Lorenz

Lorenz is an originally German name derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum".

Given name

• Prince Lorenz of Belgium (born 1955), member of the Belgian royal family by his marriage with Princess Astrid of Belgium
• Lorenz Böhler (1885–1973), Austrian trauma surgeon
• Lorenz Hart (1895–1943), American lyricist, half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart
• Lorenz Lange (1690–1752), Russian official in Siberia
• Lorenz von Numers (1913–1994), Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, translator and author
• Lorenz Oken (1779–1851), German naturalist
• Lorenz Weinrich (1929–2025), German historian
• Lorenz of Werle (1338/40–1393/94), Lord of Werle-Güstrow

Surname

• Adolf Lorenz (1854–1946), Austrian surgeon
• Alfred Lorenz (1868–1939), Austrian-German musical analyst
• Angela Lorenz (born 1965), American artist
• Barbara Lorenz, make-up artist
• Carl Lorenz (1913–1993), German cyclist
• Christian Lorenz (born 1966), German musician
• Edward Norton Lorenz (1917–2008), American mathematician and meteorologist, founder of chaos theory
• Francis S. Lorenz (1914–2008), American jurist and politician
• Friedrich Lorenz (1897–1944), German Catholic priest
• Hans Lorenz (1865–1940), German engineer and physicist
• Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist
• Kuno Lorenz (born 1932), German philosopher
• Lee Lorenz (1932–2022), American cartoonist
• Ludvig Lorenz (1829–1891), Danish mathematician and physicist
• Max Lorenz (footballer) (1939–2025), German footballer
• Max Lorenz (tenor) (1901–1975), German tenor
• Max O. Lorenz (1876–1959), American economist
• Michael Lorenz (footballer) (born 1979), German footballer
• Michael Lorenz (musicologist) (born 1958), Austrian musicologist
• Michael Lorenz (veterinarian), American veterinary scientist
• Ottokar Lorenz (1832–1904), Austrian-German historian and genealogist
• Richard Lorenz (bobsleigh) (1901–1953), Austrian bobsledder
• Richard Lorenz (chemist) (1863–1929), chemist from Vienna
• Richard Lorenz (artist) (1858–1915), German painter
• Siegfried Lorenz (athlete) (born 1933), German hammer thrower
• Siegfried Lorenz (baritone) (1945–2024), German singer
• Siegfried Lorenz (politician) (born 1930), German politician
• Stephen R. Lorenz (born 1951), United States retired Air Force four-star general
• Richard Lorenz (bobsleigh) (1901–1953), Austrian bobsledder
• Taylor Lorenz, American journalist
• Trey Lorenz (born 1969), American singer
• Ulrike Lorenz (born 1963), German art historian and president of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
• Werner Lorenz (1891–1974), German SS officer and war criminal
• William Lorenz (1882–1958), American physician, psychiatrist, and U.S. Army medical officer in World War I

Fictional characters

• Lorenz Hellman Gloucester, from the video game '
• Keel Lorenz, an antagonist from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Lighter Lorenz,from the video game Zenless Zone Zero