Fritsch is a German surname. Like Fritsche, Fritzsch and Fritzsche, it is a patronymic derived from Friedrich.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Ahasverus Fritsch (1629–1701), German jurist, poet and hymn writer
• Antonin Fritsch (1832-1913), Czech palaeontologist
• Bayley Fritsch (born 1996), professional Australian rules footballer
• Bernard Joseph Fritsch (1881–1951), Australian rules footballer
• Brad Fritsch (born 1977), Canadian professional golfer
• Eberhard Ludwig Cäsar Fritsch (died 1974), the editor and publisher of the pro-Nazi monthly magazine in Argentina Der Weg
• Edward F. Fritsch (born 1950), scientist
• Elizabeth Fritsch (born 1940), British potter
• Eloy Fernando Fritsch (born 1968), Brazilian electronic musician
• Felix Eugen Fritsch, English phycologist
• Ferdinand Fritsch (1898-1966/7), Austrian football manager
• Florian Fritsch (born 1985), German professional golfer
• Frederick William Fritsch (born 1954), American former bobsleigh athlete
• Gerhard Fritsch (1924–1969), Austrian novelist and poet
• Gunther von Fritsch (1906–1988), film director
• Gustav Fritsch (1837–1927), German physiologist
• Hans Fritsch (1911–1987), German discus thrower
• Heinrich Fritsch (1844–1915), German gynecologist and obstetrician
• Horst Fritsch (1931–2010), a German Green Party politician
• Jamie Fritsch (born 1985), American former professional ice hockey defensemen
• Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010), a German composer
• Karl Fritsch (1864–1934), Austrian botanist
• Karl von Fritsch (1838–1906), German geologist
• Karl Fritsch (jeweller) (born 1963), German-born contemporary jeweller
• Katharina Fritsch (born 1956), German sculptor
• Lisa Fritsch (born 1975), American author and community activist
• Ludwig Fritsch, pseudonym of Marie Luise Droop (1890–1959), German writer, director and producer
• Margaret Goodin Fritsch (1899–1993), American architect
• Michael Fritsch, academic and researcher in the field of Economics
• Nicolas Fritsch (born 1978), French cyclist
• Paul Fritsch (1859–1913), German co-inventor of the Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement
• Paul Fritsch (1901–1970), French boxer
• Rüdiger von Fritsch (born 1953), German diplomat and author
• Stephan Fritsch (1962-2014), German artist
• Theodore Edward Fritsch Jr. (born 1950), former American football center
• Theodor Fritsch (1852–1933), German publisher and anti-semitic pundit
• Thomas Fritsch (1944–2021), German television and dubbing actor
• Toni Fritsch (1945–2005), Austrian player of football (soccer) and American football
• Waldemar Fritsch (1909–1978), German porcelain sculptor and ceramist
• Walter Fritsch (1911-date of death unknown), Chilean hurdler
• Werner von Fritsch (1880–1939), German Wehrmacht officer
• Willy Fritsch (1901-1973), German theater and film actor
• Wolfgang Fritsch (born 1949), German lightweight rower

See also[edit]

• Fritsche
• Fritzsch
• Fritzsche (disambiguation)
• Frič, Czechized variation of the name
• Blomberg-Fritsch Affair
• Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement