Schütz (also spelled Schuetz without Umlaut ü) is a German surname, deriving from schützen (to protect) and related to Schutz (shelter, protection). It may refer to:
- Alfred Schütz (1899–1959), sociologist and philosopher.
- Christian Gottfried Schütz (1747–1832), German humanist scholar.
- David Schütz (born 1941), Israeli writer.
- Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), German composer and organist.
- J.C. Schütz (Johan Christher Schütz, born 1976), Swedish singer and composer.
- Caspar Schütz (1540–1594), German historian.
- Christoph Schütz (1689–1750), German pietist writer and songbook publisher.
- Friedrich Schütz (1844–1908), Austrian journalist.
- Tales Schütz (born 1981), Brazilian football striker of German descent.
- Günther Schütz (1912–1991), German military intelligence (Abwehr) agent during World War II.
- Felix Schütz (born 1987), German ice hockey player.
- Katharina Schütz (later Katharina Zell; 1497–1562), German Protestant apologist.
- Klaus Schütz (born 1926), German Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician.
- Franz Schütz (1900–1955), German footballer.
- Tom Schütz (born 1988), German footballer.
- Udo Schütz (born 1937), German entrepreneur and former race car driver.
- 4134 Schütz, a main-belt asteroid named after Heinrich Schütz.