Voigt

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Voigt, Voight or Vogt, nobilized as von Voigt, also von Voigts-Rhetz, is a German surname and may refer to:

  • Albrecht Baltasar von Voigts-Rhetz (1850–1915), German officer, diplomat and envoy to Guatemala
  • Andreas J. Voigt, German veteran of the Bundeswehr, certified translator (LCCI) and published author
  • Christian Gottlob von Voigt (1743–1819), German poet, Grand Ducal of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach Real Privy Councilor and President of the State Ministry as well as ministerial colleague of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Weimar
  • Emil Vogt (1912–2007), German non-commissioned officer and Knight's Cross recipient
  • Fritz Vogt (b. 1890), German officer, Freikorps fighter, member of the Oberland League and most recently SS-Standartenführer in the Second World War
  • Fritz Vogt (1918–1945), German officer in the Waffen-SS and Oak Leaves recipient in the SS Division Wiking during World War II (); son of the SS-Standartenführer
  • Gerhard Voigt (1910–1969), German Major of the Wehrmacht and Knight’s Cross recipient
  • Gerhard Vogt (1919–1945), German 1st Lieutenant of the Luftwaffe, fighter ace and Knight’s Cross recipient
  • Hanns-Adolf Voigt (1889–1982), German Major General in the Wehrmacht and commander of the X Army Corps (10th)
  • Hans Rudolf Ludwig Otto Voigt (1896–1969), German Major General, commander of the “Division Group Voigt” and Knight’s Cross recipient
  • Hermann Voigt-Ruscheweyh (1880–1969), German Major General in the Luftwaffe
  • Johannes Voigt (1786–1863), German historian
  • Jonathan "Jon" Vincent Voight (b. 1938), German American actor and Academy Awards of Merit recipient
  • Julius Philipp Werner von Voigts-Rhetz (1822–1904), Prussian General of the Artillery
  • Karl Ferdinand William von Voigts-Rhetz (1813–1902), Prussian General of the Artillery
  • Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz (1809–1877), Prussian General of the Infantry
  • Udo Manfred Voigt (b. 1952), German officer (Captain), political scientist (Dipl.sc.pol.Univ.) and former NPD party leader
  • Walter Voigt (1914–1998), German officer of the Wehrmacht and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Werner Eugen von Voigts-Rhetz (1863–1914), Prussian Major General
  • Woldemar Voigt (1850–1919), German physicist and founder of solid state physics
  • Woldemar Voigt (1907–1980), German aerospace engineer and developer of the first jet-powered aircraft