Fritsch is a German surname. Like Fritsche, Fritzsch and Fritzsche, it is a patronymic derived from Friedrich. Notable people with the surname include: Ahasverus Fritsch (1629–1701), German jurist, poet and hymn writer Antonin Fritsch, Czech palaeontologist Bayley Fritsch (born 1996), professional Australian rules footballer Bernard Joseph Fritsch (1881–1951), Australian rules footballer Brad Fritsch (born 1977), Canadian professional golfer Eberhard Ludwig Cäsar Fritsch (died 1974), the editor and publisher of the pro-Nazi monthly magazine in Argentina Der Weg Edward F. Fritsch (born 1950), scientist Elizabeth Fritsch (born 1940), British potter Eloy Fernando Fritsch (born 1968), Brazilian electronic musician Felix Eugen Fritsch, English phycologist Ferdinand Fritsch (1898-1966/7), Austrian football manager Florian Fritsch (born 1985), German professional golfer Frederick William Fritsch (born 1954), American former bobsleigh athlete Gerhard Fritsch (1924–1969), Austrian novelist and poet Gunther von Fritsch (1906–1988), film director Gustav Fritsch (1837–1927), German physiologist Hans Fritsch (1911–1987), German discus thrower Heinrich Fritsch (1844–1915), German gynecologist and obstetrician Horst Fritsch (1931–2010), a German Green Party politician Jamie Fritsch (born 1985), American former professional ice hockey defensemen Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010), a German composer Karl Fritsch (1864–1934), Austrian botanist Karl von Fritsch (1838–1906), German geologist Karl Fritsch (jeweller) (born 1963), German-born contemporary jeweller Katharina Fritsch (born 1956), German sculptor Lisa Fritsch (born 1975), American author and community activist Ludwig Fritsch, pseudonym of Marie Luise Droop (1890–1959), German writer, director and producer Margaret Goodin Fritsch (1899–1993), American architect Michael Fritsch, academic and researcher in the field of Economics Nicolas Fritsch (born 1978), French cyclist Paul Fritsch (1859–1913), German co-inventor of the Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement Paul Fritsch (1901–1970), French boxer Rüdiger von Fritsch (born 1953), German diplomat and author Stephan Fritsch (1962-2014), German artist Theodore Edward Fritsch Jr. (born 1950), former American football center Theodor Fritsch (1852–1933), German publisher and anti-semitic pundit Thomas Fritsch (1944–2021), German television and dubbing actor Toni Fritsch (1945–2005), Austrian player of football (soccer) and American football Waldemar Fritsch (1909–1978), German porcelain sculptor and ceramist Walter Fritsch (1911-date of death unknown), Chilean hurdler Werner von Fritsch (1880–1939), German Wehrmacht officer Willy Fritsch (1901-1973), German theater and film actor Wolfgang Fritsch (born 1949), German lightweight rower See also Fritsche Fritzsch Fritzsche (disambiguation) Frič, Czechized variation of the name Blomberg-Fritsch Affair Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement German-language surnames Surnames from given names