Gross (surname)

Gross is a surname of German, Prussian, and Yiddish origin. The word means "big", "tall" or "great", and was likely adopted in Europe over the 15th to 19th centuries during the times of the House of Habsburg when monarchs of the royal families (Emperor or Empress) were called "the Great" (der Große). Descendants of this House may have adopted the name Gross from their ancestors. In Germany, the name is usually spelled Groß, which is the correct spelling under German orthographic rules. German-speaking Christian hymns use references to Jesus as "Mein Herr ist Groß" (My Lord is Great) or "So Groß ist der Herr" (So Great is the Lord). In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß".

People with this surname

• Al Gross (politician), American politician and United States senate candidate
• Alfred J. Gross (1918–2000), American inventor
• Arye Gross (born 1960), American actor
• Avrum Gross (1936–2018), American lawyer
• Benedict Gross (born 1950), American mathematician
• Bill Gross (born 1958), American businessman
• Chaim Gross (1904–1991), sculptor born in Galicia
• Charles Gross (born 1934), American composer
• Christian Gross (born 1954), Swiss football manager
• David Gross (born 1941), American scientist
• David A. Gross (born 1954), American diplomat
• Evgeni Gross (1897–1972), Soviet scientist
• Frank Gross (1919–2006), Canadian philanthropist
• Gabe Gross (born 1979), American baseball player
• Garry Gross, American photographer
• H. R. Gross (1899–1987), American politician
• Hans Georg Friedrich Groß (1860–1924), a German Empire balloonist and airship constructor
• Hans Gross (Groß, Grosz) (1847–1915) Austrian lawyer, one of the earliest modern forensic scientists
• Heinrich Gross (1915–2005), Austrian Nazi doctor
• Heinrich Gross (rabbi) (1835–1910), German rabbi
• Henry Gross (born 1951), American singer-songwriter
• Herbert Gross (born 1929), American mathematician
• Izidor Gross (1866–1942), Croatian chess master and hazzan
• Jacob Gross (Illinois politician) (1840-1918), Illinois state treasurer
• Jacob Gross (1819–1899), German-American piano maker
• Jacob A. Gross (born 1842), New York politician
• James A. Gross, American professor and labor law expert
• James Gross, American psychologist and professor
• Jan T. Gross (born 1947), Polish-American historian
• John Gross (1935–2011), British author, editor and critic
• Jordan Gross (born 1980), American football player
• Jost Gross (1946–2005), Swiss politician
• Julie Gross (born 1957), Australian basketball player
• Kenneth I. Gross (born 1938), American mathematician
• Kevin Gross (born 1961), American baseball player
• Kip Gross (born 1964), American baseball player
• Larry Gross, American screenwriter
• Luke Gross (born 1969), American rugby footballer
• M. Louise Gross (1884–1951), American activist
• Manuela Groß (born 1957), German figure skater
• Mark Gross (born 1966), American musician
• Mark Gross (mathematician) (born 1965), American mathematician
• Mary Gross (born 1953), American actress
• Mason W. Gross (1911–1977), American university president
• Matthias Gross (born 1969), German social scientist
• Maurice Gross (1934–2001), French linguist
• Michael Gross (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michael Groß (swimmer)
• Milt Gross (1895–1953), American comics artist
• Miriam Gross (born 1939), British editor, journalist and writer
• Mirjana Gross (1922–2012), Croatian historian and writer
• Morris Gross, American college sports coach
• Nikolaus Gross (1898–1945), German anti-Nazi activist
• Otto Gross (1877–1920), Austrian psychoanalyst
• Pascal Groß (born 1991), German footballer
• Paul Gross (born 1959), Canadian actor
• Pete Gross, American sports announcer
• Philip Gross (born 1952), English poet
• Ricco Groß (born 1970), German retired biathlete
• Rita Gross (1943-2015), American educator, writer, and theologian
• Robert A. Gross (born 1959), American historian and professor
• Robert E. Gross (businessman) (1897–1961), American businessman
• Robert Edward Gross (1905–1988), American pioneering pediatric surgeon
• Roland Gross (1909–1989), American film editor
• Sam Gross, American cartoonist
• Samuel David Gross (1805–1884), American surgeon
• Sara Gross (born 1976), Canada-born British triathlete
• Stanislav Gross (1969–2015), Czech lawyer, politician and former social-democratic Prime Minister
• Susanna Gross, English newspaper editor
• Terry Gross (born 1951), American radio personality
• Tom Gross, journalist and political commentator
• Walter Gross (disambiguation), multiple people
• William H. Gross (born 1944), American financial manager and author
• Yoram Gross (1926–2015), Polish–Australian film producer
• Dr Gröss, a character in Faces of Death and its sequels. It can also refer to Heinrich Gross

See also

• List of people known as "the Great"
• Goss (surname)
• Gros (disambiguation)
• Grosser (surname)
• Grossman (predominantly surname)
• Grosz (disambiguation)
• Kross (disambiguation)