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Klotz (violin makers) Klotz is a family of violin makers. Members of the Klotz (or Kloz) family have made violins in Mittenwald, Germany from the mid-17th century to the present. The Klotz family taught other families of the village the violin trade, and Mittenwald pro ...
, a family of German violin makers (also spelt ''Kloz and Cloz'') * Klotz (fire Fighters), a family of Chicago area firefighters


People

* Adolf Klotz, Croatian linguist and writer * August Klett (Pseudonym:
August Klotz August Klett, or Klotz (1866–1928), was a German outsider artist with schizophrenia and one of the "schizophrenic masters" profiled by Hans Prinzhorn in his field-defining work ''Artistry of the Mentally Ill''. The pseudonym August Klotz (''Klot ...
), German artist *
Christian Adolph Klotz Christian Adolph Klotz (13 November 1738 – 31 December 1771) was a German philologist and controversialist. He is a notable representative of the transition period between the Age of Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang.Achim Aurnhammer: ''Torquato ...
(1738–1771), German philosopher and writer * Christopher Klotz (born 1984), American soccer player *
Clemens Klotz Clemens Klotz (31 May 1886 – 1969) was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. Despite being a former member of the banned Deutsche Werkbund, Klotz joined the NSDAP and was appointed a professor by Hitler. After beginning his career focusing on r ...
(1886–1969), German architect *
Clyde Klotz Errol Clyde Klotz (born June 8, 1961) is a Canadian television art director and production designer. He worked as an assistant art director on several TV series filmed in Vancouver, such as '' The Hitchhiker'', ''21 Jump Street'' and ''The X-Fil ...
(born 1961), art director *
Florence Klotz Florence Klotz (October 28, 1920 – November 1, 2006) was an American costume designer on Broadway and on film. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, she graduated from Parsons School of Design, and went to work painting fabrics for Brooks C ...
(1920–2006), costume designer * Frank Klotz (born 1950), U.S. Air Force general *
Ignatius Klotz Ignatius Klotz, Sr. (November 25, 1843 – February 20, 1911) was an American farmer and politician Born in Innsbruck, Austrian Empire, Klotz received a common school education. In 1848, he emigrated to the United States and settled in the t ...
(1843–1911), American farmer and politician *
Jeff S. Klotz Jeff Stephan Klotz von Eckartsberg (born 1990 in Pforzheim) is a German writer, publisher, museum director and entrepreneur. He lives in Schloss Bauschlott (municipality of Neulingen) where he runs the J. S. Klotz Verlagshaus (publishing company). ...
(born 1990), German Author, publisher, museum director and entrepreneur *
Józef Klotz Józef Klotz (2 January 1900 – 1941) was a Polish footballer who played centre-half. He scored the first-ever goal for the Poland national football team. He was killed by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941. Biography Klotz was born in Kra ...
(1900–1941), Polish footballer *
Karlheinz Klotz Karlheinz Klotz (born 10 March 1950, in Karlsruhe) was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bro ...
(born 1950), German sprinter *
Louis Klotz Louis Herman "Red" Klotz (October 21, 1920 – July 12, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. He was a National Basketball Association (NBA) point guard with the original Baltimore Bullets, and he was best known for forming t ...
, Basketball player, nicknamed "Red" *
Louis-Lucien Klotz Louis-Lucien Klotz (11 January 1868 – 15 June 1930) was a French journalist and politician. He was the French Minister of Finance during World War I. Early life Klotz was born in Paris to Alsatian Jewish parents. He was the nephew of Vic ...
(1868–1930), French politician *
Martin Klotz Martin Klotz ( fl. 1800) was an Austrian mountaineer. With his brother Sepp he led the first party to reach the summit of Großglockner, the highest mountain in Austria. The Klotz brothers were carpenters in Heiligenblut. They led the first reco ...
( fl. 1800), Austrian mountaineer *
Mathias Klotz Mathias Klotz Germain is a Chilean architect, born in Viña del Mar on 13 April 1965. Studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated in 1991. Winner of the Borromini Prize of Architectur ...
(born 1965), Chilean architect *
Nicolas Klotz Nicolas Klotz (born 22 June 1954) is a French filmmaker born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. Filmography *'' Rendez-vous avec Marguerite'' 1983 *''The Bengali Night'' 1988 with Hugh Grant, Shabana Azmi and Soumitra Chatterjee *'' La Nuit s ...
(born 1954), French film director *
Otto Julius Klotz Otto Julius Klotz ''OLS, DLS, DTS'' (March 31, 1852 – December 28, 1923) was a Canadian astronomer and Dominion Surveyor. He was born in Preston (Cambridge), Upper Canada, the son of Otto Klotz and Elise (Elizabeth) Wilhelm, Klotz was educ ...
(1852–1923), Canadian astronomer and Dominion Surveyor *
Reinhold Klotz Reinhold Klotz (13 March 1807 – 10 August 1870) was a German Classics, classical scholar. Biography Klotz was born in Stollberg near Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony on 13 March 1807. He studied at the University of Leipzig and became assistant ...
(1807–1870), German classical scholar *
Robert Klotz Robert Klotz (October 27, 1819 – May 1, 1895) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Robert Klotz was born in Northampton (now Carbon) County, Pennsylvania. He attended the county's schools. ...
(1819–1895), American politician *
Sebastian Klotz Sebastian Klotz (18 January 1696 – 20 January 1775) was an influential German violin maker, one of three sons of Mathias Klotz. Klotz was born in Mittenwald on 18 January 1696, the second son of Mathias Klotz, from whom he learnt the art of ...
(1696–1775), violin maker *
Suzanne Klotz Suzanne Klotz (born 1944) is a painter and sculptor active in Arizona. Career Klotz was born in 1944 in Shawano, Wisconsin. Klotz attended Washington University in St. Louis for two years of undergraduate education. She holds a BFA Degree from t ...
(born 1944), artist * Ulrike Klotz (born 1970), German gymnast * Stephen Klotz (born 1994), Computer Scientist


Characters

* Hans Klotz, from the French television series ''Code Lyoko'' * Roger Klotz, from the American television series ''Doug''


See also

* Cloots {{surname, Klotz German-language surnames Surnames from nicknames