Hartog Explained

Hartog and de/den Hartog(h) are Dutch surnames meaning "(the) duke" (modern Dutch hertog).^[1] Hartog is also a Dutch Jewish given name and surname equivalent to German Herzog and Hirsch, derived from hert (Dutch for "deer").^[1] People with these names include:

Surname

Hartog

• Arie den Hartog (1941–2018), Dutch bicycle racer
• Arno den Hartog (born 1954), Dutch field hockey player
• Ashley Hartog (born 1982), South African footballer
• Cécile Hartog (1857–1940), English Jewish composer and pianist, sister of Héléna, Marcus, Numa Edward, and Philip
• (1931–2021), Dutch marine botanist
• Diana Hartog (born 1950), Canadian poet and fiction writer
• Dirk Hartog (1580–1621), Dutch sea captain and explorer
  • Named after him: Hartog Plate on Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia
• Dorcas Denhartog (born 1965), American cross-country skier
• Eva Hartog (born 1988), Dutch journalist
• Fay Hartog-Levin (born 1948), American lawyer, consultant, and diplomat
• François Hartog (born 1946), French historian
• Héléna Hartog (1854–1923), English Jewish portrait painter, sister of Cécile, Marcus, Numa Edward, and Philip
• Jacci Den Hartog (born 1962), American sculptor
• Jacob Pieter Den Hartog (1901–1989), Dutch-born American mechanical engineer
• Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Dutch author
• Jim Hartog (born 1950), American jazz saxophonist
• Joop Hartog (born 1946), Dutch economist and professor
• Lo Hartog van Banda (1916–2006), Dutch comics writer
• Lori Den Hartog (born 1980), American politician
• Kristen den Hartog (born 1965), Canadian author
• Madeleine Hartog-Bel (born 1946), Peruvian model, winner of the 1967 Miss World contest
• Marcus Hartog (1851–1924), English Jewish natural historian and educator, brother of Cécile, Héléna, Numa Edward, and Philip
• Marion Hartog (1821–1907), English Jewish author and educator, mother of Cécile, Héléna, Marcus, Numa Edward, and Philip
• Nils den Hartog (born 1994), Dutch footballer
• Numa Edward Hartog (1846–1871), English Jewish mathematician, brother of Cécile, Héléna, Marcus, and Philip
• Philip Hartog (1864–1947), English Jewish chemist and educator, brother of Cécile, Héléna, Marcus, and Numa Edward
• Robbert Hartog (1919–2008), Dutch-Canadian businessman
• Simon Hartog (1940–1992), British filmmaker
• Wil Hartog (born 1948), Dutch motorcycle racer

Hartogh

• G. A. den Hartogh (born 1943), Dutch philosopher

Hartogs

• Friedrich Hartogs (1874–1943) – German mathematician
  • Named after him: Hartogs number, Hartogs' lemma and Hartogs' theorem
• (born 1969), Dutch ice hockey player

Given name

• Hartog Elte (1887–1924), Dutch architect
• Georg Hartog Gerson (1788–1844), German physician
• Hartog Hamburger (1887–1924), Dutch diamond polisher and baseball player
• Hartog Jacob Hamburger (1859–1924), Dutch physiologist
• Hartog Keesing (1791–1879), Dutch-born New Zealand shopkeeper
• Hartog Sommerhausen (1781–1853), German-Dutch writer

See also

• Hertog (surname), Dutch surname of the same origin
• Hartog v. Colin & Shields – 1939 case in contract law
• Den Hartog Peak, Antarctic mountain named after glaciologist Stephen Den Hartog

Notes and References

1. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Hartog&nfd_naam=Hartog&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= Hartog