Lorenz is an originally German name derived from the Roman surname
Laurentius, which means "from
Laurentum
Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian Peninsula southwest of Rome. Roman writers regarded it as the original capital of Italy, before Lavinium assumed that role afte ...
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Given name
People with the given name Lorenz include:
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Prince Lorenz of Belgium
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 16 December 1955) is a member of the Belgian royal family as the husband of Princess Astrid of Belgium. He is the head of the House of Austria-Este, a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg- ...
(born 1955), member of the Belgian royal family by his marriage with Princess Astrid of Belgium
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Lorenz Böhler
Lorenz Böhler (15 January 1885 in Wolfurt, Austria – 20 January 1973 in Vienna) was an Austrian physician and surgeon.
Böhler is most notable as one of the creators of modern accident surgery. He was the head of the AUVA-Hospital in Vienna, ...
(1885–1973), Austrian trauma surgeon
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Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include " Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Bewitched, Both ...
(1895–1943), American lyricist, half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart
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Lorenz Lange (1690–1752), Russian official in Siberia
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Lorenz Oken (1779–1851), German naturalist
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Lorenz of Werle (1338/40–1393/94), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
Surname
People with the name surname Lorenz include:
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Adolf Lorenz (1854–1946), Austrian surgeon
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Alfred Lorenz
Alfred Ottokar Lorenz (11 July 1868, Vienna – 20 November 1939, Munich) was an Austrian-German conductor, composer, and musical analyst. His principal work is the four-volume ''Das Geheimnis der Form bei Richard Wagner'', which attempts to comp ...
(1868–1939), Austrian-German musical analyst
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Angela Lorenz
Angela Lorenz (born 1965) is an American book artist. Lorenz was born near Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in Fine Art and Semiotics in 1987. She lives and works most of the year in Bologna, Ita ...
(born 1965), American artist
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Barbara Lorenz
Barbara Lorenz is a make-up artist who has done over 110 films and TV shows. She was nominated at the 75th Academy Awards in the category of Best Makeup for the film ''The Time Machine''. She shared her nomination with John M. Elliott Jr.
She a ...
, make-up artist
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Carl Lorenz
Carl Lorenz (27 November 1913 – 25 November 1993) was a German cyclist. He won the gold medal in Men's tandem at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
References
1913 births
1993 deaths
German male cyclists
Olympic gold medalists for Germa ...
(1913–1993), German cyclist
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Christian Lorenz (born 1966), German musician
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Edward Norton Lorenz
Edward Norton Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008) was an American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric physics and me ...
(1917–2008), American mathematician and meteorologist
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Francis S. Lorenz
Francis S. Lorenz (September 4, 1914 – June 26, 2008) was an American jurist and politician.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Lorenz received his bachelor's degree in law from DePaul University College of Law and was admitted to the Illinois bar ...
(1914–2008), American jurist and politician
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Friedrich Lorenz (1897–1944), German Catholic priest
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Hans Lorenz (1865–1940), German engineer and physicist
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Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist
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Kuno Lorenz
Kuno Lorenz (born September 17, 1932 in Vachdorf, Thüringen) is a German philosopher. He developed a philosophy of dialogue, in connection with the pragmatic theory of action of the Erlangen constructivist school. Lorenz is married to the lite ...
(born 1932), German philosopher
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Lee Lorenz (1932-2022), American cartoonist
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Ludvig Lorenz (1829–1891), Danish mathematician and physicist
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Max Lorenz (tenor) (1901–1975), German tenor
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Max O. Lorenz
Max Otto Lorenz (; September 19, 1876 – July 1, 1959) was an American economist who developed the Lorenz curve in an undergraduate essay. He published a paper on this when he was a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His ...
, (1880–1962), American economist
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Michael Lorenz (footballer) (born 1979), German footballer
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Michael Lorenz (musicologist)
Michael Lorenz (born 18 July 1958) is an Austrian musicologist, music teacher, musician, chess historian and photographer, noted as a Mozart scholar and for his archival work combining music history and genealogical research.
Career
Born in Vien ...
(born 1958), Austrian musicologist
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Michael Lorenz (veterinarian), American veterinary scientist
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Ottokar Lorenz (1832–1904), Austrian-German historian and genealogist
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Richard Lorenz (artist) German artist painted in the western genre
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Stephen R. Lorenz
Stephen Randolph Lorenz (born October 17, 1951), is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as president and chief executive officer of the United States Air Force Academy Endowment. His last military assignment ...
(born 1951), American Commander, Air Education and Training Command, United States Air Force
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Richard Lorenz (bobsleigh) (born 1901, death unknown), Austrian bobsledder
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Taylor Lorenz
Taylor Lorenz (born October 21 1984–1987) is an American journalist for ''The Washington Post''. She was previously a technology reporter for ''The New York Times'', ''The Daily Beast'', and ''Business Insider'', and social media editor for ...
, American journalist
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Ulrike Lorenz
Ulrike Lorenz (born 1963 in Gera) is a German art historian and President of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.
In 2008, the art historian Ulrike Lorenz became director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim
The Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum of modern and con ...
(born 1963), German art historian and president of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
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Werner Lorenz (1891–1974), German SS-General and war criminal
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William Lorenz
William F. Lorenz (February 15, 1882 – February 19, 1958) was a Major (O4) in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War I. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his combat actions in France, and had previously ser ...
(1882–1958), American physician, psychiatrist, and U.S. Army medical officer in World War I
Fictional Characters
*Lorenz Hellman Gloucester, a character from the video game ''
Fire Emblem: Three Houses''
See also
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Lorentz, spelled with a "t"
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Surnames from given names
German-language surnames