Foss (surname)

Foss is a surname of Scandinavian origin. Foss may refer to:

• Aage Foss (1885–1952), Danish film actor
• Ambrose Foss (–1862), Australian pharmacist
• Anders Foss (c. 1543–1607), Norwegian clergyman and Bishop of Bergen
• Anita Foss (1921–2015), American baseball player
• Austin Foss, American politician
• Betty Foss (1929–1998), American baseball player
• Brian Foss (1921–1997), British psychologist
• Brian Foss (art historian), Canadian art historian, academic, curator and writer
• Byron Foss (born 1979), American soccer player
• Charles Calveley Foss (1885–1953), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Chris Foss (born 1946), British illustrator
• Christopher F Foss (born 1946), British historian and writer
• Cornelia Foss, American artist and teacher
• Craig Foss (born 1963), New Zealand politician
• Cyrus David Foss (1834–1910), American Methodist bishop
• Daniel Foss (1940–2014), American sociologist
• Darrell Foss (1892–1962), American film actor
• Dick Foss (1912–1995), English footballer
• Dickie Foss (1912–1995), English footballer
• Donald Foss (1945–2022), American billionaire, founder of Credit Acceptance
• Edward Foss (1787–1870), English lawyer and biographer
• Eliphalet J. Foss, American photographer
• Elith Foss (1911–1972), Danish film actor
• Erling Foss (1897–1982), Danish civil engineer
• Erik Foss (born 1954), Norwegian footballer and manager
• Erik Foss (artist) (born 1973), American artist and curator
• Eugene Foss (1858–1939), American politician
• Fanya Foss (1906–1995), Russian-born American screenwriter, short story writer and television writer
• Frank Foss (disambiguation), multiple people
• George Foss (disambiguation), several people
• Hans Andersen Foss (1851–1929), American author, newspaper editor and temperance leader
• Harold B. Foss (1910–1988), American architect
• Harriet Campbell Foss (1860–1938), American painter
• Heidi Foss, Canadian television writer
• Henrich Herman Foss (1790–1853), Norwegian naval officer and politician
• Henry Foss (1891–1986), American civic leader
• Herbert L. Foss (1871–1937), American naval seaman and Medal of Honor recipient
• Hubert J. Foss (1899–1953), English music publisher, pianist and composer
• Hugh Foss (1902–1971), British cryptographer
• Hugh Foss (bishop) (1848–1932), Anglican bishop
• Ingunn Foss, Norwegian politician
• Jan Foss (1938–2021), Norwegian sport shooter
• Jeff Foss (born 1988), American ice hockey defenseman
• Joe Foss (1915–2003), American general and politician
• John W. Foss (1933–2020), American general
• Josephine Foss, Anglican missionary teacher and welfare worker
• Judith Foss, American politician
• Julius Foss (1879–1953), Danish composer and musician
• Karen Foss (born 1944), American television journalist
• Karen A. Foss, American academic
• Kendall Foss, American journalist and writer
• Kenelm Foss (1885–1963), British actor, screenwriter and film director
• Kurt Foss (1925–1991), Norwegian composer, singer and vaudeville artist
• Larry Foss (1936–2019), American baseball pitcher
• Lee Foss, American record producer and DJ
• Leif O. Foss (1899–1982), Norwegian trade unionist and politician
• Lily Foss, American politician
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009), American composer and conductor
• Martin Foss (1889–1968), German-born American philosopher, father of Lukas
• Mel Foss (1939–2022), Canadian football player
• Nicolai J. Foss, Danish economist
• Nils Foss (1928–2018), Danish director and civil engineer
• Per-Kristian Foss (born 1950), Norwegian politician
• Peter Foss (born 1946), Australian politician
• Phillip O. Foss (1916–2001), American political scientist
• Richard Foss, American journalist and science fiction author
• Rodney Shelton Foss (1919–1941), American naval officer
• Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911), American librarian and poet
• Sebastian Foss-SolevÃ¥g (born 1991), Norwegian alpine ski racer
• Sonja K. Foss American rhetorical scholar and educator
• Thea Foss (1857–1927), Norwegian-American businessperson
• Thore Torkildsen Foss (1841–1913), Norwegian politician
• Tobias Foss (born 1997), Norwegian cyclist
• Tore Foss (1901–1968), Norwegian actor
• Wenche Foss (1917–2011), Norwegian actress
• Wilbur Foss (1921–2015), American politician and fiddler

See also

• Foss (disambiguation)
• Fosse (disambiguation)
• Voss (surname)
• Vos (surname)