Koch (/koʊk, kɒtʃ, kɒx/ KOHK, KOTCH, KOKH, US also /kɔːk/ KAWK,[1] German: [kɔx] ) is a German surname that means "cook" or "chef".
A–C
edit- 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
D–G
edit- 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
edit- 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
- 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
edit- 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
- 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
edit- Sam Koch, American 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
- 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
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
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