Gross (surname)

Gross is a surname of German origin. The word means "big" or "tall" and was adopted in olden times as surname by people with such a physical stature. In Germany the name is usually spelled Groß which is the correct spelling of the adjective under the German orthographic rules.

List of people with this surname

• Alfred J. Gross (1918-2000), American inventor
• Arye Gross (born 1960), American actor
• Benedict Gross (born 1950), American mathematician
• Bill Gross (born 1958), American businessman
• Chaim Gross (1904-1991), Galicia-born sculptor
• Christian Gross (born 1954), Swiss football manager
• David Gross (born 1941), US scientist
• David A. Gross (born 1954), American diplomat
• Evgeni Gross (1897-1972), Soviet scientist
• Gabe Gross (born 1979), American baseball player
• Garry Gross, American photographer
• H. R. Gross (1899-1987), American politician
• Hans Georg Friedrich Groß (1860-1924), a German Empire balloonist and airship constructor
• Hans Gross (Groß, Grosz) (1847-1915) Austrian lawyer, one of the earliest modern forensic scientists
• Heinrich Gross (1915-2005), Austrian Nazi
• Heinrich Gross (rabbi) (1835-?), German rabbi
• Henry Gross (born 1951), American singer-songwriter
• Izidor Gross (1866–1942), Croatian chess master and hazzan
• Jacob Gross (1819–1899), German-American piano maker
• Jacob A. Gross (born 1842), New York politician
• James A. Gross, American professor and labor law expert
• James Gross, American psychologist and professor
• Jan T. Gross (born 1947), Polish-American historian
• John Gross (born 1935), British writer and editor
• Jordan Gross (born 1980), American football player
• Jost Gross (1946-2005), Swiss politician
• Julie Gross (born 1957), Australian basketball player
• Kevin Gross (born 1961), American baseball player
• Kip Gross (born 1964), American baseball player
• Larry Gross, American screenwriter
• Luke Gross (born 1969), American rugby footballer
• M. Louise Gross (1884-1951), American activist
• Manuela Groß (born 1957), German figure skater
• Mary Gross (born 1953), American actress
• Mason W. Gross (1911-1977), American university president
• Michael Gross (disambiguation), multiple people
• Milt Gross (1895-1953), American comics artist
• Mirjana Gross (1922–2012), Croatian historian and writer
• [[Morris Gross], American college sports coach
• Nikolaus Gross (1898-1945), German anti-Nazi activist
• Otto Gross (1877-1920), Austrian psychanalyst
• Pascal Groß (born 1991), German footballer
• Paul Gross (born 1959), Canadian actor
• Pete Gross, American sports announcer
• Philip Gross (born 1952), English poet
• Ricco Groß (born 1970), German athlete
• Robert A. Gross (born 1959), American businessman, Greyhound owner / breeder
• Robert E. Gross (businessman) (1897-1961), American businessman
• Robert Edward Gross (1905-1988), American pioneering paediatric surgeon
• Robin Gross, intellectual property lawyer and civil liberties advocate
• Sam Gross, American cartoonist
• Samuel David Gross (1905-1984), American surgeon and subject of the painting The Gross Clinic
• Sara Gross (born 1976), Canada-born British triathlete
• Stanislav Gross (born 1969), Czech lawyer, politician and former socialist Prime Minister
• Terry Gross (born 1951), American radio personality
• Tom Gross, journalist and political commentator
• William H. Gross (born 1944), American financial manager and author

See also

• Gros (disambiguation)
• Grosz
• Kross (disambiguation)
• Grossman (disambiguation)
• Goss (surname)