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