Wirtz may refer to:
People
* A family of American businessmen best known as owners of the Chicago Blackhawks:
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Arthur Wirtz
Arthur Michael Wirtz (January 23, 1901 – July 21, 1983) was an American entrepreneur. He was the founder of Wirtz Corporation, a holding company that owned Chicago Stadium, the Bismarck Hotel in Chicago, the Chicago Black Hawks, and the C ...
(1901–1983), family patriarch and also owner of the Chicago Bulls
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Bill Wirtz
William Wadsworth Wirtz (October 5, 1929 – September 26, 2007) was the chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of the family-owned Wirtz Corporation. He was best known as the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National H ...
(1929–2007), Arthur's son; also briefly owner of the Bulls
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Rocky Wirtz
William Rockwell "Rocky" Wirtz (October 5, 1952 – July 25, 2023) was an American businessman. He was the principal owner and chairman of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He was also president of the Blackhawks' parent comp ...
(1952–2023), Bill's son
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Danny Wirtz
Daniel Wirtz (born 1977) is an American businessman who is the owner and chairman of the Wirtz Corporation, a Chicago-based holding company that owns the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, oversees real estate properties across th ...
(born 1977), Rocky's son
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Axel Wirtz (1957–2024), German government official and politician
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Cable A. Wirtz (1910–1980), justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
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Carl Wilhelm Wirtz
Carl Wilhelm Wirtz (24 August 1876 in Krefeld – 18 February 1939 in Hamburg) was an astronomer who studied astronomy at Bonn University (1895-1898) obtaining his doctorate there after which he spent his time between the Kiel Observatory in G ...
(1876–1939), German astronomer
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Ferd Wirtz (1885–1947), Luxembourgish Olympic gymnast
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Florian Wirtz (born 2003), German football player
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Heinz Wirtz (born 1953), German football defender
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Jacques Wirtz (1924–2018), Belgian landscape gardener
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Karl Wirtz
Karl Eugen Julius Wirtz (24 April 1910 – 12 February 1994) was a German nuclear physicist, born in Cologne. He was arrested by the allied British and American Armed Forces and incarcerated at Farm Hall for six months in 1945 under Operation E ...
(1910–1994), German nuclear physicist
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Kris Wirtz (born 1969), Canadian figure skater
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Mark Wirtz
Mark Philipp Wirtz (3 September 19437 August 2020) was a German-French pop music record producer, composer, singer, musician, author, and comedian. Wirtz is best known for '' A Teenage Opera'' concept album, a project he devised while working un ...
(1943–2020), Alsatian musician and pop record producer
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Paul Wirtz (1958–2006), Canadian figure skater and skating coach
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Paul Wirtz (Swedish Pomerania) (died 17th-century), vice governour of Swedish Pomerania 1661–1664
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Patty Wirtz (born 1959), voice actress
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Reverend Billy C. Wirtz (born 1954), American comedic recording artist
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Sean Wirtz (born 1979), Canadian figure skater
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William Wirtz (American football) (1887–1965), American college sports coach
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W. Willard Wirtz
William Willard Wirtz (March 14, 1912 – April 24, 2010) was a U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor. He served as the Secretary of Labor between 1962 and 1969 under the administrations of Presidents John F. Ke ...
(1912–2010), U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor
Places
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Wirtz (crater), impact crater on Mars
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Wirtz, Virginia
Wirtz is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia, Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Wirtz is located along a railroad north of Rocky Mount, Virginia, Rocky Mount. Wirtz has a post office with ZIP cod ...
(Franklin County), populated place in the United States
Other
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Wirtz Corporation
Wirtz Corporation is an American holding company headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 1926 by Arthur Wirtz as a family-owned corporation in charge of his real estate holdings. The company soon expanded into liquor distribution. It grew ...
, an American holding company controlled by Arthur Wirtz and his descendants
See also
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