Kass is a surname. It originated in several different ways, including as a nickname in former eastern territories of Germany from the Czech word ("blackbird" or "shrewd person"), from the

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word ''kass'' meaning cat, from the

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

Gazo, as an Ashkenazi Jewish surname from the given name Casriel, and possibly as an Americanized spelling of Káš or Kaše. The

2010 United States census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...

found 3,796 people with the surname Kass, making it the 8,655th-most-common surname in the country, compared to 3,523 people (8,599th-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both US censuses, more than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

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. People with the surname include: * Amalie Kass (1928–2019), American historian *

Amy Kass Amy Judith Kass (née Apfel; September 17, 1940 – August 19, 2015) was an American academic and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. She spent most of her career as a professor of classic texts in the College of the University of Chicago. He ...

(1940–2015), American humanities scholar * Carmen Kass (born 1978), Estonian model * Danny Kass (born 1982), American snowboarder *

Deborah Kass Deborah Kass (born 1952) is an American artist whose work explores the intersection of pop culture, art history, and the construction of self. Deborah Kass works in mixed media, and is most recognized for her paintings, prints, photography, sculp ...

(born 1952), American painter *

Edward H. Kass Edward Harold Kass (December 20, 1917, New York City – January 17, 1990, Lincoln, Massachusetts) was an American physician, medical school professor, medical researcher in infectious diseases, medical journal editor, and historian of medicine. He ...

(1917–1990), American physician, professor and historian * James R. Kass (), Canadian physicist *

János Kass János Kass (December 26, 1927 – March 29, 2010) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian illustrator, printmaker, graphic designer, postage stamp designer, animated film director and teacher. Born in Szeged, he was the storyboard artist for the fi ...

(1927–2010), Hungarian illustrator *

Jerome Kass Jerome Allan Kass (April 21, 1937 – October 22, 2015) was an American screenwriter and author. He wrote ''Queen of the Stardust Ballroom'' in 1975 and '' Ballroom'' in 1978, which were nominated for an Emmy and Tony, respectively. Biography Kas ...

(1937–2015), American screenwriter and author * Johannes Kass (born 1949), Estonian politician *

John Kass John Kass (born June 25, 1956) is an American columnist and former editorial board member for the ''Chicago Tribune'' and radio broadcaster. Until summer 2020, his opinion pieces regularly appeared on page 2 of the main news section of the ''Tribun ...

(born 1956), American journalist *

Kristiina Kass Kristiina Kass (born 14 May 1970) is an Estonian children's writer and illustrator. Kristiina Kass was born in Tartu. Her father is feuilletonist Kalju Kass and her mother is children's writer Asta Kass. She studied Finnish language and cultur ...

(born 1970), Estonian children's writer and illustrator * Leon Kass (born 1939), American bioethicist *

Leonhard Kass Leonhard Heinrich Kass (22 October 1911 – 23 November 1985) was an Estonian football player who played as a left winger. He won the Estonian Championship eight times and the Estonian Cup twice. Internationally, Kass made 40 appearances for the ...

(1911–1985), Estonian footballer *

Peter Kass Peter Meyer Kass (April 28, 1923 – 4 August 2008) was an American theater actor and director who became a well-known teacher. His mentor Clifford Odets chose Kass to direct and develop ''The Country Girl (1950 play), The Country Girl'' before it o ...

(1923–2008), American acting teacher and director *

Pnina Moed Kass Pnina Moed Kass (born 1938) is a Belgian writer. Biography Pnina Kass was born in Belgium and grew up in New York City. After studying political science and art history, she worked in the advertising and music industry. She taught high school ...

(born 1938), Belgian writer * Ras Kass (born John Austin, 1973), American rapper * Raye Kass (), Canadian social scientist *

Rob Kass Robert E. Kass is the Maurice Falk Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience in the Department of Statistics and Data Science, the Machine Learning Department, and the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Early l ...

(), American statistician *

Robin Kåss Robin Martin Kåss (born 10 January 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He has lived most of his life in Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway. He joined the Workers' Youth League (Norway), Work ...

(born 1977), Norwegian medical doctor and politician *

Ron Kass Ron Kass (March 30, 1935 – October 17, 1986) was an American businessman, recording executive, manager of The Beatles, and film producer. Kass worked with at least four recording companies: Liberty, MGM, Warner Brothers, and Apple Records. E ...

(1935–1986), American businessman, recording executive, and film producer *

Sam Kass Samuel David Kass (born 1980) is an American political advisor, chef, and news personality, who served as President Barack Obama's Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy, Executive Director for First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaig ...

(born 1980), American chef

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