Herzog (surname) explained

Herzog is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Academia

• Albin Herzog (1852–1909), Swiss mathematician
• Don Herzog (born 1956), American political scientist
• Fritz Herzog (1902–2001), American mathematician
• Hanna Herzog (born 1946), sociology professor at Tel Aviv University
• Johann Jakob Herzog (1805–1882), German Protestant theologian
• Marvin Herzog (1927–2013), Yiddish linguist, professor at Columbia University
• T. K. G. Herzog (1880–1961), German bryologist and phytogeographer
• Ze'ev Herzog (born 1941), archaeology professor at Tel Aviv University

Artists, entertainers, film and stage people

• Arthur Herzog, Jr. (1900–1983), American jazz songwriter
• Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1831–1932), German-American artist
• Jens-Daniel Herzog (born 1964), German stage director
• Mikel Herzog (born 1960), Spanish singer-songwriter
• Rudolph Herzog (born 1973), German film director, producer and writer
• Seth Herzog (born 1970), American comedian
• Werner Herzog (born 1942), German: screenwriter, film director, actor and opera director

Politicians and religious leaders

• Chaim Herzog (1918–1997), sixth president of Israel; son of Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog
  • Aura Herzog (1928–2022), wife of Chaim Herzog
• Gustav Herzog (born 1958), German SPD politician, member of the Bundestag
• Henry Herzog (1848–1935), American politician
• Isaac ("Bougie") Herzog (born 1960), eleventh and current president of Israel, son of Chaim Herzog
• Jakob Herzog (1892–1931), Swiss socialist
• J. B. M. Hertzog (1866–1942), German-South African politician
• Martin H. Herzog, (1878–1971), American politician
• Maurice Herzog (1919–2012), French mountaineer and politician
• Robert Herzog (1823–1886), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
• Roman Herzog (1934–2017), President of Germany from 1994 to 1999
• Ronald Paul Herzog (1942 - 1942), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1889–1959), Chief Rabbi of Ireland and later of Israel

Sportspeople and mountaineers

• Andreas Herzog (born 1968), Austrian footballer
• Buck Herzog (1885–1953), American baseball player
• Dieter Herzog (born 1946), German footballer
• Elvira Herzog (born 2000), Swiss footballer
• Maurice Herzog (1919–2012), French mountaineer and politician
• Whitey Herzog (1931–2024), American baseball player and Hall of Fame baseball manager

Writers and journalists

• Amy Herzog, American playwright
• Arthur Herzog (1927–2010), American novelist
• Émile Herzog (1885–1967), Franco-German writer, known by his pen name André Maurois
• Frank Herzog, American retired sportscaster
• Jakob Herzog (writer) (1842–1915), writer, journalist, and dramatist
• Vladimir Herzog (1937–1975), Jewish-Brazilian journalist
• Wilhelm Herzog (1884–1960), German historian, dramatist and pacifist

Others

• Herzog family
• Jacques Herzog (born 1950), Swiss architect, founder of Herzog & de Meuron
• Karl Herzog (1906–1998), German military officer
• Sofie Herzog (1846–1925), Texas physician
• Todd Herzog (born 1985), winner of Survivor: China

See also

• Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954), born Franz Herzog, German-Hungarian writer
• Hartsock, an anglicized variant of the Herzog surname.