Frits (given name)

Frits is a masculine given name and also a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Frederik (or Frederick, Fredericus, Frederikus). Quite common in the Netherlands, it also occurs in Denmark and Norway. It may refer to:

• Frits Agterberg (born 1936), Dutch-born Canadian geologist
• Frederik Frits Korthals Altes (1931–2025), Dutch politician and former Minister of Justice
• Frits Bernard (1920–2006), Dutch clinical psychologist and sexologist
• Frits Beukers (born 1953), Dutch mathematician
• Frits van Bindsbergen (born 1960), Dutch road cyclist
• Frits Bolkestein (1933–2025), Dutch politician
• Frits Bülow (1872–1955), Danish politician and Justice Minister
• Frits Castricum (1947–2011), Dutch journalist and Labour Party politician
• Frits Clausen (1893–1947), Danish collaborator with Nazi Germany
• Frits Dantuma (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Frits van Dongen (born 1946), Dutch architect
• Frits Dragstra (1927–2015), Dutch politician
• Frits Eijken (1893–1978), Dutch rower
• Frits Fentener van Vlissingen (1882–1962), Dutch businessman and entrepreneur
• Frits Goedgedrag (born 1951), first Governor of Curaçao and former Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
• Frits Goldschmeding (born 1933), Dutch businessman
• Frits Hansen (1841–1911), Norwegian educator, newspaper editor, biographer and politician
• Frits Hartvigson (1841–1919), Danish pianist and teacher
• Frits Heide (1883–1957), Danish botanist and science writer
• Frits Helmuth (1931–2004), Danish film actor
• Frits Henningsen (1889–1965), Danish furniture designer and cabinet maker
• Frederik David Holleman (1887–1958), Dutch and South African ethnologist and jurist
• Frits Holm (1881–1930), Danish scholar and adventurer
• Frits Hoogerheide (1944–2014), Dutch racing cyclist
• Frits Janssens (1898–?), Belgian wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics
• Frits Kemp (born 1954) is a Dutch attorney, receiver and activist
• Frits Kiggen (born 1955), Dutch sidecarcross passenger
• Frits Korthals Altes (born 1931), Dutch Minister of Justice
• Frederik Kortlandt (born 1946), Dutch linguistics professor
• Frits Kuipers (1899–1943), Dutch footballer, rower and physician
• Frederik Lamp (1905–1945), Dutch sprinter
• Frits Landesbergen (born 1961), Dutch jazz drummer and vibraphonist
• Frits von der Lippe (1901–1988), Norwegian journalist and theatre director
• Frits Lugt (1884–1970), Dutch collector of Dutch drawings and prints and authority on Rembrandt
• Frits Meuring 1882–1973), Dutch swimmer
• Frits Mulder, Belgian sailor at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Frederik Muller (1817–1881), Dutch bibliographer, book seller, and print collector
• Frits Niessen (1936–2020), Dutch politician
• Frits van Oostrom (born 1953), Dutch historic philologist
• Frits van Paasschen (born 1961), Dutch and American chief executive
• Frits Pannekoek (born 1947), Canadian historian and university dean
• Frits Peutz (1896–1974), Dutch architect
• Frits Philips (1905–2005), Dutch chairman of Philips electronics and Righteous Among the Nations
• Frits Pirard (born 1954), Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer
• Frits Poelman (born ca. 1930), Dutch-born New Zealand footballer
• Frits Potgieter (born 1974), South African retired discus thrower and shot putter
• Frits Purperhart (1944–2016), Surinamese football player and manager
• Frits de Ruijter (1917–2012), Dutch middle-distance runner
• Frits Ruimschotel (1922–1987), Dutch water polo player
• Frits Schalij (born 1957), Dutch retired speed skater
• Frits Schlegel (1896–1965), Danish architect
• Frederik Carl Gram Schrøder (1866–1936), Danish civil servant
• Frits Schuitema (born 1944), Dutch chief executive and football director
• Frits Schutte (1897–1986), Dutch swimmer
• Frits Schür (born 1954), Dutch retired cyclist
• Frits Sins (born 1964), Dutch slalom canoer
• Frits Smol (1924–2006), Dutch water polo player
• Frits Soetekouw (1938–2019), Dutch footballer
• Frits Staal (1930–2012), Dutch Indologist
• Frits Tellegen (1919–2020), Dutch urban designer
• Frits Thaulow (1847–1906), Norwegian Impressionist painter
• Frits Thors (1909–2014), Dutch journalist and news anchor
• Frits van Turenhout (1913–2004), Dutch sports journalist
• Frits Van den Berghe (1883–1939), Belgian expressionist and surrealist painter and illustrator
• Frits Vanen (born 1933), Dutch painter and sculptor
• Frederik Vermehren (1823–1910), Danish genre and a portrait painter
• Frits Went (1863–1935), Dutch botanist, father of Frits Warmolt Went
• Frits Warmolt Went (1903–1990), Dutch biologist and botanist
• Frits Zernike (1888–1966), Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner

See also

• Fritz, another given name