Fritz originated as a German nickname for
Friedrich, or
Frederick Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Nobility
Anhalt-Harzgerode
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
Austria
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198
* Frederick ...
(''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King
Frederick II of Prussia and
Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including
Fridolin Fridolin is a German masculine given name, derived from Old High German. Notable people with this name include:
*Fridolin of Säckingen, Irish missionary, apostle of the Alamanni and founder of Säckingen Abbey
*Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (born 1960) ...
and, less commonly,
Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by the Entente powers equivalent to the derogative
Tommy
Tommy may refer to:
People
* Tommy (given name)
* Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film
* ''Tommy'' (1975 fil ...
. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz.
Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz."
Surname
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Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz (born April 1958) is a British-American politician and retired psychiatric nurse from the U.S. state of Oregon. Before being elected to Portland's City Council in 2008, Fritz was a neighborhood activist and seven-year member of the ...
(born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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Al Fritz
Albert John Fritz (October 8, 1924 – May 7, 2013) was a vice president at the Schwinn Bicycle Company and is credited with creating the Schwinn Sting-Ray, which started the wheelie bike craze. Mr. Fritz was born in Chicago on October 8, 1924, a ...
(1924–2013), American businessman
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Ben Fritz
Benjamin James Fritz (born March 29, 1981) is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher. He is the bullpen coach for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Fritz attended Oak Grove High School in San Jose, ...
(born 1981), American baseball coach
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Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
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Clemens Fritz
Clemens Fritz (born 7 December 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder. He is mostly known for his 11-year spell at Werder Bremen.
Having begun his career at Rot-Weiß Erfurt an ...
(born 1980), German footballer
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Edmund Fritz
Edmund Fritz (before 1918after 1932) was an Austrian (possibly Hungarian-born) actor, film director, and manager of at least one musical group.
He was co-director of the 1918 film '' Alraune'', a Hungarian science fiction horror film, believed t ...
(before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager
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Elisabet Fritz (died 1752), Swedish industrialist
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Florian Fritz
Florian Fritz (born 17 January 1984) is a former French rugby union rugby player. His usual position was in the centre. He most played most of his career for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 club competition in France. Fritz has also played for Fra ...
(born 1984), French rugby union player
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Frank Fritz
''American Pickers'' is an American reality television series that premiered on January 18, 2010 on History, produced by A&E Television Networks in collaboration with Cineflix Media. In the series, the hosts travel across America in search of r ...
, co-star of History Channel's ''American Pickers''
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John Fritz
John F. Fritz (August 21, 1822 – February 13, 1913) was an American pioneer of iron and steel technologySandra E. Duffy (2012Fritz Lab: Not Just for Chicks from Pennsylvania State University who has been referred to as the "Father of the U.S. S ...
, (1822–1913), American pioneer of iron and steel technology
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Jürgen Fritz
Jürgen Fritz (born March 12, 1953 in Köln) is a German musician. He was the keyboard player in progressive rock band Triumvirat. He also composed the film score to the 1989 science fiction film '' Hard to Be a God'' and also published a solo alb ...
(born 1953), German musician, keyboard player in the rock band Triumvirat
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Lanja Fritz
Trienssa Lanja Fritz (born 1995), also known professionally as Lanja Fritz is a sprinter from Nauru.
Career
Fritz has competed as a sprinter within Nauru and internationally. She began competing as a teenager and in 2008 represented Nauru in ...
(born 1995), Nauruan sprinter
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Madeleine Fritz
Madeleine Alberta Fritz (3 November 1896 – 20 August 1990) was a Canadian palaeontologist. She was a professor at the University of Toronto, where she taught vertebrate studies in the department of Geology. Fritz's writing on the fossil Bryozoa ...
(1896–1990), Canadian palaeontologist
*
Nel Fritz
Pieternella "Nel" Fritz (later Zandee; born 4 June 1937) is a retired Dutch gymnast. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( ...
(born 1937), Dutch Olympic gymnast
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Oscar M. Fritz
Oscar Marion Fritz (March 3, 1878October 5, 1957) was an American lawyer and jurist from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was the 14th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, serving a total of 25 years on the high court. Prior to that, he ...
(1878–1957), American jurist
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Reinhold Fritz
Reinhold Fritz (16 March 1884 – 30 October 1950) was a German operatic bass-baritone. He was engaged at the Stuttgart Court Opera for 25 years and was awarded the title Kammersänger. He performed a broad repertoire of both serious and comic ...
(1884–1950), German bass-baritone
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Roger Fritz
Roger Fritz (22 September 1936 – 26 November 2021) was a German actor, director, producer and photographer, perhaps best known for ''Cross of Iron'', and his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in '' Querelle'', ''Lili Marleen'' and ''Berlin Ale ...
(1936-2021), German actor, director, producer and photographer
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Sophie Wolff-Fritz Sophie Wolff-Fritz (15 July 1858 – 1938) was a German composer, singer and teacher. She was born in Vohl and studied singing in Darmstadt under Luise Muller, and later under Femy Schnyder. Woff-Fritz taught in a nursery school and at the Ki ...
(1858-1938), German composer, singer and teacher
*
Taylor Fritz
Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on October 10, 2022, and a doubles ranking of ...
(born 1997), American professional tennis player
*
William Harold Fritz William Harold Fritz (born Aug. 24, 1928, died June 9, 2009) was a geologist who worked for the Geological Survey of Canada. He is known for his work in stratigraphy and on olenelloid trilobites.
Biography
Fritz was born in Cathlamet, Washington ...
(1928-2009), Geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
*
Willie Fritz
Willie Fritz (born April 2, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Tulane. Fritz served as the head football coach at University of Central Missouri from 1997 to 2009, Sam Houston State University ...
(born 1960), American football coach
Given name
*
Francis "Fritz" Barzilauskas (1920–1990), American National Football League player
*
Fritz Baumgarten (1883-1966), German artist, author, and children's author-illustrator
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Fritz Bayerlein
Fritz Hermann Michael Bayerlein (14 January 1899 – 30 January 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He initially served as a staff officer, including with Erwin Rommel in the Afrika Korps. He then commanded t ...
(1899–1970), German World War II general
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Fritz Bondroit (1912–1974), German canoeist
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Fritz Buntrock
Fritz Buntrock (8 March 1909 – 24 January 1948) was a German war criminal and SS-Unterscharführer (the SS equivalent to a corporal) serving at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was prosecuted at the firs ...
(1909–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes
*Frederico
Fritz d'Orey
Frederico José Carlos Themudo "Fritz" d'Orey (25 March 1938 – 31 August 2020) was a Brazilian racing driver of German and Portuguese descent. He participated in three Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highes ...
(born 1938), Brazilian racing driver
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Fritz Dietrich (Nazi)
Fritz Dietrich ( Lavarone, August 6, 1898 – Landsberg am Lech, October 22, 1948) was a German SS officer and member of the Nazi Party. He held a doctoral degree in chemistry and physics. His name is also seen as Emil Dietrich. He was hanged ...
(1898–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
*
Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (1872–1939), Austrian Olympic medalist sabre fencer
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Fritz Haber
Fritz Haber (; 9 December 186829 January 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydroge ...
(1868–1934), German chemist and Nobel Prize winner
*
Fritz Haeg
Fritz Haeg (born 1969) is an American artist whose work spans a range of disciplines and media including gardens, dance, performance, design, installation, ecology and architecture, most of which is commissioned and presented by art museums and i ...
(born 1969), American artist
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Fritz Hartjenstein (1905–1954), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
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Frederick Henderson
Frederick Arthur "Fritz" Henderson (born November 29, 1958) was President and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. Prior to his appointment as CEO on March 31, 2009, Henderson was the Vice President of General Motors and had been with the co ...
(born 1958), American executive and former CEO of General Motors
*
Fritz John
Fritz John (14 June 1910 – 10 February 1994) was a German-born mathematician specialising in partial differential equations and ill-posed problems. His early work was on the Radon transform and he is remembered for John's equation. He was a ...
(1910–1994), German mathematician
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Fritz Klein
Fritz Klein (24 November 1888 – 13 December 1945) was an Austrian Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Early life and edu ...
(1888–1945), German Nazi doctor hanged for war crimes
*
Fritz Knöchlein (1911–1949), German Nazi SS commandant executed for war crimes
*Friedrich
Fritz Kreisler
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known ...
(1875–1962), Austrian violinist and composer
*Friedrich
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. 6 ...
(1890–1976), Austrian-German filmmaker and screenwriter
*
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, (ca. September 20, 1503 – autumn, 1572) was a
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
scholar,
humanist
Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
The meaning of the term "human ...
and
theologian
Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...
, called "the father of Polish
democracy
Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which people, the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choo ...
".
*
Fritz Leiber
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Rober ...
(1910–1992), American fantasy, horror and science fiction author
*Fred
Fritz Peterson
Fred Ingels Peterson (born February 8, 1942) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976. Peterson was a southpaw starting pitcher who enjoy ...
(born 1942), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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Fritz Felix Pipes (April 1887 – ?), Austrian Olympic medalist tennis player
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Fritz-Georg von Rappard __NOTOC__
Fritz-Georg von Rappard (15 August 1892 – 29 January 1946) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 7th Infantry Division. In 1946, he was part of a group of Wehrmacht personnel tried for war crimes in open court by ...
(1892–1946), German Nazi general during World War II executed for war crimes
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Fritz Reichl
Fritz Reichl (February 2, 1890 – January 1, 1959) was an Austrian architect based in Los Angeles, California.
Biography Early life
Reichl was born in Baden bei Wien, Austria. His father was Louis Reichl and his mother, Fanny Reichl. His par ...
(1890–1959), Austrian architect
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Fritz Ritterbusch (1894–1946), German Nazi SS concentration camp commander executed for war crimes
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Fritz Sauckel
Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Thuringia from 1927 and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (''Arbeitseinsatz'') from March 1942 unti ...
(1894–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes
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Fritz Schlieper
Fritz Schlieper (4 August 1892 – 4 June 1977) was a German military officer who served during World War I and World War II, eventually gaining the rank of Generalleutnant.
Biography
Fritz Schlieper was born 4 August 1892 in Koldromb, Posen. I ...
, German General in World War II
*
Fritz von Scholz
Fritz von Scholz (9 December 1896 – 28 July 1944) was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
Career
Born in 1896, Fritz vo ...
, high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS
*
Fritz Steuri (1879–1950), Swiss skier and mountain guide
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Fritz Strobl
Fritz Strobl (born 24 August 1972 in Lienz, Austria) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.
Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, run on the Grizzly course at Snowbasin.
In his f ...
(born 1972), Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer
*
Fritz Suhren
Fritz Suhren (10 June 1908 – 12 June 1950) was a German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp commandant.
Early years
Suhren joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and the Sturmabteilung at the same time. Tom Segev, ''Soldiers of Evil'', Berkley Boo ...
(1908–1950), German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
*
Fritz Walter
Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (, ; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany an ...
(1920–2002), German footballer
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Fritz Wepper
Fritz Wepper (born 17 August 1941, Munich, Germany) is a German film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Inspector Harry Klein in the long-running crime series ''Derrick'' (1974–1998). Wepper is also remembered for his roles ...
(born 1941), German actor
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Fritz Wunderlich
Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich (26 September 1930 – 17 September 1966) was a German lyric tenor, famed for his singing of the Mozart repertory and various lieder. He died in an accident aged 35.
Biography
Wunderlich was born in Kusel in ...
(1930–1966), German tenor
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Fritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky (; ; February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical an ...
(1898–1974), Swiss astronomer
*Fritz, name given to
William S. Hart
William Surrey Hart (December 6, 1864 – June 23, 1946) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered as a foremost Western star of the silent era who "imbued all of his characters with honor and inte ...
's show and stunt riding horse
Nickname, ring name or code name
*Fritz, nickname of
Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President of the United States and U.S. senator from Minnesota
*
Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (1879-1925), prolific and cannibalistic German serial killer, rapist, and fraudster
*Fritz, nickname of
Ernest Hollings
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, ...
, former Governor of, and U.S. senator from, South Carolina
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Fritz Wetherbee, New Hampshire writer and television host
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Fritz Von Erich
Jack Barton Adkisson Sr. (August 16, 1929 – September 10, 1997), better known by his ring name Fritz Von Erich, was an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and the patriarch of the Von Erich family. He was a 3-time world champio ...
(1929–1997), ring name of American professional wrestler and promoter Jack Adkisson
*Fritz or Fritzchen, German code name for Second World War Allied double agent
Eddie Chapman
Edward Arnold Chapman (16 November 1914 – 11 December 1997) was an English criminal and wartime spy. During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and subsequently became a British double agent. His British Se ...
Fictional characters
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Fritz the Cat
''Fritz the Cat'' is a comic strip created by Robert Crumb. Set in a "supercity" of anthropomorphic animals, it focused on Fritz, a feline con artist who frequently went on wild adventures that sometimes involved sexual escapades. Crumb began d ...
, an anthropomorphic cat from the comic strip of the same name.
*Count Fritz von Tarlenheim, in Anthony Hope's novel ''
The Prisoner of Zenda
''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in orde ...
'', its sequel, ''Rupert of Hentzau'', and various film adaptations.
*Ymir Fritz, the progenitor (founding) titan from “
Attack on Titan” and queen of the Eldians.
*FitzChivalry Farseer, from Robin Hobb's classic Farseer Trilogy, is the illegitimate son of Prince Chivalry Farseer and a woman of the Mountain Kingdom.
*Friedrich (Fritz) Von Trapp, from The Sound of Music.
*Fritz, the name for a doll in the story 'Fritz' by Satyajit Ray.
*Fritz, Dr Schultz's horse in Django Unchained.
*Fritz, Clara's brother in the Nutcracker.
*Fritz Smith, a protagonist in
Five Nights at Freddy's 2.
*Fritz Howard, FBI Special Agent from
The Closer
''The Closer'' is an American television police procedural starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brenda has a reputation as a c ...
and later Deputy Chief of the LAPD Special Operations Bureau in
Major Crimes (TV series)
''Major Crimes'' is an American police procedural television series starring Mary McDonnell. It was a continuation spin-off (media), spin-off of ''The Closer'', set in the same police division, now headed by McDonnell's character, Sharon Raydor. ...
.
See also
*
Fritz
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin a ...
, a chess program
*
Frits, another given name
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Frit
A frit is a ceramic composition that has been fused, quenched, and granulated. Frits form an important part of the batches used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes; the purpose of this pre-fusion is to render any soluble and/or toxic compo ...
, a ceramic composition
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