Moritz (name)
Moritz is both a given name and a surname. It is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, Roman Theban Legion leader
- Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince
- Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, German nobleman
- Moritz, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince
- Moritz Becker, American politician
- Moritz Benedikt, Jewish-Austrian newspaper editor
- Moritz Borman, German-born American film producer
- Moritz Michael Daffinger, Austrian miniature painter and sculptor
- Moritz Duschak, Moravian rabbi and writer
- Moritz Körner, German politician
- Moritz Schlick, German philosopher and physicist
- Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter
- Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player
- Moritz Steinla, German engraver
- Moritz Wagner (basketball), German basketball player
- Moritz Wagner (naturalist), German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian
Surname
- A. F. Moritz, American poet, teacher and scholar
- André Moritz, Brazilian attacking midfielder
- Bruno Moritz, German-Ecuadorian chess master
- Carl Moritz, German architect and real estate entrepreneur
- Christoph Moritz, German footballer
- Halvar Moritz, Swedish cross-country skier
- Helmut Moritz, Austrian geodeticist
- Jacob Moritz, German-born American brewer
- Julius L. and Morris Moritz, German-born American retail merchants
- Karl Philipp Moritz, German author, editor and essayist
- Louisa Moritz, Cuban-born American actress
- Mathias Moritz, German footballer
- Michael Moritz, Welsh venture capitalist
- Nancy Moritz, American judge
- Neal H. Moritz, American film producer
- Nils Moritz, Swedish actor
- Paulus Moritz, German Roman Catholic cleric
- Robert Edouard Moritz, German-American mathematician
- Sabine Moritz, German painter and graphic designer
- Theodore L. Moritz, American politician
- Wilhelm Moritz, German fighter pilot
Fictional characters
- a title character of Max and Moritz, an 1865 German-language illustrated story by Wilhelm Busch
- Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening
- Moritz Benayoun, human male doctor on the TV series ''Star Trek: Picard''