title: Veit
text: # 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
  