Scholz (surname)

As of 2014, 86.6% of all known bearers of the surname Scholz were residents of Germany, 5.8% of the United States, 1.7% of Austria, 1.1% of Brazil and 1.1% of Australia.

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following states:[1]

• 1. Saxony (1:315)
• 2. Brandenburg (1:361)
• 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:429)
• 4. Thuringia (1:518)
• 5. Lower Saxony (1:541)
• 6. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:695)

• Alexander Scholz (born 1992), a Danish footballer
• Anke Scholz (born 1978), a German swimmer
• Arno Scholz (1904–1971), German journalist
• Arnold Scholz (1904–1942), a German mathematician
• Barbara Scholz (1947–2011), an American philosopher of science
• Bernhard Scholz (1835–1916), a German composer
• Carter Scholz (born 1953), an American speculative fiction author and music composer
• Corinna Scholz (born 1989), a German curler
• Erhard Scholz (born 1947), a German historian of mathematics
• Ernst Scholz (politician) (1913–1986), German diplomat and politician
• Franz Scholz (1909–1998), a German priest and professor of theology
• Fritz von Scholz (1896–1944), an Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) Oberleutnant and later German SS-Commander
• Gene Scholz (1917–2005), an American professional basketball player
• Georg Scholz (1890–1945), a German painter
• Gudrun Scholz (born 1940), a former German field hockey player
• Heiko Scholz (born 1966), a former German footballer
• Heinrich Scholz (entomologist) (1812–1859), German physician and entomologist
• Heinrich Scholz (1884–1956), German theologian and logician
• Ingrid Scholz, a German rower
• Jackson Scholz (1897–1986), an American athlete
• János Scholz (c. 1904–1993), Hungarian-born American cellist and art collector
• Johann Martin Augustin Scholz (1794–1852), a German Bible scholar
• Katharina Scholz (born 1983), a German field hockey player
• Lilly Scholz (born 1903, date of death unknown), an Austrian pair skater
• Michael Scholz (born 1949), a German singer, composer and producer
• Olaf Scholz (born 1958), current Chancellor of Germany
• Paul Scholz (1902–1995), German journalist and politician
• Peta Scholz (née Squire, born 1976), an Australian netball player
• Robert O. Scholz (1895–1978), American architect
• Ronny Scholz (born 1978), a former professional road racing cyclist
• Rupert Scholz (born 1937), a German politician
• Tom Scholz (Donald Thomas Scholz, born 1947), an American rock musician, inventor, engineer, and philanthropist
• W. E. Scholz ((c. 1800–1866)), German composers and conductor

• Scholz conjecture, after Arnold Scholz
• Scholz Garten, Beer Garden, in downtown Austin, Texas
• Scholz Research & Development
• Scholz's star, a star that passed near the Sun 70 000 years ago, named after its discoverer, German astronomer Ralf-Dieter Scholz
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