Moritz (name)

Moritz is both a given name and a surname. It is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, Roman Theban Legion leader
Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760), German prince
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926–2013), German nobleman
Moritz, Prince of Dietrichstein (1775–1864), German prince
Moritz Becker (1827–1906), American politician
Moritz Benedikt (1849–1920), Jewish-Austrian newspaper editor
Moritz Borman (born 1955), German-born American film producer
Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790–1849), Austrian miniature painter and sculptor
Moritz Duschak (1815–1890), Moravian rabbi and writer
Moritz Körner (born 1990), German politician
Moritz Schlick (1882–1936), German philosopher and physicist
Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), Austrian painter
Moritz Seider (born 2001), German ice hockey player
Moritz Steinla (1791–1858), German engraver
Moritz Wagner (basketball) (born 1997), German basketball player
Moritz Wagner (naturalist) (1813–1887), German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian

A. F. Moritz (born 1947), American poet, teacher and scholar
André Moritz (born 1986), Brazilian attacking midfielder
Bruno Moritz (1900–?), German-Ecuadorian chess master
Carl Moritz (1863–1944), German architect and real estate entrepreneur
Christoph Moritz (born 1990), German footballer
Halvar Moritz (1906–1993), Swedish cross-country skier
Helmut Moritz (1933–2022), Austrian geodeticist
Jacob Moritz (1849–1910), German-born American brewer
Julius L. and Morris Moritz (1830–1909 and (c. 1836–1903), German-born American retail merchants
Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793), German author, editor and essayist
Louisa Moritz (1936–2019), Cuban-born American actress
Mathias Moritz (born 1988), German footballer
Michael Moritz (born 1954), Welsh venture capitalist
Nancy Moritz (born 1960), American judge
Neal H. Moritz (born 1959), American film producer
Nils Moritz (born 1943), Swedish actor
Paulus Moritz (1869–1942), German Roman Catholic cleric
Robert Edouard Moritz (1868–1940), German-American mathematician
Sabine Moritz (born 1969), German painter and graphic designer
Theodore L. Moritz (1892–1982), American politician
Wilhelm Moritz (1913–2010), German fighter pilot

a title character of Max and Moritz, an 1865 German-language illustrated story by Wilhelm Busch
Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening
Moritz Benayoun, human male doctor on the TV series Star Trek: Picard