lawrence Otto, American author, filmmaker, political strategist
 * Venantia Otto (born 1987), Namibian fashion model
 * William Tod Otto (1816–1905), American judge
 * Walter Friedrich Otto (1874–1958), German philologist

Arts

 * Arthur H. Otto (born 1876), organist in South Australia. Later singing career in England as Arthur Kingston-Stewart.
 * Barry Otto (born 1941), Australian actor
 * John Otto (drummer) (born 1977), Canadian-born American drummer
 * Ludwig Otto (1850—1920), a German landscape painter, etcher, and lithographer
 * Miranda Otto (born 1967), Australian actress, daughter of Barry
 * Natalino Otto (1912–1969), Italian singer
 * Ralf Otto (born 1956), German choral conductor and academic teacher
 * Waldemar Otto (1929–2020), Polish born German sculptor
 * Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto (1909–1991), Danish-born horn player
 * Whitney Otto, American author of How to Make an American Quilt
 * Otto (composer) (first name unknown, fl. 18th century), composer of the early classical period

Sports

 * Anita Otto (born 1942), German discus thrower
 * Glenn Otto (born 1996), American baseball player
 * Hennie Otto (born 1976), South African professional golfer
 * Jim Otto (1938–2024), American football player
 * Joel Otto (born 1961), ice hockey player
 * Jonathan Castro Otto (born 1994), Spanish football player
 * Kristin Otto (born 1968), German swimmer
 * Krynauw Otto (born 1971), South African rugby player
 * Ricky Otto (born 1967), English footballer
 * Sylke Otto (born 1969), German luger
 * Tracy Otto (born 1995), American Paralympic archer
 * Werner Otto (cyclist) (born 1948), East German track cyclist