Zech is both a given name and a German surname. The surname comes from

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

''zæhe'', ''zæh'', ''zæch'', ''zāch'' meaning "tough". Notable people with the name include:

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Alfred Zech Alfred Zech, born as Alfred Czech (12 October 1932 – 13 June 2011), was a German child soldier who received the Iron Cross, 2nd Class at the age of 12 years. Early life and military career Zech was born in Zlattnik, Upper Silesia (present-da ...

, German child soldier *

Arryn Zech Arryn Zech (born October 4, 1990) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Blake Belladonna in the original anime-style CG-animated web series, ''RWBY'' and Dr. Emily Grey in ''Red vs. Blue'', an American web series also cr ...

, American voice actress *

Benedikt Zech Benedikt Zech (born 3 November 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional ...

, Austrian footballer * Benno Zech, German teacher and politician * Carlferdinand Zech, German musicologist, composer and choir conductor *

Hans Walter Zech-Nenntwich Hans Walter Zech‐Nenntwich (10 July 1916 – after 1964) was a member of the SS who defected to the United Kingdom after being imprisoned in 1943. After World War II he was convicted of war crimes and temporarily fled Germany before retur ...

, German SS member * Harry Zech (born 1969), Liechtenstein footballer * Julius August Christoph Zech (1821–1864), German astronomer **

Zech's logarithm Zech logarithms are used to implement addition in finite fields when elements are represented as powers of a generator \alpha. Zech logarithms are named after Julius Zech, and are also called Jacobi logarithms, after Carl G. J. Jacobi who used ...

* Julius von Zech-Burkersroda (1885–1946), German diplomat *

Jürgen Zech Jürgen Zech (born 20 November 1965) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2005. He works as a self-employed trustee. During his time in the Landtag, he was the head of the Liechtenstein parlia ...

(born 1965), Liechtenstein politician * Karl Zech, German SS-''Gruppenführer'' *

Karin Zech-Hoop Karin Zech-Hoop (née Zech; born 16 November 1973) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2021 to 2025. Life Zech-Hoop was born on 16 November 1973 in St. Gallen as the daughter of Roland Zech and Ge ...

(born 1973), Liechtenstein politician *

Lore Zech Lore Zech (24 September 1923 – 13 March 2013) was a German geneticist and cytogenetics researcher who made major contributions to the field of cytogenetics. Her research and discoveries paved the way for the identification of anomalies in chromo ...

, German geneticist and cytogenetics researcher *

Luiz Zech Luiz Zech (born 20 September 1949) is a Brazilian volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded a ...

, Brazilian volleyball player *

Paul Zech Paul Zech (19 February 1881 – 7 September 1946) was a German expressionist writer and poet. Biography Paul Zech came from the large family of a craftsman as the eldest of six surviving children. At the age of 5, he was entrusted to his matern ...

, German writer and poet *

Reinhold Zech Reinhold Zech (born 27 May 1948) is a retired German football player. He spent 9 seasons in the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken () is a German Football in Germany, football club based in Sa ...

(born 1948), German footballer *

Rosel Zech Rosalie Helga Lina Zech (7 July 1940 – 31 August 2011),Scott Roxboroug"'Veronica Voss' Actress Rosel Zech Dies of Cancer" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', 1 September 2011 known as Rosel Zech, was a German theater and film actress, she is most well ...

(1942–2011), German actress *

Tobias Zech Tobias Josef Zech (born 9 July 1981) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 until 2017 and from 2020 until 2021. Early life and career Zech was born in Trostberg. ...

(born 1981), German politician

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Zech McPhearson Zechariah McPhearson ( ; born March 21, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Early life and college ...

, American football player *

Zech Medley Zechariah Joshua Henry Medley (born 9 July 2000) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Fleetwood Town F.C., Fleetwood Town. Club career Born in Greenwich, Greater London, Medley joined ...

, English footballer *

Zech Obiero Zechariah Nahum Obiero (born 18 January 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Leyton Orient. Born in England, he represents Kenya at youth level. Career Obiero is a youth product of Tottenham Hotspur's youth ac ...

, English footballer *Zech Pluister, vocalist of American pop punk band Sleep On It *

Zech Smith Zechariah Smith, (born June 17, 1991) better known by his ring names Jack Talos, Painful Paul, or Zech Smith is an American professional wrestler, former basketball player and actor, previously signed to WWE NXT, NWA and Coastal Championship Wr ...

(Jack Talos), American wrestler

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