Lothar is a modern form of the Old High German name Chlothar or Hlothar. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ernst Lothar, German writer
- Hanns Lothar or Hanns Lothar Neutze (1929–1967), German actor
- Mark Lothar (1902–1985), German composer
- Rudolf Lothar (1865–after 1933), German writer
- Susanne Lothar (1960-2012), German actress
Notable people with the given name include:
- Lothar Ahrendt (born 1936), former interior ministers of the German Democratic Republic
- Lothar Ambrosius (1903–1971), German military leader of the Wehrmacht during World War II
- Lothar Collatz (1910–1990), was a German mathematician
- Lothar Hause (born 1955), East German football player
- Lothar Lindtner (1917–2005), Norwegian actor
- Lothar Machtan (born 1949), German historian, writer
- Lothar Malskat (1913–1988), German painter and art restorer
- Lothar Matthäus born 1961, German football player and manager, 1990 world cup champion
- Lothar Matthes (born 1947), German diver
- Lothar de Maizière, last Prime Minister of East Germany (1990)
- Lothar Milde (born 1934), East German athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw
- Lothar Mendes (1894–1974), German screenwriter and film director
- Lothar Metz (born 1939), German wrestler and Olympic medalist
- Lothar Müthel (1896–1964), German stage and film actor and director
- Lothar von Richthofen (1894–1922), fighter ace and younger brother of top-scoring ace Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron)
- Lothar von Trotha (1848–1920), a German commander who instigated the Herero massacre
Fiction and Cartoons:
- Lothar - comic character, sidekick to Mandrake the Magician. Created by Lee Falk.
- Lothar - a Nazi spy for Germany, sidekick to Nazi spy Neville Sinclair in the Rocketeer
Famous quotes containing the word lothar:
“Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.”
—Klemens Wenzel Neponuk Lothar Von, Prince Metternich (17731859)