Christoph
title: "Christoph" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["german-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher.
Notable people with the given name Christoph
- Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician
- Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist
- Christoph Ulrich Correll, German psychiatrist and researcher
- Christoph Dientzenhofer (1655–1722), German architect
- Christoph von Dohnányi (1929–2025), German conductor
- Christoph Frauenpreiß (born 1987), German politician
- Christoph Harting (born 1990), German athlete specialising in the discus throw
- Christoph M. Herbst (born 1966), German actor
- Christoph Kramer (born 1991), German football player and winner of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Christoph M. Kimmich (born 1939), German-American historian and eighth President of Brooklyn College
- Christoph Linz (born 1529), German settler in Brazil
- Christoph Metzelder (born 1980), German football player
- Christoph Pramhofer (born 1983), Austrian politician
- Christoph Riegler (born 1992), Austrian football player
- Christoph Waltz (born 1956), German-Austrian actor and two times winner of the OSCARS Academy Award
- Christoph M. Wieland (1733–1813), German poet and writer
- Prince Christoph of Württemberg (1515–1568), German regent and duke of the Duchy of Württemberg
- Prince Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein (1949–2023), German hereditary prince and head of the House of Glücksburg
- Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901–1943), German officer and Oberführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS)
Notable people with the surname Christoph
- Manfred Christoph (born 1931), German chess player
- Wensley Christoph (born 1984), Surinamese football player
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