# Lutz

Lutz is a surname and given name, occasionally a short form of Ludwig and Ludger. People with the name include:

## Surname

* Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), Brazilian physician
* Aleda E. Lutz (1915–1944), American Army flight nurse
* Alois Lutz, Austrian figure skater, for whom the Lutz jump is named
* Anke Lutz (born 1970), German chess master
* Berta Lutz (1894–1976), Brazilian scientist and feminist
* Bob Lutz (American football), American high school football coach
* Bob Lutz (businessman) (born 1932), Swiss American V.P. of General Motors
* Bob Lutz (tennis) (born 1947), American tennis player
* Bobby Lutz (basketball) (born 1958), American college basketball coach
* Brenda Lutz, Scottish-American political science writer
* Carl Lutz (1895–1975), Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews
* Chris Lutz, (born 1985), American-Filipino professional basketball player
* Christopher Lutz (born 1971), German chess grandmaster
* Eduard von Lutz, (1810–1893), Bavarian Major General and War Minister
* Edwin George Lutz, American illustrator and author
* Élisabeth Lutz (1914–2008), French mathematician
* Elvira Lutz (born 1935), Uruguayan midwife, educator, and writer
* Erwin Lutz, Austrian prison chef, who protected Jews in WWII
* Frank Eugene Lutz (1879–1943), American entomologist
* Friedel Lutz (1939–2023), German football player
* Friedrich Lutz (1852–1918), Bavarian politician
* Friedrich A. Lutz (1901–1975), German economist
* Gabrielle Lutz (1935–2011), French Olympic sprint canoeist
* Gary Lutz, American writer of poetry and fiction
* George Lutz and Kathy Lutz, basis for the family depicted in The Amityville Horror
* Giles A. Lutz (1910–1982), American author of Western novels
* Gizella Lutz (1906–1992), Hungarian wife of Ferenc Szálasi
* Hans Lutz (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
* Hartmut Lutz (born 1945), German professor of Canadian and American Studies
* Hermann Lutz (1881–1965), German civil servant and social science writer
* Jack Lutz, American computer scientist and mathematician, married to Robyn
* Jarka Lutz, Czechoslovak-French slalom canoeist
* Jean Baptiste Lutz (born 1988), French sprint canoeist
* Jo Lutz (born 1980), Australian rower
* John Lutz (born 1973), American television writer and actor
** J. D. Lutz, a fictionalized version of this person on 30 Rock
* John Lutz (mystery writer) (1939–2021), American author of mystery novels
* Joe Lutz (1925–2008), American professional baseball player and coach
* Joseph Lutz (general) (1933–1999), American major general
* Joseph Lutz (politician) (born 1948), American politician
* Julie Lutz, American astronomer
* Karen McCullah Lutz, American screenwriter and novelist
* Kellan Lutz (born 1985), American actor
* Ken Lutz (born 1965), American football player
* Larry Lutz (1913–1998), American football player and coach
* Mark Lutz (actor) (born 1970), American actor
* Mark Lutz (athlete) (born 1951), American sprinter
* Mark A. Lutz (born 1941), Swiss-born economics professor
* Martin Lutz (born 1950), German conductor
* Matilda Lutz (born 1991), Italian actress
* Matt Lutz (born 1978), American actor
* Meyer Lutz (1829–1903), German composer of musicals
* Oswald Lutz (1876–1944), first German tank general
* Philip Lutz, Jr. (1888–1947), American politician
* Raymond Lutz (born 1957), American businessman, electronics engineer and politician
* Rudolf Lutz (born 1951), Swiss harpsichordist and conductor
* Robyn Lutz, American computer scientist, married to Jack
* Russell Lutz (born 1968), American science fiction author
* Ton Lutz, (1919–2009), Dutch actor
* Vera Lutz (1912–1976), British economist
* Wil Lutz (born 1994), American football placekicker
* William D. Lutz (born 1940), American linguist
* Winifred Ann Lutz (born 1942), American sculptor and fiber artist
* Zach Lutz (born 1986), American professional baseball player

## First name or nickname

* Lutz Altepost (born 1981), German flatwater canoeist
* Lutz Bacher (1943–2019), pseudonym of an American artist in a variety of media
* Lutz Brinkmann (born 1975), German politician
* Lutz Dombrowski (born 1959), German long jumper
* Lutz Eigendorf (1956–1983), German footballer and defector
* Lutz Fleischer (1956–2019), German painter and graphic artist
* Lutz Gerresheim (1958–1980), German footballer
* Lutz Glandien (born 1954), German classical and electroacoustic composer and musician
* Lutz Goepel (born 1942), German politician
* Lutz Hachmeister (born 1959), German media historian, filmmaker and journalist
* Lutz Heck, Ludwig George Heinrich Heck, (1892–1983), German zoologist
* Lutz Heilmann (born 1966), German left-wing politician
* Lutz Heßlich (born 1959), German racing cyclist
* Lutz Hoffmann (1959–1997), German Olympic gymnast
* Lutz Jacobi (born 1955), Dutch politician
* Lutz Jäncke (born 1957), neuropsychologist
* Lutz Kayser, German aerospace engineer, founded OTRAG
* Lutz Kleveman (born 1974), German author, journalist and photographer
* Lutz Körner, German slalom canoeist
* Lutz Kühnlenz, German luger
* Lutz Langer, German Paralympic shot putter
* Lutz Lindemann (born 1949), German football coach and former player
* Lutz Liwowski (born 1967), German sprint canoeist
* Lutz Long (1913–1943), German Olympic long jumper
* Lutz Mack (born 1952), German Olympic gymnast
* Lutz Meyer-Goßner (born 1936), German jurist and law professor
* Lutz Mommartz (born 1934), German filmmaker
* Lutz Pfannenstiel (born 1973), German football goalkeeper
* Lutz Philipp (1940–2012), German Olympic long-distance runner
* Lutz Rathenow (born 1952), German dissident writer and poet
* Lutz Roeder, software engineer, author of .NET Reflector
* Lutz D. Schmadel (1942–2016), German astronomer
* Lutz Schülbe (born 1961), German footballer
* Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887–1977), German politician
* Lutz Taufer, German activist with links to the Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK)
* Lutz Templin, (1901–1973), German jazz bandleader
* Lutz Ulbricht (1942–2022), German Olympic rower
* Lutz Unger (born 1951), German Olympic swimmer
* Lutz Wahl (1869–1928), American major general
* Lutz Wanja (born 1956), German Olympic backstroke swimmer
* Lutz Wienhold (born 1965), German footballer
* Lutz Winde (born 1966), German actor and director
* Lutz Wingert (born 1958), German philosopher

## Fictional characters

* Lutz, a character from the 2023 Pixar film Elemental