Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to:

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Saint Maurice Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius; ) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favorite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is th ...

, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century * Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse * Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760), a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch *

Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (legally ''Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen'' 6 August 1926 – 23 May 2013) was the son of Prince Philipp of Hesse, Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, and the head of the House of ...

(1926), the head of the House of Hesse, pretendant to the throne of Finland, son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse * Moritz, Prince of Dietrichstein (1775–1864) * Moritz Becker, American politician * Moritz Benedikt (1849–1920), Jewish-Austrian newspaper editor * Moritz Borman, film producer * Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790–1849), Austrian miniature painter and sculptor * Moritz Duschak (1815–1890), Moravian rabbi and writer *

Moritz Schlick Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick (; ; 14 April 1882 – 22 June 1936) was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. Early life and works Schlick was born in Berlin to a wealthy Prussian ...

, German philosopher and physicist *

Moritz von Schwind 200px, Moritz von Schwind, c. 1860. Moritz von Schwind (21 January 1804 – 8 February 1871) was an Austrian painter, born in Vienna. Schwind's genius was lyrical—he drew inspiration from chivalry, folklore, and the songs of the people. Schwind ...

, Austrian painter * Moritz Steinla (1791–1858), German engraver * Moritz Wagner (1813–1887), German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian * Moritz Wagner (basketball) (born 1997), German basketball player

Surname

* A. F. Moritz (born 1947), American poet, teacher and scholar *

André Moritz André Francisco Moritz (born 6 August 1986) is a Brazilian footballer of Italian and German descent who last played as an attacking midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Hougang United. Club career Moritz began his career with ...

(born 1986), Brazilian attacking midfielder *

Bruno Moritz Bruno Moritz (born January 10, 1898, date of death unknown) was a German–Ecuadorian chess master. He shared 1st at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 (''Hauptturnier B''), took 10th at Frankfurt 1923 (the 23rd DSB Congress, Ernst Grünfeld won), took 12th at ...

(1900–?), German-Ecuadorian chess master * Carl Moritz (1863–1944), German architect and real estate entrepreneur * Christoph Moritz (born 1990), German footballer * Elisabeth Moritz, mother of

Catherine I Catherine I ( rus, Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, Yekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born , ; – ) was the second wife and empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress Regnant of Russia from 1725 u ...

of Russia *

Halvar Moritz Halvar Moritz (June 21, 1906 – November 21, 1993) was a Swedish cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or ...

, Swedish cross-country skier * (born 1933), Austrian geodeticist *

Karl Philipp Moritz Karl Philipp Moritz ( Hameln, 15 September 1756 – Berlin, 26 June 1793) was a German author, editor and essayist of the '' Sturm und Drang'', late Enlightenment, and classicist periods, influencing early German Romanticism as well. He led a ...

(1756–1793), German author, editor and essayist * Julius L. Moritz (1830–1909) and Morris Moritz (about 1836–1903), German brothers in Los Angeles *

Louisa Moritz Louisa Moritz (born Luisa Cira Castro Netto; September 25, 1936 – January 4, 2019) was a Cuban-American actress and lawyer. After arriving in New York from Cuba, she became a film and television actress, then earned a law degree. She is best k ...

(born 1946), Cuban-born American actress * (1860–1925), German painter *

Mathias Moritz Mathias Moritz (born 21 February 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He began his career with Karlsruher SC, and made his debut for the club in October 2012, in a 0–0 draw with SpVgg Unterhaching in ...

(born 1988), German footballer *

Michael Moritz Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz (born 12 September 1954) is a Welsh billionaire venture capitalist, philanthropist, author, and former journalist. Moritz works for Sequoia Capital, wrote the first history of Apple Inc., '' The Little Kingdom' ...

(born 1954), Welsh venture capitalist *

Nancy Moritz Nancy Louise Moritz (born March 3, 1960) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and former Associate Justice on the Kansas Supreme Court. Biography Moritz (formerly Caplinger) was born in ...

(born 1960), justice on the Kansas Supreme Court * Neal H. Moritz (born 1959), American film producer *

Nils Moritz Nils Ragnar Moritz (born 5 May 1943 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a Swedish actor. Selected filmography *1987 - '' En film om kärlek'' *1988/1989 - '' Dårfinkar & dönickar'' (TV) *1989 - '' Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv'' (TV, '' Julkalendern'') *1 ...

(born 1943), Swedish actor * (born 1941), German sinologist * Robert Moritz, musician * Robert Edouard Moritz (1868–1940), German-American mathematician * Paulus Moritz (1869–1942), German Roman Catholic cleric * Sabine Moritz (born 1969), German painter and graphic designer * Theodore L. Moritz (1892–1982), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * William Moritz (1941–2004), film historian * Wilhelm Moritz (Luftwaffe officer) (1913–2010), German Luftwaffe ace * Yunna Moritz (born 1937), Soviet and Russian poet

Fictional characters

* a title character of ''

Max and Moritz ''Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks'' (original: ''Max und Moritz – Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen'') is a German language illustrated story in verse. This highly inventive, blackly humorous tale, told entirely in rhym ...

'', an 1865 German-language illustrated story by Wilhelm Busch * Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the Broadway musical '' Spring Awakening'' * Moritz Benayoun, human male doctor on the TV series '' Star Trek: Picard''

Other uses

Moritz, Germany Moritz is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Zerbst. Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Zerbst {{AnhaltBitterfeld-g ...

, a village and a former municipality, now part of the town of Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt *

Moritz College of Law The Michael E. Moritz College of Law is the professional graduate law school of the Ohio State University, a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1891, the school is located in Drinko Hall on the main campus of t ...

, a public law school at Ohio State University *

Moritz (beer) Moritz is a brand of Spanish beer, with its headquarters on the Ronda Sant Antoni in Barcelona, Catalonia. Unlike its crosstown rival Damm, Moritz markets itself as the only beer brand in the world whose labeling is entirely in the Catalan langua ...

, a Spanish (Catalan) beer brand, founded by Alsatian immigrant Louis Moritz Trautmann

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