Lorenz

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

Lorenz may refer to:

Music

• Alfred Lorenz, Austrian-German musical analyst
• Christian "Flake" Lorenz, a German musician
• Lorenz Hart, the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart
• Max Lorenz (tenor), German tenor
• Michael Lorenz (musicologist) (born 1958), Austrian musicologist
• Lorenz Publishing, American music publisher

Mathematics

• Edward Norton Lorenz, (1917–2008), American mathematician, meteorologist, and MIT professor
  • Lorenz system, a system of equations notable for having chaotic solutions under certain conditions which are known as the Lorenz attractor
• Max O. Lorenz, (1880–1962), an American economist
  • Lorenz curve, an income distribution curve
• Ludvig Lorenz, (1829–1891), a Danish mathematician and physicist
  • Lorenz gauge condition, a general method of calculation of time-dependent electromagnetic fields in which retarded potentials are introduced
• Lorenz cipher, a German cryptography machine, named after the company of the German engineer Carl Lorenz

Other people

• Adolf Lorenz (1854–1946), Austrian surgeon
• Barbara Lorenz, make-up artist
• Carl Lorenz (1913–1993), German cyclist
• Francis S. Lorenz (1914–2008), American jurist and politician
• Friedrich Lorenz (1897–1944), German Catholic priest
• Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989), Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist
• Kuno Lorenz (born 1932), German philosopher
• Lee Lorenz (born 1932), American cartoonist
• Lorenz Böhler (1885–1973), Austrian trauma surgeon
• Lorenz Lange (1690–1752), Russian official in Siberia
• Lorenz Oken (1779–1851), German naturalist
• Lorenz of Werle (1338/40–1393/94), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
• Michael Lorenz, American veterinary scientist
• Michael Lorenz (footballer) (born 1979), German footballer
• Ottokar Lorenz (1832–1904), Austrian-German historian and genealogist
• Stephen R. Lorenz, (born 1951), American Commander, Air Education and Training Command, United States Air Force
• Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1955), the second child of Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este and of Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta
• Richard Lorenz, (1901, death unknown), Austrian bobsledder
• Taylor Lorenz, American journalist
• Ulrike Lorenz, (born 1963), German art historian and president of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
• Werner Lorenz, (1891–1974), German SS-General and war criminal
• William Lorenz, M.D. (1882–1958), American physician, psychiatrist, and U.S. Army medical officer in World War I

Other

• St. Lorenz, Nuremberg, Germany
• St. Lorenz Basilica in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany
• C. Lorenz AG, a German electrical and electronics firm primarily located in Berlin
• Lorenz beam, a radio-navigation system developed by C. Lorenz AG prior to World War II
• Lorenz rifle, an Austrian rifle designed in 1854

See also

• Lorentz (disambiguation), spelled with a "t"