Veit

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

Surname

• 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, the German name for Saint Vitus
• 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

See also

• Veith, a variant of Veit
• FC St. Veit, Austrian football club founded in 1950
• Veit v. Commissioner, in 1947 and 1949
• Veidt, a surname
• Sankt Veit (disambiguation), several place names
• Saint Vitus