Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin ''pistor'' meaning

miller A miller is a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalents ...

baker A baker is a tradesperson who baking, bakes and sometimes Sales, sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient histo ...

) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German

Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from th ...

and German

Müller Müller may refer to: Companies * Müller (company), a German multinational dairy company ** Müller Milk & Ingredients, a UK subsidiary of the German company * Müller (store), a German retail chain * GMD Müller, a Swiss aerial lift manufacturi ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

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Boris Pistorius Boris Ludwig Pistorius (; born 14 March 1960) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Defence in the governments of successive Chancellors Olaf Scholz and Fri ...

(born 1960), German politician *

Calie Pistorius Carl Wilhelm Irene "Calie" Pistorius (born 9 August 1958) is a South African electrical engineer who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be step ...

, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria *

Caren Pistorius Caren Pistorius (born 30 September 1990) is a New Zealand actress. She is known for her performance in the 2015 film '' Slow West''. Early life Pistorius was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. Her family moved to Auckland, New Zealand, when she w ...

, South African actress * Charlotte Pistorius (1777–1850), German poet * , German artist * Hermann Andreas Pistorius (1730–1798), German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and philosopher * Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation), several people *

Martin Pistorius Martin Pistorius (born 31 December 1975) is a South African man who had locked-in syndrome and was unable to move or communicate for 12 years. When he was 12, he began losing voluntary motor control and eventually fell into a vegetative state f ...

, South African web designer and author *

Micki Pistorius Micki Pistorius is a South African forensic or investigative psychologist and author. She was the first woman in her profession and the first profiler in South Africa, working on many high-profile cases involving serial killers for the South A ...

, South African forensic psychologist and author *

Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius ( , ; born 22 November 1986) is a South African double amputee, former professional sprinter, and convicted murderer. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. Pistorius r ...

(born 1986), South African double-amputee athlete and convicted murderer

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Johann Jakob Pistor Johann Jakob von Pistor (1739 - 1814), also known as Yakov Matveyevich Pistor (), was an 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian Army. One of the most notable commanders of Russian forces in the Warsaw Uprising (1794) ...

, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army *

Ludger Pistor Ludger Pistor (born 16 March 1959) is a German actor. Career Born in Recklinghausen, Pistor has played many roles in numerous German-language films and TV productions. He has also appeared in English-language films including the Academy Award-w ...

(born 1959), German actor

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