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Mas (surname)

Mas (, ) is a surname of Catalan and Occitan or North German and Dutch origin. It accounts for 0.068% of the population in Spain, with 0.879% found amongst Catalans, and 0.017% in France.

Origin and Meaning

People

  • (born 1960), Catalan chess player and FIDE international master
  • (1817–1875), French President of the French Pomological Society and Ain Horticultural Society
  • (1904–1972), French cleric and diplomat
  • Alexandre Mas, Catalan-American economist
  • Álvaro Mas (born 1992), Spanish footballer
  • Andreu Mas-Colell (born 1944), Catalan economist
  • Antoni Colom Mas (born 1978), Catalan cyclist
  • Antoni Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
  • (born 1968), historian and writer, who in 2005 received the OCB Miquel dels Sants Oliver Prize
  • Anna Genover-Mas (born 1963), Catalan journalist and writer of children's books, one of which won the Vicenta Ferrer Vila de Paterna prize for the best children's literature book of 2007
  • Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (1852–1934), Catalan painter and artist and founder of the Sitges Luminista School
  • Artur Mas (born 1956), Catalan politician
  • Bernat Mas "des Plá del Rey", knighted for his service to King John II of Castile in the wars against the Prince of Vienna
  • (born 1957), Catalan former all-terrain motorcyclist
  • Carolyne Mas (born 1955), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and producer
  • Ezequiel González Mas (1919–2007), Spanish historian
  • (1522–?), Catalan philosopher
  • (1901–1985), Catalan composer
  • (1936–2006), French former player for the French rugby union team and rugby league team
  • Gabriel Mas Arbona (born 1933), Catalan cyclist, known for placing in the 1959 Volta a Espanya and winning the 1960 Volta a Andalusia
  • Guillem Mas, among those who formed the "Sixteen" in 1521
  • Isidro Más de Ayala (1899–1960), Uruguayan psychiatrist and author
  • Jaume Mas "des Plá del Rey", alderman of the municipality of Palma
  • Jaume Mas, Bishop of Vic (1674–1684)
  • (1775–1843), French General and Lieutenant General
  • Jeanne Mas (born 1958), Catalan born French pop singer and actress
  • Joan Mas (1520–?), in 1550 fought against the Turks that had invaded Pollensa
  • (1928–1992), Catalan writer
  • (1921–2021), Catalan orchestra and band conductor and composer
  • , Catalan economist
  • Joan Mas i Ramon (born 1934), Catalan post-impressionist painter
  • (born 1932), Catalan postimpressionist painter
  • (born 1951), Catalan literary critic, author and philologist
  • Josep Moragues i Mas (1669–1715), Catalan General who fought in the War of Spanish Succession
  • Jorge Mas Canosa (1939–1997), Cuban-American activist best known for his strong opposition to Fidel Castro and his leadership of the Cuban-American National Foundation
  • Jorge Mas, Cuban-American entrepreneur, philanthropist and human rights advocate, son of Jorge Mas Canosa
  • (1893–1987), Catalan poet, journalist and essayist
  • Lluís Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
  • (1903–1975), Catalan lawyer, teacher, poet and writer
  • (1908–1984), Catalan athlete and politician
  • Manuel Mas Ribó (1946–2001), former foreign minister of Andorra
  • Miguel Mas, member in 1569 of the Gran and General Counsel of the Kingdom of Spain
  • Miguel Mas (born 1967), Argentinian actor, producer, director and screenwriter, known for his roles on television, as a guest star on the long-running medical drama ER
  • (born 1950), Catalan writer
  • (born 1943), Catalan cycling world champion
  • Nicolas Mas (born 1980), French player for the French rugby union team
  • (died 1586), French Huguenot General in the French Wars of Religion
  • Oscar Más (born 1946), Argentine former football striker for Club Atlético River Plate
  • (1951–2025), Catalan technical engineer in the electronics industry, known for his political facet of the PSM
  • Father Vicente Mas, member of the Carthusian Order
  • (1899–1968), Catalan Falles artist
  • (1931–2009), French politician
  • (born 1951), Catalan conductor and musical and artistic director of the City of Granada Orchestra
  • , Andorran sculptor, designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, lithographer and writer
  • (born 1964), Catalan actor and journalist
  • Sinibaldo de Mas (1809–1868), Catalan sinologist, painter, calligrapher, writer, ambassador, adventurer, photography pioneer, and known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century
  • Teodoro de Mas y Nadal (1858–1936), Catalan engineer and politician

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