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origin, with 'herz' literally meaning 'heart' in English. This alternate spelling of 'Herz' with an additional 't' primarily arose during the 19th and 20th Centuries as German-speaking immigrants travelled to English-dominant regions like North America. 'Hertz' was easier to pronounce in English, and approximated the proper German pronuonciation of the word. It is primarily a surname but it has also been used as a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Alfred Hertz Alfred Hertz (15 July 1872 – 17 April 1942) was a Prussian-born conductor. Early life He was born in Frankfurt, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia (in present-day Germany). As a child, he contracted infantile paralysis and walked with a ca ...

(1872–1942), German musician *

Arne Hertz Arne Hertz (born 6 June 1939) is a former rally co-driver from Sweden.

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(born 1939), Swedish racer * Carl Hertz (1859–1924), American performer *

Carl Hellmuth Hertz Carl Hellmuth Hertz (also written Carl Helmut Hertz, October 15, 1920 – April 29, 1990) was a German physicist known primarily for being involved in the development of inkjet technology and ultrasound technology. He was the son of Gustav Lud ...

(aka Carl Helmut Hertz) (1920–1990), German-born medical researcher *

Carmen Hertz Carmen Hertz Cádiz (born 19 June 1945) is a Chilean Communist Party politician and lawyer who participated in various institutions for the protection of human rights that arose as a result of the systematic violations committed during the dicta ...

(born 1945), Chilean lawyer and politician *

Fanny Hertz Fanny Hertz (1830 – 31 March 1908) was a British educationalist and feminist who worked to establish and promote various institutions for female education in Bradford. Early life Hertz was born in Hanover in Germany to diamond merchant Bram ...

(1830–1908), German-born British educationalist and feminist *

Garnet Hertz Garnet Hertz (born 1973) is a Canadian artist, designer and academic. Hertz is Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Art and is known for his electronic artworks and for his research in the areas of ''critical making'' and DIY culture. Work ...

(born 1973), Canadian artist, designer and academic *

Gustav Ludwig Hertz Gustav Ludwig Hertz (; 22 July 1887 – 30 October 1975) was a German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner for his work on inelastic electron collisions in gases, and a nephew of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. Biography Hertz was born in Hamb ...

(1887–1975), German physicist *

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ( ; ; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The unit o ...

(1857–1894), German physicist and namesake of the scientific unit of frequency *

Henrik Hertz Henrik Hertz (25 August 1797 – 25 February 1870) was a Danish poet. Biography He was born of Jewish parents in Copenhagen. In 1817 he was sent to the university. His father died in his infancy, and the family property was destroyed in the b ...

(1797–1870), Danish writer * Henry L. Hertz (1847-1926), American politician * John Hertz (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

John D. Hertz John Daniel Hertz, Sr. (April 10, 1879October 8, 1961) was an American businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder, and philanthropist. Biography Born Sándor Herz to a Jewish family in Szklabinya, Austria-Hungary (today Sklabiňa, a ...

(1879–1961), American businessman **

John H. Herz Hans Hermann Herz (September 23, 1908 – December 26, 2005) was an American scholar of international relations and law. He coined the concept of the security dilemma. Early life He was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He received a diploma from the G ...

(1908–2005), American political scientist **

John Hertz (fan) John Frederick Hertz is a California lawyer and long-time Los Angeles, California science fiction fan. Background Hertz came to the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, after living in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Ca ...

, American attorney and science fiction fan * Joseph Hertz (1872–1946), Hungary-born religious leader and Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom *

Judah Hertz Judah Hertz (born 1948/1949 - died Feb. 4, 2021) was an American real estate investor and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Hertz Investment Group and owned many office buildings in Downtown Los Angeles, the New Orleans Central Business D ...

, American real estate investor *

Noreena Hertz Noreena Hertz (born 24 September 1967) is an English academic, economist and author, and has hosted her show, "MegaHertz: London Calling," on Sirius XM's Insight channel since 28 August 2017. She has been Honorary Professor at the Institute for ...

(born 1967), British economist *

Peter Hertz Peter Julius Hertz (1 June 1874 in Copenhagen – 26 March 1939) was a Danish art historian and museum worker. Peter Hertz was the son of Julius Hertz (1842–1920), a wholesale merchant, and his wife Henriette F. Hertz (1850–1921). Hertz be ...

(1874–1939), Danish art historian and museum worker * Robert Hertz (1881–1915), French sociologist *

Rosanna Hertz Rosanna Hertz is an American academic, educator, and sociologist. She is the chair of Women's and Gender Studies at Wellesley College, where she has taught since 1983 as a professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies. She chaired the Wom ...

, American sociologist *

Saul Hertz Saul Hertz, M.D. (April 20, 1905 – July 28, 1950) was an American physician who devised the medical uses of radioactive iodine. Hertz pioneered the first targeted cancer therapies. Hertz is called the father of the field of theranostics, combini ...

(1905–1950), American physician * Steve Hertz (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

Steve Hertz (baseball coach) Stephen Lawrence Hertz (born October 3, 1950) is an American former college baseball coach. Hertz was the head coach of the Gonzaga Bulldogs in 1978 before holding the same position at UC Irvine from 1979 to 1980. Hertz returned to Gonzaga prio ...

(born 1950), former head baseball coach of the UC Irvine Anteaters and Gonzaga Bulldogs **

Steve Hertz (third baseman) Stephen Allan Hertz (born February 26, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player. He was also manager of the Tel Aviv Lightning in the Israel Baseball League. He attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and is Jewish. Maj ...

, American baseball player and coach *

Wilhelm Hertz Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz (24 September 1835 – 7 January 1902) was a German writer. He was born in Stuttgart. Literary works * ''Dramatische Märchenspiele'' (between 1847 and 1848) * ''Lancelot und Ginerva'' (1860) * ''Das Rolandslied'' ( ...

(1835–1902), German writer * Yaëla Hertz (1930–2014), Israeli-Canadian teacher * Ejvind Hertz (born 1963), Danish archaeologist and museum inspector

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Hertz Grosbard Hertz Grosbard (1892−1994) was a Polish reciter. He performed recitations of Yiddish literature during the 20th century. Biography He was born in Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former i ...

(1892−1994), reciter of Yiddish literature

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