Gross (surname)
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Gross is a surname of German
or Jewish
(Yiddish) origin, and may refer to:
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
or Jewish
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
(Yiddish) origin, and may refer to:
- Alfred J. GrossAlfred J. GrossAlfred J. Gross , a.k.a. Irving J. Gross was a pioneer in mobile wireless communication. He created and patented many communications devices, specifically in relation to an early version of the walkie-talkie, Citizens' Band radio, the telephone pager and the cordless telephone...
(1918-2000), American inventor - Arye GrossArye Gross-Biography:Gross was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sheri and Joseph Gross, who was an aerospace engineer and later worked in business....
(born 1960), American actor - Benedict GrossBenedict GrossBenedict Hyman Gross is an American mathematician, the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and former Dean of Harvard College....
(born 1950), American mathematician - Bill GrossBill GrossBill Gross is an American businessman. Born in 1958, he grew up in Encino, California. He founded GNP Loudspeakers , an audio equipment manufacturer; GNP Development Inc., acquired by Lotus Software; and Knowledge Adventure, an educational software company, later acquired by Cendant...
(born 1958), American businessman - Chaim GrossChaim GrossChaim Gross was an Austrian born American sculptor. He was born in the then Austro-Hungarian village of Kolomyia and immigrated to the United States in 1921...
(1904-1991), Galicia-born sculptor - Charles Philip Gross, World War II major general, US Army, Chief of Transportation
- Christian GrossChristian GrossChristian Gross is a professional football coach and former player who currently manages Young Boys Bern. Before that he managed VfB Stuttgart until his dismissal in October 2010. He was manager of FC Basel from 1 July 1999 to 27 May 2009.-Playing career:Gross began his playing career at...
(born 1954), Swiss football manager - David GrossDavid GrossDavid Jonathan Gross is an American particle physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. He is currently the director and holder of the Frederick W...
(born 1941), US scientist - David A. GrossDavid A. GrossAmbassador David A. Gross is one of the world’s foremost experts on international telecommunications, having served for nearly eight years as the senior United States government official responsible for representing the U.S. on global telecommunications issues. During his lengthy tenure, he...
(born 1954), American diplomat - Evgeni GrossEvgeni GrossEvgenii Fedorovich Gross was a Soviet physicist working in optics and spectroscopy of condensed matter.He graduated from Leningrad University in 1924...
(1897-1972), Soviet scientist - Gabe GrossGabe GrossGabriel Jordan "Gabe" Gross is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.His father, Lee Gross, was center for the Auburn Tigers and in the NFL...
(born 1979), American baseball player - Garry GrossGarry GrossGarry Gross was an American fashion photographer who went on to specialize in dog portraiture.-Career:...
, American photographer - Georg Gross, Estonian rally driver
- H. R. Gross (1899-1987), American politician
- Hans Georg Friedrich GroßHans Georg Friedrich GroßHans Georg Friedrich Groß, , was a German balloonist and airship constructor.- Balloons :In the 1890s the Verein zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt conducted scientific balloon ascents to study the upper atmosphere on the initiative of Richard Assmann...
(1860-1924), a German Empire balloonist and airship constructor - Hans GrossHans GrossHans Gustav Adolf Gross was an Austrian criminal jurist and an examining magistrate. He is believed to be the creator of the field of criminalistics; he taught as a professor at the Chernivtsi University, Prague University and the University of Graz, and established the Institute of Criminology in...
(Groß, Grosz) (1847-1915) Austrian lawyer, one of the earliest modern forensic scientists - Heinrich GrossHeinrich GrossHeinrich Gross was an Austrian psychiatrist, medical doctor and neurologist, best known for his proven involvement in the killing of at least nine children with physical, mental and/or emotional/behavioral characteristics considered "unclean" by the Nazi regime, under its Euthanasia Program...
(1915-2005), Austrian Nazi - Heinrich GrossHeinrich Gross (rabbi)Heinrich Gross, writing also as Henri Gross, was a German rabbi. He was a pupil in rabbinical literature of Judah Aszod....
(1835-?), German rabbi - Henry GrossHenry GrossHenry Gross , is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group, Sha Na Na, and for his hit song, "Shannon".-Early years:...
(born 1951), American singer-songwriter - James A. GrossJames A. GrossJames A. Gross is an American educator and historian who teaches United States labor law and labor history at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations...
, American professor and labor law expert - James J. GrossJames GrossJames J. Gross is a psychologist best known for his research in emotion and emotion regulation. He is currently a professor at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory.- Education :...
, American psychologist and professor - James J Gross, American lawyer and father's rights expert
- Jan T. GrossJan T. GrossJan Tomasz Gross is a Polish-American historian and sociologist. He is the Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society and Professor of History at Princeton University.- Biography :Jan T...
(born 1947), Polish-American historian - John GrossJohn GrossJohn Gross FRSL was an eminent English author, anthologist, literary and theatrical critic. The Spectator magazine called Gross “the best-read man in Britain”, as did The Guardian...
(born 1935), British writer and editor - Jordan GrossJordan GrossJordan Alan Gross is an American football offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Panthers eighth overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Utah.-Early years:...
(born 1980), American football player - Jost GrossJost GrossJost Gross was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. From 1995 to his death he had a seat in the National Council....
(1946-2005), Swiss politician - Kevin GrossKevin GrossKevin Frank Gross , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1983 through 1997.Gross played for five different teams during his career: the Philadelphia Phillies , Montreal Expos , Los Angeles Dodgers , Texas Rangers , and Anaheim Angels...
(born 1961), American baseball player - Kip GrossKip GrossKip Lee Gross is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.Gross played for four different ballclubs during his career: the Cincinnati Reds , Los Angeles Dodgers , Boston Red Sox , and Houston Astros...
(born 1964), American baseball player - Larry GrossLarry GrossLarry Gross is an American screenwriter, producer, and occasionally a director. He won the 2004 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for We Don't Live Here Anymore.-Filmography:...
, American screenwriter - Luke GrossLuke GrossLuke Gross is an American rugby union footballer. A lock who has played for various club sides, he earned 62 caps for the USA between 1996 and 2003; although he was named to the USA squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and played in the 2007 squad's final warmup against Celtic League side Munster,...
(born 1969), American rugby footballer - M. Louise GrossM. Louise GrossM. Louise Gross was secretary to New York City Tammany Hall district leader Thomas F. Foley, a close associate of Al Smith. She served in leadership positions in repeal of prohibition organizations including the Molly Pitcher Club, the Women's Moderation Union, and the Women's Committee for...
(1884-1951), American activist - Manuela GroßManuela GroßManuela Groß is a German pair skater. With partner Uwe Kagelmann, she is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist. She later became a figure skating coach....
(born 1957), German figure skater - Mary GrossMary GrossMary Gross is an American comedian and actress, perhaps best known for her four-year stint on Saturday Night Live from 1981 to 1985. Her credits also include minor roles on Animaniacs, Boston Legal and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch...
(born 1953), American actress - Mason W. GrossMason W. GrossMason Welch Gross was an American television quiz show personality and academic who served as the sixteenth President of Rutgers University, serving from 1959 to 1971.-Biography:...
(1911-1977), American university president - Michael Gross (actor)Michael Gross (actor)Michael Gross is an American television, movie, and stage actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. His most notable roles are as the father Steven Keaton from Family Ties and the Graboid hunter Burt Gummer from the Tremors franchise.-Early life:Gross was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son...
(born 1947) - Michael Gross (artist)Michael Gross (artist)Michael Gross was an Israeli painter, sculptor and conceptual artist.-Biography:Gross was born in Tiberias in British-administered Palestine in 1920. In 1939-1940, he studied at the Teachers’ Training College in Jerusalem. From 1943 to 1945, he studied architecture at Technion – Israel Institute...
(1920-2004), an Israeli painter, sculptor and conceptual artistConceptual artConceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions... - Michael Groß (born 1964), German swimmer
- Michael Gross (writer)Michael Gross (writer)Michael Gross , is an author, journalist and editor. He has a B.A. in History from Vassar College. He graduated in 1970 from South Side High School in Rockville Centre, the same school that later graduated Howard Stern....
(born 1952) - Michael L. GrossMichael L. GrossMichael L. Gross is a political ethicist and professor of political science at the University of Haifa where he is Chair of the Division of International Relations....
(born 1954), political and medical ethicist - Milt GrossMilt GrossMilt Gross , was an American comic strip and comic book writer, illustrator and animator. He wrote his comics in a Yiddish-inflected English. He originated the non-sequitur "Banana Oil!" as a phrase deflating pomposity and posing. His character Count Screwloose's admonition, "Iggy, keep an eye on...
(1895-1953), American comics artist - Nikolaus Gross (1898-1945), German anti-Nazi activist
- Otto GrossOtto GrossOtto Gross was an Austrian psychoanalyst. A maverick early disciple of Sigmund Freud, he later became an anarchist and joined the utopian Ascona community.His father Hans Gross was a judge turned pioneering criminologist...
(1877-1920), Austrian psychanalyst - Paul GrossPaul GrossPaul Michael Gross is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in...
(born 1959), Canadian actor - Pete GrossPete GrossPeter R. Gross, a Northwest sports announcer, was a household name in Seattle, Washington for 17 years as the "Voice of the Seahawks." He spent most of his career as a radio play-by-play announcer with KIRO...
, American sports announcer - Philip GrossPhilip GrossPhilip Gross is a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. He lives in Penarth, South Wales, and was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan in 2004, a position he still holds. He previously taught creative writing at...
(born 1952), English poet - Ricco Groß (born 1970), German athlete
- Rita M. GrossRita M. GrossRita M. Gross is a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism, a pioneer and author on issues concerning Buddhism and gender. She was Professor Emerita of Comparative Studies in Religion, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire...
(born 1943), Buddhist scholar, author and teacher, Wisconsin - Robert A. GrossRobert A. GrossRobert Alan Gross is an American historian, and James L. and Shirley A. Draper Professor of Early American History at the University of Connecticut.-Life:...
(born 1959), American businessman, Greyhound owner / breeder - Robert Ellsworth Gross (businessman) (1897-1961), American businessman
- Robert E. Gross (surgeon)Robert E. Gross (surgeon)Robert E. Gross was a surgeon famous for being the first to cure patent ductus arteriosus by ligating it.-Sources:...
(1905-1988), American pioneering paediatric surgeon - Robin GrossRobin GrossRobin Gross is founder and Executive Director of IP Justice, an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property law and defends freedom of expression....
, intellectual property lawyer and civil liberties advocate - Sam GrossSam GrossSam Gross is an American cartoonist. He began cartooning in 1962.His cartoons have appeared in numerous magazines including The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, Esquire, Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping.He was cartoon editor for National Lampoon and Parents Magazine...
, American cartoonist - Samuel David Gross (1905-1984), American surgeon and subject of the painting The Gross Clinic
- Sara GrossSara GrossSara Gross is a triathlete, who was born in Canada but competed for Great Britain. She grew up in Kitchener, Ontario and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Gross is best known for winning the European title in the long distance in 2005 in Säter, Sweden.-References:*...
(born 1976), Canada-born British triathlete - Stanislav GrossStanislav GrossStanislav Gross is a Czech lawyer and former politician, member of the Czech Social Democratic Party . He served as minister of the interior and as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic .-Early political career:...
(born 1969), Czech lawyer, politician and former socialist Prime Minister - Terry GrossTerry GrossTerry Gross is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio....
(born 1951), American radio personality - Tom GrossTom GrossTom Gross is a British-born journalist and international affairs commentator, specializing in the Middle East. He was formerly Jerusalem correspondent for the London Sunday Telegraph and for the New York Daily News...
, journalist and political commentator - Villem Gross (1922–2001), Estonian writer
- William H. Gross (born 1944), American financial manager and author