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, which means a gatherer of mushrooms, derived from the German ''pilz'' "

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom. The standard for the n ...

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Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016. Variants of the name include Piltz and Pilzer. The name may refer to: *

Adolf Piltz Adolf Piltz (8 December 1855 – 1940) was a German mathematician who contributed to number theory. Piltz was arguably the first to formulate a generalized Riemann hypothesis, in 1884.Davenport, p. 124. Notes References *Harold Davenport, Dave ...

(1855–1940), German mathematician * Anders Piltz (born 1943), Swedish scholar * Andrea Pilzer (born 1991), Italian curler * Christiane Pilz (born 1975), German athlete * Estefania Pilz (born 1985), Argentine cyclist * Gerhard Pilz (born 1965), Austrian luger *

Günter Pilz Günter Pilz (born 1945 in Bad Hall, Upper Austria) is professor of mathematics at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz. Until his retirement in 2013 he was the head of the Institute of Algebra. Vita After studying mathematics and physics at ...

(born 1945), Austrian mathematician *

Hans-Uwe Pilz Hans-Uwe Pilz (born 10 November 1958) is a German former Association football, footballer. He began his career with BSG Sachsenring Zwickau before joining Dynamo Dresden during the winter break of the 1981–82 DDR-Oberliga, 1981–82 season. ...

(born 1958), German footballer *

Jessica Pilz Jessica Pilz (born 22 November 1996) is an Austrian professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She won the bronze medal in the combined bouldering and lead climbing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Climbing career Comp ...

(born 1996), Austrian sport climber *

Karol Piltz Karol Piltz (1903–1939) was a Polish chess master who played for Poland in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924, tied for 3rd-7th in the 1st Polish Chess Championship at Warsaw 1926 (Dawid Przepiórka won), and tied for 17-18th at Jur ...

(1903–1939), Polish chess player *

Michel Pilz Michel Pilz (28 October 1945 – 2 November 2023) was a German jazz clarinetist. Pilz was a clarinet student at the Luxembourg Conservatory in the mid-1960s. He then joined Manfred Schoof's ensemble in 1968, an association he would maintain in ...

(1945–2023), German bass clarinetist *

Otto Piltz Otto Piltz (28 June 1846, Allstedt - 20 August 1910, Pasing) was a German genre painter and illustrator for ''Die Gartenlaube''. Life He was the son of a soap-maker. After an apprenticeship as a decorative painter in Halle, he studied at the ...

(1846–1910), German painter *

Paul Zane Pilzer Paul Zane Pilzer (born January 17, 1954) is an American economist, ''New York Times'' best-selling author, and social entrepreneur. He has written 13 books, the founder of six companies, and has been profiled in more than 100 publications includ ...

(born 1954), American economist *

Peter Pilz Peter Pilz (born 22 January 1954) is an Austrian politician ( JETZT). From 1986 to 2017, he was a member of the Austrian Green Party. Political career Born in Kapfenberg, Styria, Pilz was a member of the Austrian Parliament (''Nationalrat'') be ...

(born 1954), Austrian politician * Rick S. Piltz (1943–2014), American policy analyst *

Wendy Piltz Wendy Piltz (born 24 August 1956) is a former Australian cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in one Test match and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia in 1984, all against India. She played domestic ...

(born 1956), Australian athlete

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