Find the word definition

Wikipedia
Pistorius

Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin pistor meaning miller or baker) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German Becker. Notable people with the surname include:

Pistorius:

  • Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria
  • Caren Pistorius, actress
  • Johannes Pistorius (disambiguation) refers to three 16th century bearers of that name
  • Martin Pistorius, author of the personal memoir Ghost Boy
  • Micki Pistorius, a South African offender profiler
  • Oscar Pistorius (born 1986), a South African double-amputee athlete convicted of the murder of his girlfriend

Pistor:

  • Johann Jakob Pistor, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army
  • Ludger Pistor (born 1959), German actor