Gneiss

Gneist is a place and family name:

Place name:

• Gneist , district of Lötzen, East Prussia, since 1945: Knis , village in the powiat Giżycki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Family name:

• Aimée Gneist (* 1976), German theater, film and television actress
• Carl Richard Gneist (1868–1939), German diplomat
• Gisela Gneist (1930–2007), political prisoner, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
• Karl Gneist (1824–1894), member of the government
• Rudolf von Gneist (1816–1895), Prussian lawyer and politician
• Werner Gneist (1898–1980), German composer

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