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Fritz is a common German male name. The name originated as a German diminutive of Friedrich or Frederick (Der Alte Fritz, and Stary Fryc were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor), as well as of similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly, Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by Allies soldier similar to the term Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz.

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Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz".

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Surname

  • Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon
  • Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman
  • Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach
  • Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  • Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer
  • Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager
  • Elisabet Fritz (died 1752), Swedish industrialist
  • Florian Fritz (born 1984), French rugby union player
  • Frank Fritz, co-star of History Channel's American Pickers
  • James Fritz (active 2023), British playwright
  • John Fritz, (1822–1913), American pioneer of iron and steel technology
  • Johny Fritz (born 1944), Luxembourgish composer
  • Jürgen Fritz (born 1953), German musician, keyboard player in the rock band Triumvirat
  • Lanja Fritz (born 1995), Nauruan sprinter
  • Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990), Canadian palaeontologist
  • Nel Fritz (born 1937), Dutch Olympic gymnast
  • Oscar M. Fritz (1878–1957), American jurist
  • Reinhold Fritz (1884–1950), German bass-baritone
  • Roger Fritz (1936–2021), German actor, director, producer and photographer
  • Rose L. Fritz (1888–1959), World's fastest typist 1907, 1908, and 1909
  • Sophie Wolff-Fritz (1858–1938), German composer, singer and teacher
  • Taylor Fritz (born 1997), American professional tennis player
  • William Harold Fritz (1928–2009), Geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
  • Willie Fritz (born 1960), American football coach
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Given name

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Nickname, ring name or code name

  • Fritz, nickname of Walter F. Mondale, former Vice President of the United States and U.S. senator from Minnesota
  • Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (1879–1925), prolific and cannibalistic German serial killer, rapist, and fraudster
  • Fritz, nickname of Ernest Hollings, former Governor of, and U.S. senator from, South Carolina
  • Fritz Wetherbee, New Hampshire writer and television host
  • Fritz Von Erich (1929–1997), ring name of American professional wrestler and promoter Jack Adkisson
  • Fritz or Fritzchen, German code name for Second World War Allied double agent Eddie Chapman[citation needed]

Fictional characters

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See also

  • Fritz, a chess program
  • Frits, another given name
  • Frit, a ceramic composition

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