Nemetz is a German surname of

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origin that comes from a variation on the Slavic word ''

Němec Němec (, feminine: Němcová ()) and Nemec (feminine: Nemcová) are common Czech surname, Czech and Slovak surname, Slovak surnames. It literally means 'Germans, German', but it also meant 'mute person' (figuratively "a person who does not speak (S ...

'', meaning "mute". Notable people with the surname include: *

Anna Nemetz-Schauberger Anna Nemetz-Schauberger (born 4 January 1944, Ciacova) is a Romanian-born former handball player, a member of the team that won the World Championship in 1962. After taking up handball in 1958, she started playing for "Banatul" in 1959, with w ...

* Andreas Nemetz (1799–1846), Moravian bandmaster and composer * Dave Nemetz, American entrepreneur and business executive *

Karoline Nemetz Karoline Nemetz (married name: Ettemark; born 28 June 1958) is a Swedish former middle- and long-distance runner. Nemetz grew up in Eskilstuna and began competing in athletics and skiing. She eventually settled on running as her focus and made ...

(born 1958), Swedish former distance runner *

Kurt Nemetz Kurt Nemetz (21 July 1926 – 6 February 2008) was an Austrian cyclist. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki ...

(1926–2008), Austrian cyclist *

Lenora Nemetz Lenora Nemetz is an American stage and musical theatre actress. Career Nemetz left her native Pittsburgh as a teenager to work on Broadway. Her Broadway debut was in ''Cabaret''. A protégé of Bob Fosse, Nemetz first came to the attention of N ...

, American theatre actress *

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was born in Warsaw, Poland, where she survived the Holocaust as a child, escaped the Warsaw Ghetto The Warsaw Ghetto (, officially , ; ) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was ...

Max Nemetz Max Nemetz (7 September 1886 – 2 July 1971) was a German film and stage actor. He is best known for the role of the Captain in the 1922 silent film ''Nosferatu''. Filmography as actor: *1921: '' The Graveyard of the Living'' *1921: '' Ma ...

(1886–1971), German film and stage actor. *

Nathaniel Nemetz Nathaniel Theodore (Nathan) Nemetz, (September 8, 1913 – October 21, 1997) was a Canadian lawyer and judge A judge is a person who wiktionary:preside, presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel. In a ...

(1913–1997), Canadian lawyer and judge

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