Lorenz

For other uses, see Lorenz (disambiguation).

Lorenz is an originally German name derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum".

Given name

People 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

People 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, founder of chaos theory
• 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 (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

• 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

• Lorentz, spelled with a "t"