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") is a surname; it has as variants Fux, Fuhs and Fuchß. Notable persons bearing it include the following:

Notable people

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Arved Fuchs Arved Fuchs (born 26 April 1953) is a German polar explorer and writer. Polar exploration On 30 December 1989, Fuchs and Reinhold Messner were the first to reach the South Pole with neither animal nor motorised help, using skis and a pa ...

(born 1953), German writer and adventurer * Benjamin Fuchs (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, Illinois ...

(1932–2009), American illustrator *

Bruce Fuchs Bruce A. Fuchs is an American immunologist and health science administrator. He was the director of the Office of Science Education (OSE) at the National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (wi ...

, American immunologist and health science administrator *

Charlie Fuchs Charles Thomas Fuchs (November 18, 1913 – June 10, 1969) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1942), Philadelphia Phillies (1943), St. Louis Browns (1943), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1944). The , left-hander was a native of ...

(1912–1969), American baseball player *

Christian Fuchs Christian Fuchs (; born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a left back. He began his senior career as a teenager at Wiener Neustadt before signing his first professional contract at 17 with SV Mattersburg ...

(born 1986), Austrian footballer * Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician *

Christoph Fuchs von Fuchsberg Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenho ...

(1482–1542), bishop of

Brixen Brixen (, ; it, Bressanone ; lld, Porsenù or ) is a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography First mentioned in 901, Brixen is the third largest city and oldest town in the province, and the artistic and ...

Daniel Fuchs Daniel Fuchs (June 25, 1909 – July 26, 1993) was an American screenwriter, fiction writer, and essayist. Biography Daniel Fuchs was born to a Jewish family on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, but his family moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn whi ...

(1909–1993), American writer and screenwriter *

Dmitry Fuchs Dmitry Borisovich Fuchs (Дмитрий Борисович Фукс, born 30 September 1939, Kazan, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian-American mathematician, specializing in the representation theory of infinite-dimensional ...

(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

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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 you ...

(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) Emil Fuchs (13 May 1874, Beerfelden, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 13 February 1971) was a German theologian, the son of Georg Friedrich Fuchs and Auguste Louise Wilhelmine Lonni Hauss.Hessen, Deutschland, ausgewählte Heiratsregister 1874-1930. Hess ...

(1874–1971), German theologian *

Emil Fuchs (baseball) Emil Edwin Fuchs (April 17, 1878 – December 5, 1961) was a German-born American baseball owner and executive. Life Fuchs was born in Hamburg, Germany to Jewish parents, Hermann and Henrietta, but grew up on the Lower East Side of New York.Burton ...

(1878–1961), owner of the Boston Braves 1923–1935 * Erich Fuchs (1902–1980), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator *

Erika Fuchs Erika Fuchs, née Petri (7 December 1906 in Rostock – 22 April 2005 in Munich), was a German translator. She is largely known in Germany due to her translations of American Disney comics, especially Carl Barks' stories about Duckburg and its i ...

(1906–2005), German translator of Disney comics *

Franz Fuchs Franz Fuchs (12 December 1949 – 26 February 2000) was an Austrian domestic terrorist who killed four people and injured 15, some seriously, using three improvised explosive devices and 24 mail bombs, which he sent in five waves between 1993 an ...

(1949–2000), Austrian terrorist *

Fred Fuchs Frederic S. Fuchs is a television and film producer active in the United States and Canada, where he holds dual citizenship. He became an executive in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 3, 2006. Fuchs became known for the televisio ...

(DOB unknown), American television producer

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Gottfried Fuchs Gottfried Erik Fuchs (also Godfrey Fuchs; (3 May 1889 – 25 February 1972) was a German Olympic footballer. He scored a then-world record 10 goals for the Germany national football team in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics. He le ...

(1889–1972), German-Canadian soccer player * Harald Fuchs (born 1951), professor of physics * Henry Fuchs (baseball) (1879–1947), also known as Jacob Fox, American baseball player * Henry Fuchs, born

Henryk Tauber ''Henryk (Tauber) Fuchsbrunner'' (8 July 1917 – 3 January 2000) was a Polish Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp during the Holocaust, who gave detailed testimony at the end of World War II. Tauber was his mother's maiden name. His p ...

(1917–2000), Holocaust survivor *

Henry Fuchs Henry Fuchs (born 20 January 1948 in Tokaj, Hungary) is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Federico Gil Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nor ...

(born 1948), American academic * Herbert Fuchs (1905–1988), American lawyer * Ignaz Fuchs, (1819–1854), born

Vatroslav Lisinski Vatroslav Lisinski (, 8 July 1819 – 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer. Lisinski was born Ignatius Fuchs to a German Jewish family. He would later change his name to Vatroslav Lisinski, which is a Croatian calque of his original name. For a ...

, Croatian composer *

Ira Fuchs Ira H. Fuchs (born December 1948) is an internationally known authority on technology innovation in higher education and is a co-founder of BITNET, an important precursor of the Internet. He wainductedinto the Internet Hall of Fame in 2017. Si ...

, co-founder of BITNET

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Jenő Fuchs Jenő Fuchs (29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955) was a Hungarian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won both the individual and team events at both Games. He missed the 1920 Olympics, where Hungary was not allowed to c ...

(1882–1955), Hungarian Olympic champion fencer *

Jim Fuchs James Emanuel Fuchs (pronounced ; December 6, 1927 – October 8, 2010) was an Americans, American Athletics (sport), athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put. He developed a new shot-putting technique to compensate for a leg i ...

(1927–2010), American athlete *

Joël Fuchs Joël Fuchs, (born June 24, 1989) is a Swiss professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Starwings Basel of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball in Switzerland where he is the team captain.

(born 1989), Swiss basketball player *

Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (15 May 1774 – 5 March 1856) was a German chemist and mineralogist, and royal Bavarian privy councillor. Biography He was born at Mattenzell, near Falkenstein in the Bavarian Forest. In 1807 he became professor of ...

(1774–1856), German chemist who gave his name to fuchsite *

Joseph Fuchs Joseph Philip Fuchs (April 26, 1899 or 1900 – March 14, 1997) was one of the most important American violinists and teachers of the 20th century, and the brother of Lillian Fuchs. Born in New York, he graduated in 1918 from the Institute of M ...

(1899–1997), American violinist * Josef Fuchs (theologian) (1912–2005), German theologian *

Jürgen Fuchs (motorcyclist) Jürgen Fuchs (born 28 November 1965 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm) is a former German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He achieved his best result in 1996 when he finished the year in fourth place in the 250cc world championship. Fuchs served a ...

, German motorcyclist * Jürgen Fuchs (writer) (1950–1999), East German writer and dissident *

Karl Fuchs (museum founder) Karl Fuchs was an ethnic German from Kazan in Tatarstan. He founded the Kazan Zoo in 1806,

(1776–1846), Russian doctor and rector of the Kazan State University *

Kenneth Fuchs Kenneth Daniel Fuchs (born July 1, 1956) is a Grammy Award-winning American composer. He currently serves as Professor of Music Composition at the University of Connecticut (Storrs). Music Kenneth Fuchs's fifth Naxos recording with the London ...

(born 1956), American composer of classical music *

Klaus Fuchs Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs (29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988) was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who supplied information from the American, British and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly aft ...

(1911–1988), German-born British physicist and Soviet spy, later resident of the GDR

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* Lars Fuchs (born 1982), German footballer *

László Fuchs László Fuchs (born June 24, 1924) is a Hungarian-born American mathematician, the Evelyn and John G. Phillips Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mathematics at Tulane University.

(born 1924), Hungarian-American mathematician *

Lawrence Fuchs Lawrence H. Fuchs (29 January 1927 ‒ 17 March 2013) was a scholar of American studies and an expert on immigration policy. He was an author and university professor who founded the American studies department at Brandeis University, where he wa ...

(1927–2013), American university professor and author *

Lazarus Fuchs Lazarus Immanuel Fuchs (5 May 1833 – 26 April 1902) was a Jewish-German mathematician who contributed important research in the field of linear differential equations. He was born in Moschin (Mosina) (located in Grand Duchy of Posen) and d ...

(1833–1902), German mathematician *

Leonhart Fuchs Leonhart Fuchs (; 17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566), sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as ''Leonhartus Fuchsius'', was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large book about plants and th ...

(sometimes ''Leonhard'') (1501–1566), German physician and botanist *

Lillian Fuchs Lillian Fuchs (November 18, 1901 – October 5, 1995) was an American violist, teacher and composer. She is considered to be among the finest instrumentalists of her time. She came from a musical family, and her brothers, Joseph Fuchs, a viol ...

(1901–1995), American violist * Lukas Fuchs (1922–2009), better known as Lukas Foss, German-American composer *

Marta Fuchs Marta Fuchs (January 1, 1898 - September 22, 1974) was a German concert and operatic soprano. Marta Fuchs grew up in an artistic family, her father being a painter, member of the board of the guild and a city councillor. In later years he put ...

(1898–1974), German opera singer

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* Nicolas Fuchs (born 1982), Peruvian rally driver *

Peter Paul Fuchs Peter Paul Fuchs (October 30, 1916 – March 26, 2007) was an Austrian-born conductor and composer, best known for his conducting appointments with American orchestras and for his teaching. He was also a prolific composer although little of his mu ...

(1916–2007), Austrian-born conductor and composer * Radovan Fuchs (born 1953), Croatian scientist and former government minister *

Richard Fuchs Richard Fuchs (; 26 April 1887 – 22 September 1947) was a German composer and architect, the older brother of German national team Olympic football player Gottfried Fuchs. Life Fuchs was in the German Army (German Empire), German Army, and wa ...

(1887–1947), architect and composer *

Robert Fuchs Robert Fuchs (15 February 1847 – 19 February 1927) was an Austrian composer and music teacher. As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in hi ...

(1847–1927), Austrian composer * Ronald Fuchs (1932–2012) American physicist *

Ruth Fuchs Ruth Fuchs ( Gamm, later Hellmann, born 14 December 1946 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olymp ...

(born 1946), German athlete * Thomas Fuchs (born 1969), German-born illustrator *

Vivian Fuchs Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs ( ; 11 February 1908 – 11 November 1999) was an English scientist-explorer and expedition organizer. He led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which reached the South Pole overland in 1958. Biography Fuchs ...

(1908–1999), British geologist and polar explorer * Walter Robert Fuchs (1937–1976), American-German science communicator and science popularizer *

Wilhelm Fuchs Oberführer and Oberst of Police Wilhelm Fuchs (1 September 1898, in Mannheim – 24 January 1947, in Belgrade) was a Nazi Einsatzkommando leader. From April 1941 to January 1942 he commanded Einsatzgruppe Serbia. From 15 September 1943 throu ...

(1898–1947), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes * Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs (1915–1997), mathematician

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

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Ladislav Fuks Ladislav Fuks (September 24, 1923 in Prague – August 19, 1994 in Prague) was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Fuks was born in ...

(1923–1994), Czech novelist * Marian Fuks (photographer) (1884–1935), Polish filmmaker and pioneer of photography *

Marian Fuks (historian) Marian Fuks (28 September 1914 – 23 October 2022) was a Polish historian specializing in the history of Polish Jews in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capi ...

(1914–2022), Polish historian *

Alexander Fuks Alexander Fuks (30 May 1917 – 29 November 1978) was a German-born, later Israeli historian, archaeologist and papyrologist. He worked with Victor Tcherikover and Menahem Stern on the standard edition of Jewish papyri. He was a specialist in the ...

(1917–1978), German-born Israeli historian, archaeologist and papyrologist * Suzon Fuks (born 1959), artist, choreographer and director *

Pavel Fuks Pavel Yakovlevich Fuks ( uk, Павло Якович Фукс, russian: Павел Яковлевич Фукс (surname sometimes also spelled Fuchs); b. 27 October 1971) is a Ukrainian oligarchMultiple sources: * * * * * who is known for foundin ...

(born 1971), Ukrainian-Russian millionaire businessman and investor

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Johann Joseph Fux Johann Joseph Fux (; – 13 February 1741) was an Austrian composer, music theory, music theorist and pedagogy, pedagogue of the late Baroque music, Baroque era. His most enduring work is not a musical composition but his treatise on counterpoin ...

(1660–1741), Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue *

Vinzenz Fux Vinzenz Fux (Vincenzio Fuxio), (c.1606–1659) was an Austrian musician and composer. Fux was born in Weißkirchen, Styria, and was employed as the organist of the church Maria am Gestade in Vienna before he joined the chapel of Eleonora G ...

(c. 1606–1659), Austrian composer *

Herbert Fux Herbert Fux (25 March 1927 – 13 March 2007) was an Austrian film actor and politician. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1960 and 2007. Life Fux was born in Hallein, at the age of five he moved with his family to the city of Salz ...

(1927–2007), Austrian actor *

Luiz Fux Luiz Fux (; born 26 April 1953) is a Brazilian judge and the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court. He is of Romanian Jewish descent, and the first Jewish Brazilian member of the Court. He was previously a minister of the Superior ...

(born 1953), Brazilian judge