Voss
Voss is the word for fox in the Low or Low German language .
Voss or Voss is a North German family name or Lower Saxony surname. Rarer variants in Germany are in the neighboring regions of Fooss , Foss , Foss , Vohs and to the west of the Dutch area Vossen and Vos . Outside of the Low German-speaking area, Voss does not necessarily have to mean "fox", because in the Cologne area the fox is called the foot and the foot is called the fossil .
In medieval documents, the surname is often only written Vos . If the name was translated into Latin in these documents , one often comes across Vulpes or Wlpes for the name Voss .
Name bearer
A.
- Abraham Voss (1785–1847), German teacher and translator
- Achim von Voß-Wolffradt (1837–1904), Prussian manor owner and politician
- Ada von Voss (1884–1941), German landlady and writer
- Adolf Voss (1810–1861), German-Austrian publisher and bookseller
- Adolph von Voss (1788–1858), German district administrator, administrative lawyer and politician
- Al Voss (1946–2011), French comic book artist and illustrator
- Albert Voss (1837–1906), German prehistoric
- Albert von Voss (1853–1934), German major general
- Albert Voss (trade unionist) (1891-1947), German resistance fighter in the Nazi era, politician (center; CDU (GDR)) and trade unionist (FDGB)
- Albert Voss (soccer player) (* 1951), German soccer goalkeeper
- Alexander Voss (* 1960), German painter, graphic artist and designer
- Alfred Voss (functionary) (1916–2013), German floristry association functionary
- Alfred Voss (* 1945), German energy scientist
- Andreas Voss (writer) (1857-1924), German horticultural writer
- Andreas Voss (author) (* 1963), German non-fiction author
- Andreas Voss (actor) (* 1970), German actor
- Andreas Voss (psychologist) (* 1972), German psychologist and university professor
- Andreas Voss (also Andreas Voss ), German musician, bass guitarist with Fink (band)
- Andreas Voss (musician, 1978) (* 1978), German cellist
- Andreas Voss (soccer player) (* 1979), German soccer player
- Anton Voß (1805 – before 1866), German mining official and politician, MdL Saxony
- August Voss (1883–1911), German mechanic and aviation pioneer
- Augusts Voss (1916–1994), Latvian-Soviet politician
- Aurel Voss (1845–1931), German mathematician
- Axel Voss (* 1963), German politician (CDU)
B.
- Bastienne Voss (* 1968), German actress, singer and author
- Beate Rux-Voss (* 1967), German organist and church musician
- Bernd Voß (* 1954), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Bernd Reiner Voss (* 1934), German classical philologist
- Bernhard Voss (1892–1947), German SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS
- Burkhard Voss (* 1963), German physician and author
C.
- Carl Voss (politician) (1897–1969), German politician (NSDAP), MdR
- Carl Voss (ice hockey player) (1907-1994), American ice hockey player
- Carl Leopold Voss (1856–1921), German painter
- Caspar Andreas von Voss (around 1600–1664), canon in Hildesheim and Münster
- Cay Dietrich Voss (1910–1970), German television presenter
- Charles Voss (actually Karl Voss ; 1815–1882), German pianist and composer
- Charlotte Voss (1911–1999), German painter and lecturer
- Christian Voss (clergyman) (1762–1832), German Protestant clergyman
- Christian Voss (volleyball player) (1963-2000), German volleyball player
- Christian Voss (Slavist) (* 1965), German Slavist
- Christian Friedrich Voss (1724–1795), German publisher
- Christian H. Voss (* 1980), German theater director
- Christiane Stang-Voss , b. Voss, (* 1938), German biologist
- Christina Voss (* 1952), German handball player
- Clare Voss , German athlete
- Claudia Bischofberger-Voss (* 1954), Swiss painter, sculptor and illustrator
- Claus Voss (1929–2015), German doctor and colonel general
- Conrad Voss Bark (1913-2000), British writer
D.
- David Voss (* 1978), German film director and screenwriter
- Dieter Voss (* 1959), German presenter, news anchor and actor
- Dirk Hermann Voss (* 1960), German lawyer and media specialist
E.
- Eberhard Voss (1929–2011), German historian and archive director
- Egon Voss (* 1938), German musicologist
- Emanuel Voß (1873–1963), German singer, artistic director and theater director
- Erich Voss (1891–1972), German major general
- Erich von Voss (1895–1968), German writer
- Ernestine Voss (1756–1834), wife of Johann Heinrich Voss
- Ernst von Voss (1726–1793), German judicial councilor and Prussian envoy
- Ernst Voss (entrepreneur) (1842–1920), German shipbuilding designer
- Ernst Voss (1886–1936), German Protestant clergyman and Bible translator
- Ernst Voss (detective) (1890–1970), German farmer and police officer
- Ernst-Heinrich Voss (1899–1943), German major general in World War II
- Ernst Ludwig Voss (1880–1961), German radio pioneer
- Eugen Voss (* 1926), Swiss Protestant pastor and theologian
F.
- Ferdinand von Voss-Buch (1788–1871), Prussian general of the infantry
- Florian Voss (* 1970), German writer
- Frank Voss (* 1962), German actor, theater director and radio play speaker
- Franz von Voß (Stendal) (1777–1867), Mayor of Stendal
- Franz von Voss (1816–1907), German politician
- Friedrich von Voss (1749–1806), German judiciary
- Friedrich Voss (1872–1953), German engineer
- Friedrich Voss (zoologist) (1877–1950), German zoologist
- Friedrich Voss (composer) (* 1930), German composer
- Friedrich Voss (1931–2012), German politician (CDU)
- Friedrich Christoph Hieronymus von Voss (1724–1784), Prussian ambassador, Privy Councilor of Justice, Provost of the Cathedral of Havelberg
- Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Voss (1892–1966), German manufacturer
- Frithjof Voss (1936–2004), German geographer, university professor, entrepreneur and founder
- Fritz Voss , German household appliance manufacturer
- Fritz Voss (1921–2016), German philatelist
G
- Georg Voss (art historian) (1854–1932), German art historian
- Georg Voss (1872–1964), German psychiatrist and neurologist
- Georg Voss (manager) (1920–2004), German manager
- Georg Voss (painter) (* 1962), German painter
- Gerald Voss (* 1956), German sports scientist and athletics official
- Gerd Voss (1907–1934), German lawyer and SA leader
- Gerd-Günter Voss (* 1950), German sociologist
- Gerhard Voss (theologian) (1903–1993), German Protestant clergyman and lecturer in church history
- Gerhard Voss (pastor) (* 1934), German Evangelical Lutheran pastor
- Gerhard Voss (monk) (1935–2013), German Benedictine monk and astrologer
- Gerhard Voss (musician) (* 1939), German violinist and university professor
- Gerhard Voss (religion teacher) (* 1941), German Protestant pastor and religion teacher
- Gert Voss ( Peter Gert Voss ; 1941–2014), German actor
- Gisela Voss (1917–2005), German athlete
- Grischka Voss (* 1969), German author, culture editor and theater director
- Gustav Voss (entrepreneur) (also Gustav Voss ; 1873 – after 1949), German manufacturer
- Gustav Voss (resistance fighter) (1905 – after 1950), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Gustav-Adolf Voss (1929–2013), German physicist
H
- Hans Voss (architect) (1783–1849), German architect
- Hans von Voss (1875–1966), German lieutenant general
- Hans Voss (writer) (also Hans Voss ; 1888–1945), German writer
- Hans Voss (Admiral) (1894–1973), German admiral
- Hans Voss (veterinary surgeon ) (1899–1970), German veterinary surgeon and zoo director
- Hans Voss (art historian) (1928–1980), German art historian and university professor
- Hans Voss (referee) (* 1928), German football referee
- Hans Voss (diplomat) (1931–2016), German diplomat
- Hans-Alexander von Voss (1907–1944), German resistance fighter
- Hans D. Voss ( Hans Dieter Voss ; 1926–1980), German artist
- Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), German vice admiral
- Hans-Georg W. Voss (* 1944), German psychologist and non-fiction author
- Hans Hermann Voss (1926–2006), German entrepreneur
- Hans-Jürgen Voss (1903–1990), German veterinarian and university professor
- Hans Walter Voss (1928 / 1929–2014), German university rector
- Harry Voss (* 1969), German author
- Heinrich Voß (philologist) (1779–1822), German philologist and translator
- Heinrich Voss (actor) (before 1792–1804), German theater actor
- Heinrich Voss (politician) (1909–1982), German politician (CDU)
- Heinz Voss (actor) (1922–2000), German actor
- Heinz-Jürgen Voss (mathematician) (1938–2003), German mathematician
- Heinz-Jürgen Voß (social scientist) (* 1979), German social scientist and biologist
- Heinz-Rüdiger Voss (* 1942), German football player
- Helene Voss (1876–1926), German actress
- Helmut de Voss (1917–2000), German farmer, officer and bookseller
- Helmut Voss (* 1932), German writer
- Herbert Voss (* 1949), German engineer and specialist book author
- Hermann Voss (lawyer) (1878–1957), German lawyer and association official
- Hermann Voss (art historian) (1884–1969), German art historian and curator
- Hermann Voss (1892–1934), German politician (NSDAP)
- Hermann Voss (anatomist) (1894–1987), German anatomist
- Hermann Voss (entrepreneur) , German entrepreneur and politician
- Hermann Voss (musician) (* 1934), German violist
- Hermann Voss (politician) (* 1941), German politician (REP)
- Holger Voss , German internet activist
- Hubertus Voß (1841–1914), German clergyman, Bishop of Osnabrück
- Hugo Voss (1875–1968), German land surveyor
- Hugo Voss (1900–1984), German politician (SPD)
I.
- Ingo von Voss (* 1954), German diplomat
J
- James S. Voss (* 1949), American astronaut
- Jan Voss (painter) (* 1936), German painter and sculptor
- Jan Voss (painter, 1945) (* 1945), German painter and collagist
- Jan Voss (soccer player) (* 1963), German soccer player
- Jan Hendrik Voss , German pool player
- Janice Elaine Voss (1956–2012), American astronaut
- Jennifer Voss (* 1986), Dutch soccer player
- Jens-Peter Voss (* 1953), German diplomat
- Jeronimo Voss (* 1981), German artist
- Joachim Adam von Voss (between 1710 and 1712–1772), German colonel
- Joachim Heinrich Voss (1764–1843), German gardener
- Jochen Voss (* 1938), German jazz musician
- Johann Ernst von Voss (1726–1793), German diplomat, district president and court official
- Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826), German poet and translator
- Johanna Voss (* 1957), German politician (Die Linke)
- Johannes Voss (before 1385–1451), German legal scholar, university professor and council secretary
- Johannes Clauß Voss (1858–1922), German-Canadian navigator
- Josef Voss (1937–2009), German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Münster
- Josefine Voss (* 1990), German actress
- Julia Voss (* 1974), German journalist
- Julian Voss-Andreae (* 1970), German sculptor
- Julie von Voss (1766–1789), wife of Friedrich Wilhelm II.
- Julius von Voss (1768–1832), German writer
- Julius Voss (1876 – after 1920), German manufacturer
- Jürgen Voss (chemist) (* 1936), German chemist
- Jürgen Voss (historian) (* 1939), German historian
- Jürgen Voss (boxer) (* 1941), German boxer
- Jutta Voss (* 1942), Austrian theologian
K
- Karin Voss (* 1923), German politician (DVU)
- Karl von Voss (1726–1804), royal Prussian major general
- Karl von Voss (1786–1864), German landowner and politician
- Karl Voss , known as Charles Voss (1815-1882), German composer
- Karl Voss (sculptor) (1825-1896), German sculptor
- Karl Voss (pedagogue) (1907–1994), German-Luxembourg pedagogue, grammar school director and publicist
- Karl Andreas Voss (1892–1977), German publishing manager
- Karl Friedrich von Voss (1733–1810), royal Prussian lieutenant general
- Karl-Friedrich Voss (* 1949), German traffic psychologist
- Karl Johann von Voss (1884–1938), German-Baltic journalist
- Karl-Ludwig Voss (1940–2018), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and dean
- Karola Voss (* 1963), German municipal civil servant and full-time mayor
- Katharina Voß (1967–2018), German theater actress
- Klaas Voss (* 1982), German historian, author and university lecturer
- Klaus D. Voss (1950–2013), German journalist
- Konrad Voss (1928–2017), German mathematician
- Kurt Voss (journalist) (1896–1939), German journalist
- Kurt Voss (soccer player) (1900–1978), German soccer player
- Kurt Voss (director) (born 1963), American director, screenwriter and actor
- Kurt Ernst Nikolaus Voss (1897–1976), German entrepreneur
L.
- Lea Zoë Voss (* 1998), German actress
- Leopold Voss (1793–1868), German bookseller and publisher
- Louis Voss (entrepreneur, 1830) (1830–1905), German paper goods entrepreneur , founder of Papiervoss
- Louis Voss (entrepreneur, II) , German household appliance manufacturer and member of the cooperative
- Louis Voss (politician) , German politician (WP), MdL Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Louis Voss (musician) (also Luigi Voselli ; 1902–1980), British musician, conductor and composer
- Ludwig von Voss (also Ludwig von Voss ; 1775–1835), German physician and founder
- Ludwig Voss (entrepreneur) (1871–1938), German stationery entrepreneur and inventor, see Papiervoss
- Ludwig Voss (politician) , German politician (DVP), MdL Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Ludwig Voss (painter) (1881–1965), German painter
- Ludwig Ernst von Voss (1734–1811), German lieutenant general
M.
- Manfred Voss (1900–1942), German actor
- Manfred Voss (light designer opera) , German light designer with a focus on opera
- Manfred Voss (TV lighting designer) (* 1961), German photographer and lighting designer with a focus on TV
- Margit Voss (* 1931), German film critic
- Marija Evgenjewna Voss (1899–1955), Russian-Soviet prehistorian
- Martin Voss (* 1972), German sociologist
- Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (* 1967), German soccer player
- Max Voss (1863–1927), German construction officer
- Michael Voss (* 1963), German-Brazilian painter
- Milda Voss (1894–1964), German-Baltic resistance fighter
- Mine Voss (* 1989), German actress
N
- Nikolaus Voss (* 1961), German politician
- Norbert Voß (1913–1993), German writer and head of the cultural office
O
- Oskar Voss (1907–1944), German resistance fighter
- Otto von Voss (1755–1823), German statesman and cathedral dean
- Otto Voss (physician, 1869) (1869–1959), German ENT doctor
- Otto Voss (pianist) (1875–1946), American-German concert pianist, piano teacher and composer
- Otto Voss (poet) (1879–1945), German teacher and poet
- Otto Voss (physician, 1902) (1902–1968), German neurosurgeon
- Otto Voss (politician) , German politician (SPD, SED), MdL Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
P
- Paul Voss (politician) (1873–1964), Lutheran clergyman and politician (DNVP)
- Paul Voss (designer) (1894–1976), German designer
- Paul Voss (* 1986), German racing cyclist
- Peter Voss (actor) (1891–1979), German actor
- Peter Voss , alternative name of Hermann Voss (1892-1934), German SA leader and politician (NSDAP)
- Peter Voss (journalist) (* 1941), German journalist
- Peter Gert Voss (1941–2014), German actor, see Gert Voss
R.
- Rainer Voss (judge) (* 1941), German lawyer
- Rainer Voss (1946–2011), German economist and university professor
- Rainer Voss (* 1959), German investment banker
- Raymond Voss (* 1952), German musician
- Reinhard Voß (* 1947), German educator and university professor
- Reinhard J. Voss (* 1949), German historian and author
- Richard Voss (1851-1918), German writer
- Richard Voss (music author) (* 1956), German flautist and music author
- Robert Voss (writer) (1877–1940), German writer, saga collector and genealogist
- Robert Voss (graphic artist) (* 1970), German graphic artist and illustrator
- Robert S. Voss , American zoologist and curator
- Rolf Voss (* 1960), German historian, archaeologist and museum director
- Rüdiger von Voss (* 1939), German lawyer and publicist
- Rudolf Voss (dentist) (* 1926), German dentist, university professor and association official
- Rudolf Voss (genealogist) (1935–2010), German genealogist
- Rudolf Voss (* 1941), German Germanist, literary scholar, medievalist and university professor
- Rupert Voss (* 1965), German social entrepreneur
S.
- Samuel von Voss (1621–1674), German theologian
- Siegfried Voss (1940–2011), German actor
- Sophie Marie von Voss (1729–1814), German lady-in-waiting and chief stewardess
- Stefan Voss (* 1961), German mathematician, economist and university professor
- Steffen Voss (* 1969), German musicologist
- Sven Voss (* 1976), German television presenter
- Sven-Hendrik Voss (* 1978), German electrical engineer
- Sylvia Voss (* 1954), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag
T
- Theodor Voss (1884–1944), German Protestant clergyman
- Thomas Voss (* 1955), German sociologist
- Thomas Voss (* 1958), German show jumper
- Tillie Voss (1897–1975) American football player
- Tina Voss (* 1969) German temporary employment entrepreneur and writer
- Tobias Voss (* 1992), German boxer
- Torolf Voss (1877–1943), Norwegian composer and conductor
- Torsten Voss (* 1963), German athlete
U
- Ulrich Voss (* 1938), German actor
- Ursula Voss (* 1926), German actress
- Ursula Voss (1947–2014), German editor and dramaturge
V
- Viktor Graf Voss (1868–1936), German tennis player
- Vincent Voss (* 1972), German writer
W.
- Walter Voss (politician) (1885–1972), German administrative lawyer and politician
- Walter Voss (chemist) (1899–1978), German chemist
- Walter Voss (sculptor) (1900–1977), German sculptor
- Walter Voss (politician, 1907) (1907–1983), German politician (KPD, SED)
- Walter Voss (entrepreneur) (1908–1968), German entrepreneur and company founder
- Walter Voss (journalist) (1908 – after 1990), German journalist, editor and politician (SPD, SED)
- Walter Voss (politician, 1909) (1909–1963), German politician (SPD)
- Walter Clarence Voss , known as Tillie Voss (1897–1975), American football player
- Waltraud Voss (* 1944), German mathematician and science historian
- Werner Voss (1897–1917), German fighter pilot
- Werner Voss (1941–2013), German radio presenter
- Wilhelm Voss (theologian) (around 1535–1598), German theologian
- Wilhelm von Voss (District Administrator) (1784–1818), Prussian administrative officer
- Wilhelm Voss (copperplate engraver) , copperplate engraver
- Wilhelm von Voss (Lieutenant General) (1819–1893), Prussian Lieutenant General
- Wilhelm Voss (botanist) (1849–1895), Austrian botanist
- Wilhelm von Voss (General) (1849–1915), German Lieutenant General
- Wilhelm Voss (farmer) (also Wilhelm Voss ; 1861–1945), German farmer, civil servant and politician
- Wilhelm Voss (politician) (1879–1937), German politician (SPD, USPD) and union official
- Wilhelm Voss (educator for the blind) (1882–1952), German educator for the blind
- Wilhelm Voss (military economic leader) (1896–1978), German economic manager
- Wilhelm Voss (General) (1907 – after 1966), German general
- Wilhelm Voss-Gerling (1914–1989), German homeland researcher
- Willy Voss (* 1952), German karateka and martial arts trainer
- Wolfgang Voss (* 1949), German politician (CDU)
Noble families
Voss (also Voss or Vos ) stands for the following noble families:
- Voss (Mecklenburg noble family) , an ancient noble family from Mecklenburg
- Voss (noble family, Altmark) , a primeval noble family from the Altmark
- a noble family from the county of Diepholz, see Voss (Lower Saxon noble families) #History of the Voss from Diepholz
- an ancient noble family from the Prince Diocese of Osnabrück and the Oldenburger Münsterland, see Voss (Lower Saxony noble families )
- Voss (noble family, Grafschaft Mark) , a noble family from the Westphalian county of Mark
- Voss (noble family, Enniger) , a noble family from the eastern Münsterland
- Voss (patriciate, Münster) , hereditary family of the city of Münster (Westphalia)
- Voss zu Schwarzenberg (noble family)
- Voss von Lechenich (noble family)
- Voss von Rüdesheim (noble family)
- Voss van Holtum and Brunssum (noble family) , ancient nobility from the province of Limburg, Netherlands
- Voss (noble family, Stendal) , a family raised to the Prussian nobility in 1786
- Voss (noble family, Duisburg) , also known under the name Voss v. Sinderen a family that was knighted in 1789
- Voss (noble family, Lübeck) , a family raised to the Russian nobility in 1842
- Voss (noble family, Stralsund) , a family raised to the Prussian nobility in 1865
- Voss (noble family, adoption) , a family raised to the Prussian nobility by adoption in 1882, see Voss, Mecklenburg
- Vos van Steenwijk , Uradel from Vollenhoven, the Netherlands
- Vos (patriciate, Brussels) , elevation of the rank of Baron of the Holy Roman Empire for Jean Babtiste de Vos in 1772
- de Vos (noble family) , a family raised to the Prussian nobility in 1888
Fictional people
The following fictional people bear the name Voss :
- The Voss family in the comedy series Mama is impossible
- Johann Ulrich Voss , in the German translation Voss , title character of the novel Voss by the Australian Nobel Prize laureate Patrick White
- Attorney Dr. Johannes Voss in the crime series Ein Fall für Zwei , played by Mathias Herrmann
- KHK Richard Voss , main character in the crime series Der Alte since 2012, played by Jan-Gregor Kremp