Lorenz is an originally German name derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum".
Given name
editPeople with the given name Lorenz include:
- Prince Lorenz of Belgium (born 1955), member of the Belgian royal family by his marriage with Princess Astrid of Belgium
- Lorenz Böhler (1885–1973), Austrian trauma surgeon
- Lorenz Hart (1895–1943), American lyricist, half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart
- Lorenz Lange (1690–1752), Russian official in Siberia
- Lorenz Oken (1779–1851), German naturalist
- Lorenz of Werle (1338/40–1393/94), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
Surname
editPeople with the name surname Lorenz include:
- Adolf Lorenz (1854–1946), Austrian surgeon
- Alfred Lorenz (1868–1939), Austrian-German musical analyst
- Angela Lorenz (born 1965), American artist
- Barbara Lorenz, make-up artist
- Carl Lorenz (1913–1993), German cyclist
- Christian Lorenz (born 1966), German musician
- Edward Norton Lorenz (1917–2008), American mathematician and meteorologist
- Francis S. Lorenz (1914–2008), American jurist and politician
- Friedrich Lorenz (1897–1944), German Catholic priest
- Hans Lorenz (1865–1940), German engineer and physicist
- Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist
- Kuno Lorenz (born 1932), German philosopher
- Lee Lorenz (1932-2022), American cartoonist
- Ludvig Lorenz (1829–1891), Danish mathematician and physicist
- Max Lorenz (tenor) (1901–1975), German tenor
- Max O. Lorenz, (1880–1962), American economist
- Michael Lorenz (footballer) (born 1979), German footballer
- Michael Lorenz (born 1970), American microbiologist
- Michael Lorenz (musicologist) (born 1958), Austrian musicologist
- Michael Lorenz (veterinarian), American veterinary scientist
- Ottokar Lorenz (1832–1904), Austrian-German historian and genealogist
- Richard Lorenz (artist) German artist painted in the western genre
- Siegfried Lorenz (1945–2024), German baritone and musician
- Stephen R. Lorenz (born 1951), American Commander, Air Education and Training Command, United States Air Force
- Richard Lorenz (bobsleigh) (1901–1953), Austrian bobsledder
- Taylor Lorenz, American journalist
- Trey Lorenz (born 1969), American singer
- Ulrike Lorenz (born 1963), German art historian and president of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
- Werner Lorenz (1891–1974), German SS-General and war criminal
- William Lorenz (1882–1958), American physician, psychiatrist, and U.S. Army medical officer in World War I
Fictional Characters
edit- Lorenz Hellman Gloucester, a character from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Keel Lorenz, an antagonist from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Lighter Lorenz, a character from the video game Zenless Zone Zero
See also
edit- Lorentz, spelled with a "t"