# Moritz

Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to:

## People
### Given name

* Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century
* Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse
* Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760), a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch
* Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926–2013), the head of the House of Hesse, pretendant to the throne of Finland, son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse
* Moritz, Prince of Dietrichstein (1775–1864)
* Moritz Becker, American politician
* Moritz Benedikt (1849–1920), Jewish-Austrian newspaper editor
* Moritz Borman, 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 of the Free Democratic Party, Member of the European Parliament
* Moritz Schlick, German philosopher and physicist
* Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter
* Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player
* Moritz Steinla (1791–1858), German engraver
* Moritz Wagner (1813–1887), German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian
* Moritz Wagner (basketball) (born 1997), German basketball player

### 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, Swedish cross-country skier
* Helmut Moritz (1933–2022), Austrian geodeticist
* Jacob Moritz (1849–1910), German-born American brewer
* Julius L. Moritz (1830–1909) and Morris Moritz (about 1836–1903), German brothers in Los Angeles
* 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), justice on the Kansas Supreme Court
* 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), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* Wilhelm Moritz (1913–2010), German Luftwaffe pilot
* Yunna Moritz (born 1937), Soviet and Russian poet

## 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

## Other uses

* Moritz, Germany, a village and a former municipality, now part of the town of Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt
* Moritz College of Law, a public law school at Ohio State University
* Moritz (beer), a Spanish (Catalan) beer brand, founded by Alsatian immigrant Louis Moritz Trautmann