Hartwig (surname)
# 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.

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
