Otto (surname)
Otto is a German, Dutch, Hungarian, Danish, and Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adolph Wilhelm Otto (1786–1845), German anatomist
- Berthold Otto (1859 –1933), German pedagogue
- Catherine Otto, author of echocardiography textbooks
- Christoph Friedrich Otto (1783–1856), German botanist
- Felix Otto (mathematician) (born 1966), German mathematician
- Frei Otto (1925–2015), German architect
- Frank Otto (academic) (1936–2017), American educator and entrepreneur
- Gertrud Otto (1895–1970) German art historian
- Gustav Otto (1883–1926), German aircraft and aircraft-engine designer and manufacturer
- Jan Otto (1841–1916), publisher of Otto's encyclopedia
- John Otto (disambiguation), several people
- Justine Otto (born 1974), German artist
- Lisa Otto (1919–2013), German opera singer
- Mary Otto, American journalist
- Michael Otto (businessman) (born 1943), German businessman
- Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle
- Rudolf Otto (1869–1937), German theologian
- Shawn Lawrence Otto, American author, filmmaker, political strategist
- Tracy Otto (born 1995), American Paralympic archer
- Venantia Otto (born 1987), Namibian fashion model
- William Tod Otto (1816–1905), American judge
- Walter Friedrich Otto (1874–1958), German philologist
Arts
[edit]- Arthur H. Otto (born 1876), organist in South Australia. Later singing career in England as Arthur Kingston-Stewart.
- Barry Otto (born 1941), Australian actor
- John Otto (drummer) (born 1977), Canadian-born American drummer
- Ludwig Otto (1850—1920), a German landscape painter, etcher, and lithographer
- Miranda Otto (born 1967), Australian actress, daughter of Barry
- Natalino Otto (1912–1969), Italian singer
- Ralf Otto (born 1956), German choral conductor and academic teacher
- Waldemar Otto (1929–2020), Polish born German sculptor
- Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto (1909–1991), Danish-born horn player
- Whitney Otto, American author of How to Make an American Quilt
- Otto (composer) (first name unknown, fl. 18th century), composer of the early classical period
Sports
[edit]- Anita Otto (born 1942), German discus thrower
- Glenn Otto (born 1996), American baseball player
- Hennie Otto (born 1976), South African professional golfer
- Jim Otto (1938–2024), American football player
- Joel Otto (born 1961), ice hockey player
- Jonathan Castro Otto (born 1994), Spanish football player
- Kristin Otto (born 1968), German swimmer
- Krynauw Otto (born 1971), South African rugby player
- Ricky Otto (born 1967), English footballer
- Sylke Otto (born 1969), German luger
- Tracy Otto (born 1995), American Paralympic archer
- Werner Otto (cyclist) (born 1948), East German track cyclist
See also
[edit]- Otto, given name
- Otto (disambiguation), other uses
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