Hartwig (surname)

Hartwig is a Germanic-language surname, literally meaning hard in battle (wikt:hart + wikt:wig).

Finnish variants of the name, derived from the North German form Harteke, include Hartik (archaic), Hartikka, Harto, Hartto, Harttu, Hartus, Harttula, Hartikkala, Hartoinen, Hartuinen and most often, Hartikainen, a Savonian noble variant. [1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Carter Hartwig (b. 1956), American professional football player
• Clayton Hartwig (1964–1989), American sailor accused of causing the 1989 explosion of the 16" gun turret on the USS Iowa
• Edward Hartwig (1909–2003), Polish photographer
• Ernst Hartwig (1851–1923), German astronomer
• Eva Brigitta Hartwig, later Vera Zorina, German prima ballerina active in America
• Gay Hartwig (contemporary), American voice actress
• Grant Hartwig (b. 1997), American professional baseball player
• Ina Hartwig (b. 1963), German author, journalist, culture politician
• Heike Hartwig (b. 1962), German Olympic shot putter
• Jeff Hartwig (b. 1967), American Olympic polevaulter
• Jimmy Hartwig (b. 1954), German professional football player
• John F. Hartwig (b. 1964), Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
• Josef Hartwig (1880–1956), German sculptor, Bauhaus teacher, and designer of an iconic chess set
• Julia Hartwig (1921–2017), Polish poet and translator
• Justin Hartwig (b. 1978), American professional football player
• Marie Hartwig (1906–2001), American professor of physical education and advocate of women's sports
• Nicholas Hartwig (1857–1914), Russian diplomat; ambassador to Persia 1906–08 and to Serbia 1904–14
• Rex Hartwig (1929–2022), Australian professional tennis player
• Ingmar Hartwig (b. 1988), German designer
• Roland Hartwig (b. 1954), German politician
• Wolf C. Hartwig (1921–2017), German film producer