Fritz is a common

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male name. The name originated as a German diminutive of Friedrich or

Frederick Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Given name Nobility = Anhalt-Harzgerode = * Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) = Austria = * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria fro ...

(''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King

Frederick II of Prussia Frederick II (; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled ''King in Prussia'', declaring himself '' King of Prussia'' after annexing Royal Prus ...

and

Frederick III, German Emperor Frederick III (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 183115 June 1888), or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and his death in June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informal ...

), as well as of similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly,

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. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by Allies soldier similar to the term Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz. Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz".

Surname

* Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

Al Fritz Albert John Fritz (October 8, 1924 – May 7, 2013) was a vice president at the Schwinn Bicycle Company The Schwinn Bicycle Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets bicycles under the eponymous brand name. The com ...

(1924–2013), American businessman * Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach * Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer * Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager *

Elisabet Fritz Elisabet Fritz née ''Lenström'', also known as Elisabet Renat (died 1752) was a Swedish industrialist.Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013 She managed the Fritz Silk Factory in Stockho ...

(died 1752), Swedish industrialist * Florian Fritz (born 1984), French rugby union player * Frank Fritz, co-star of History Channel's ''American Pickers'' * James Fritz (active 2023), British playwright *

John Fritz John F. Fritz (August 21, 1822 – February 13, 1913) was an American pioneer of iron and steel technologySandra E. Duffy (2012Fritz Lab: Not Just for Chicks from Pennsylvania State University who has been referred to as the "Father of the U.S. S ...

, (1822–1913), American pioneer of iron and steel technology *

Johny Fritz Johny Fritz (born December 14, 1944) is a Luxembourgish composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many compose ...

(born 1944), Luxembourgish composer *

Jürgen Fritz Jürgen Fritz (born March 12, 1953, in Köln) is a German musician. He was the keyboard player in progressive rock band Triumvirat. He also composed the film score to the 1989 science fiction film '' Hard to Be a God'' and also published a solo a ...

(born 1953), German musician, keyboard player in the rock band Triumvirat *

Lanja Fritz Trienssa Lanja Fritz (born 1995), also known professionally as Lanja Fritz is a sprinter from Nauru. Career Fritz has competed as a sprinter within Nauru and internationally. She began competing as a teenager and in 2008 represented Nauru in ...

(born 1995), Nauruan sprinter *

Madeleine Fritz Madeleine Alberta Fritz (3 November 1896 – 20 August 1990) was a Canadian palaeontologist. She was a professor at the University of Toronto, where she taught vertebrate studies in the department of Geology. Fritz's writing on the fossil Bryozoa ...

(1896–1990), Canadian palaeontologist *

Nel Fritz Pieternella "Nel" Fritz (later Zandee; born 4 June 1937) is a retired Dutch gymnast. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 ...

(born 1937), Dutch Olympic gymnast * Oscar M. Fritz (1878–1957), American jurist *

Reinhold Fritz Reinhold Fritz (16 March 1884 – 30 October 1950) was a German operatic bass-baritone. He was engaged at the Stuttgart Court Opera for 25 years and was awarded the title Kammersänger. He performed a broad repertoire of both serious and comic r ...

(1884–1950), German bass-baritone *

Roger Fritz Roger Fritz (22 September 1936 – 26 November 2021) was a German actor, director, producer and photographer, perhaps best known for '' Cross of Iron'', and his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in '' Querelle'', '' Lili Marleen'' and '' Berlin ...

(1936–2021), German actor, director, producer and photographer * Rose L. Fritz (1888–1959), World's fastest typist 1907, 1908, and 1909 * Sophie Wolff-Fritz (1858–1938), German composer, singer and teacher *

Taylor Fritz Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on November 18, 2024, and a doubles ranking of ...

(born 1997), American professional tennis player * William Harold Fritz (1928–2009), Geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada *

Willie Fritz Willie Fritz (born April 2, 1960) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Houston. Fritz served as the head football coach at University of Central Missouri from 1997 to 2009, Sa ...

(born 1960), American football coach

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* Francis "Fritz" Barzilauskas (1920–1990), American National Football League player *

Fritz Bauer Fritz Bauer (16 July 1903 – 1 July 1968) was a German Jewish judge and prosecutor. He played an instrumental role in the post-war capture of former Holocaust planner Adolf Eichmann, and in bringing about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. Early ...

(1903–1968), German Jewish judge and prosecutor who initiated the Auschwitz trials and aided the capture of

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ;"Eichmann"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. ; 19 March 1906 – 1 Ju ...

Fritz Baumgarten (illustrator) Fritz Baumgarten (18 August 1883, Leipzig, Reudnitz (now part of Leipzig) – 3 November 1966, Leipzig) was a German illustrator, lithographer, draftsman, and painter. He illustrated several hundred published picture books, especially chil ...

(1883–1966), German artist, author, and children's author-illustrator * Fritz Baumgarten (1886–1961), German footballer * Fritz Bayerlein (1899–1970), German Nazi general during WWII * Fritz Bing (1934–2023), South African cricketer, businessman and cricket administrator * Fritz Bondroit (1912–1974), German canoeist * Fritz Buntrock (1909–1948), German Nazi SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes *Frederico Fritz d'Orey (1938–2020), Brazilian racing driver *

Fritz Dietrich (Nazi) Fritz Maria Josef Dietrich (6 August 1898 – 22 October 1948) was an Austrian SS officer and member of the Nazi Party. He held a doctoral degree in chemistry and physics. His name is also seen as Emil Dietrich. After the war, Dietrich was t ...

(1898–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes * Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (1872–1939), Austrian Olympic medalist sabre fencer *

Fritz Haber Fritz Jakob Haber (; 9 December 1868 – 29 January 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrog ...

(1868–1934), German chemist and Nobel Prize winner * Fritz Haeg (born 1969), American artist * Fritz Hartjenstein (1905–1954), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant * Frederick Henderson (born 1958), American executive and former CEO of General Motors * Fritz John (1910–1994), German mathematician * Fritz Klein (1888–1945), German Nazi doctor hanged for war crimes *

Fritz Knöchlein Fritz Knöchlein (27 May 1911 – 21 January 1949) was a Nazi SS commander during WWII. He was tried, convicted and executed in 1949 for committing war crimes during World War II, specifically his responsibility for the Le Paradis massacre whi ...

(1911–1949), German Nazi SS commandant executed for war crimes *Friedrich

Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing, with marked por ...

(1875–1962), Austrian violinist and composer * Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896–1951), Nazi who led the German American Bund *Friedrich

Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (), was an Austrian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety Obituari ...

(1890–1976), Austrian-German filmmaker and screenwriter * Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, (1503–1572) was a Polish

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

scholar,

humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humanism" ha ...

and

theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

, called "the father of Polish

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

". *

Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Along with Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery. Life ...

(1910–1992), American fantasy, horror and science fiction author *Fred Fritz Peterson (born 1942), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Fritz Felix Pipes (1887–1983), Austrian Olympic medalist tennis player *

Fritz Pollard Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was an American professional football player and coach. In 1921, he became the first African-American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard and Bobby Mar ...

(1894–1986), American football player and coach * Fritz-Georg von Rappard (1892–1946), German Nazi general during World War II executed for war crimes * Fritz Reichl (1890–1959), Austrian architect *

Fritz Reiner Frederick Martin Reiner (; December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963) was an American conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. Hungarian born and trained, he emigrated to the United States in 1922, where he rose to promine ...

(1888–1963), American conductor, born in Hungary *

Fritz Ritterbusch Fritz Ritterbusch (11 January 1894 – 14 May 1946) was a Wehrmacht, Nazi SS-Hauptsturmführer, SS-Haupftsturmführer, a member of the crew of the Hinzert concentration camp, Majdanek concentration camp, Lublin and Gross-Rosen concentration camp, G ...

(1894–1946), German Nazi SS concentration camp commander executed for war crimes *

Fritz Sauckel Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal. As General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment ('' Arbeitseinsatz'') from March 1942 until the end of the Second Wor ...

(1894–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes * Fritz Schlieper, German Nazi general during World War II * Fritz von Scholz, high-ranking member of the Nazi Waffen-SS * Fritz Steuri (1879–1950), Swiss skier and mountain guide * Fritz Strobl (born 1972), Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer * Fritz Suhren (1908–1950), German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes *

Fritz Walter Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany an ...

(1920–2002), German footballer * Fritz Wepper (born 1941), German actor *

Fritz Wunderlich Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich (26 September 1930 – 17 September 1966) was a German lyric tenor, famed for his singing of the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart repertory and various lieder. He died in an accident aged 35. Biography Wunde ...

(1930–1966), German tenor *

Fritz Zwicky Fritz Zwicky (; ; February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical an ...

(1898–1974), Swiss astronomer *Fritz, name given to

William S. Hart William Surrey Hart (December 6, 1864 – June 23, 1946) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered as a foremost Western star of the silent era who "imbued all of his characters with honor and integ ...

's show and stunt riding horse

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*Fritz, nickname of Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President of the United States and U.S. senator from Minnesota * Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (1879–1925), prolific and cannibalistic German serial killer, rapist, and fraudster *Fritz, nickname of Ernest Hollings, former Governor of, and U.S. senator from, South Carolina * Fritz Wetherbee, New Hampshire writer and television host *

Fritz Von Erich Jack Barton Adkisson Sr. (August 16, 1929 – September 10, 1997), better known by his ring name Fritz Von Erich, was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and the patriarch of the Von Erich family. He was ...

(1929–1997), ring name of American professional wrestler and promoter Jack Adkisson *Fritz or Fritzchen, German code name for Second World War Allied double agent

Eddie Chapman Edward Arnold Chapman (16 November 1914 – 11 December 1997) was an English criminal and wartime spy. During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and subsequently became a British double agent. His British Sec ...

Fictional characters

* Fritz the Cat, an anthropomorphic cat from the comic strip of the same name. *Count Fritz von Tarlenheim, in Anthony Hope's novel ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in o ...

'', its sequel, ''Rupert of Hentzau'', and various film adaptations. *Ymir Fritz, the progenitor (founding) titan from “

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...

” and queen of the Eldians. *Friedrich (Fritz) Von Trapp, from The Sound of Music. * Fritz ''(Ninjago)'', character from ''Ninjago'' *Fritz, the name for a doll in the story 'Fritz' by Satyajit Ray. *Fritz, Dr Schultz's horse in Django Unchained. *Fritz, Clara's brother in ''

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Th ...

''. *Fritz, one of the missing children from ''

Five Nights at Freddy's ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' (''FNaF'') is a video game series and media franchise created by Scott Cawthon that includes video games, novels, graphic novels, and films. The story arcs typically follow a night guard or other character trying t ...

'' *Fritz Smith, a protagonist in '' Five Nights at Freddy's 2.'' *Fritz Howard, FBI Special Agent from

The Closer ''The Closer'' is an American police procedural television series starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Chief of police#United States, deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, G ...

and later Deputy Chief of the LAPD Special Operations Bureau in

Major Crimes (TV series) ''Major Crimes'' is an American police procedural television series starring Mary McDonnell. It was a continuation spin-off (media), spin-off of ''The Closer'', set in the same police division, now headed by McDonnell's character, Sharon Raydor. ...

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