Rost (family name)
Rost is a German-speaking family name.
Name bearer
A.
- Alexander Rost (writer) (1816–1875), German writer and lawyer
- Alexander Rost (journalist) (1924–2005), German journalist
- Andrea Rost (* 1962), Hungarian soprano
- Armin Rost (* 1943), German urologist
B.
- Burkhard Rost (* 1961), German bioinformatician
C.
- Carl Christian Heinrich Rost (1742–1798), German art dealer
- Carsten Rost (* 1962), German soccer player
- Christina Rost (* 1952), German handball player
- Christine Rost (* 1958), German physician and author
- Christoph Jeremias Rost (1718–1790), German philologist and educator
- Cornelius Rost (1919–1983), German soldier
D.
- Dankwart Rost (* 1926), German historian and advertising specialist
- Detlef Rost (* 1945), German psychologist ( Rost study )
- Dietmar Rost (1939–1996), German teacher and author
E.
- Eberhard Schmidt-Rost (1909–1982), German lawyer and judge
- Erich Rost (* 1919), German politician (LDPD), MdV, deputy finance minister of the GDR
- Erika Rost (* 1944), German athlete
- Ernst Rost (1893–1972), German politician and association official
- Eugen Rost (1870–1953), pharmacologist
F.
- Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914-2007), Dutch right-wing extremist activist
- Floris Rost van Tonningen (* 1977), Dutch entrepreneur, co-founder of Hyves
- Frank Rost (* 1973), German football goalkeeper
- Franz Rost (~ 1640–1688), German music copyist
- Franz Rost (physician) (1884–1935), German surgeon
- Franz Dionys von Rost (1716–1793), Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Chur
- Friedhelm Rost (* 1944), German lawyer
- Friedrich Rost (* 1949), German educationalist, editor and gift researcher
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenfried Rost (1768–1835), Rector of the Thomas School
G
- Gabriele Rost (born Gabriele Kleinert ; * 1948), German politician
- Georg Rost (1870–1958), German mathematician
- Georg Alexander Rost (1877–1970), German dermatologist and marine doctor
- Gerhard Rost (1922–2003), Bishop of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Gitta Rost (* 1943), German badminton player
- Gottfried Rost (1931–2000), German librarian
- Gottlieb Rost (1874–1912), German designer and flight pioneer, see Segelfluggelände_Fischbek
- Gunther Rost (* 1974), German organist
H
- Hans Rost (1877–1970), German suicide researcher
- Hans Schmitt-Rost (1901–1978), German publicist
- Hansfrieder Rost (* 1909), German ministerial official
- Hans Günter Rost (1904–1997), German designer
- Hans-Günther von Rost (1894–1945), German lieutenant general
- Harald Rost (* 1933), German economic functionary and politician (SED)
- Heinrich Rost (1795–1855), German author, monastery clerk and syndic of the Uetersen monastery.
- Heinz Rost (1921–1957), German politician (SPD), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Hendrik Rost (* 1969), German writer
- Hermann Rost (1822–1896), German bookseller and publisher
- Hugo Rost (1904–1965), German X-ray technician and medical technician
J
- Jan-Michael Rost (* 1961), German physicist
- Johann Christoph Rost (1717–1765), German poet
- Johann Gottlieb Rost (1810–1860), German painter
- Johann Joachim Rost (1726–1791), Electoral Hanover-Russian mathematician, physicist and university professor
- Johann Karl Rost (1690–1731), German medic
- Johann Leonhard Rost ( Meletaon ; 1688–1727), German writer and astronomer
- Johann Wilhelm Rost (1797–1855), German district judge and local historian
- Joseph Benedikt von Rost (1696–1754), Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Chur
- Jürgen Rost (handball player) (* 1944/1945), German handball player and trainer
- Jürgen Rost (musician) (* 1945), German guitarist and university professor
- Jürgen Rost (psychologist) (1952–2017), German psychologist and educator
K
- Kajetan Rost (1748–1804), German Benedictine
- Karl Rost (1902–1950), Hessian politician
- Karlheinz Rost (* 1945), German handball player and coach
- Katja Rost (* 1976), German sociologist and university professor
- Klaus Rost (* 1940), German wrestler
- Klaus Rost (sports scientist) , German sports scientist, university professor
L.
- Leo Rost (* 1934), German soccer player
- Leonhard Rost (1896–1979), German Old Testament scholar
- Leopold Rost (1842–1913), Austrian Benedictine
- Liane Jakob-Rost (* 1928), German ancient orientalist
M.
- Markus Rost (* 1958), German mathematician
- Martin Rost (data protection officer) (* 1962), German data protection officer and author
- Martin Rost (organist) (* 1963), German organist
- Martina Rost-Roth (* 1956), German specialist in German
- Maurice Rost (1886–1958), French racing car driver and aviator
- Maurus Rost (1633–1706), abbot of the Iburg monastery and historian
- Meinoud Rost van Tonningen (1894–1945), Dutch National Socialist
N
- Nico Rost (1896–1967), Dutch writer and journalist
- Nicola Rost , German singer, music producer, see Laing (band)
- Nikolaus Rost (~ 1542–1622), German cantor and composer
O
- Otto Rost (1887–1970), German sculptor
- Otto Karl von Rost (1852–1922), German officer, most recently lieutenant general
P
- Paul Rost (1904–1984), German police officer and contributor to Aktion T4 and Aktion Reinhardt
- Paul Rost (Assyriologist) (1862–1938), German Assyriologist, Old Testament scholar, cuneiform expert
- Peter Rost (politician) (* 1930), British politician of German origin
- Peter Rost (handball player) (* 1951), German handball player, trainer and official
- Peter Rost (* 1984), Dutch musician, member of the pop band Ch! Pz
R.
- Reinhard Schmidt-Rost (* 1949), German Protestant pastor, psychologist and university professor
- Reinhold Rost (1822–1896), German orientalist
- Richard Rost (1940–1998), German sports doctor and university professor
- Rudolf Rost (1921–1981), German politician (KPD / SED)
S.
- Santino Rost (* 1990), German volleyball player
- Sieghard Rost (1921–2017), German politician (CSU), MdL
- Susanne Wilbers-Rost (* 1958), German archaeologist
T
- Timo Rost (* 1978), German soccer player
U
- Ulrich Rost (* 1952), German badminton player
V
- Valentin Rost (1790–1862), German classical philologist and lexicographer
W.
- Wilhelm Rost (1909 – after 1989), German local historian and genealogist
- Wolf-Dietrich Rost (* 1952), German politician (CDU)