Spitz (surname)

Spitz is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrés Ojeda Spitz (born 1984), Uruguayan lawyer and politician
• Armand Spitz (1904–1971), American planetarium designer
• Bob Spitz, American journalist and author
• Carl Spitz (1894–1976), Hollywood dog trainer
• Chantal Spitz (born 1954), French Polynesian writer
• Dan Spitz (born 1963), American guitarist
• Dave Spitz (born 1955), American bassist
• Donald Spitz, American anti-abortion activist
• Elisa Spitz (born 1963), American figure skater
• Fannie S. Spitz (1873–1943), American inventor
• Gerald J. Spitz (1941–2013), American politician
• Hanneliese Spitz (born 1941), Austrian sprint canoeist
• Herman H. Spitz (1925–2019), American psychologist
• Illés Spitz (1902–1961), Hungarian football player and manager
• Isaac Spitz (1764–1842), Bohemian writer
• Jacques Spitz (1896–1963), French writer
• Jason Spitz (born 1982), American football player
• Leó Szilárd (1898–1964), born Leó Spitz, Hungarian scientist
• Lewis Spitz (born 1939), South African paediatric surgeon
• Malte Spitz (born 1984), German politician
• Marc Spitz (1969–2017), American writer and music journalist
• Mark Spitz (born 1950), American swimmer
• René Spitz (1887–1974), Austrian-American psychoanalyst
• Sabine Spitz (born 1971), German cross-country cyclist
• Sophie Spitz (1910–1956), American pathologist
• Tibor Spitz (born 1929), American artist and Holocaust survivor
• Vivien Spitz (1924–2014), American journalist
• Werner Spitz (1926–2024), German forensic pathologist
• Yom-Tob Spitz (1797–1874), Bohemian writer

• Adam Spitz, Sharon Spitz, Josh Spitz, and Helen Spitz, four characters in the television series Braceface