Sachs

Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from Saxony". Sachs is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant Zaks, supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase Zera Kodesh Shemo (ZaKS), literally "his name is Holy Seed," a quotation from Isaiah 6:13. Notable people with the surname Sachs include: Adriana Sachs (born 1993), Argentine professional footballer Albie Sachs (born 1935), South African Constitutional Court Justice Alexander Sachs (1893–1973), American economist Andrew Sachs (1930–2016), German-British actor Bernard Sachs (1858–1944), American neurologist Curt Sachs (also Kurth Sachs, 1881–1959), German music historian Ed Sachs (1918–1996), American professional basketball player Eddie Sachs (1927–1964), American racecar driver Edwin Sachs (1870–1919), British architect Ernest Sachs (1879–1958), American neurosurgeon Ernest Sachs, Jr. (1916–2001), American neurosurgeon Gunter Sachs (1932–2011), German photographer, researcher (mathematics and astrology), and playboy George Sachs (1896–1961), Russia-born German and US metallurgist Hans Sachs (disambiguation) Hans Sachs (1494–1576), German poet Hans Sachs (serologist) (1877–1945), German serologist Hans Sachs (poster collector) (1881–1974), German poster collector Hanns Sachs (1881–1947), Austrian psychoanalyst; friend of Freud and author of The Creative Unconscious Harvey Sachs (born 1946), American-Canadian conductor and writer Heinrich Sachs (1863–1928), German neuroanatomist Hilda Sachs (1857–1935), Swedish journalist and women's rights activist Horst Sachs, German mathematician, expert in graph theory Hugh Sachs, British actor in the TV series Benidorm Ignacy Sachs (born 1927), Polish, naturalized French economist and ecosocioeconomist James D. Sachs, retired U.S. Air Force veteran, game artist, and game programmer Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954), American economist Johann Sachs (1843–1917), German composer Jonathan Sachs (born 1947), American computer programmer Julius von Sachs (1832–1897), German botanist Lenny Sachs (1897–1942), American football player and basketball coach Lessie Sachs (1897–1942), German-born poet and artist Leonard Sachs (1909–1990), British actor Marcus Sachs (1812–1869) Professor of Hebrew in Aberdeen Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985),...