Lutz

For other uses, see Lutz (disambiguation).

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
• Anne Mae Lutz (1871–1938), American cytogeneticist
• 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 (1959–2024), 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 (1934–2025), 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 Seiler (born 1963), German poet and novelist
• 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
• Lutz Beilschmidt, also known as 2p!Germany, from the alternate universe 2p!Hetalia which is from the 2009 anime Hetalia