Gros (surname)

The surname Gros may have several origins. In French, it is a nickname for a big, fat person. Likewise, in Romanian, Groș is a word for "large". In several languages, it is a spelling variant of the German surname Gross. See also Legros.

Notable people with this surname include:

• Sara Gros Aspiroz (born 1983), Spanish ski mountaineer
• Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835), French painter
• Brigitte Gros (1925–1985), French journalist and politician
• Daniel Gros (born 1955), German economist
• Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793–1870), French ambassador and daguerreotypist
• Jules Gros (1890–1992), Breton linguist
• Jules Gros (journalist) (1829-1891), French journalist
• Louis Prosper Gros (1893–1973), French aviator
• Piet Gros (born 1964), Dutch chemist

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