Koch (surname)

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Koch (/koʊk, kɒtʃ, kɒx, kʊk/ KOHK, KOTCH, KOKH, KUUK, US also /kɔːk/ KAWK,^[1] German: [kɔx] ^ⓘ) is a German surname that means "cook" or "chef".

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Notable people with the surname include:

A–D

Aaron Koch (born 1978), American football player
Adam Koch (born 1988), American basketball player
Adelheid Koch (1896–1980), German-Brazilian psychoanalyst
Adolf Koch (1896–1970), German advocate for nudism in physical education
Adrienne Koch (1913–1971), American historian
Alan Koch (baseball) (1938–2015), American baseball player
Alan Koch (soccer) (born 1975), South African soccer coach
Alanna Koch, Canadian politician
Alexander Koch (actor) (born 1988), American actor
Alexander Koch (fencer) (born 1969), German fencer
Alexander Koch (rower) (born 1967), Swiss rower
Alfred Koch (born 1961), Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman
Alfred Michael Koch (1894–1918), Swiss-born Canadian flying ace
Alston Koch (born 1951), Sri Lankan actor and musician
Amy Koch (born 1971), American politician
Andreas Koch (born 1966), Austrian footballer
Anton Friedrich Koch (born 1952), German philosopher and academic
Aubrey Koch (1904–1975), Australian RAF officer
Barbara Koch (born 1957), Professor
Barney Koch (1923–1987), American baseball player
Barton Koch (1907–1964), American football player
Beat Koch (born 1972), Swiss cross-country skier
Beate Koch (born 1967), East German javelin thrower
Bennett Koch (born 1995), American basketball player
Bernward Koch (born 1957), Musical artist
Berthold Koch (1899–1988), German chess player
Bill Koch (American football), American football coach
Bill Koch (businessman) (born 1940), American businessman and sailor
Bill Koch (skier) (born 1955), American skier
Billy Koch (born 1974), American baseball pitcher
Blake Koch (born 1985), American racing driver
Bob Koch, American politician
Bobby Koch (born 1960), American lobbyist
Bodil Koch (1903–1972), Danish politician
Bubbles Koch (1921–2003), South African rugby union player
Carin Koch (born 1971), Swedish professional golfer
Carl Koch (architect) (1912–1998), American architect
Carl Koch (director) (1892–1963), German art historian, director and writer
Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857), German arachnologist
Carolyn Koch (born 1967), American sports shooter
Carsten Koch (musician) (born 1975), German organist, choral conductor and academic
Carsten Koch (politician) (born 1945), Danish economist and politician
Cary Koch (born 1986), American gridiron football player
Cees Koch (canoeist) (1925–2024), Dutch canoeist
Cees Koch (discus thrower) (1936–2021), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
Charles Koch (born 1935), American businessman and philanthropist
Chase Koch (born 1977), American businessman
Chris Koch (director) (born 1950), American film and television director
Chris Koch (rugby union) (1927–1986), South African rugby union player
Christian Friedrich Koch (1798–1872), German jurist
Christiane Koch (born 1973), German physicist and researcher
Christina Koch (born 1979), American astronaut, first woman to circle the Moon
Christof Koch (born 1956), American neurophysiologist
Christoph Wilhelm von Koch (1737–1813), French politician and diplomat
Christopher Koch (1932–2013), Australian novelist
Ciril Metod Koch (1867–1925), Slovene architect
Claus Koch (born 1953), German sports shooter
Colleen G. Koch, American cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and academic administrator
Conrad Koch, South African comedian and ventriloquist
Cooper Koch (born 1996), American actor
Dagfinn Koch (born 1964), Norwegian composer
Dan Koch (born 1983), American guitarist
Daniel Koch (physician) (born 1955), Swiss physician and federal employee
Daniel Koch (politician) (1816–1903), American politician
David Koch (1940–2019), American businessman and philanthropist
David Koch (Australian politician) (born 1949), Australian politician
David Koch (television presenter) (born 1956), Australian television presenter
Des Koch (1932–1991), American athletics competitor
Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (born 1953), German politician
Dolores M. Koch (1928–2009), Cuban-American literary critic and translator
Donovan Koch (born 1976), South African cricket umpire
Dorothy Bush Koch (born 1959), American writer and philanthropist
Douglas Koch, Canadian cinematographer

E–J

Ebba Koch (born 1944), Austrian art and architectural historian
Ed Koch (1924–2013), Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
Edeltraud Koch (born 1954), German swimmer
Eduard Emil Koch (1809–1871), German pastor and hymnologist
Edward Albert Koch (born 1843), Australian medical practitioner
Ehrhardt Koch (1886–1954), German-American businessman
Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), Brazilian painter and sculptor
Elisa Koch (1833–1914), Italian painter
Elizabeth Koch (born 1986), American oboist
Elizabeth Koch (publisher) (born 1976), American publisher and writer
Emil Koch (1897–1978), Romanian footballer
Eric Koch (1919–2018), Canadian author, broadcaster and academic
Eric Koch (politician), American politician
Erich Koch (1896–1986), Nazi leader
Erik Koch (born 1988), American mixed martial arts fighter
Erland Koch (German sport shooter) (1867–1945), German sport shooter
Erland Koch (Swedish sport shooter) (1913–1972), Swedish sports shooter
Erland von Koch (1910–2009), Swedish composer
Ernő Koch (1898–1970), Hungarian artist
Eva Koch (born 1953), Danish sculptor
F. H. B. Koch, Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer
Fabian Koch (born 1989), Austrian footballer
Ferne Koch (1913–2001), American photographer
Florian Koch (born 1992), German basketball player
Flury Koch (born 1945), Swiss cross-country skier
Franz Koch (cinematographer) (1898–1959), German cinematographer
Franz Koch (writer) (1888–1969), germanist
Franziska Koch (cyclist) (born 2000), German cyclist
Franziska Romana Koch (1748–1796), German opera singer
Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), American chemical engineer and entrepreneur
Fred Conrad Koch (1876–1948), American biochemist
Freddy Koch (1916–1980), Danish actor
Frederick R. Koch (1933–2020), American philanthropist
Friedrich Koch (1862–1927), German composer, cellist and teacher
Friedrich Koch (general) (1879–1961), German general
Fritz Koch (born 1956), Austrian ski jumper
Gabriel Koch (1807–1881), German entomologist
Gabriel Koch (ice hockey) (born 2004), Norwegian ice hockey player
Gabriele Koch (born 1948), German artist
Gaetano Koch (1849–1910), Italian architect
Gary Koch (born 1952), American professional golfer
Gary Grove Koch (born 1942), American biostatistician
Georg Koch (1972–2026), German footballer
Georg Aenotheus Koch (1802–1879), German classical philologist and lexicographer
Georg Karl Koch (1857–1927), German painter, illustrator and lithographer
George Koch (1919–1966), American football player
George W. Koch (1871–1908), American politician
Gerald Koch (born 1968), German wood scientist and professor
Gerd Koch (1922–2005), German cultural anthropologist
Gertrud Koch (1924–2016), German resistance fighter
Gini Koch, American novelist
Gottlieb von Koch (1849–1914), German zoologist
Grant Koch (born 1997), American baseball player
Greg Koch (born 1955), American football player
Greg Koch (musician) (born 1966), American guitarist
Hannes Koch (1935–1994), German racewalker
Hans Koch (footballer), Swiss footballer
Hans Koch (lawyer) (1893–1945), German resistance member
Hans Koch (musician) (born 1948)
Hans Koch (SS officer) (1912–1955), German WWII war criminal
Hans Jørgen Koch (born 1946), Danish energy official
Hans-Hinrich Koch (born 1970), German producer
Hans-Karl Koch (1897–1934), German Nazi & SA general
Hans-Reinhard Koch (1929–2018), German Catholic priest and theologian
Harald Koch (born 1969), Austrian badminton player
Harold M. Koch (born 1932), American priest who defected to the Soviet Union
Harry Koch (businessman) (1867–1942), American businessman
Harry Koch (German footballer) (born 1969), German footballer and coach
Harry Koch (Swiss footballer) (1930–2012), Swiss footballer
Harry Eduard Ottokar Koch (1880–1939), Estonian politician
Hartmut Koch (born 1944), East German sprinter
Hawk Koch (born 1945), American film producer
Heidemarie Koch (1943–2022), German Iranologist
Heidi Koch (born 1962), Austrian swimmer
Heiner Koch (born 1954), German prelate of the Catholic Church
Heinrich Koch (born 1962), German politician
Heinrich Christoph Koch (1749–1816), German musicologist and composer
Heinz Koch (born 1949), German footballer
Helen L. Koch (1895–1977), American psychologist
Helene Koch (born 1967), Swedish professional golfer
Helga Koch (born 1942), German fencer
Helge von Koch (1870–1924), Swedish mathematician
Helmut Koch (1932–2024), German mathematician
Helmut Koch (conductor) (1908–1975), German conductor and choir leader
Henny Koch (1854–1925), German children's author and translator
Henri Koch (bobsledder) (1904–1954), Luxembourgish bobsledder
Henriette Koch (born 1985), Danish sailor
Henrik Koch (born 1964), Danish researcher, theoretical chemistry
Henry C. Koch (1841–1910), American architect
Herbert Koch (born 1962), German mathematician
Herbert Koch (archaeologist) (1880–1962), German archaeologist
Heribert Koch (born 1969), Swiss footballer
Herman Koch (born 1953), Dutch writer and actor
Hermann Koch (painter) (1856–1939), German painter
Hermann Georg Willibald Koch (1882–1957), Estonian politician
Hilton Koch (born 1967), American furniture store owner
Howard Koch (screenwriter) (1901–1995), American playwright and screenwriter
Howard W. Koch (1916–2001), Film producer
Hugo Koch (1870–1928), Dutch inventor
Ilse Koch (1906–1967), German war criminal
Ina Koch (born 1958), German bioinformatician
Inge Koch (figure skater) (born 2000), German figure skater
Inge Koch (statistician), Australian statistician
Ingedore Grünfeld Villaça Koch (1933–2018), Brazilian linguist
Ingmar Koch (born 2000), German musician
J. R. Koch (born 1976), American basketball player
Jan Koch (born 1995), German footballer
Jennifer A. Koch, American internist
Jens Koch (born 1981), German photographer
Jerry Koch (1933–2019), American basketball player
Jerry Koch (Nebraska politician) (1924–2007), American politician
Jesper Koch (born 1967), Danish composer
Jim Koch (born 1949), American businessman
Johan Koch (born 1990), Danish handball player
Johan Peter Koch (1870–1928), Danish captain & explorer
Johann August Hermann (John) Koch (1850–1934), German philologist
Johann Heinrich Koch (Hessian mercenary) (1748–1801), Hessian soldier in the Revolutionary War
Johann von Koch (1850–1915), German architect
John Koch (1909–1978), American painter
John A. B. Koch (1845–1928), Australian architect
John C. Koch (1841–1907), 19th century American politician
John Herman Koch (1864–1929), American politician
John T. Koch (born 1953), American historian and linguist
Jonas Koch (born 1993), German road cyclist
Jonathan Koch (producer), American television producer
Jonathan Koch (rower) (born 1985), German lightweight rower
Jørgen Hansen Koch (1787–1860), Danish architect
Joseph Koch (1843–1902), American lawyer and politician
Joseph Anton Koch (1768–1839), Austrian painter
Julia Koch (born 1962), American socialite and philanthropist
Julian Koch (born 1990), German footballer
Julius Koch (1872–1902), German giant
Julius Arnold Koch (1864–1956), American chemist
Julius August Koch (1752–1817), German astronomer and physician
Julius Ludwig August Koch (1841–1908), German psychiatrist
Jürgen Koch (born 1973), Austrian badminton player
Jurij Koch (born 1936), German writer

K-W

Karel František Koch (1890–1981), Czech doctor and humanitarian
Karen Koch (born 1951), American ice hockey player
Karen Koch (plant biologist), Plant biologist
Karl Koch (botanist) (1809–1879), German botanist
Karl Koch (cyclist) (1910–1944), German cyclist
Karl Koch (hacker) (1965–1989), German hacker
Karl Koch (Weezer assistant) (born 1969), Assistant to the band Weezer
Karl Christian Koch (born 1952), Danish swimmer
Karl-Otto Koch (1897–1945), German SS officer
Karl-Rudolf Koch (born 1935), German geodesist
Károly Koch (born 1885), Hungarian coxswain
Karsten Koch (born 1977), German darts player
Kenneth Koch (1925–2002), American poet
Kenton Koch, American racing driver
Klaus Koch (1926–2019), German theologian
Klaus-Friedrich Koch (1937–1979), German-American academic
Konrad Koch (1846–1911), German teacher and football pioneer
Kurt Koch (born 1950), Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal
Kurt Koch (football manager) (1919–2000), German football manager
Kurt Koch (sport shooter) (born 1960), Swiss sports shooter
Kurt E. Koch (1913–1987), German theologian
Kyle Koch (born 1984), Canadian football player
Lambert T. Koch (born 1965), German economist and university professor
Lars Koch, Danish canoeist
Lauge Koch (1892–1964), Danish geologist and Arctic explorer
Laura Vargas Koch (born 1990), German judoka
Lene Koch (born 1947), Danish feminist academic
Leo Koch (1916–1982), American biologist
Leonard Koch (born 1995), German football player
Linda Koch, German-French geneticist
Lise Koch (1938–2004), Danish javelin thrower
Lloyd Koch (1931–2013), South African cricketer
Lothar Koch (musician) (1935–2003), German oboist
Lothar Koch (politician) (1939–2023), German politician
Lotte Koch (1913–2013), German actress
Louis Koch (born 1903), Swiss bobsledder
Lucien Koch (born 1996), Swiss snowboarder
Ludwig Koch (painter) (1866–1934), Austrian artist
Ludwig Koch (sound recordist) (1881–1974), British broadcaster and wildlife sound recordist
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908), German entomologist and arachnologist
Luise Koch (1860–1934), German educator, politician and activist
Lydia Lunch (born 1959), American musician, born Lydia Konch
Lydie Koch-Miramond (1931–2023), French astrophysicist
Magdalena Koch (born 1958), Polish academic
Manu Koch (born 1972), Swiss pianist, keyboardist and composer
Marc Koch (born 1994), German athlete
Marco Koch (born 1990), German swimmer
Marianne Koch (born 1931), German actress
Marita Koch (born 1957), German sprint track and field athlete
Mariza Koch (born 1944), Greek singer
Markus Koch (born 1963), German gridiron football player
Martin Koch (cyclist) (1887–1961), German cyclist
Martin Koch (novelist) (1882–1940), Swedish novelist
Martin Koch (orchestrator), Musical artist
Martin Koch (ski jumper) (born 1982), Austrian ski jumper
Martina Koch (golfer) (born 1965), German professional golfer
Máté Tamás Koch (born 1999), Hungarian fencer
Matt Koch (born 1990), American baseball player
Matthew Koch (born 1978), American politician
Matthias Koch (born 1988), Austrian footballer
Max Koch (1854–1925), Australian botanist
Max Koch (academic) (1855–1931), German historian and literary critic
Max Friedrich Koch (1859–1930), German painter
Maxl Koch (born 1959), German sailor
Meinolf Koch (born 1957), German footballer
Menno Koch (born 1994), Dutch footballer
Michael Koch (basketball) (born 1966), German basketball player and coach
Michael Koch (film director) (born 1982), Swiss film director and screenwriter
Michael Koch (footballer) (born 1969), German footballer
Michael Koch (handballer) (born 1942), Swedish handball player
Michel Koch (born 1991), German cyclist
Mike Koch (racing driver) (born 1963), American racing driver
Mogens Koch (1898–1992), Danish architect and furniture designer
Nils Samuel von Koch (1801–1881), Swedish civil servant and Chancellor of Justice
Noppie Koch (1932–2010), Dutch cyclist
Norma Koch (1898–1979), American costume designer
Nynne Koch (1915–2001), Danish gender studies researcher and novelist
Olaf Koch (born 1970), German Manager
Olaf Koch (conductor) (1932–2001), German conductor
Olga Koch (born 1992), Russian-born British stand-up comedian
Oscar Koch (1897–1970), United States Army general
Patrik Koch (born 1996), Slovak ice hockey player
Paul Koch (cyclist) (1897–1959), German cyclist
Paul Koch (footballer) (born 1966), Luxembourgish footballer
Paulie Koch (born 1996), American world champion wakeboarder
Payton Koch (born 1996), American film editor
Per Axel Koch (born 1961), Norwegian media executive
Pete Koch (born 1962), American actor and football player
Peter Koch (wood scientist) (1920–1998), American wood scientist
Peter Rutledge Koch (born 1943), American printmaker, publisher, designer
Philip Koch (born 1948), American artist
Philippe Koch (born 1991), Swiss footballer
Pierre Koch (1895–1978), French civil engineer
Pietro Koch (1918–1945), Italian police officer
Polly Koch (1895–1976), American football player
Pyke Koch (1901–1991), Dutch painter
Rainer Koch (born 1958), German jurist and football official
Raphael Koch (born 1990), Swiss footballer
René Koch (1895–1978), French sports shooter
Richard Koch (born 1950), British management consultant
Richard Koch (architect) (1889–1971), American architectural preservationist
Richard H. Koch (1852–1945), American judge and railroad magnate
Richert Vogt von Koch (1838–1913), Swedish military officer
Rickard Koch (born 1976), Swedish bandy player
Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician and bacteriologist
Robert Koch (footballer) (born 1986), German footballer
Robin Koch (born 1996), German footballer
Robot Koch (born 1977), German record producer
Roland Koch (born 1958), German jurist and politician
Roland Koch (footballer) (born 1952), German football coach
Roman Koch (born 1958), German sailor
Roscoe R. Koch (1887–1963), American politician
Rosslyn Koch (born 1886), Ceylonese businessman, company director and politician
Rudolf Koch (1876–1934), German type designer and calligrapher
Sam Koch (born 1982), American football player and coach
Sam Koch (soccer) (1955–2014), American soccer coach
Samuel Koch (born 1987), German actor
Sarah Koch (born 1979), American mathematician
Sebastian Koch (born 1962), German film and television actor
Shari Koch (born 1993), German ice dancer
Simona Koch (born 1968), German retired diver
Simone Koch (born 1969), German figure skater
Sophie Koch (born 1969), French operatic mezzo-soprano
Sophie Koch (canoeist) (born 1997), German sprint canoer
Sophie Koch (politician) (born 1993), German politician
Stefan Koch (born 1964), German basketball coach
Stefanie Koch (born 1981), German ski mountaineer
Stephan W. Koch (1953–2022), German theoretical physicist
Stephen Koch (born 1968), American snowboarder
Stephen Koch (writer) (1941–2026), American author and academic
Susan Koch (born 1943), American nuclear reduction expert
Susanna Koch (born 1987), Austrian footballer
Tanit Koch (born 1977), German journalist
Theodor Koch (1905–1976), German engineer
Theodore Wesley Koch (1871–1941), American librarian
Thomas Koch (ice hockey) (born 1983), Austrian ice hockey player
Thomas F. Koch (born 1942), American politician
Thomas P. Koch (born 1963), 33rd Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts
Thomaz Koch (born 1945), Brazilian tennis player
Tobias Koch (footballer) (born 2001), Austrian footballer
Tobias Koch (pianist) (born 1968), German musician
Tobias Koch (politician) (born 1973), German politician
Tom Koch (1925–2015), American humorist and writer
Ulrich Koch (1921–1996), German violinist
Ulrike Koch (1950–2024), German sinologist and filmmaker
Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
Valdemar Koch (1852–1902), Danish architect and politician
Vincent Koch (born 1990), South African rugby union player
Vivienne Koch (born 1999), Swiss synchronized swimmer
Waldemar Koch (1880–1963), German politician and economist
Walter Koch (astrologer) (1895–1970), German astrologer
Walter Koch (paratrooper) (1910–1943), Fallschirmjäger of World War II
Walter Koch (physician) (1880–1962), German pathologist
Walter Koch (politician) (1870–1947), German diplomat, lawyer and politician
Walter J. Koch (born 1961), American scientist
Werner Koch (born 1961), German free software developer
Werner Koch (pastor) (1910–1994), German journalist and theologian (1910-1994)
Wilfred Miller Vincent Koch (1862–1939), British surgeon
Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), German physician and botanist
Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924), German composer
William C. Koch Jr. (born 1947), American judge
William Frederick Koch (1885–1967), U.S. medical doctor and pharmaceutical entrepreneur
Wolfgang Koch (born 1966), German bass-baritone
Wolfgang Koch (computer scientist) (born 1962), German physicist and computer scientist

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