Voss (surname)
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- Andrew VossAndrew VossAndrew Voss is an Australian sports commentator for the Nine Network, who currently works on National Rugby League coverage.-Television Career:...
, Australian television sports presenter - Brandon VossBrandon VossBrandon Voss is a journalist and entertainment writer living in New York, NY, United States. He is contributing editor of The Advocate, a national gay news magazine. He currently interviews mainstream celebrities for the monthly "A-List" column...
, American journalist - Brett VossBrett VossBrett Charles Voss is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Lions and the St Kilda Football Club.He was drafted by the Brisbane Bears as a zone selection in 1995...
(born 1978) Former Australian rules footballer, younger brother of Michael VossMichael VossMichael Voss is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer.... - Carl Voss (film extra)Carl Voss (film extra)Carl Voss was an American World War I veteran who besides appearing as a film extra and military film technical advisor commanded a private army of up to 2112 former servicemen who acted as extra s in 232 films from 1923 to 1940.- Film work :A former US Army staff sergeant in World War I, Voss...
- Carl Voss (ice hockey player)
- Gerhard Johann VossiusGerhard Johann Vossiusthumb|180px|Gerrit Johan VossiusGerrit Janszoon Vos , often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar and theologian.-Life:...
(Voss) (1577–1649), German classical scholar and theologian - Gilbert L. VossGilbert L. VossGilbert L. Voss was an American conservationist and oceanographer. He was one of the main persons behind the establishment of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Florida....
(1918–1989), American conservationist and oceanographer - Hans-Erich VossHans-Erich VossHans-Erich Voss was a German Vice Admiral and one of the final occupants of the Führerbunker during the battle of Berlin in 1945....
(1897–1969), German Vice Admiral during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Holger VossHolger VossHolger Voss is a German Internet user who was sued in January 2003 for a sarcastic comment pertaining to the September 11, 2001 attacks in an Internet discussion forum, a case that attracted nationwide attention in Germany....
, German internet user who was sued for a sarcastic comment about 11 Sep. 2001 attacks - Isaac VossIsaac VossiusIsaak Vossius, sometimes anglicised Isaac Voss was a Dutch scholar and manuscript collector.-Life:...
(1618–1689), youngest son of Gerhard J. VossGerhard Johann Vossiusthumb|180px|Gerrit Johan VossiusGerrit Janszoon Vos , often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar and theologian.-Life:... - James S. VossJames S. VossJames Shelton Voss is the Vice President of Engineering at SpaceDev. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and NASA astronaut. During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space five times on board the Space Shuttle and International Space Station...
, American astronaut - Janice E. VossJanice E. VossJanice Elaine Voss is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She has flown in space five times.-Education:...
, American astronaut - Joan VossJoan VossJoan Voss is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004, where she represents the 38th legislative district....
, American politician - Johann Heinrich VoßJohann Heinrich VoßJohann Heinrich Voss was a German poet and translator, known mostly for his translation of Homer's Odyssey into German .-Life:Voss was born at Sommersdorf in Mecklenburg-Strelitz as the son of a farmer...
(1751–1826), German poet and translator - Julius von VossJulius von VossJulius von Voss was a German author.-Works:His rapidity of literary production was almost without a parallel. His best story is The Schildbürger . He wrote a great many comedies, farces, and satirical parodies...
(1768–1832), German writer - Kurt VossKurt VossKurt Voss is an American film director, screenwriter and musician/songwriter. He often works with fellow UCLA alumnus Allison Anders...
, American film director - Michael VossMichael VossMichael Voss is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer....
(born 1975) Former Australian rules footballer, now coach, older brother of Brett VossBrett VossBrett Charles Voss is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Lions and the St Kilda Football Club.He was drafted by the Brisbane Bears as a zone selection in 1995... - Peter VossPeter VossPeter Voss was an SS-Oberscharführer, known for his role as a commander of the crematoria and gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, buildings which were used to gas and burn some 900,000 of the 1.1 million people that perished at Auschwitz in Poland.-...
(born 1897), German SS non-commissioned officer and commander of the Auschwitz crematoria and gas chambers. - Richard VoßRichard VoßRichard Voß was a German dramatist and novelist.-Biography:Voss was born at Neu-Grape near Pyritz, in Pomerania, the son of a country squire....
(1851–1918), German dramatist and novelist - Torsten VossTorsten VossTorsten Voss is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s....
(born 1963), German athlete - Werner Voß (1897–1917), German fighter pilot
See also
- Voss (disambiguation)Voss (disambiguation)Voss may refer to:in names*Voss , people named Voss*Voßin places*Voss, town in Norway*Voss, Californiain fiction*Voss , novel by Patrick White*Voss , opera based on the novel...
- Voßstraße, a street in Berlin
- Blohm + VossBlohm + VossBlohm + Voss , is a German shipbuilding and engineering works. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems; there were plans to sell 80% of Blohm + Voss to Abu Dhabi Mar Group, but talks collapsed in July 2011.-History:It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a...
, shipbuilding - Die Sehnsucht der Veronika VossDie Sehnsucht der Veronika VossVeronika Voss is a black and white 1982 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Its original German title is Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss, which means The Longing of Veronika Voss....
, German movie of 1982 - Voss (novel)Voss (novel)Voss is the fifth published novel of Patrick White. It is based upon the life of the nineteenth-century Prussian explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt who disappeared whilst on an expedition into the Australian outback.-Plot summary:...
by Patrick WhitePatrick WhitePatrick Victor Martindale White , an Australian author, is widely regarded as an important English-language novelist of the 20th century. From 1935 until his death, he published 12 novels, two short-story collections and eight plays.White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, shifting narrative... - Foss (disambiguation)