Mertz
Appearance
Mertz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Mertz (1920–1990), Danish painter
- Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, (1905–1944), German officer and resistance fighter involved in the 20 July Plot against Adolf Hitler
- Barbara Mertz (1927–2013), author of mystery and suspense novels, pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels
- Dolores Mertz (1928–2022), American politician
- Ellen Louise Mertz (1896–1987), Danish geologist
- Elizabeth Mertz, American linguistic and legal anthropologist
- Harold Mertz, designer of the standard crash test dummy
- Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856), Austrian guitarist and composer
- LuEsther Mertz (1905–1991), founder of Publisher's Clearinghouse
- Stephen Mertz (born 1947), American novelist
- Xavier Mertz (1883–1913), Swiss Antarctic explorer
Fictional characters:
- Fred and Ethel Mertz, fictional couple on I Love Lucy
See also
[edit]- Mertz Glacier, Antarctica, named after Xavier Mertz
- Merz (surname)