Gross (surname)

Gross or Groß in German is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß".

It is a surname of German, Prussian, and Yiddish (Ashkenazi Jewish) 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.

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). Composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828) wrote several songs referring to Jesus or God as groß, such as D 757, a quartet called "Gott in der Natur" (Groß ist der Herr!) in 1822 and D 852, "Die Allmacht" (Groß ist Jehova, der Herr) in 1825.

People with this surname

Al Gross (born 1962), American politician and United States senate candidate
Alfred J. Gross (1918–2000), American inventor
Andrew Gross (born 1952), American author of thriller novels
Arye Gross (born 1960), American actor
Avrum Gross (1936–2018), American lawyer
Benedict Gross (born 1950), American mathematician
Bill T. Gross (born 1958), American businessman
Bob Gross (born 1953), American retired professional basketball player
Chaim Gross (1904–1991), American sculptor and educator
Charles Gross (born 1934), American composer
Charles P. Gross (1889–1975), United States Army officer
Christian Gross (born 1954), Swiss football manager
David Gross (born 1941), American scientist and Nobel prize winner
David A. Gross (born 1954), American diplomat
Ella Gross (born 2008), American child model and actress
Evgeni Gross (1897–1972), Soviet scientist
Frank Gross (1919–2006), Canadian philanthropist
Gabe Gross (born 1979), American baseball player
Garry Gross, American photographer
Grete Gross, (born 1890), Russian-German commercial artist.
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
Helen Gross (1896–unknown), American classic female blues singer
Henry Gross (born 1951), American singer-songwriter
Herbert Gross (1929–2020), American mathematician
Irma Hannah Gross (1892–1980), American home economist
Izidor Gross (1866–1942), Croatian chess master and hazzan
Jacob Gross (1840–1918), Illinois state treasurer
Jacob Gross (1819–1899), German-American piano maker
Jacob A. Gross (1842–1887), 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 (1938–2017), 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 (born 1965), American mathematician
Mary Gross (born 1953), American actress, voice actress, and comedian
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, German politician
Michael Groß, German 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 (1927–2018), American physicist
Robert A. Gross (born 1959), American historian and professor
Robert Arthur Gross (1914–1983), American violinist and composer
Robert E. Gross (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

Fictional characters

Dr. Gross, a character in the Adventure Time miniseries "Islands"
Dr Gröss, a character in Faces of Death and its sequels. It can also refer to Heinrich Gross

People with this surname

Fictional characters

See also