Spiess (spelt as ' in
German or Spiesz in
Hungarian), may refer to:
People with the surname
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Adolf Spieß
Karl Adolf Spieß (3 February 18109 May 1858) was a German gymnast and educator who contributed to the development of school gymnastics for children of both sexes in Switzerland and Germany.
Biography
Father
Spiess's father, Johann Balthasar S ...
, German gymnast and educator
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August von Spiess, Romanian officer, writer & hunter
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Christian Heinrich Spiess
Christian Heinrich Spiess (4 April 1755 – 17 August 1799) was a German writer of romances and later pulp fiction, horror stories.
Life
He was born in Freiberg in Saxony.
For a time an actor, he was appointed in 1788 controller on the estate ...
, German writer of romances
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Fred Spiess
Dr. Fred Noel Spiess (December 25, 1919 – September 8, 2006) was a naval officer, oceanographer and marine explorer. His work created new advances in marine technology including the FLIP Floating Instrument Platform, the Deep Tow vehicle for st ...
, American oceanographer
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Fritz Spiess
Fritz Spiess (2 February 1925 – 12 March 1998 in Germany) was a Canadian cinematographer.
Biography
Spiess studied photography in Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1951. Spiess initially worked as a still photographer until 1954 and the ...
, Canadian cinematographer
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Gerry Spiess, American sailor
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Gertrud Spiess (1914–1995), Swiss politician
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Gesine Spieß (1945–2016), German feminist academic
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Joseph Spiess (engineer)
Joseph Spiess (10 September 1838 – 31 March 1917) was a French engineer who filed a patent for a rigid airship in 1873, the year before Ferdinand von Zeppelin first outlined his own design. However, Spiess's machine was not actually constru ...
(1838-1917), built France's only
rigid airship
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Mary Lou Spiess (1931-1992), American disability rights advocate and disabled fashion pioneer
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Robert Spieß, tennis player at 1912 Olympics
Military
* Spieß (
Hauptfeldwebel), German military slang name (literally "spear") for the Company sergeant major in the German Wehrmacht until 1945
* Spieß (
Hauptfeldwebel), the Company sergeant major in the GDR National People's Army until 1990
* Spieß (
Kompaniefeldwebel), informal name for the Company sergeant major in the German Bundeswehr
* Spieß, (
Dienstfuehrender Unteroffizier) the Company sergeant major in Austrian Bundesheer
See also
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Spiess Tuning, the common name of Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH, a German engine tuning company.
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Spies (disambiguation) (ending in one "S")
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German-language surnames