Veit
# Veit

Veit is a personal name. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* David Veit (1771–1814) was a German doctor and writer, brother of Simon Veit
* Gustav Veit (1824–1903), German gynecologist and obstetrician, a native of Leobschütz
* Johann Veit (1852–1917), German gynecologist
* Mario Veit (born 1973), German boxer
* Mauro Luis Veit (born 1983), Brazilian defensive midfielder
* Philipp Veit (1793–1877), German Romantic painter
* Sankt Veit (disambiguation), the German name for Saint Vitus and a number of derived names
* Simon Veit (1754–1819), German merchant and banker of Jewish ancestry, first husband of Dorothea von Schlegel
* Sixten Veit (born 1970), retired German football player
* Stan Veit (1919–2010), entrepreneur and publisher in the early days of the personal computer industry in the United States
* Václav Jindřich Veit (1806–1864), Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer

## Given name

* Veit Amerbach, professor of theology and member of Martin Luther's entourage who converted to Catholicism
* Veit Arnpeck (1440–1505), Bavarian historian
* Veit Bach (1550–1578), Hungarian miller who founded the Bach family of composers and musicians
* Veit Erbermann (1597–1675), German theologian and controversialist
* Veit Harlan (1899–1964), German film director and actor
* Veit Heiduschka (born 1938), Austrian film producer
* Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff (1626–1692), German statesman and scholar
* Veit Stoss (1450–1533), leading German sculptor, mostly in wood
* Johann Georg Veit Engelhardt (1791–1855), German theologian
