Pilz

Pilz is a German occupational surname, which means a gatherer of mushrooms, derived from the German pilz "mushroom". Variants of the name include Piltz and Pilzer. The name may refer to:


 * Adolf Piltz (1855–1940), German mathematician
 * Anders Piltz (born 1943), Swedish scholar
 * Andrea Pilzer (born 1991), Italian curler
 * Christiane Pilz (born 1975), German athlete
 * Estefania Pilz (born 1985), Argentine cyclist
 * Gerhard Pilz (born 1965), Austrian luger
 * Günter Pilz (born 1945), Austrian mathematician
 * Hans-Uwe Pilz (born 1958), German footballer
 * Jessica Pilz (born 1996), Austrian sport climber
 * Karol Piltz (1903–1939), Polish chess player
 * Michel Pilz (1945–2023), German bass clarinetist
 * Otto Piltz (1846–1910), German painter
 * Paul Zane Pilzer (born 1954), American economist
 * Peter Pilz (born 1954), Austrian politician
 * Rick S. Piltz (1943–2014), American policy analyst
 * Wendy Piltz (born 1956), Australian athlete