Christ (surname)

For other uses, see Christ (disambiguation).

Christ or von Christ is a relatively common surname in Germany, especially in Bavaria. Occasionally, the name has been incorporated into pseudonyms.

Those bearing it include:

• Benjamin C. Christ (1824–1869), American Civil War colonel
• Carol P. Christ (born 1945), American academic, feminist and eco-feminist theologian
• Carol T. Christ (born 1944), American academic and administrator
• Charles "Chilla" Christ (1911–1998), Australian cricketer
• Dorothy Christ (1925–2020), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880–1966), German-born American businesswoman, grandmother of U.S. President Donald Trump
• Grégory Christ (born 1982), French football player
• Hermann Christ (1833–1933), Swiss botanist
• Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813), German naturalist, gardener and pastor
• John Christ (born 1965), American musician
• Karl Christ (1897 – after 1944), German First World War flying ace
• Lena Christ (1881–1920), German writer
• F. Michael Christ (born 1955), American mathematician
• Norman Christ (born c. 1945), American academic
• Peaches Christ (born 1974), American drag performer
• Sonja Christ (born 1984), 61st German Wine Queen
• Sven Christ (born 1973), Swiss footballer
• Victor Christ-Janer (1915–2008), American architect
• Wilhelm von Christ (1831–1906), German classical scholar

See also

• Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, believed by Christians to be the Christ
• Christ (title), the Greek title for Messiah, the savior and liberator of the Jewish people and mankind
• Crist (surname)
• Christos (surname)
• Christo (name)