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surname meaning ''heart''. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Herz Adam Herz (born September 10, 1972) is an American screenwriter and producer. He founded the production company Terra Firma Films in 2003 with a first-look deal at Universal Studios. Herz was born in New York City and raised in East Grand Rapi ...

, American writer and producer * Adolf Herz, Austrian Engineer, inventor of Herz spark plug, photographer and first editor of Camera Magazine * Alice Herz, American pacifist *

Alice Herz-Sommer Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Herz (26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Prague-born Jews, Jewish classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp. She lived for 40 years in ...

, (1903–2014), Czech-born Jewish pianist, oldest Holocaust survivor * Daniela Herz (born 1954), German businesswoman * Eberhard Herz, German American footballer *

Günter Herz Günter Herz (born 1940) is a German businessman, former CEO of the German coffee shop and retail chain Tchibo. Early life Günter Herz is the son of Max Herz and Ingeburg Herz. Max Herz co-founded Tchibo in 1949 with Carl Tchilinghiryan. Car ...

(born 1940), German businessman *

Henri Herz Henri Herz (6 January 1803 – 5 January 1888) was a virtuoso pianist, composer and piano manufacturer, Austrian by birth and French by nationality and domicile. He was a professor in the Paris Conservatoire for more than thirty years. Among his ...

, Austrian pianist, teacher, and composer *

Henriette Herz Henriette Julie Herz (née de Lemos) (September 5, 1764 – October 22, 1847) is best known for the "salonnieres" or literary salons that she started with a group of emancipated Jews in Prussia. Biography She was the daughter of a physician, B ...

(de Lemos), German social leader *

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 ...

, American scholar of international relations * Josef E. Herz, American scientist, organic chemistry *

Juraj Herz Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Czechoslovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy ''The Cremator'', ofte ...

(1934–2018), Slovak film director, writer and actor * Martin F. Herz, American diplomat, ambassador *

Max Herz Max Herz (born as Herz Miksa (Ottlaka, Hungary (today Grăniceri, Romania), 19 May 1856 – Zurich, Switzerland, 5 May 1919) Hungarian architect, conservator, museum director and architectural historian, active in Egypt. Life Max Herz was born i ...

(1905-1965), German businessman *

Michael Herz (businessman) Michael Herz (born 1943) is a German businessman, co-owner of the German coffee shop and retail chain Tchibo. Family business In 1965, after the death of his father Max Herz, who co-founded Tchibo in 1949 with Carl Tchilinghiryan, Herz joined Tc ...

(born 1943), German businessman * Michael Herz, American film producer, director and screenwriter * Naphtali Herz Imber, itinerant poet, wrote lyrics of ''Hatikvah'', national anthem of Israel * Winfried Herz, German footballer *

Wolfgang Herz Wolfgang Herz (born 1950) is a German billionaire businessman, co-owner of the German coffee shop and retail chain Tchibo. Family business Herz is the son of Max Herz and Ingeburg Herz. His father co-founded Tchibo in 1949 with Carl Tchilinghi ...

(born 1950), German businessman

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