# Koch (surname)

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

## A–C

* Adam Koch (born 1988), American professional basketball player
* Adolf Koch (1896–1970), German school teacher and leader of the Freikörperkultur
* Alan Koch (baseball) (1938–2015), retired American professional baseball player
* Alan Koch (soccer) (born 1975), South African and Canadian football/soccer coach
* Alexander Koch (disambiguation), several people
* Alfred Koch (born 1961), Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman of ethnic German origin
* Alfred Michael Koch (1894–?), Swiss-born Canadian flying ace
* Amy Koch (born 1971), member of the Minnesota Senate
* Andreas Koch (born 1966), Austrian former footballer
* Anton Koch (disambiguation), several people
* Aubrey Koch (1904–1975), pioneering Australian aviator
* Beat Koch (born 1972), Swiss cross country skier
* Beate Koch (born 1967), former German athlete
* Bernward Koch (born 1957), German composer, pianist and keyboardist
* Berthold Koch (1899–1988), German chess master
* Bill Koch (businessman) (born 1940), William I. "Bill" Koch, America's Cup yachtsman, businessman, son of Fred C. Koch
* Bill Koch (skier) (born 1955), cross-country skier
* Billy Koch (born 1974), Major league baseball relief pitcher
* Blake Koch (born 1985), American race car driver
* Bobby Koch (born 1960), CEO of the Wine Institute
* Carl Koch (director) (1892–1963), German film director and writer
* Carl Koch (architect) (1912–1998), American architect
* Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857), German entomologist and arachnologist, father of Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
* Carin Koch (born 1971), Swedish professional golfer
* Cary Koch (born 1986), American professional football wide receiver playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
* Cees Koch (athlete) (1936–2021), Dutch discus thrower
* Charles Koch (born 1935), heir and CEO of Koch Industries and co-founder of the free-market Cato Institute
* Chris Koch (director), American film director
* Christiane Koch, German physicist
* Christina Koch (born 1979), American astronaut
* Christof Koch (born 1956), American neuroscientist
* Christopher Koch (1932–2013), Australian novelist
* Ciril Metod Koch (1867–1925), Slovene architect
* Cooper Koch (born 1996), American actor

## D–G

* Dagfinn Koch, Norwegian musician
* Dan Koch (born 1983), American musician, lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Sherwood
* Daniel Koch (Swiss physician) (born 1955), Swiss physician
* Daniel Koch (American politician) (1816–1903), Pennsylvania politician
* David Koch (Australian politician) (born 1949), member of the Victorian Legislative Council
* David Koch (television presenter), Australian financial analyst and TV presenter
* David Koch (1940–2019), businessman, 1980 Libertarian Party vice-presidential candidate, heir to Koch Industries, son of Fred C. Koch
* Des Koch (1932–1991), American athlete
* Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (born 1953), German politician
* Dietrich Koch (1916–2002), Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II
* Dora Koch-Stetter (1881–1968), (aka Dora Stetter), German landscape artist, portrait painter and etcher
* Dorothy Bush Koch (born 1959), daughter of the 41st president of the US, George Herbert Walker Bush
* Ed Koch (1924–2013), 105th mayor of New York City 1978–1989
* Edeltraud Koch, retired German swimmer
* Ehrhardt Koch (1886–1954), German American businessman
* Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), German-born Brazilian artist
* Eric Koch (1919–2018), German-born Canadian author, broadcaster, and professor
* Erich Koch (1896–1986), Gauleiter of East Prussia
* Erik Koch (born 1988), American martial artist
* Erland Koch (1867–1945), German sports shooter
* Fabian Koch (born 1989), Austrian footballer
* Florian Koch (born 1992), German basketball player
* Franz Koch (disambiguation), several people
* Franziska Romana Koch (1748–1796), German operatic soprano
* Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), American chemical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Koch Industries
* Fred Conrad Koch (1876–1948), American biochemist
* Freddy Koch (1916–1980), Danish film actor
* Frederick R. Koch (1933–2020), American collector and philanthropist, son of Fred C. Koch
* Friedrich Koch (1862–1927), German composer
* Friedrich Koch (general) (1879–1961), German general
* Gabriele Koch, German studio potter
* Gaetano Koch (1849–1910), Italian architect
* Gareth Koch (born 1962), Australian classical guitarist
* Gary Koch (born 1952), American professional golfer
* George Koch (1919–1966), American football player
* George W. Koch (1871–1908), American politician
* Georg Koch (born 1972), German football goalkeeper
* Gertrud Koch (1924–2016), German resistance fighter
* Gini Koch, American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer
* Greg Koch (born 1955), former American football tackle
* Greg Koch (musician) (born June 23, 1966), American musician - guitar player

## H–K

* Hans Koch (1893–1945), German lawyer
* Hans Koch (SS man) (1912–1955), German SS-Unterscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp
* Hans-Reinhard Koch (1929–2018), German Roman Catholic prelate
* Harald Koch (born 1969), Austrian badminton player
* Harry Koch (German footballer) (born 1969), German footballer and coach
* Harry Koch (businessman) (1867–1942), Dutch-born American businessman
* Hawk Koch (born 1945), American film producer
* Heather Koch (Heather Button), Born 1986, Wisconsin Hair Designer
* Heinrich Koch (born 1962), German politician
* Helge von Koch (1870–1924), Swedish mathematician, originator of the eponymous "Koch snowflake"
* Helmut Koch (conductor) (1908–1975), German conductor, choir leader, broadcasting manager, composer and academic teacher
* Henny Koch (1854–1925), German children's author and translator
* Henri Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Henri Koch (bobsledder) (born 1904, date of death unknown), Luxembourgish bobsledder
* Henriette Koch, Danish sports sailor
* Henry C. Koch (1841–1910), German-American architect
* Herbert Koch (born 1962), German mathematician
* Herman Koch (born 1953), Dutch writer and actor
* Howard E. Koch (1901–1995), American screenwriter
* Howard W. Koch (1916–2001), American film director/producer
* Hugo Koch (1870–1928), Dutch inventor
* Ilse Koch (1906–1967), German personality, "The Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of Karl Otto Koch
* Jan Koch (born 1995), German footballer
* Jerry Koch, American basketball player
* Jesper Koch, Danish composer
* Jim Koch, American brewer, founder of Boston Beer Company
* John Koch, American painter
* Johan Peter Koch, Danish captain and explorer
* Jonathan Koch (disambiguation), several people
* Joseph Koch, American lawyer, politician, and judge
* Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter
* Jørgen Hansen Koch, Danish architect
* Julian Koch (born 1990), German football player
* Julius August Koch (1752–1817), German astronomer
* Julius Ludwig August Koch, German psychiatrist
* Julius Koch (1872–1902), exceptionally tall man
* Jurij Koch, Sorbian writer
* Jürgen Koch, Austrian badminton player
* Karen Koch, American ice hockey goaltender
* Karl Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Karl Koch (botanist), German botanist
** Karl-Otto Koch, German first commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp (1897-1945)
* Karl-Rudolf Koch, German geodesist and professor
* Kenneth Koch, American poet
* Klaus Koch, German Old Testament Scholar
* Konrad Koch, German teacher and football pioneer
* Kurt Koch, Swiss Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Kurt E. Koch, Protestant theologian and writer (best known for books on the occult and on the work of the Holy Spirit)
* Kyle Koch, Canadian football offensive lineman

## L–R

* Lauge Koch (1892–1964), Danish expedition leader in Greenland
* Lothar Koch (1935–2003), German oboist
* Ludwig Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908), German entomologist and arachnologist, son of Carl Ludwig Koch
** Ludwig Koch (painter) (1866–1934), Austrian equestrian painter
* Lydia Lunch (born 1959), American musician, singer, poet, spoken word performer, born Lydia Konch
* Marco Koch (born 1990), German swimmer
* Marianne Koch (born 1931), German actress and physician
* Marita Koch (born 1957), German sprint athlete
* Mariza Koch (born 1944), Greek folk singer
* Markus Koch (born 1963), American football defensive lineman
* Martin Koch (novelist) (1882–1940), Swedish novelist
* Martin Koch (ski jumper) (born 1982), Austrian ski jumper
* Máté Tamás Koch (born 1999), Hungarian épée fencer
* Matt Koch (born 1990), American baseball player
* Matthias Koch (born 1988), Austrian football midfielder
* Max Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Max Koch (1854–1925), Australian botanist
** Max Koch (academic) (1855–1931), German historian and literary critic
** Max Friedrich Koch, German history painter
* Meinolf Koch (born 1957), retired German football player
* Michael Andrew Koch (born 1949), American, businessman
* Michael Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Michael Koch (born 1982), Swiss film director and screenwriter
** Michel Koch (born 1991), German track and road racing cyclist
* Mogens Koch (1898–1992), Danish architect
* Noppie Koch (1932–2010), Dutch cyclist and pacer
* Norma Koch (1898–1979), Academy Award winning costume designer
* Nynne Koch (1915–2001), Danish novelist and women's studies researcher
* Patrik Koch, Slovak ice hockey player
* Paulie Koch (born 1996), world champion wakeboarder
* Pauline Koch (1858–1920), Albert Einstein's mother
* Payton Koch (born 1996), American film editor
* Philippe Koch (born 1991), Swiss football defender
* Pete Koch (born 1962), American football player and actor
* Peter Koch (wood scientist) (1920–1998), American wood scientist and industrial engineer
* Peter Rutledge Koch (born 1943), American artist book publisher, designer
* Pierre Koch (1895–1978), French engineer
* Pietro Koch (1918–1945), Italian police leader
* Polly Koch (1895–1976), American football player
* Pyke Koch (1901–1991), Dutch artist
* Raphael Koch (born 1990), Swiss footballer
* Richard Koch (born 1950), management consultant, entrepreneur, and writer
* Richard H. Koch (1852–1945), American judge and railroad owner
* Rickard Koch (born 1976), Swedish bandy player
* Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician, discoverer of the tubercle and cholera bacilli, Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate in 1905
* Robert Koch (footballer) (born 1986), German footballer
* Robert Koch Woolf (1923–2004), American interior decorator
* Robin Koch (born 1996), German footballer
* Roland Koch (born 1958), German politician
* Roland Koch (footballer) (born 1952), German football manager
* Roscoe R. Koch (1887–1963), American politician
* Rosslyn Koch (1886–?), Ceylonese politician
* Rudolf Koch (1876–1934), German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher

## S–Z

* Sam Koch, American former football punter for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
* Sarah Koch (born 1979), American mathematician
* Sebastian Koch, German actor
* Silvana Koch-Mehrin, German politician
* Simona Koch (born 1968), German diver
* Simone Koch, German figure skater
* Shari Koch, German ice dancer
* Sophie Koch, French mezzo-soprano
* Stefan Koch (born 1964), German basketball coach
* Stefanie Koch (born 1981), German ski mountaineer
* Stephan W. Koch (1953–2022), German theoretical physicist
* Tanit Koch (born 1977), German journalist
* Theodor Koch, German engineer
* Thomas Koch (disambiguation), several people
* Thomaz Koch, Brazilian tennis player
* Tobias Koch (pianist), German pianist
* Tom Koch, writer for Mad Magazine
* Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
* Valdemar Koch (1852–1902), Danish architect and politician
* Vincent Koch, (born 1990), South African professional rugby player
* Waldemar Koch, former German politician
* Walter Koch (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Walter Koch (Fallschirmjäger) (1910–1943), commander of the Fallschirmjäger during World War II
* Werner Koch (born 1961), German software author
* Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), German physician and botanist
* Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924), German composer