Gros (surname)

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The surname Gros may have several origins. French: a nickname for a big, fat person. In Several languages it is a spelling variant of Gername surname Gross. [1] Groș is a Romanian-language word for "Large". See also Legros.

Gros, Groș may refer the following notable people:

  • Sara Gros Aspiroz (born 1983), Spanish ski mountaineer
  • Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835), French painter
  • Brigitte Gros (1925-1985), French journalist and politician
  • Daniel Gros (born 1955), German economist
  • Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793–1870), French ambassador and one of the first daguerrotypists
  • Jules Gros (1890–1992), Breton linguist
  • Jules Gros (journalist) (1890–1891), French journalist and President of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guyana
  • Piet Gros (born 1964), Dutch chemist

References[]

  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press, as cited at ancestry.com
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