Pistorius
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin pistor meaning miller or baker) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German Becker. Notable people with the surname include:
Pistorius:
- Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria
- Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation) refers to three 16th century bearers of that name
- Micki Pistorius, a South African offender profiler
- Oscar Pistorius (born 1986), a South African double-amputee athlete convicted of the murder of his girlfriend
- Martin Pistorius, author of the personal memoir Ghost Boy
Pistor:
- Johann Jakob Pistor, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army
- Ludger Pistor (born 1959), German actor
See also
- Demian, a novel by Hermann Hesse, in which one of the characters is named Pistorius
- Pastorius (disambiguation)
<templatestyles src="Dmbox/styles.css" />