Lutz is a surname and given name, occasionally a short form of Ludwig and
Ludger
Ludger (; also Lüdiger or Liudger) ( – 26 March 809) was a missionary among the Frisians and Saxons, founder of Werden Abbey and the first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia. He has been called the "Apostle of Saxony".
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Adolfo Lutz
Adolfo Lutz (18 December 1855 – 6 October 1940) was a Brazilian physician, father of tropical medicine and medical zoology in Brazil, and a pioneer epidemiologist and researcher in infectious diseases.
Life
Lutz was born in Rio de Janeiro, on ...
(1855–1940), Brazilian physician
* Aleda E. Lutz (1915–1944), American Army flight nurse
* Alois Lutz, Austrian figure skater, for whom the
Lutz jump
The Lutz is a figure skating jump named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater. It is a toepick-assisted jump with an entrance from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. It is the second-most difficult jum ...
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* Anke Lutz (born 1970), German chess master
* Anne Mae Lutz (1871–1938), American cytogeneticist
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Berta Lutz
Bertha Maria Júlia Lutz (São Paulo, August 2, 1894 – Rio de Janeiro, September 16, 1976) was a Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat. Lutz became a leading figure in both the Americas, Pan American feminist movement and human rights m ...
(1894–1976), Brazilian scientist and feminist
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Bob Lutz (American football)
Robert "Bob" Lutz is the former head American football, football coach of Ironton High School and Saint Joseph Central High School (Ironton, Ohio), Saint Joseph Central High School, both in Ironton, Ohio. In 2009, Lutz passed former Hamilton Cathol ...
, American high school football coach
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Bob Lutz (businessman)
Robert Anthony Lutz (born February 12, 1932) is a Swiss-American automotive executive. He served as a top leader of all of the United States Big Three automobile manufacturers, having been in succession executive vice president (and board member) ...
(born 1932), Swiss American V.P. of General Motors
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Bob Lutz (tennis)
Robert Lutz (born August 29, 1947) is an American former amateur and a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s. He and Stan Smith were one of the best doubles teams of all time. Bud Collins ranked Lutz as world No. 7 in singles in 1 ...
(born 1947), American tennis player
* Bobby Lutz (basketball) (born 1958), American college basketball coach
* Brenda Lutz, Scottish-American political science writer
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Carl Lutz
Carl Lutz (30 March 1895 – 12 February 1975) was a Swiss diplomat. He served as the Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, Hungary, from 1942 until the end of World War II. He is credited with saving over 62,000 Jews during the Second World War in p ...
(1895–1975), Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews
* Chris Lutz, (born 1985), American-Filipino professional basketball player
* Christopher Lutz (born 1971), German chess grandmaster
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Eduard von Lutz Eduard Ritter von Lutz (13 January 1810 – 8 July 1893) was a Bavarian Major GeneralEdwin George Lutz, American illustrator and author
* Élisabeth Lutz (1914–2008), French mathematician
* Elvira Lutz (born 1935), Uruguayan midwife, educator, and writer
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Erwin Lutz
Erwin Lutz is an Austrian "Righteous Among the Nations".
In 1944 the police officer Erwin Lutz was working as a chef in a prison in Innsbruck. Together with police inspector Rudi Moser he decided to save five Jewish Polish girls from deportation ...
, Austrian prison chef, who protected Jews in WWII
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Frank Eugene Lutz
Frank Eugene Lutz (September 15, 1879 – November 27, 1943) was an American entomologist.
Biography
He graduated from Haverford College, Pennsylvania, in 1900 (A.B.), then from the University of Chicago in 1902 (A.M.), and then entered Universi ...
(1879–1943), American entomologist
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Friedel Lutz
Alfred "Friedel" Lutz (21 January 1939 – 7 February 2023) was a German professional footballer who played as a full-back. He spent most of his career with Eintracht Frankfurt. At international level, he made 12 appearances for the West Germa ...
(1939–2023), German football player
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Friedrich Lutz
Friedrich Lutz (22 February 1852 in Heidenheim – 14 May 1918 in Oettingen) was a German politician, Bavarian brewery owner, and farmer. He was mayor ( bürgermeister) of Heidenheim, a member of the Bavarian Landtag and a member of the Ger ...
(1852–1918), Bavarian politician
* Friedrich A. Lutz (1901–1975), German economist
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Gabrielle Lutz
Gabrielle Lutz (4 February 1935 – 3 August 2011) was a French sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960s. She was born in Mulhouse. Lutz competed in the women's K-1 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
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(1935–2011), French Olympic sprint canoeist
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Gary Lutz
Garielle Lutz (born 26 October 1955) is an American writer of fiction. In 2021, simultaneous with the publication of her book ''Worsted'', Lutz came out as a transgender woman. In 2022, she was twice mentioned as an unlikely contender for the Nob ...
, American writer of poetry and fiction
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George Lutz
''The Amityville Horror'' is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is based on the claims of paranormal experiences by the Lutz family b ...
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Kathy Lutz
''The Amityville Horror'' is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is based on the claims of paranormal experiences by the Lutz family b ...
, basis for the family depicted in ''The Amityville Horror''
* Giles A. Lutz (1910–1982), American author of Western novels
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Gizella Lutz
Ferencné Szálasi ( or ''Lucz''; 21 October 1906 – 26 September 1992) was the longtime companion and, for a brief time, wife, of Ferenc Szálasi who served as Leader of the Hungarian Nation and ''de facto'' Prime Minister of Hungary at the ...
(1906–1992), Hungarian wife of Ferenc Szálasi
* Hans Lutz (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
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Hartmut Lutz Hartmut Lutz (born April 26, 1945) is professor emeritus and former chair of American and Canadian studies: Anglophone literatures and cultures of North America at the University of Greifswald, Germany. He is the founder of the Institut für Anglis ...
(born 1945), German professor of Canadian and American Studies
* Hermann Lutz (1881–1965), German civil servant and social science writer
* Jack Lutz, American computer scientist and mathematician, married to Robyn
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Jarka Lutz
Jaroslava "Jarka" Lutz (née Krčálová) is a Czechoslovak-French slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1960s. She won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1967 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Lipno nad Vltavou
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, Czechoslovak-French slalom canoeist
* Jean Baptiste Lutz (born 1988), French sprint canoeist
* Jo Lutz (born 1980), Australian rower
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John Lutz
John Michael Lutz (born April 23, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is best known for playing J. D. Lutz on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'', and for his work as a writer on the NBC series ''Saturday Night Live'' for seven ...
(born 1973), American television writer and actor
** J. D. Lutz, a fictionalized version of this person on ''30 Rock''
* John Lutz (mystery writer) (1939–2021), American author of mystery novels
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Joe Lutz
Rollin Joseph Lutz (February 18, 1925 – October 20, 2008) was an American professional baseball player and coach, as well as the first non-Japanese manager in Japanese professional baseball.
Life
Lutz was born on February 18, 1925, in Keok ...
Kellan Lutz
Kellan Christopher Lutz (born March 15, 1985) is an American actor, martial artist and model. He made his film debut in '' Stick It'' (2006), and is best known for playing Emmett Cullen in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series (2008–2012). He has ...
(born 1985), American actor
* Ken Lutz (born 1965), American football player
* Larry Lutz (1913–1998), American football player and coach
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Mark Lutz (actor)
Mark Douglas Lutz is a Canadian actor, who is best known for playing Groosalugg in the television series ''Angel'' and for writing and starring in '' Victor'', a two-hour film on the life and death of Victor Davis.
He also guest starred in ''F ...
(born 1970), American actor
* Mark Lutz (athlete) (born 1951), American sprinter
* Mark A. Lutz (born 1941), Swiss-born economics professor
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Martin Lutz
Martin Lutz (born 19 May 1950) is a German musicologist, conductor and harpsichordist. He was the musical director of the concert choir Schiersteiner Kantorei in Wiesbaden from 1972 to 2017, and founded the biennial festival Wiesbadener Bachwochen ...
(born 1950), German conductor
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Matilda Lutz
Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz (born 28 January 1992) is an Italian actress and model. She starred in the 2017 horror film '' Rings'' and action thriller film ''Revenge''. She also appeared in the Netflix series '' Medici - The Magnificent, Part 1'' ...
(born 1991), Italian actress
* Matt Lutz (born 1978), American actor
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Meyer Lutz
Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (19 May 1829 – 31 January 1903) was a German-born British composer and conductor who is best known for light music, musical theatre and Victorian burlesque, burlesques of well-known works.
Emigrating to the UK at the age o ...
(1829–1903), German composer of musicals
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Oswald Lutz
Oswald Lutz (6 November 1876 – 26 February 1944) was a German General who oversaw the motorization of the German Army in the late 1920s and early 1930s and was appointed as the commander of the Wehrmacht's Panzer Troops Command in 1935.
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(1876–1944), first German tank general
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Philip Lutz, Jr.
Philip C. Lutz Jr. (August 28, 1888 - May 22, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the twenty-seventh Indiana Attorney General from January 1, 1933 to January 1, 1937.
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Lutz was born in B ...
(1888–1947), American politician
* Raymond Lutz (born 1957), American businessman, electronics engineer and politician
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Rudolf Lutz
Rudolf Lutz (born 1951) is a Swiss organist, harpsichordist, conductor and composer.
Education
Lutz studied at the Zurich University of the Arts, in Zürich and at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Career
From 1973 he was o ...
(born 1951), Swiss harpsichordist and conductor
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Robyn Lutz
Robyn R. Lutz is an American computer scientist whose research involves software engineering, including modeling and checking software requirements and software system safety. She is a professor of computer science at Iowa State University.
Edu ...
, American computer scientist, married to Jack
* Russell Lutz (born 1968), American science fiction author
* Ton Lutz, (1919–2009), Dutch actor
* Vera Lutz (1912–1976), British economist
* Wil Lutz (born 1994), American football placekicker
* William D. Lutz (born 1940), American linguist
* Winifred Ann Lutz (born 1942), American sculptor and fiber artist
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Zach Lutz
Zachary "Zach" Craig Lutz (born June 3, 1986) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball a ...
(born 1986), American professional baseball player
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* Lutz Altepost (born 1981), German flatwater canoeist
* Lutz Bacher (1943–2019), pseudonym of an American artist in a variety of media
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Lutz Brinkmann
Lutz Brinkmann (born 27 December 1975) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was elected as a member of the German Bundestag in the 2025 federal election. He was the direct candidate in the Osnabrück-Lan ...
(born 1975), German politician
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Lutz Dombrowski
Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German people, German track and field athlete and Olympic champion.
Early life
Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was Leadership of ...
(born 1959), German long jumper
* Lutz Eigendorf (1956–1983), German footballer and defector
* Lutz Fleischer (1956–2019), German painter and graphic artist
* Lutz Gerresheim (1958–1980), German footballer
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Lutz Glandien
Lutz Glandien (born 1954) is a German avant garde composer and musician based in Berlin. He has composed a number of classical and electroacoustic pieces, released four solo albums, and collaborated with English percussionist Chris Cutler to ...
(born 1954), German classical and electroacoustic composer and musician
* Lutz Goepel (born 1942), German politician
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Lutz Hachmeister
Lutz Hachmeister (10 September 1959 – 26 August 2024) was a German media historian, award-winning filmmaker and journalist. He particularly gained international attention for directing the 2005 film ''The Goebbels Experiment'', co-produced by ...
(born 1959), German media historian, filmmaker and journalist
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Lutz Heck
Ludwig Georg Heinrich Heck, called Lutz Heck (23 April 1892 in Berlin, German Empire – 6 April 1983 in Wiesbaden, West Germany) was a German zoologist, animal researcher, animal book author and director of the Berlin Zoological Garden where he ...
, Ludwig George Heinrich Heck, (1892–1983), German zoologist
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Lutz Heilmann
Lutz Heilmann (born 7 September 1966 in Zittau, East Germany) is a German politician of the left-wing politics, left-wing party The Left (Germany), Die Linke. He was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 German federal election, 2005 federal elec ...
(born 1966), German left-wing politician
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Lutz Heßlich
Lutz Heßlich (born 17 January 1959) is a former racing cyclist from East Germany.
He competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual sprint event where he finished in first place. He missed ...
(born 1959), German racing cyclist
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Lutz Hoffmann
Lutz Hoffmann (30 January 1959 – 5 December 1997) was an East German gymnast and Olympic silver medalist.
Early life and training
He began gymnastics training at the age of five. Beginning in 1976, he trained with the SC Dynamo Berlin. His yo ...
(1959–1997), German Olympic gymnast
* Lutz Jacobi (born 1955), Dutch politician
* Lutz Jäncke (born 1957), neuropsychologist
* Lutz Kayser, German aerospace engineer, founded OTRAG
* Lutz Kleveman (born 1974), German author, journalist and photographer
* Lutz Körner, German slalom canoeist
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Lutz Kühnlenz
Lutz Kühnlenz (born 24 June 1965 in Ilmenau) is an East German luger who competed in the mid-1980s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1985 FIL World Luge Championships.
His sporting talent was recognized early and ...
, German luger
* Lutz Langer, German Paralympic shot putter
* Lutz Lindemann (born 1949), German football coach and former player
* Lutz Liwowski (born 1967), German sprint canoeist
* Lutz Long (1913–1943), German Olympic long jumper
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Lutz Mack
Lutz Mack (born 9 October 1952) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were a ...
(born 1952), German Olympic gymnast
* Lutz Meyer-Goßner (born 1936), German jurist and law professor
* Lutz Mommartz (born 1934), German filmmaker
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Lutz Pfannenstiel
Lutz Pfannenstiel (born 12 May 1973) is a German former professional football goalkeeper, coach, scout, TV analyst, and the current sporting director for St. Louis City SC. He holds the record as the first of only two footballers to play profes ...
(born 1973), German football goalkeeper
* Lutz Philipp (1940–2012), German Olympic long-distance runner
* Lutz Rathenow (born 1952), German dissident writer and poet
* Lutz Roeder, software engineer, author of .NET Reflector
* Lutz D. Schmadel (1942–2016), German astronomer
* Lutz Schülbe (born 1961), German footballer
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Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Johann Ludwig "Lutz" Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (Born Johann Ludwig von Krosigk; 22 August 18874 March 1977) was a German senior government official who served as the minister of finance of Germany from 1932 to 1945 and '' de facto'' chancellor ...
(1887–1977), German politician
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Lutz Seiler
Lutz Seiler (born 8 June 1963 in Gera, Thuringia) is a German poet and novelist. Considered one of the most important German poets living today, he is the author of numerous books of poetry, prose, and essays, and gained national attention for h ...
(born 1963), German poet and novelist
* Lutz Taufer, German activist with links to the Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK)
* Lutz Templin (1901–1973), German jazz bandleader
* Lutz Ulbricht (1942–2022), German Olympic rower
* Lutz Unger (born 1951), German Olympic swimmer
* Lutz Wahl (1869–1928), American major general
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Lutz Wanja
Lutz Wanja (born 6 June 1956) is a retired German backstroke swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships. He also won three medals at LEN European Aquatics Championships in 1974 and 1977. He competed at the 1972 Summ ...
(born 1956), German Olympic backstroke swimmer
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Lutz Wienhold
Lutz Wienhold (born 15 September 1965) is a German former professional Association football, footballer.
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German men's footballers
East German men's footballers
East Germany men's under-21 inter ...
(born 1965), German footballer
* Lutz Winde (born 1966), German actor and director
* Lutz Wingert (born 1958), German philosopher
Fictional characters
*Lutz, a character from the 2023
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Elemental
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