# Sachs

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'''Sachs''' is a German surname, meaning "man from [Saxony](/source/Saxony)". Sachs is a common surname among [Ashkenazi Jews](/source/Ashkenazi_Jews) from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant [Zaks](/source/Zaks_(surname)), supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase ''Zera Kodesh Shemo'' (ZaKS), literally   "his name is Holy Seed," a quotation from Isaiah 6:13.<ref>Elsdon Coles Smith, Dictionary of American Family Names (1956)</ref>

Notable people with the surname Sachs include:

* [Adriana Sachs](/source/Adriana_Sachs) (born 1993), Argentine professional footballer
* [Albie Sachs](/source/Albie_Sachs) (born 1935), South African Constitutional Court Justice
* [Alexander Sachs](/source/Alexander_Sachs) (1893–1973), American economist
* [Andrew Sachs](/source/Andrew_Sachs) (1930–2016), German-British actor
* [Bernard Sachs](/source/Bernard_Sachs) (1858–1944), American neurologist
* [Curt Sachs](/source/Curt_Sachs) (also Kurth Sachs, 1881–1959), German music historian
* [Ed Sachs](/source/Ed_Sachs) (1918–1996), American professional basketball player
* [Eddie Sachs](/source/Eddie_Sachs) (1927–1964), American racecar driver
* [Edwin Sachs](/source/Edwin_Sachs) (1870–1919), British architect
* [Ernest Sachs](/source/Ernest_Sachs) (1879–1958), American neurosurgeon
* [Ernest Sachs, Jr.](/source/Ernest_Sachs%2C_Jr.) (1916–2001), American neurosurgeon
* [Gunter Sachs](/source/Gunter_Sachs) (1932–2011), German photographer, researcher (mathematics and astrology), and playboy
* [George Sachs](/source/George_Sachs) (1896–1961), Russia-born German and US metallurgist
* [Hans Sachs (disambiguation)](/source/Hans_Sachs_(disambiguation))
** [Hans Sachs](/source/Hans_Sachs) (1494–1576), German poet
** [Hans Sachs (serologist)](/source/Hans_Sachs_(serologist)) (1877–1945), German serologist
** [Hans Sachs (poster collector)](/source/Hans_Sachs_(poster_collector)) (1881–1974), German poster collector
* [Hanns Sachs](/source/Hanns_Sachs) (1881–1947), Austrian psychoanalyst; friend of Freud and author of ''The Creative Unconscious''
* [Harvey Sachs](/source/Harvey_Sachs) (born 1946), American-Canadian conductor and writer
* [Heinrich Sachs](/source/Heinrich_Sachs) (1863–1928), German neuroanatomist
* [Hilda Sachs](/source/Hilda_Sachs) (1857–1935), Swedish journalist and women's rights activist
* [Horst Sachs](/source/Horst_Sachs), German mathematician, expert in graph theory
* [Hugh Sachs](/source/Hugh_Sachs), British actor in the TV series ''Benidorm''
* [Ignacy Sachs](/source/Ignacy_Sachs) (born 1927), Polish, naturalized French economist and ecosocioeconomist
* [James D. Sachs](/source/James_D._Sachs), retired U.S. Air Force veteran, game artist, and game programmer
* [Jeffrey Sachs](/source/Jeffrey_Sachs) (born 1954), American economist
* [Johann Sachs](/source/Johann_Sachs) (1843–1917), German composer
* [Jonathan Sachs](/source/Jonathan_Sachs) (born 1947), American computer programmer
* [Julius von Sachs](/source/Julius_von_Sachs) (1832–1897), German botanist
* [Lenny Sachs](/source/Lenny_Sachs) (1897–1942), American football player and basketball coach
* [Lessie Sachs](/source/Lessie_Sachs) (1897–1942), German-born poet and artist
* [Leonard Sachs](/source/Leonard_Sachs) (1909–1990), British actor
* [Marcus Sachs](/source/Marcus_Sachs) (1812–1869) Professor of Hebrew in Aberdeen
* [Margaret Michaelis-Sachs](/source/Margaret_Michaelis-Sachs) (1902–1985), art photographer
* [Margaret Sachs](/source/Margaret_Sachs), American lawyer and professor at the University of Georgia
* [Maria Sachs](/source/Maria_Sachs) (born 1949), American politician
* [Mary Sachs](/source/Mary_Sachs) (1882–1973), American playwright and poet
* {{anbl|Maryam Diener-Sachs}}
* [Maurice Sachs](/source/Maurice_Sachs) (1906–1945), French author
* [Mavro Sachs](/source/Mavro_Sachs) (1817–1888), Croatian physician
* [Mendel Sachs](/source/Mendel_Sachs) (1927–2012), American physicist
* [Michael Sachs (rabbi)](/source/Michael_Sachs_(rabbi)) (1808–1864), German rabbi
* [Milan Sachs](/source/Milan_Sachs) (1884–1968), Czech-Croatian opera conductor and composer
* [Moses Sachs](/source/Moses_Sachs) (1800–1870), German Meshulach
* [Nelly Sachs](/source/Nelly_Sachs) (1891–1970), German poet
* [Paul J. Sachs](/source/Paul_J._Sachs) (1878–1965), American museum director
* [Philip Sachs](/source/Philip_Sachs) (1902–1973), American professional basketball coach
* [Rainer K. Sachs](/source/Rainer_K._Sachs) (born 1932), German-born American scientist known for his work in astrophysics and biophysics
* [Robin Sachs](/source/Robin_Sachs) (1951–2013), British actor
* [Salomo Sachs](/source/Salomo_Sachs) (1772–1855), Prussian architect and engineer
* [Samuel Sachs](/source/Samuel_Sachs) (1851–1935), American investment banker, co-founder of Goldman Sachs
* [Stephen Sachs](/source/Stephen_Sachs) (born 1959), American stage director and playwright
* [Stephen H. Sachs](/source/Stephen_H._Sachs) (1934–2022), American politician and Attorney General of Maryland
* [Wolfgang Sachs](/source/Wolfgang_Sachs) (born 1946), German researcher and author of books

'''Fictional characters:'''
* [Andrea Sachs](/source/Andrea_Sachs), created by Lauren Weisberger
* [Daniel Sachs](/source/Daniel_Sachs), from an online graphic novel ''Demonology 101''
* Amelia Sachs, an NYPD police officer in the [Lincoln Rhyme](/source/Lincoln_Rhyme) series of crime/mystery novels by Jeffery Deaver.
* Benjamin Sachs, protagonist in the novel [Leviathan (Auster novel)](/source/Leviathan_(Auster_novel)) by Paul Auster

==See also==
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* {{lookfrom}}
* [Goldman Sachs](/source/Goldman_Sachs), a bank
* [Gordon Zacks](/source/Gordon_Zacks)
* [Sachs Electric](/source/Sachs_Electric), a Missouri electrical contractor
* [Sachs Motorcycles](/source/Sachs_Motorcycles)
* [Sachs Patera](/source/Sachs_Patera)
* [Sachse (disambiguation)](/source/Sachse_(disambiguation))
* [Sacks (surname)](/source/Sacks_(surname))
* [Saks (disambiguation)](/source/Saks_(disambiguation))
* [Sax (disambiguation)](/source/Sax_(disambiguation))
* [Saxe (disambiguation)](/source/Saxe_(disambiguation))
* [Small-angle X-ray scattering](/source/Small-angle_X-ray_scattering) (SAXS)
* [Zaks (disambiguation)](/source/Zaks_(disambiguation))
* [Zaks](/source/Zaks), a building toy
* [Zax (disambiguation)](/source/Zax_(disambiguation))
* [ZF Sachs](/source/ZF_Sachs) AG, a company

==References==
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Category:German-language surnames
Category:German toponymic surnames
Category:Surnames of Jewish origin
Category:Jewish toponymic surnames
Category:Yiddish-language surnames
Category:Kohenitic surnames

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