Otto (surname)

Otto is a German, Dutch, Hungarian, Danish, and Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Adolph Wilhelm Otto (1786–1845), German anatomist
Berthold Otto (1859 –1933), German pedagogue
Catherine Otto, author of echocardiography textbooks
Christoph Friedrich Otto (1783–1856), German botanist
Felix Otto (mathematician) (born 1966), German mathematician
Frei Otto (1925–2015), German architect
Frank Otto (academic) (1936–2017), American educator and entrepreneur
Gertrud Otto (1895–1970) German art historian
Gustav Otto (1883–1926), German aircraft and aircraft-engine designer and manufacturer
Jan Otto (1841–1916), publisher of Otto's encyclopedia
John Otto (disambiguation), several people
Justine Otto (born 1974), German artist
Lisa Otto (1919–2013), German opera singer
Mary Otto, American journalist
Michael Otto (businessman) (born 1943), German businessman
Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle
Rudolf Otto (1869–1937), German theologian
Shawn Lawrence Otto, American author, filmmaker, political strategist
Venantia Otto (born 1987), Namibian fashion model
William Tod Otto (1816–1905), American judge
Walter Friedrich Otto (1874–1958), German philologist

Arts[edit]

Arthur H. Otto (born 1876), organist in South Australia. Later singing career in England as Arthur Kingston-Stewart.
Barry Otto (born 1941), Australian actor
John Otto (drummer) (born 1977), Canadian-born American drummer
Ludwig Otto (1850—1920), a German landscape painter, etcher, and lithographer
Miranda Otto (born 1967), Australian actress, daughter of Barry
Natalino Otto (1912–1969), Italian singer
Ralf Otto (born 1956), German choral conductor and academic teacher
Waldemar Otto (1929–2020), Polish born German sculptor
Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto (1909–1991), Danish-born horn player
Whitney Otto, American author of How to Make an American Quilt
Otto (composer) (first name unknown, fl. 18th century), composer of the early classical period