Hertz is an Anglicized name of German 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 (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 (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 (born 1973), Canadian artist, designer and academic * Gustav Ludwig Hertz (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 (1797–1870), Danish writer * Henry L. Hertz (1847-1926), American politician *

John Hertz (disambiguation) John Hertz may refer to: * John D. Hertz (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 securit ...

, 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), 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 (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, American sociologist * Saul Hertz (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 (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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