Hartwig (surname)

Hartwig is a Germanic-language surname, literally meaning hard in battle (wikt:hart + wikt:wig).

Finnish variants of the name, derived from the North German form Harteke, include Hartik (archaic), Hartikka, Harto, Hartto, Harttu, Hartus, Harttula, Hartikkala, Hartoinen, Hartuinen and most often, Hartikainen, a Savonian noble variant. [1]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Carter Hartwig (b. 1956), American professional football player
  • Clayton Hartwig (1964–1989), American sailor accused of causing the 1989 explosion of the 16" gun turret on the USS Iowa
  • Edward Hartwig (1909–2003), Polish photographer
  • Ernst Hartwig (1851–1923), German astronomer
  • Eva Brigitta Hartwig, later Vera Zorina, German prima ballerina active in America
  • Gay Hartwig (contemporary), American voice actress
  • Grant Hartwig (b. 1997), American professional baseball player
  • Ina Hartwig (b. 1963), German author, journalist, culture politician
  • Heike Hartwig (b. 1962), German Olympic shot putter
  • Jeff Hartwig (b. 1967), American Olympic polevaulter
  • Jimmy Hartwig (b. 1954), German professional football player
  • John F. Hartwig (b. 1964), Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
  • Josef Hartwig (1880–1956), German sculptor, Bauhaus teacher, and designer of an iconic chess set
  • Julia Hartwig (1921–2017), Polish poet and translator
  • Justin Hartwig (b. 1978), American professional football player
  • Marie Hartwig (1906–2001), American professor of physical education and advocate of women's sports
  • Nicholas Hartwig (1857–1914), Russian diplomat; ambassador to Persia 1906–08 and to Serbia 1904–14
  • Rex Hartwig (1929–2022), Australian professional tennis player
  • Ingmar Hartwig (b. 1988), German designer
  • Roland Hartwig (b. 1954), German politician
  • Wolf C. Hartwig (1921–2017), German film producer

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Hartwig
  • Hartwich

References

  1. "Nimiartikkelit". www.genealogia.fi.
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