'''Moritz''' is both a given name and a surname. It is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. Notable people with the name include: {{TOC right}} ==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 von Oswald (born 1962), German record producer and percussionist *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
==Surname== *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 ({{circa|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
==Fictional characters== *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''
==See also== *Moritz (disambiguation) *Yunna Morits (born 1937), Soviet and Russian poet
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Category:German masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:German-language surnames