Lorenz is an originally German name derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which means "from

Laurentum Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian Peninsula southwest of Rome. Roman writers regarded it as the original capital of Italy, before Lavinium assumed that role afte ...

Given name

People with the given name Lorenz include: * Prince Lorenz of Belgium (born 1955), member of the Belgian royal family by his marriage with Princess Astrid of Belgium *

Lorenz Böhler Lorenz Böhler (15 January 1885 in Wolfurt, Austria – 20 January 1973 in Vienna) was an Austrian physician and surgeon. Böhler is most notable as one of the creators of modern accident surgery. He was the head of the AUVA-Hospital in Vienna, ...

(1885–1973), Austrian trauma surgeon *

Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include " Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Bewitched, Both ...

(1895–1943), American lyricist, half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart * Lorenz Lange (1690–1752), Russian official in Siberia * Lorenz Oken (1779–1851), German naturalist * Lorenz of Werle (1338/40–1393/94), Lord of Werle-Güstrow

Surname

People with the name surname Lorenz include: * Adolf Lorenz (1854–1946), Austrian surgeon *

Alfred Lorenz Alfred Ottokar Lorenz (11 July 1868, Vienna – 20 November 1939, Munich) was an Austrian-German conductor, composer, and musical analyst. His principal work is the four-volume ''Das Geheimnis der Form bei Richard Wagner'', which attempts to comp ...

(1868–1939), Austrian-German musical analyst *

Angela Lorenz Angela Lorenz (born 1965) is an American book artist. Lorenz was born near Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in Fine Art and Semiotics in 1987. She lives and works most of the year in Bologna, Ita ...

(born 1965), American artist * Barbara Lorenz, make-up artist * Carl Lorenz (1913–1993), German cyclist * Christian Lorenz (born 1966), German musician *

Edward Norton Lorenz Edward Norton Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008) was an American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric physics and me ...

(1917–2008), American mathematician and meteorologist *

Francis S. Lorenz Francis S. Lorenz (September 4, 1914 – June 26, 2008) was an American jurist and politician. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Lorenz received his bachelor's degree in law from DePaul University College of Law and was admitted to the Illinois bar ...

(1914–2008), American jurist and politician * Friedrich Lorenz (1897–1944), German Catholic priest *

Hans Lorenz Hans Lorenz (24 March 1865 – 4 July 1940) was a German engineer and mathematical physicist. He was an influential professor at the University of Göttingen and at Danzig where he was involved in establishing the training of engineers with sound ma ...

(1865–1940), German engineer and physicist * Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist *

Kuno Lorenz Kuno Lorenz (born September 17, 1932 in Vachdorf, Thüringen) is a German philosopher. He developed a philosophy of dialogue, in connection with the pragmatic theory of action of the Erlangen constructivist school. Lorenz is married to the lite ...

(born 1932), German philosopher * Lee Lorenz (1932-2022), American cartoonist *

Ludvig Lorenz Ludvig Valentin Lorenz (; 18 January 1829 – 9 June 1891) was a Danish physicist and mathematician. He developed mathematical formulae to describe phenomena such as the relation between the refraction of light and the density of a pure transpa ...

(1829–1891), Danish mathematician and physicist * Max Lorenz (tenor) (1901–1975), German tenor *

Max O. Lorenz Max Otto Lorenz (; September 19, 1876 – July 1, 1959) was an American economist who developed the Lorenz curve in an undergraduate essay. He published a paper on this when he was a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His ...

, (1880–1962), American economist * Michael Lorenz (footballer) (born 1979), German footballer *

Michael Lorenz (musicologist) Michael Lorenz (born 18 July 1958) is an Austrian musicologist, music teacher, musician, chess historian and photographer, noted as a Mozart scholar and for his archival work combining music history and genealogical research. Career Born in Vien ...

(born 1958), Austrian musicologist *

Michael Lorenz (veterinarian) Michael Lorenz was the dean of the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, Oklahoma, from 2001-2011. He obtained his Bachelor of Science, Animal Sciences, Oklahoma State University; D.V.M. A veterinari ...

, American veterinary scientist * Ottokar Lorenz (1832–1904), Austrian-German historian and genealogist *

Richard Lorenz (artist) Richard Lorenz (9 February 1858 – 4 August 1915) was a German artist known for his paintings of scenes from the Western United States. He specialized in painting horses. Early life Richard Lorenz was born on 9 February 1858 in Voigtstedt, Germ ...

German artist painted in the western genre *

Stephen R. Lorenz Stephen Randolph Lorenz (born October 17, 1951), is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as president and chief executive officer of the United States Air Force Academy Endowment. His last military assignment ...

(born 1951), American Commander, Air Education and Training Command, United States Air Force *

Richard Lorenz (bobsleigh) Richard Lorenz (born 1 March 1901; date of death unknown) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Parten ...

(born 1901, death unknown), Austrian bobsledder *

Taylor Lorenz Taylor Lorenz (born October 21 1984–1987) is an American journalist for ''The Washington Post''. She was previously a technology reporter for ''The New York Times'', ''The Daily Beast'', and ''Business Insider'', and social media editor for ...

, American journalist *

Ulrike Lorenz Ulrike Lorenz (born 1963 in Gera) is a German art historian and President of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. In 2008, the art historian Ulrike Lorenz became director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim The Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum of modern and con ...

(born 1963), German art historian and president of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar * Werner Lorenz (1891–1974), German SS-General and war criminal * William Lorenz (1882–1958), American physician, psychiatrist, and U.S. Army medical officer in World War I

Fictional Characters

*Lorenz Hellman Gloucester, a character from the video game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses''

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