Pilz is a
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, which means a gatherer of mushrooms, derived from the German ''pilz'' "
mushroom
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"Pilz Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016. Variants of the name include Piltz and Pilzer. The name may refer to:
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Adolf Piltz
Adolf Piltz (8 December 1855 – 1940) was a German mathematician who contributed to number theory. Piltz was arguably the first to formulate a generalized Riemann hypothesis
The Riemann hypothesis is one of the most important conjectures in mat ...
(1855–1940), German mathematician
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Anders Piltz (born 1943), Swedish scholar
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Andrea Pilzer (born 1991), Italian curler
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Christiane Pilz (born 1975), German athlete
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Estefania Pilz (born 1985), Argentine cyclist
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Gerhard Pilz
Gerhard Pilz (born August 17, 1965) is an Austrian luger who competed from 1985 to 2007. A natural track luger, he won ten medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with five gold (Singles: FIL World Luge Natural ...
(born 1965), Austrian luger
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Günter Pilz Günter Pilz (born 1945 in Bad Hall, Upper Austria) is Professor of Mathematics at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz. Until his retirement in 2013 he was the head of the Institute of Algebra.
Vita
After studying mathematics and physics at ...
(born 1945), Austrian mathematician
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Hans-Uwe Pilz
Hans-Uwe Pilz (born 10 November 1958) is a German former footballer.
He began his career with BSG Sachsenring Zwickau before joining Dynamo Dresden during the winter break of the 1981–82 season. He remained at Dynamo until German reunifica ...
(born 1958), German footballer
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Karol Piltz
Karol Piltz (1903–1939) was a Polish chess master.
He played for Poland in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924, tied for 3rd-7th in the 1st Polish Chess Championship at Warsaw 1926 (Dawid Przepiórka won), and tied for 17-18th at Ju ...
(1903–1939), Polish chess player
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Otto Piltz
Otto Piltz (28 June 1846, Allstedt - 20 August 1910, Pasing) was a German genre painter and illustrator for ''Die Gartenlaube''.
Life
He was the son of a soap-maker. After an apprenticeship as a decorative painter in Halle, he studied at the ...
(1846–1910), German painter
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Paul Zane Pilzer
Paul Zane Pilzer (born January 17, 1954) is an American economist, ''New York Times'' best-selling author, and social entrepreneur. He has written 13 books, the founder of six companies, and has been profiled in more than 100 publications inclu ...
(born 1954), American economist
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Peter Pilz
Peter Pilz (born 22 January 1954) is an Austrian politician ( JETZT). From 1986 to 2017, he was a member of the Austrian Green Party.
Political career
Born in Kapfenberg, Styria, Pilz has been a member of the Austrian Parliament (''Nationalrat'' ...
(born 1954), Austrian politician
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Rick S. Piltz Frederick Steven "Rick" Piltz (July 29, 1943 – October 18, 2014) was a former senior associate in the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. In March 2005, he resigned over political interference in the program's climate change reports. In June 200 ...
(1943–2014), American policy analyst
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Wendy Piltz (born 1956), Australian athlete
*Bradley Pilz (born 1976), American film producer
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