Nissen is a surname. As a Danish surname it is a
patronymic meaning "son of Nis" (Danish short form of
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...
). Notable people with the surname include:
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Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and writer, and author of one of the first biographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Johanna Nissen (1789–1865), mother of
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...
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Fernanda Nissen
Petra Gregorine Fernanda Nissen (née Thomesen; 15 August 1862 – 3 April 1920) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer.
Early and personal life
Fernanda Thomesen was born in Sannidal, as ...
(born 1995), Norwegian literary critic and politician
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Peter Norman Nissen
Peter Norman Nissen, (6 August 1871 – 2 March 1930) was a Canadian-American-British mining engineer, inventor and army officer. He held a number of patents for his inventions and developed the Nissen hut prefabricated shelter during t ...
(1871–1930), Canadian mining engineer
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Hans-Hermann Nissen
Hans-Hermann Nissen (May 20, 1893, Danzig - March 28, 1980, Munich) was a German operatic bass-baritone, particularly associated with Wagner roles, one of the leading Wotan and Hans Sachs of the inter-war period.
He studied in Berlin with Julius ...
(1893–1980), German bass-baritone
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Rudolph Nissen (1896–1981), German surgeon and inventor of the
Nissen fundoplication
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Greta Nissen
Greta Nissen (born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen; 30 January 1906 – 15 May 1988) was a Norwegian-American film and stage actress.
Stage and screen actress
Born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, Nissen was originally a dancer. While ...
(born 1906-1988), Norwegian-American ballerina and actress
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George Nissen George Peter Nissen (1914 – 2010) was an American gymnast and inventor who developed the modern trampoline and made trampolining a worldwide sport and recreation.
Background
Born on February 3, 1914, in Blairstown, Iowa, Nissen became a keen ...
(1914–2010) inventor of the modern trampoline
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Henry Nissen
Henry Nissen OAM (born Henry Nissenbaum; 15 January 1948, in Belsen) is an Australian amateur flyweight and professional fly/ bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur represented Australia and won the gold medal at ...
(born 1948 as Henry Nissenbaum), German/Australian boxer of the 1970s
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Steven Nissen (born 1949), heart specialist and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic
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Ulli Nissen
Ulli Nissen (born 16 June 1959) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2013.
Political career
Born in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Nissen be ...
(born 1959), German politician
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Dian Nissen
Dian Nissen (born January 1961) is a multiple world-title trampoline athlete and competitor, multiple U.S. Women’s Trampoline champion, AAU All-American, health and fitness expert, and entrepreneur. She is the daughter of George Nissen, the i ...
(born 1961), American trampoline champion
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Tom Nissen
Brandon Teena (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American trans man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska by John Lotter and Tom Nissen.Note: – as Brandon Teena was ...
(born 1971), American convicted murderer and character in the 1999 film ''Boys Don't Cry''
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Carolina Nissen
Carolina Nissen (born April 21, 1976, Valdivia) is a Chilean music, Chilean singer. She debuted in 2010 with an album of pop music, pop-like songs.
Nissen studied piano at the Music school, Conservatory of Music at the Universidad Austral de Ch ...
(born 1976), Chilean singer
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Christopher Nissen
Christopher Lund Nissen (; born 31 January 1992) is a Danish singer from Copenhagen, signed to EMI Denmark. In November 2012, he won an award at the Danish Music Awards 2012. He was awarded New Thinker of the Year (Årets nytænker), given by ...
(born 1992), Danish singer
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Anja Nissen (born 1995), Danish-Australian singer
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Danish-language surnames
Norwegian-language surnames