Pistorius
Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin pistor meaning miller or baker) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German Becker. Notable people with the surname include:
Pistorius[]
- Boris Pistorius (born 1960), German politician
- Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria
- Caren Pistorius, South African actress
- Charlotte Pistorius (1777 – 1850), German poet
- Hermann Andreas Pistorius (1730 – 1798), German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and philosopher
- , German artist
- Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation) refers to three 16th century bearers of that name
- Martin Pistorius, South African web designer and author
- Micki Pistorius (born 1961), South African forensic psychologist and author
- Oscar Pistorius (born 1986), South African double-amputee athlete and convicted murderer
Pistor[]
- Johann Jakob Pistor, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army
- Ludger Pistor (born 1959), German actor
See also[]
- Demian, a novel by Hermann Hesse, in which one of the characters is named Pistorius
- Pastorius (disambiguation)
Categories:
- Surnames
- Afrikaans-language surnames
- Surnames of German origin
- Occupational surnames