Voss (name)

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Voss (also as Voß in German, meaning fox in Low German) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alain Voss, Franco-Brazilian comics artist
  • Andreas Voss (disambiguation)
  • Andrew Voss (born 1960), Australian television sports presenter
  • Arno Voss (1821–1888), American politician
  • Barbara Voss (born 1967), American historical archaeologist
  • Brandon Voss (born 1978), American journalist
  • Brett Voss (born 1978), Australian football player, younger brother of Michael
  • Brian Voss (born 1958), professional bowler and a member of both the PBA and USBC Hall of Fame
  • Carl Voss (film extra) (1896–1947)
  • Carl Voss (ice hockey player) (1907–1993)
  • Christopher Voss, American negotiator
  • Catalin Voss (born 1995), German inventor and entrepreneur
  • Edward Groesbeck Voss, (1929–2012), American botanist and lepidopterist
  • Ernst Voss (1842–1920), German shipbuilder and co-company founder of German company Blohm+Voss
  • Gerhard Johann Vossius (Voss) (1577–1649), Dutch classical scholar and theologian
  • Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989), American conservationist and oceanographer
  • Gordon Voss (1938–2017), American politician
  • Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), German Vice Admiral during World War II
  • Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs
  • Holger Voss, German internet user who was sued for a sarcastic comment he made about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
  • Isaac Voss (1618–1689), youngest son of Gerhard J. Voss
  • James S. Voss (born 1949), American astronaut
  • Janice E. Voss (1956–2012), American astronaut
  • Joan Voss (born 1940), American politician
  • Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826), German poet and translator
  • John Voss (1858–1922), Canadian sea captain and sailor
  • Julius von Voss (1768–1832), German writer
  • Kurt Voss (born 1963), American film director
  • Michael Voss (born 1975), Australian footballer and coach, brother of Brett
  • Paul Voss (born 1986), German road racing cyclist
  • Peter Voss (born 1897), German SS non-commissioned officer and commander of the Auschwitz crematoria and gas chambers
  • Richard Voss (1851–1918), German dramatist and novelist
  • Richard Voss (1880–1948), English cricketer
  • Torsten Voss (born 1963), German athlete
  • Victor Voss (1868–1936), German tennis player
  • Vida de Voss, Namibian feminist activist
  • Werner Voss (1897–1917), German fighter pilot
  • Wolfgard Voß (1926–2020), German gymnast

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