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Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
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") is a surname; it has as variants Fux, Fuhs and Fuchß. Notable persons bearing it include the following:


Notable people


Fuchs, A - D

* Arved Fuchs (born 1953), German writer and adventurer *
Benjamin Fuchs Benjamin Fuchs (born 20 October 1983) is an Austrian former professional association football, footballer who played as a right-back. He also holds German citizenship. Career Fuchs started his senior career with SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Greuther ...
(born 1983), German-Austrian footballer * Bernard Fuchs (1916–2005), French pilot and hero of the Second World War *
Bernie Fuchs Bernie Fuchs (October 29, 1932 – September 17, 2009) was an American illustrator known for advertising art, magazine illustration and portraiture, including for a series of U.S. postage stamps. Biography Fuchs was born in O'Fallon, Illinoi ...
(1932–2009), American illustrator * Bruce Fuchs, American immunologist and health science administrator * Charlie Fuchs (1912–1969), American baseball player * Christian Fuchs (born 1986), Austrian footballer *
Christine Schwarz-Fuchs Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (née Schwarz; born 29 June 1974) is an Austrian politician from the Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative ...
(born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician * Christoph Fuchs von Fuchsberg (1482–1542), bishop of Brixen * Daniel Fuchs (1909–1993), American writer and screenwriter * Dmitry Fuchs (born 1939), Russian-American mathematician *
Doris Fuchs Doris Gudrun Fuchs (later ''Brause'', born June 11, 1938) is a retired American gymnast who won four gold medals at the 1963 Pan American Games. Biography Doris Fuchs was born in Villingen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in 1938. She and her ...
(born 1966), German political scientist * Doris G. Fuchs (born 1938), American gymnast


Fuchs, E - F

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Eduard Fuchs Eduard Fuchs (31 January 1870, Göppingen – 26 January 1940, Paris) was a German Marxist scholar of culture and history, writer, art collector, and political activist. Early life Fuchs's father was a shopkeeper. Early in his life, the y ...
(1870–1940), Marxist cultural scientist *
Elaine Fuchs Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which ...
(born 1950), American cell biologist * Emil Fuchs (1866–1929), Austrian-American sculptor * Emil Fuchs (theologian) (1874–1971), German theologian * Emil Fuchs (baseball) (1878–1961), owner of the Boston Braves 1923–1935 *
Erich Fuchs Erich Fuchs (9 April 1902 – 25 July 1980) was an SS functionary who worked for the Action T4 mass-murder program, and for the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust. Fuchs was charged with war crimes at the Bełżec Trial in 1963–64, for ...
(1902–1980), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator * Erika Fuchs (1906–2005), German translator of Disney comics * Franz Fuchs (1949–2000), Austrian terrorist * Fred Fuchs (DOB unknown), American television producer


Fuchs, G - I

* Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), German-Canadian soccer player *
Harald Fuchs Harald Fuchs (born April 15, 1951) is a Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Münster, Germany, Scientific Director of the Center of Nanotechnology (CeNTech) in Münster, and co-director of the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) ...
(born 1951), professor of physics * Henry Fuchs (baseball) (1879–1947), also known as Jacob Fox, American baseball player * Henry Fuchs, born Henryk Tauber (1917–2000), Holocaust survivor * Henry Fuchs (born 1948), American academic * Herbert Fuchs (1905–1988), American lawyer * Ignaz Fuchs, (1819–1854), born Vatroslav Lisinski, Croatian composer * Ira Fuchs, co-founder of BITNET


Fuchs, J

* Jenő Fuchs (1882–1955), Hungarian Olympic champion fencer * Jim Fuchs (1927–2010), American athlete * Joël Fuchs (born 1989), Swiss basketball player * Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (1774–1856), German chemist who gave his name to fuchsite * Joseph Fuchs (1899–1997), American violinist * Josef Fuchs (theologian) (1912–2005), German theologian * Jürgen Fuchs (motorcyclist), German motorcyclist * Jürgen Fuchs (writer) (1950–1999), East German writer and dissident * Karl Fuchs (museum founder) (1776–1846), Russian doctor and rector of the Kazan State University * Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956), American composer of classical music * Klaus Fuchs (1911–1988), German-born British physicist and Soviet spy, later resident of the GDR


Fuchs, K - M

* Lars Fuchs (born 1982), German footballer * László Fuchs (born 1924), Hungarian-American mathematician * Lawrence Fuchs (1927–2013), American university professor and author * Lazarus Fuchs (1833–1902), German mathematician * Leonhart Fuchs (sometimes ''Leonhard'') (1501–1566), German physician and botanist * Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995), American violist * Lukas Foss, Lukas Fuchs (1922–2009), better known as Lukas Foss, German-American composer * Marta Fuchs (1898–1974), German opera singer


Fuchs, N - Z

* Nicolas Fuchs (born 1982), Peruvian rally driver * Peter Paul Fuchs (1916–2007), Austrian-born conductor and composer * Radovan Fuchs (born 1953), Croatian scientist and former government minister * Richard Fuchs (1887–1947), architect and composer * Robert Fuchs (1847–1927), Austrian composer * Ronald Fuchs (1932–2012) American physicist * Ruth Fuchs (born 1946), German athlete * Thomas Fuchs (born 1969), German-born illustrator * Vivian Fuchs (1908–1999), British geologist and polar explorer * Walter Robert Fuchs (1937–1976), American-German science communicator and science popularizer * Wilhelm Fuchs (1898–1947), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes * Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs (1915–1997), mathematician


Fucks

* Argélico Fucks (born 1974, Santa Rosa), Brazilian footballer ''see also:'' * Ralf Fücks (born 1951), German politician


Fuks

* Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994), Czech novelist * Marian Fuks (photographer) (1884–1935), Polish filmmaker and pioneer of photography * Marian Fuks (historian) (1914–2022), Polish historian * Alexander Fuks (1917–1978), German-born Israeli historian, archaeologist and papyrologist * Suzon Fuks (born 1959), artist, choreographer and director * Pavel Fuks (born 1971), Ukrainian-Russian millionaire businessman and investor


Fux

*Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741), Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue *Vinzenz Fux (c. 1606–1659), Austrian composer *Herbert Fux (1927–2007), Austrian actor *Luiz Fux (born 1953), Brazilian judge


See also

*Fox (surname) *Vos (surname) {{Fox-surname German-language surnames Germanic-language surnames Jewish surnames Yiddish-language surnames Surnames from nicknames