Große or Grosse is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aristid von Grosse
Aristid von Grosse (January 1905 – July 21, 1985) was a Germans, German nuclear chemist. During his work with Otto Hahn, he got access to waste material from radium production, and with this starting material he was able in 1927 to isolate ...
(1905–1985), German nuclear chemist
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Ben Grosse
Ben Grosse is an American record producer and mixer. Grosse has mixed and produce albums for numerous music industry acts, primary in the heavy metal and hard rock genres. His credits include Dream Theater, Marilyn Manson, Sevendust, Disturbe ...
, American record producer and mixer
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Carl Grosse
Carl Friedrich August Grosse (5 June 1768 – 15 March 1847) also known as Edouard Romeo Vargas-Bedemar was a German author, translator, aesthetic philosopher, and mineralogist. He is best known for his gothic novel ''Der Genius'', which was tran ...
(1768–1847), German author, translator, philosopher, and mineralogist
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Catrin G. Grosse (born 1964), German painter, graphic designer and sculptor
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Charles le Grosse
Sir Charles Le Grosse (1596 – 1650) of Crostwight Hall near North Walsham in Norfolk, England, was a politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1653.
Origins
Le Grosse was the son of Sir Thomas Le Grosse / Le ...
(c. 1596–1650), English politician
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Christina Große (born 1970), German actress
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Demetrius Grosse
Demetrius Grosse (born February 26, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Rock in the film ''Straight Outta Compton'', Emmett Yawners in the Cinemax television series ''Banshee,'' Errol in the FX television series '' Just ...
(born 1981), American actor and producer
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Doris Große (born 1884), German artists' model for Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Fritz Große (1904–1957), German politician and diplomat
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George R. Grosse
George R. Grosse (March 15, 1930 – June 3, 2016) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 15th district of the Florida House of Representatives.
Life and career
Grosse was born in Marietta, Florida. He attended ...
(1930–2016), American politician
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Hans-Werner Grosse
Hans-Werner Grosse (28 November 1922 – 18 February 2021) was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and glider pilot who established 50 world records approved by FAI Gliding Commission.
Early life
Grosse was born in Swinemünde, now Świnoujście ...
(1922–2021), German bomber pilot
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Heinz-Josef Große
Heinz-Josef Große was a 34-year-old East German (GDR) construction worker who was shot and killed on 29 March 1982 by GDR border guards on the Inner German border at Schifflersgrund, near Bad Sooden-Allendorf.
He had been working on the border f ...
(1947–1982), East German construction worker
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Johannes Große
Johannes Große (born 7 January 1997) is a German field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Bundesliga club Club an der Alster and the German national team.
Club career
Große grew up in Berlin and started playing hockey at ...
(born 1997), German field hockey player
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Julius Grosse
Julius Waldemar Grosse (25 April 1828 – 9 May 1902), Germany, German poet, the son of a military chaplain, was born at Erfurt.
Biography
He received his early education at the gymnasium in Magdeburg, and on leaving school and showing disinc ...
(1828–1902), German poet
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Katharina Grosse
Katharina Grosse (born 2 October 1961) is a German visual artist. She is known for her large-scale, site-related installations to create immersive visual experiences. Grosse's work employs a use of architecture, sculpture and painting. She has be ...
(born 1961), German visual artist
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Maurice Grosse
Maurice Grosse (6 March 1919 – 14 October 2006) was a British paranormal investigator. Famous for his involvement in the Enfield Poltergeist case from 1977 to 1979, he has been portrayed in several films and television series, including '' T ...
(1919–2006), British paranormal investigator
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Nina Grosse
Nina Grosse (born 11 August 1958) is a German film director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. The ...
(born 1958), German film director and screenwriter
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Steffen Grosse Steffen is a surname and given name, and may refer to:
Surname
* Albert Steffen (1884–1963), Swiss poet, painter, and novelist
* Alex Steffen (b. 1968), American writer and environmental futurist
* Anthony Steffen (1929–2004), Brazilian actor ...
(born 1967), German politician
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Theodor Grosse
Theodor Grosse (1829–1891) was a German historical painter. He was born at Dresden and studied at the Dresden Academy under Bendemann. For his encaustic decorations in the castle of Count Solms Wildenfels on the Mulde, he was awarded the tra ...
(1829–1891), German historical painter
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Twila Grosse
Twila Rose Grosse (born 1961 or 1962) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2023 Preston provincial by-election. She is the first Black Canadian member of the Progressive Conservative Association ...
, Canadian politician
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Ulrich Grosse
Ulrich Grosse (born 27 March 1953, in Nagold in the district of Calw) is a German public transport consultant. He was in 1983 one of the first specialists who advised counties in terms of public passenger transport. Numerous transport concepts a ...
(born 1953), German public transport consultant
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