Voss (name)

Voss (also as Voß in German, meaning fox in Low German) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aasta Voss (1914–1994), Norwegian actress
• Alain Voss (1946–2011), Franco-Brazilian comics artist
• Alex Voss (1858–1906), American baseball player
• Andreas Voss (disambiguation)
• Andrew Voss (born 1960), Australian television sports presenter
• Anke Voss-Hubbard, archivist, writer and feminist
• Arno Voss (1821–1888), American politician
• Aurel Voss (1845–1931), German mathematician
• Axel Voss (born 1963), German lawyer and politician
• Barbara Voss (born 1967), American historical archaeologist
• Ben Voss (born 1973), South African comedian, actor and satirist
• Bill Voss (1943–2023), American baseball player
• Brandon Voss (born 1978), American journalist
• Brett Voss (born 1978), Australian football player, brother of Michael
• Brian Voss (born 1958), American bowler
• Carl Voss (1907–1993), American ice hockey player
• Carl Voss-Schrader (1880–1955), Finnish colonel, business director and lawyer
• Catalin Voss (born 1995), German inventor and entrepreneur
• Charles H. Voss, American politician
• Christina Voß (born 1952), East German handball player
• Christopher Voss (born 1957), American FBI hostage negotiator
• Clair H. Voss (1920–1999), American lawyer and judge
• Conrad Voss Bark (1913–2000), writer and correspondent for the BBC and the Times
• Daniel Voß (born 1971), German water polo player
• David Voss, Canadian art forger
• Ed Voss (c. 1922–1953), American basketball player
• Eduard Voss (1884–1974), German entomologist
• Edward Groesbeck Voss, (1929–2012), American botanist and lepidopterist
• Egon Voss (born 1938), German musicologist
• Ernst Voss (1842–1920), German shipbuilder, co-founder of Blohm+Voss
• Felicia Voss-Shafiq (born 1980), Canadian sitting volleyball player
• Fred Voss (1952–2025), American poet and novelist
• Friedrich Voss (1872–1953), German civil engineer
• Friedrich Voss (composer) (born 1930), German composer and pianist
• Gerhard Johann Vossius (Voss) (1577–1649), Dutch classical scholar and theologian
• Gert Voss (1941–2014), German actor
• Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989), American conservationist and oceanographer
• Gordon Voss (1938–2017), American politician
• Grace Voss Frederick (1905–2009), American actress
• Hans Voss (1894–1973), German naval officer
• Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), German Vice Admiral during World War II
• Heath Voss (born 1978), American motocross racer
• Heinrich Voss (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs
• Henry Voss, German-born American architect
• Hermann Voss (disambiguation), multiple people
• Holger Voss, German internet user who was sued for a sarcastic comment he made about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
• Isaac Voss (1618–1689), son of Gerhard
• James Voss (disambiguation), multiple people
• Janice E. Voss (1956–2012), American astronaut
• Joan Voss (born 1940), American politician
• Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826), German poet and translator
• Johanne Voss (1868–1946), Norwegian actress
• John Voss (disambiguation), multiple people
• Josef Voß (1937–2009), German Roman Catholic bishop
• Julia Voss (born 1974), German journalist
• Julian Voss-Andreae (born 1970), German sculptor
• Julie von Voss (1766–1789), German lady-in-waiting and a bigamous morganatic spouse of King Frederick William II of Prussia
• Julius von Voss (1768–1832), German writer
• Katrina Voss, American meteorologist
• Kim Voss, American sociologist
• Konrad Voss (1928–2017), German mathematician and professor
• Kurt Voss (born 1963), American film director
• Lloyd Voss (1942–2007), American football defensive end
• Martha Voß-Zietz (1871–1961), German conservative, women's rights activist, suffragist, nationalist and writer
• Martin Voss (born 1967), Danish retired athlete
• Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (born 1967), German football manager and former player
• Michael Voss (born 1975), Australian football player and coach, brother of Brett
• Neil Voss (born 1974), American video game composer
• Nick Voss, Australian music artist
• Nils Voss (1886–1969), Norwegian gymnast
• Olav Voss (1864–1912), Norwegian actor
• Patrick Voss (born 2003), Australian rules footballer
• Paul Voss (born 1986), German road racing cyclist
• Paul K. Voss (1973–2020), U.S. Air Force pilot
• Perrie Voss, Canadian actress
• Peter Voss (1897–1976), German SS non-commissioned officer and commander of the Auschwitz crematoria and gas chambers
• Peter Voß (1891–1979), German film actor
• Philip Voss (1936–2020), British stage, radio, film and television actor
• Ralph Voss (1860–1900), English cricketer
• Raoul Voss (born 1983), German association football coach
• Richard Voss (1851–1918), German dramatist and novelist
• Richard Voss (1880–1948), English cricketer
• Robert Voss (born 1953), British businessman
• Roberta Voss (born 1965), American politician
• Sarah Voss (born 1999), German artistic gymnast
• Siegfried Voß (1940–2011), German actor
• Skipper Voss (born 1944), American rodeo bullfighter
• Sophie Marie von Voß (1729–1814), German lady in waiting and memoirist
• Torolf Voss (1877–1943), Norwegian conductor and composer
• Torsten Voss (born 1963), German athlete
• Valentin Voss (1880–1964), Norwegian lawyer and civil servant
• Victor Voss (1868–1936), German tennis player
• Vida de Voss, Namibian feminist activist
• Wally Voss (1958–1992), American bass player
• Walter Voss (disambiguation), multiple people
• Werner Voss (1897–1917), German fighter pilot
• Willi Voss (born 1944), German screenwriter and journalist
• William Voss (1847–1921), German-American immigrant, banker and politician
• Willy Voss (born 1952), German karateka
• Wolfgard Voß (1926–2020), German gymnast

Fictional character

• Scott Voss, a recurring characters of Quake IV video game

See also

• Voss (disambiguation)
• Vos (surname)
• Vossstrasse, a street in Berlin
• Blohm + Voss, shipbuilding
• Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss, German movie of 1982
• Voss (novel) by Patrick White
• Foss (disambiguation)

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