Lothar or Lothair is a Danish, Finnish,

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, Norwegian, and Swedish masculine

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, while Lotár is a Hungarian masculine given name. Both names are modern forms of the Germanic

Chlothar Chlothar (Latin ''Chlotharius''; Greek ''Khlōthários'' Χλωθάριος; French ''Clotaire'') is a Germanic given name, attested in Old English as ''Hloþhere'', in Old High German as ''Lothari'' ( Lothair, Lothar), and reconstructed in Frank ...

(which is a blended form of ''Hlūdaz'', meaning "fame", and ''Harjaz'', meaning "army"). Notable people with this name include:

Surname

Ernst Lothar Ernst Lothar (; 25 October 1890 – 30 October 1974) was a Moravian-Austrian writer, theatre director/manager and producer. He was born Ernst Lothar Müller, and as Müller is a very common German surname, he dropped it. His brother, Hans M ...

(1890–1974), Moravian-Austrian writer *

Hanns Lothar Hanns Lothar (born Hans Lothar Neutze; 10 April 1929 – 11 March 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 36 films between 1948 and 1966. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Hamburg, Germany. He was the father of actress Susa ...

or Hanns Lothar Neutze (1929–1967), German actor * Mark Lothar (1902–1985), German composer *

Rudolf Lothar Rudolf Lothar (born Rudolf Lothar Spitzer; 25 February 1865 – 2 October 1943) was an Austrian playwright, librettist, critic and essayist. He was born and died in Budapest. Literary works * 1891 ''Der verschleierte König'', drama * 1900 '' ...

(1865–1943), Hungarian-born Austrian writer *

Susanne Lothar Susanne Lothar (15 November 1960 – 21 July 2012) was a German film, television and stage actress. Her work included collaborations with Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke. She was married to fellow actor Ulrich Mühe, with whom she frequently ...

(1960–2012), German actress

Given name

* Lothar Ahrendt (born 1936), interior minister of the

German Democratic Republic East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

Lothar Albrich Lothar Albrich (20 August 1905 – 3 November 1978) was a Romanian hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an internation ...

(1905–1978), Romanian hurdler *

Lothar Baumgarten Lothar Baumgarten (5 October 1944 – 2 December 2018) was a German conceptual artist, based in New York and Berlin. His work includes installation and also film. Early life and education Born 1944 in Rheinsberg, Germany, Baumgarten attended ...

(1944–2018), German artist * Lothar Berg (1930–2015), German mathematician * Lothar Bolz (1903–1986), East German politician *

Lothar-Günther Buchheim Lothar-Günther Buchheim () (6 February 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime. In World War II he served as a war correspondent aboard ships and U-boats. He is best known for his 19 ...

(1918–2007), German author *

Lothar Collatz Lothar Collatz (; July 6, 1910 – September 26, 1990) was a German mathematician, born in Arnsberg, Province of Westphalia, Westphalia. The "3''x'' + 1" problem is also known as the Collatz conjecture, named after him and still unsolved. The Col ...

(1910–1990), German mathematician *

Lothar Dräger Lothar Dräger (January 19, 1927 – July 9, 2016) was a German comic writer. Writings * Mosaik (Digedags) by Hannes Hegen, Co-author from 1957 to 1975 * Mosaik (Abrafaxe), author and artistic director from 1976 to 1990. * Lothar Dräger, Ul ...

(1927–2016), German comic writer *

Lothar Emmerich Lothar "Emma" Emmerich (29 November 1941 – 13 August 2003) was a German football player and manager who played as a forward. He was born in Dortmund-Dorstfeld and died in Hemer from cancer. He won five caps for West Germany in 1966, four of ...

(1941–2003), German football player and manager *

Lothar von Faber Johann Lothar Freiherr von Faber (born 12 June 1817 in Unterspitzgarten near Stein, Bavaria – 26 July 1896 in Stein) was a German industrialist. He inherited the pencil company Faber-Castell (then called A.W. Faber) in 1839 after the death of h ...

(1817–1896), German industrialist *

Lothar Forcart Lothar Forcart, full name Lothar Hendrich Emil Wilhelm Forcart-Müller, abbreviated as Lothar H. E. W. Forcart, (1902-1990) was a zoologist, malacologist, and herpetologist from Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, ...

(1902–1990), Swiss zoologist *

Lothar Geisler Lothar Geisler (8 December 1936 – 28 April 2019) was a German footballer. Career Statistics 1 1960–61 and 1962–63 include the German football championship playoffs. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geisler, Lothar 1936 b ...

(1936–2019), German football player *

Lothar Hause Lothar Hause (born 22 October 1955 in Lübbenau, Bezirk Cottbus) is a former football player from East Germany, who won the silver medal with the East German Olympic team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Club career He ...

(born 1955), East German football player *

Lothar Kolditz Lothar Kolditz (30 September 1929 – 7 May 2025) was a German chemist and politician. He was president of the National Front of the German Democratic Republic. Early life and education Kolditz was born in the municipality of Zschorlau on 30 ...

(1929–2025), German chemist and politician *

Lothar Kreyssig Lothar Kreyssig (; 30 October 1898 – 6 July 1986) was a German judge during the Weimar and Nazi era. He was the only German judge who attempted to stop the mass-murder of persons deemed " unworthy of living" under the '' Aktion T4'' " involunt ...

, German bureaucrat and opposer of

Aktion T4 (German, ) was a campaign of Homicide#By state actors, mass murder by involuntary euthanasia which targeted Disability, people with disabilities and the mentally ill in Nazi Germany. The term was first used in post-WWII, war trials against d ...

* Lothar Kurbjuweit (born 1950), East German football player * Lothar Lindtner (1917–2005), Norwegian actor *

Lothar Machtan Lothar Machtan (born 4 October 1949) is a German historian, writer, as well as professor of Modern and Current History at the University of Bremen. Early life Born in Gelsenkirchen, Machtan studied history and political sciences at Heidelberg Univ ...

(born 1949), German historian, writer * Lothar Malskat (1913–1988), German painter and art restorer *

Lothar Matthäus Lothar Herbert Matthäus (; born 21 March 1961) is a German association football, football pundit and former professional player and manager. He captained Germany national football team, West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was ...

(born 1961), German football player and manager, 1990 World Cup winner *

Lothar Matthes Lothar Matthes (born 23 July 1947) is a German former diver who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded a ...

(born 1947), German diver *

Lothar de Maizière Lothar de Maizière (; born 2 March 1940) is a German former politician of the Christian Democratic Union. In 1990, he served as the head of the first and only democratically elected government of East Germany, holding this office during the fi ...

(born 1940), last Prime Minister of

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

(1990) *

Lothar Meggendorfer Lothar Meggendorfer (6 November 1847 in Munich – 7 July 1925 in Munich) was a German illustrator and early cartoonist known for his pop-up books. He was first published in 1862 in the '' Fliegende Blätter'', an illustrated comic weekly, and fr ...

(1847–7 July 1925), German illustrator *

Lothar Meyer Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements. The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (his chief rival) an ...

(1830–1895), German chemist *

Lothar Mendes Lothar Mendes (19 May 1894 – 24 February 1974) was a German-born screenwriter and film director. His two best known films are ''Jew Süss (1934 film), Jew Süss'' (1934) and ''The Man Who Could Work Miracles'' (1936), both productions for Briti ...

(1894–1974), German screenwriter and film director * Lothar Metz (1939–2021), German wrestler and Olympic medalist * Lothar Milde (born 1934), East German athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw * Lothar Müthel (1896–1964), German stage and film actor and director * Lothar Osterburg (born 1961), German artist *

Lothar Rendulic Lothar Rendulic (; 23 October 1887 – 17 January 1971)Rudolf Neck, Adam Wandruszka, Isabella Ackerl (ed.) (1980): ''Protokolle des Ministerrates der Ersten Republik, 1918–1938, Abteilung VIII, 20. Mai 1932 bis 25. Juli 1934''. Vienna: Verlag ...

(1887–1971), Austrian Nazi General in the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...

, one of the principal commanders of

Courland Pocket The Courland Pocket was a Pocket (military), pocket located on the Courland Peninsula in Latvia on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II from 9 October 1944 to 10 May 1945. Army Group North of the ''Wehrmacht'' were ...

Lapland War During World War II, the Lapland War (; ; ) saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland. Though the Finns and the Germans had been fighting together ...

Continuation War The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet–Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 ...

Operation Kutuzov Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation. It commenced on 12 July 1943, in the Central Russian Upland, against Army Group Center of the German ''Ger ...

and Prague Offensive * Lothar von Richthofen (1894–1922), fighter ace and younger brother of top-scoring ace

Manfred von Richthofen Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (; 2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of th ...

(the Red Baron) * Lothar Sippel (born 1965), German football player *

Lothar Späth Lothar Späth (16 November 1937 – 18 March 2016) was a German politician of the CDU. Life Späth was born in Sigmaringen. From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 Späth was the 5th Minister President of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of ...

(1937–2016), German politician * Lothar Spranger, East German footballer *

Lothar von Trotha Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (3 July 1848 – 31 March 1920) was a German military commander during the European new colonial era. As a brigade commander of the East Asian Expedition Corps, he was involved in suppressing the Boxer Rebelli ...

(1848–1920), a German military commander who instigated the Herero massacre * Lothar Ulsaß (1940–1999), German football player *

Lothar Wolleh Lothar Wolleh (January 20, 1930 – September 28, 1979) was a well-known German photographer. Until the end of the sixties, Lothar Wolleh worked as a commercial photographer. He made portraits of international contemporary painters, sculptors ...

(1930–1979), German photographer

Fictional characters

* Lothar ''(Legends of Chima)'', a character in ''Legends of Chima'' * Lothar – comic character, sidekick to

Mandrake the Magician ''Mandrake the Magician'' is a Comic strip syndication, syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk before he created ''The Phantom''.Ron Goulart, ''The Encyclopedia of American Comics''. New York: Facts on File, 1990. . pp. 91, 249 ...

created by

Lee Falk Lee Falk (), born Leon Harrison Gross (; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips ''Mandrake the Magician'' and ''The Phantom''. At the ...

* Lothar – a gatekeeper in the 2016 Indian film ''Mohenjo Daro'' * Lothar – a Nazi spy for Germany, sidekick to Nazi spy Neville Sinclair in the Rocketeer * Lothar - character in E. T. A. Hoffmann's '' The Sandman'' * Lothar Weiser – a spy for Socialist East Germany in

Arnaldur Indriðason Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced ; born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur. Early life Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son o ...

's book, '' The Draining Lake'' * Anduin Lothar – a historical warrior in the Warcraft Universe * Lothar – a robot in '' The Metabarons'' * Lothar – a powerful Planewalker wizard in the Planescape setting for

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

, likewise appearing in the game Planescape: Torment * Lothar of the Hill People - a character in an SNL skit played by

Mike Myers Michael John Myers, (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His accolades include seven MTV Movie & TV Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2002, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood W ...

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