Goetze or Götze:
- a German term for idol
a German surname:
- Albrecht Goetze (1897–1971) — German-American Hittitologist
- Hans Friedemann Götze (1897–1940) — Nazi officer
- Mario Götze (b 1992) — German football player
- Max Götze (1880–1944) — German track cycling racer
- Paul Götze (1903–1948) — SS-Rottenführer at Auschwitz and Buchenwald
- Vicki Goetze (b. 1972) — American golfing champion
- Volker Goetze (?) — German trumpeter
- Walter Goetze (1883–1961) — German composer