Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

". Sachs is a common surname among

Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant

Zaks Zaks is a construction toy originally produced in Canada by the company Irwin Toy in 1987 and released in the United States by Ohio Art Company in 1988. The toy is a system of multicolored flat plastic triangle and square pieces that interlock v ...

, supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase ''Zera Kodesh Shemo'' (ZaKS), literally "his name is Holy Seed," a quotation from Isaiah 6:13.Elsdon Coles Smith, Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) Notable people with the surname Sachs include: * Albie Sachs (born 1935), South African Constitutional Court Justice *

Andrew Sachs Andreas Siegfried Sachs (7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016), known professionally as Andrew Sachs, was a German-born British actor and writer. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Sp ...

(1930–2016), German-British actor * Bernard Sachs (1858–1944), American neurologist * Curt Sachs (also Kurth Sachs, 1881–1959), German music historian *

Ed Sachs Edwin Richard Sachs (February 11, 1918 – July 15, 1996) was an American professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, co ...

(1918–1996), American professional basketball player * Eddie Sachs (1927–1964), American racecar driver *

Edwin Sachs Edwin Otho Sachs FRSE FRGS (5 April 1870 – 9 September 1919) was a British architect and engineer of German descent, who, by his interest in theatre and working as a stagehand and fireman, specialized in the prevention of theatre fires. Furt ...

(1870–1919), British architect * Ernest Sachs (1879–1958), American neurosurgeon * Ernest Sachs, Jr. (1916–2001), American neurosurgeon *

Gunter Sachs Fritz Gunter Sachs (14 November 1932 – 7 May 2011, also Gunter Sachs von Opel) was a German photographer, author, Rosenberg student, industrialist, and latterly head of an institute that researched claims of astrology. As a young man he bec ...

(1932–2011), German photographer, researcher (mathematics and astrology), and playboy * George Sachs (1896–1961), Russia-born German and US metallurgist *

Hans Sachs (disambiguation) Hans Sachs (1494–1576) was a German poet, the inspiration for the character in Lortzing's opera and in Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.'' Hans Sachs may also refer to: * Hans Sachs (serologist) (1877–1945), German serologist *Hans S ...

** Hans Sachs (1494–1576), German poet ** Hans Sachs (serologist) (1877–1945), German serologist * Harvey Sachs (born 1946), American-Canadian conductor and writer * Heinrich Sachs (1863–1928), German neuroanatomist *

Hilda Sachs Hilda Gustafva Sachs (13 March 1857, Norrköping – 26 February 1935), was a Swedish journalist, translator, writer and feminist. She was the daughter of merchant Johan Gustaf Engström and Gustafva Augusta Gustafsson in Norrköping. She worked ...

(1857–1935), Swedish journalist and women's rights activist * Horst Sachs, German mathematician, expert in graph theory * Hugh Sachs, British actor in the TV series ''Benidorm'' *

Ignacy Sachs Ignacy Sachs (Warsaw, 1927) is a Polish-born French economist. He is considered to be an ''ecosocioeconomist'' for his ideas about development as a combination of economic growth, equalitarian increase in social well-being and environmental prese ...

(born 1927), Polish, naturalized French economist and ecosocioeconomist *

James D. Sachs James D. Sachs (born 1949) is a retired United States Air Force veteran, video game artist and game programmer. Sachs was the lead artist on the groundbreaking Amiga computer game ''Defender of the Crown'' from Cinemaware (first published in ...

, retired U.S. Air Force veteran, game artist, and game programmer *

Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey David Sachs () (born 5 November 1954) is an American economist, academic, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds the title of University Professor. He is known for his work ...

(born 1954), American economist * Johann Sachs (born 1843), German composer * Jonathan Sachs (born 1947), American computer programmer * Julius von Sachs (1832–1897), German botanist * Lenny Sachs (1897–1942), American football player and basketball coach * Lessie Sachs (1897–1942), German-born poet and artist * Leonard Sachs (1909–1990), British actor *Prof

Marcus Sachs Marcus Sachs (1812–1869) was a Polish Jew who emigrated to Scotland and became Professor of Hebrew at the Free Church Divinity Hall in Aberdeen (later known as Christ's College. Life He was born the son of an engineer in Inowroclaw in the ...

(1812-1869) Professor of Hebrew in Aberdeen * Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), art photographer * Margaret Sachs, an American lawyer and the Robert Cotten Alston Professor at University of Georgia * Maria Sachs, American politician * Mary Sachs (1882–1973), American playwright and poet. * Maurice Sachs (1906–1945), French author * Mavro Sachs (1817–1888), Croatian physician *

Mendel Sachs Mendel Sachs (; April 13, 1927 – May 5, 2012) was an American theoretical physicist. His scientific work includes the proposal of a unified field theory that brings together the weak force, strong force, electromagnetism, and gravity. Biography ...

(born 1927), American physicist * Michael Sachs (born 1808), German rabbi * Milan Sachs (1884–1968), Czech-Croatian opera conductor and composer * Moses Sachs (1800–1870), German Meshulach * Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), German poet * Paul J. Sachs (1878–1965), American museum director *

Philip Sachs Philip "Cincy" Sachs (April 1, 1902 – December 19, 1973) was an American basketball interim head coach for the Detroit Falcons, a Basketball Association of America team, in 1946–47. After taking over the team from Glenn M. Curtis, Sachs poste ...

(1902–1973), American professional basketball coach * Rainer K. Sachs (born 1932), German-born American scientist known for his work in astrophysics and biophysics * Robin Sachs (1951–2013), British actor *

Salomo Sachs Salomo Sachs ( he, זקס שְׁלֹמֹה, Šəlomoh Sachs; born on 22 December 1772 in Berlin; died on 14 May 1855) was a Jewish Prussian architect, astronomer, Prussian building official, mathematician, drawing teacher for architecture, teacher ...

(1772–1855), Prussian architect and engineer *

Stephen Sachs Stephen Sachs (born August 14, 1959) is an American stage director and playwright. He is the co-artistic director of the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, which he co-founded in 1990. Biography Sachs was born in San Francisco and grew up in Los ...

(born 1959), American stage director and playwright *

Stephen H. Sachs Stephen Howard Sachs (January 31, 1934 – January 12, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Maryland. He served as the Attorney General of Maryland from 1979 to 1987. He was noted for prosecuting the Catonsville Nine in 196 ...

(1934–2022), American politician and Attorney General of Maryland * Wolfgang Sachs (born 1946), German researcher and author of books Fictional characters: * Andrea Sachs, created by Lauren Weisberger *

Daniel Sachs Proventus is a privately held Swedish investment company founded in 1980 by Robert Weil. It was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange from 1982 until 1995. Proventus currently holds shares in companies such as BRIO AB,Lincoln Rhyme series of crime/mystery novels by Jeffery Deaver. *Benjamin Sachs, protagonist in the novel Leviathan (Auster novel) by Paul Auster

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