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 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."

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* Amanda Fritz (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 ...

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 * Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach * Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *

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 * Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager * Elisabet Fritz (died 1752), Swedish industrialist * Florian Fritz (born 1984), French rugby union player *

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'' *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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

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* Francis "Fritz" Barzilauskas (1920–1990), American National Football League player * Fritz Baumgarten (1883-1966), German artist, author, and children's author-illustrator *

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 * Fritz Bondroit (1912–1974), German canoeist *

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 *

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 *

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 * Fritz Hartjenstein (1905–1954), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

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 *

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 * Fritz Felix Pipes (April 1887 – ?), Austrian Olympic medalist tennis player * Fritz-Georg von Rappard (1892–1946), German Nazi general during World War II executed for war crimes * Fritz Reichl (1890–1959), Austrian architect * Fritz Ritterbusch (1894–1946), German Nazi SS concentration camp commander executed for war crimes *

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 *

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 *

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 (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 *

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 *

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 *

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 * Fritz Wetherbee, New Hampshire writer and television host *

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

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. ...

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