Moritz Explained

Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to:

People

Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century
Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse
Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760), a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926–2013), the head of the House of Hesse, pretendant to the throne of Finland, son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse
Moritz, Prince of Dietrichstein (1775–1864)
Moritz Becker, American politician
Moritz Benedikt (1849–1920), Jewish-Austrian newspaper editor
Moritz Borman, film producer
Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790–1849), Austrian miniature painter and sculptor
Moritz Duschak (1815–1890), Moravian rabbi and writer
Moritz Schlick, German philosopher and physicist
Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter
Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player
Moritz Steinla (1791–1858), German engraver
Moritz Wagner (1813–1887), German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian
Moritz Wagner (basketball) (born 1997), German basketball player

A. F. Moritz (born 1947), American poet, teacher and scholar
André Moritz (born 1986), Brazilian attacking midfielder
Bruno Moritz (1900–?), German-Ecuadorian chess master
Carl Moritz (1863–1944), German architect and real estate entrepreneur
Christoph Moritz (born 1990), German footballer
Elisabeth Moritz, mother of Catherine I of Russia
Halvar Moritz, Swedish cross-country skier
Helmut Moritz (1933–2022), Austrian geodeticist
Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793), German author, editor and essayist
Julius L. Moritz (1830–1909) and Morris Moritz (about 1836–1903), German brothers in Los Angeles
Louisa Moritz (1936–2019), Cuban-born American actress
(1860–1925), German painter
Mathias Moritz (born 1988), German footballer
Michael Moritz (born 1954), Welsh venture capitalist
Nancy Moritz (born 1960), justice on the Kansas Supreme Court
Neal H. Moritz (born 1959), American film producer
Nils Moritz (born 1943), Swedish actor
(born 1941), German sinologist
Robert Edouard Moritz (1868–1940), German-American mathematician
Paulus Moritz (1869–1942), German Roman Catholic cleric
Sabine Moritz (born 1969), German painter and graphic designer
Theodore L. Moritz (1892–1982), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
William Moritz (1941–2004), film historian
Wilhelm Moritz (Luftwaffe officer) (1913–2010), German Luftwaffe ace
Yunna Moritz (born 1937), Soviet and Russian poet

a title character of Max and Moritz, an 1865 German-language illustrated story by Wilhelm Busch
Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening
Moritz Benayoun, human male doctor on the TV series

Moritz, Germany, a village and a former municipality, now part of the town of Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt
Moritz College of Law, a public law school at Ohio State University
Moritz (beer), a Spanish (Catalan) beer brand, founded by Alsatian immigrant Louis Moritz Trautmann