Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin ''pistor'' meaning

miller A miller is a person who operates a Gristmill, mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Mill (grinding), Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surname ...

baker A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grains ha ...

) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch

Bakker Bakker is a common Dutch surname equivalent to English Baker. In 2007 it was the seventh most common name in the Netherlands (55,273 people).Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

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Boris Pistorius Boris Pistorius (; born 14 March 1960) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the German Federal Minister of Defence since 19 January 2023 in the Scholz cabinet. He had previously been St ...

(born 1960), German politician *

Calie Pistorius Carl Wilhelm Irene ("Calie") Pistorius (born 9 August 1958) is a South African academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be stepping down ...

, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria *

Caren Pistorius Caren Pistorius (born 30 September 1990) is a South African-New Zealand actress. She is best known for her role as Rose in the 2015 film ''Slow West''. Early life Pistorius was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. Her family moved to Auckland, New ...

, South African actress *

Charlotte Pistorius Charlotte Pistorius (5 November 1777 – 14 September 1850) was a German poet and letter-writer. She belonged to the circle of friends around Ernst Moritz Arndt, and corresponded with him and other notable writers, including Friedrich Schleiermac ...

(1777 – 1850), German poet *

Hermann Andreas Pistorius Hermann Andreas Pistorius (8 April 1730 – 10 November 1798) was a German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and clergyman, philosopher, reviewer, translator and writer. During his lifetime he was regarded as "the most learned man on Rügen". Early l ...

(1730 – 1798), German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and philosopher * , German artist *

Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation) Johannes Pistorius may refer to: * Jan de Bakker van Woerden (1499–1525), Dutch Catholic priest who was the first to be martyred for Protestant beliefs * Johann Pistorius the Elder (1504–1583), German Protestant minister, who participated in s ...

refers to three 16th century bearers of that name *

Martin Pistorius Martin Pistorius (born 31 December 1975) is a South African man who had locked-in syndrome and was unable to move or communicate for 12 years. When he was 12, he began losing voluntary motor control and eventually fell into a vegetative state f ...

, South African web designer and author *

Micki Pistorius Micki Pistorius (born 19 March 1961 in Pretoria) is a South African forensic or investigative psychologist and author. She was the first woman in her profession and the first profiler in South Africa. She says she has "cryptesthesia", an extra-s ...

(born 1961), South African forensic psychologist and author *

Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (; ; born 22 November 1986) is a South African convicted murderer and former professional sprinter. Both of his feet were amputated when he was 11 months old owing to a congenital defect; he was born missing the o ...

(born 1986), South African double-amputee athlete and convicted murderer

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* Johann Jakob Pistor, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army *

Ludger Pistor Ludger Pistor (born 16 March 1959) is a German actor. Career Born in Recklinghausen, Pistor has played many roles in numerous German-language films and TV productions. He has also appeared in English-language films including the Academy Award-w ...

(born 1959), German actor

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