Gross or Groß in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß". It is a surname of German,

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n, and

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 ...

(Ashkenazi

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

) origin. The word means "big", "tall" or "great", and was likely adopted in Europe over the

15th 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 (number), 14 and preceding 16 (number), 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky ...

19th 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...

centuries during the times of the

House of Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

when monarchs of the

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(Emperor or Empress) were called "the Great" (der Große). Descendants of this House may have adopted the name ''Gross'' from their

ancestor An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from whom ...

s. German-speaking Christian

hymn A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' ...

s use references to Jesus as "Mein Herr ist Groß" (''My Lord is Great'') or "So Groß ist der Herr" (''So Great is the Lord''). Composer

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

(1797-1828) wrote several

songs A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition ...

referring to Jesus or God as ''groß'', such as D 757, a

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called "Gott in der Natur" (''Groß ist der Herr!'') in 1822 and D 852, "Die Allmacht" (''Groß ist Jehova, der Herr'') in 1825.

People with this surname

Al Gross (politician) Alan Stuart Gross (born April 13, 1962) is an American politician, orthopedic surgeon and a commercial fisherman who, running as an independent candidate, was the Democratic nominee for the 2020 United States Senate election in Alaska. He lost ...

, American politician and United States senate candidate *

Alfred J. Gross Irving "Al" Gross (; February 22, 1918 – December 21, 2000) was a pioneer in mobile wireless communication. He created and patented many communications devices, specifically in relation to an early version of the walkie-talkie, Citi ...

(1918–2000), American inventor *

Arye Gross Arye Gross (; born March 17, 1960) is an American actor, who has appeared on a variety of television shows in numerous roles, most notably Adam Greene in the ABC sitcom ''Ellen''. Personal life Gross was born on March 17, 1960, in Los Angeles ...

(born 1960), American actor *

Avrum Gross Avrum M. Gross (February 25, 1936 – May 8, 2018) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of Alaska from 1974 through 1980. Early life and education Gross was born on February 25, 1936, in New York City. He was raised in New ...

(1936–2018), American lawyer *

Benedict Gross Benedict Hyman Gross is an American mathematician who is a professor at the University of California San Diego, the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at Harvard University, and former Dean of Harvard College.Bill Gross (born 1958), American businessman *

Chaim Gross Chaim Gross (March 17, 1902 – May 5, 1991) was an American sculptor and educator of Ukrainian Jewish origin. Childhood Gross was born to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa (now known as Mizhhiria, Ukraine), in t ...

(1904–1991), sculptor born in Galicia *

Charles Gross Charles Gross (born 13 May 1934) is an American film and TV composer, living in New York City. Gross, born in Boston, Massachusetts, was educated at Harvard University (BA), the New England Conservatory and Mills College (teaching fellowship), a ...

(born 1934), American composer *

Charles P. Gross Major General Charles Philip Gross (14 March 1889 – 18 July 1975) was a United States Army officer who served in World War I and World War II. During World War II he was the Chief of the United States Army Transportation Corps. A graduate of Si ...

(1889–1975), United States Army officer *

Christian Gross Christian Jürgen Gross (born 14 August 1954) is a Swiss football manager and former player who most recently coached Schalke 04. He played as a sweeper and central midfielder. Gross was manager of Basel from 1 July 1999 to 27 May 2009, winning ...

(born 1954), Swiss football manager *

David Gross David Jonathan Gross (; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. Gr ...

(born 1941), American scientist and Nobel prize winner *

David A. Gross David A. Gross is an American lawyer and former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. He is currently a partner in the communications prac ...

(born 1954), American diplomat *

Evgeni Gross Evgenii Fedorovich Gross (1897 – 1972) was a Soviet physicist working in optics and spectroscopy of condensed matter. He graduated from Leningrad University in 1924. He became a correspondent member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1946. H ...

(1897–1972), Soviet scientist *

Frank Gross Frank George Gross, OMC (May 23, 1919 – January 13, 2006) was a philanthropist awarded the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship (OMC) one month after his death in 2006.Boughner B., Schwab D. Frank Gross remembered with medal, Chatham Daily News, ...

(1919–2006), Canadian philanthropist *

Gabe Gross Gabriel Jordan Gross (born October 21, 1979) is a former American professional baseball outfielder who is currently the hitting coach for the Auburn Tigers. His father, Lee Gross, was center for the Auburn Tigers and in the NFL. His brother, ...

(born 1979), American baseball player *

Garry Gross Garry Gross (November 6, 1937 – November 30, 2010) was an American fashion photographer who went on to specialize in dog portraiture. Career Born in New York, Gross began his career as a commercial photographer, apprenticing with photogra ...

, American photographer *

H. R. Gross Harold Royce Gross (June 30, 1899 – September 22, 1987) was a Republican United States Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district for thirteen terms. The role he played on the House floor, objecting to spending measures and projects t ...

(1899–1987), American politician *

Hans Georg Friedrich Groß Hans Georg Friedrich Groß, (4 May 1860 – 27 February 1924), was a German balloonist and airship constructor. Luisenstadt 2008 Balloons In the 1890s, the ''Verein zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt'' (an association promoting airflight foun ...

(1860–1924), a German Empire balloonist and airship constructor *

Hans Gross Hans Gustav Adolf Gross or Groß (26 December 1847 – 9 December 1915) was an Austrian criminal jurist and criminologist, the "Founding Father" of criminal profiling. A criminal jurist, Gross made a mark as the creator of the field of crimina ...

(Groß, Grosz) (1847–1915) Austrian lawyer, one of the earliest modern forensic scientists *

Heinrich Gross Heinrich Gross (14 November 1915 – 15 December 2005) was an Austrian psychiatrist, medical doctor and neurologist, a reputed expert as a leading court-appointed psychiatrist, ill-famed for his proven involvement in the killing of at least nin ...

(1915–2005), Austrian Nazi doctor *

Heinrich Gross (rabbi) Heinrich Gross, writing also as Henri Gross (born Szenicz, Hungarian Kingdom, now Senica, Slovakia, 6 November 1835; died 1910), was a German rabbi. He was a pupil in rabbinical literature of Judah Aszod. After graduating from the Breslau semina ...

(1835–1910), German rabbi *

Helen Gross Helen Gross (born Hellen R. Gross, May 1896 – unknown) was an American classic female blues singer, active as a recording artist in the mid-1920s. Songs she recorded include "I Wanna Jazz Some More", "Bloody Razor Blues", and "Strange Man" ...

(1896–unknown), American classic female blues singer *

Henry Gross Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group Sha Na Na and for his hit song, " Shannon". Gross is considered a one-hit wonder artist; none of his other songs reached the Top 1 ...

(born 1951), American singer-songwriter *

Herbert Gross Herbert Irving Gross (April 2, 1929 – May 27, 2020) was an American Professor of mathematics (retired) and former senior lecturer at MIT’s Center for Advanced Engineering Study (CAES). He was best known as a pioneer in using distance learnin ...

(born 1929), American mathematician * Izidor Gross (1866–1942), Croatian chess master and hazzan *

Jacob Gross (Illinois politician) Jacob Gross (February 11, 1840 – December 29, 1918) was a German American businessman and politician. Born in Germany, Gross emigrated to the United States in 1860 and settled in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the Chicago public schools and ...

(1840–1918), Illinois state treasurer * Jacob Gross (1819–1899), German-American piano maker *

Jacob A. Gross Jacob A. Gross (1842 – October 8, 1887) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Born in New York City, he was the son of Martin Gross. He attended private schools in New York City. Then he studied law at Columbia Law School, ...

(born 1842), New York politician * James A. Gross, American professor and labor law expert *

James Gross James J. Gross is a psychologist best known for his research in emotion and emotion regulation. He is a professor at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory. Education Gross received his B.A. in phil ...

, American psychologist and professor *

Jan T. Gross Jan Tomasz Gross (born 1947) is a Polish-American sociologist and historian. He is the Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society, emeritus, and Professor of History, emeritus, at Princeton University. Gross is the author o ...

(born 1947), Polish-American historian *

John Gross John Gross FRSL (12 March 1935 – 10 January 2011) was an eminent English man of letters. A leading intellectual, writer, anthologist, and critic, ''The Guardian'' (in a tribute titled "My Hero") and ''The Spectator'' were among several pub ...

(1935–2011), British author, editor and critic *

Jordan Gross Jordan Alan Gross (born July 20, 1980) is a former American football offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Utah, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American. He s ...

(born 1980), American football player *

Jost Gross Jost Gross (1 March 1946 – 6 May 2005) was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. From 1995 to his death he had a seat in the National Council. Gross was born in Flawil, Switzerland. He was educated as a lawyer and taught at ...

(1946–2005), Swiss politician *

Julie Gross Julie Gross (born 27 March 1957) is a retired Australian women's basketball player. Biography Gross played for the national team during the 1970s, competing for Australia at two World Championships; 1975 held in Columbia and 1979 held in So ...

(born 1957), Australian basketball player *

Kenneth I. Gross Kenneth Irwin Gross (14 October 1938 – 10 September 2017) was an American mathematician. Born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1938, Gross received from Brandeis University his bachelor's degree in 1960 and his master's degree in 1962. He received h ...

(born 1938), American mathematician *

Kevin Gross Kevin Frank Gross (born June 8, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1983 through 1997. Gross played for five different teams during his career: the Philadelphia Phillies (1983–1988), Montreal Expos (1989–1990), Los ...

(born 1961), American baseball player *

Kip Gross Kip Lee Gross (born August 24, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Nippon-Ham Fighters, Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros in Major League Baseball and Nippon Profession ...

(born 1964), American baseball player *

Larry Gross Larry Gross (born 1953) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He is a visiting professor of film and new media at New York University Abu Dhabi. Best known for his collaborations with Walter Hill, his credits include '' 48 Hrs.'' ( ...

, American screenwriter * Luke Gross (born 1969), American rugby footballer *

M. Louise Gross M. Louise Gross (1884–1951) was secretary to New York City Tammany Hall district leader Thomas F. Foley, a close associate of Al Smith. She served in leadership positions in repeal of prohibition organizations including the Molly Pitcher C ...

(1884–1951), American activist *

Manuela Groß Manuela Manja Groß (later Leupold, born 29 January 1957 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German former competitive pair skater. With partner Uwe Kagelmann, she is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and she is the youngest female figure skat ...

(born 1957), German figure skater *

Mark Gross (musician) Mark Gross (born February 20, 1966) is a Baltimore-born jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop tradition. He studied at the Berklee College of Music, graduating in 1988, then worked in the band of Lionel Hampton and performed in ''Five Guys Named M ...

(born 1966), American musician *

Mark Gross (mathematician) Mark William Gross (born 30 November 1965)Anon (2017) is an American mathematician, specializing in differential geometry, algebraic geometry, and mirror symmetry. Education Gross studied from 1982 at Cornell University graduating with a bach ...

(born 1965), American mathematician *

Mary Gross Mary Martha Gross is an American voice actress, comedian, and actress known for her four-year stint on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1981 to 1985. Her credits also include minor roles on ''Animaniacs'', ''Boston Legal'', ''That's So Raven'', ''S ...

(born 1953), American actress, voice actress, and comedian *

Mason W. Gross Mason Welch Gross (June 3, 1911 – October 11, 1977) was an American television quiz show personality and academic who served as the sixteenth President of Rutgers University, serving from 1959 to 1971. Biography He was born in Hartford, C ...

(1911–1977), American university president *

Matthias Gross Matthias Gross (German spelling: ''Groß'', pronounced , ; born 1969) is a German sociologist and science studies scholar. He currently is Full Professor of Environmental Sociology at the University of Jena, and by joint appointment, at Helmholtz Ce ...

(born 1969), German social scientist *

Maurice Gross Maurice Gross (born 21 July 1934 in Sedan, Ardennes department; died 8 December 2001 in Paris) was a French linguistJean-Claude Chevalier,, ''Le Monde'', 12 décembre 2001. and scholar of Romance languages. Beginning in the late 1960s he developed ...

(1934–2001), French linguist * Michael Gross (disambiguation), multiple people * Michael Groß (politician), German politician *

Michael Groß (swimmer) Michael Groß (, ; born 17 June 1964), usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimming (sport), swimmer from Germany. He is tall, and received the nickname "The Albatross" for his especially long arms that gave him a ...

, German swimmer *

Milt Gross Milt Gross (; March 4, 1895 – November 29, 1953) was an American cartoonist and animator. His work is noted for its exaggerated cartoon style and Yiddish-inflected English dialogue. He originated the non-sequitur "Banana Oil!" as a phrase defla ...

(1895–1953), American comics artist *

Miriam Gross Miriam Gross, Lady Owen is a literary editor and writer. She was the deputy literary editor of ''The Observer'' from 1969-81, the women's editor of ''The Observer'' from 1981-84, the arts editor of ''The Daily Telegraph'' from 1986-91, and the ...

(born 1939), British editor, journalist and writer *

Mirjana Gross Mirjana Gross (born Mirjam Gross; 22 May 1922 – 23 July 2012) was a notable Yugoslav-Croatian Jewish historian and writer. Life and career Gross was born in Zagreb to Jewish parents, Mavro and Ella Gross, on 22 May 1922. During World War II a ...

(1922–2012), Croatian historian and writer * Morris Gross, American college sports coach *

Nikolaus Gross Nikolaus Gross (German: Groß) (30 September 1898 – 23 January 1945) was a German Roman Catholic. Gross first worked in crafts requiring skilled labor before becoming a coal miner like his father while joining a range of trade union and politic ...

(1898–1945), German anti-Nazi activist *

Otto Gross Otto Hans Adolf Gross (17 March 1877 – 13 February 1920) was an Austrian psychoanalyst. A maverick early disciple of Sigmund Freud, he later became an anarchist and joined the utopian Ascona community. His father Hans Gross was a judge turned ...

(1877–1920), Austrian psychoanalyst *

Pascal Groß Pascal Groß (, sometimes rendered in English as Gross; born 15 June 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for club Brighton & Hove Albion. Groß played at youth international level for Germany. Career ...

(born 1991), German footballer *

Paul Gross Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due So ...

(born 1959), Canadian actor *

Pete Gross Peter R. Gross (December 28, 1936 – December 2, 1992) was an American sports announcer known in Seattle, Washington, as the "Voice of the Seahawks" for 17 years. He spent most of his career as a radio play-by-play announcer with KIRO (AM). H ...

, American sports announcer *

Philip Gross Philip Gross (born 1952) is a poet, novelist, playwright, children's writer and academic based in England and Wales. He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Wales. Biography Philip Gross was born in 1952 at Del ...

(born 1952), English poet *

Ricco Groß Ricco Groß (also spelled Gross, born 22 August 1970) is a former German biathlete whose exploits made him one of the most successful biathletes of all time at the Winter Olympics and the World Championships. Career He has been married to his wi ...

(born 1970), German retired biathlete *

Rita Gross Rita M. Gross (July 6, 1943 – November 11, 2015) was an American Buddhist feminist scholar of religions and author. Before retiring, she was Professor of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. In 1974 G ...

(1943–2015), American educator, writer, and theologian * Robert A. Gross (historian) (born 1959), American historian and professor *

Robert E. Gross (businessman) Robert Ellsworth Gross (May 11, 1897 – September 3, 1961) was an American businessman involved in the field of aviation. His first venture, the Viking Flying Boat Company, failed with the loss of the aircraft market brought on by the Great Dep ...

(1897–1961), American businessman *

Robert Edward Gross Robert Edward Gross (July 2, 1905 – October 11, 1988) was an American surgeon and a medical researcher. He performed early work in pediatric heart surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. Gross was president of the American Association for Thoracic ...

(1905–1988), American pioneering pediatric surgeon *

Roland Gross Roland Gross (January 13, 1909 – February 11, 1989) was an American film editor and television editor who had over 40 film and television credits during his career. He was nominated in the category of Best Film Editing at the 17th Academy Awar ...

(1909–1989), American film editor *

Sam Gross Sam Gross (born August 7, 1933) is an American cartoonist, specializing in single-panel cartoons. History Born in Bronx, New York City, Gross was the son of Max and Sophie, who were Jewish immigrants to America. His mother was born in Iași, ...

, American cartoonist * Samuel David Gross (1805–1884), American surgeon *

Sara Gross Sara Gross (born March 26, 1976 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a former professional triathlete, who was born in Canada but competed for Great Britain. She grew up in Kitchener, Ontario and Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. In 2005, she won the ITU European L ...

(born 1976), Canada-born British triathlete *

Stanislav Gross Stanislav Gross (; 30 October 1969 – 16 April 2015) was a Czech lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from 2004 until 2005 when he resigned as a result of h ...

(1969–2015), Czech lawyer, politician and former social-democratic Prime Minister *

Susanna Gross Susanna Gross has been literary editor of ''The Mail on Sunday'' since 1999 and bridge columnist for ''The Spectator'' since 2000. She has played bridge in many national and international competitions and represented England in home internationa ...

, English newspaper editor *

Terry Gross Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of ''Fresh Air'', an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining NPR i ...

(born 1951), American radio personality *

Tom Gross Tom Gross is a British-born journalist, international affairs commentator, and human rights campaigner specializing in the Middle East. Gross was formerly a foreign correspondent for the London ''Sunday Telegraph'' and ''New York Daily News''. He ...

, journalist and political commentator * Walter Gross (disambiguation), multiple people *

William H. Gross William Hunt "Bill" Gross (born April 13, 1944) is an American investor and fund manager, best known for co-founding Pacific Investment Management Co. PIMCO is a global fixed income investment company. Gross ran their $270 billion Total Retur ...

(born 1944), American financial manager and author *

Yoram Gross Yoram Jerzy Gross (18 October 192621 September 2015) was a Polish-born, Australian producer of children's and family entertainment. He was known for his adaptation of children's characters from books and films, and best known for the produc ...

(1926–2015), Polish–Australian film producer * Dr Gröss, a character in

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and its sequels. It can also refer to Heinrich Gross

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