Gross is a surname of German and also Yiddish origin. The word means "big" or "tall" and was adopted in olden times as a surname by people with such a physical stature. In Germany, the name is usually spelled Groß, which is the correct spelling under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß".
Alfred J. Gross (1918–2000), American inventor
Arye Gross (born 1960), American actor
Benedict Gross (born 1950), American mathematician
Bill Gross (born 1958), American businessman
Chaim Gross (1904–1991), sculptor born in Galicia
Christian Gross (born 1954), Swiss football manager
David Gross (born 1941), American scientist
David A. Gross (born 1954), American diplomat
Evgeni Gross (1897–1972), Soviet scientist
Gabe Gross (born 1979), American baseball player
Garry Gross, American photographer
H. R. Gross (1899–1987), American politician
Hans Georg Friedrich Groß (1860–1924), a German Empire balloonist and airship constructor
Hans Gross (Groß, Grosz) (1847–1915) Austrian lawyer, one of the earliest modern forensic scientists
Heinrich Gross (1915–2005), Austrian Nazi
Heinrich Gross (rabbi) (1835–1910), German rabbi
Henry Gross (born 1951), American singer-songwriter
Herbert Gross (born 1929), American mathematician
Izidor Gross (1866–1942), Croatian chess master and hazzan
Jacob Gross (Illinois politician) (1840-1918), Illinois state treasurer
Jacob Gross (1819–1899), German-American piano maker
Jacob A. Gross (born 1842), New York politician
James A. Gross, American professor and labor law expert
James Gross, American psychologist and professor
Jan T. Gross (born 1947), Polish-American historian
John Gross (1935–2011), British author, editor and critic
Jordan Gross (born 1980), American football player
Jost Gross (1946–2005), Swiss politician
Julie Gross (born 1957), Australian basketball player
Kenneth I. Gross (born 1938), American mathematician
Kevin Gross (born 1961), American baseball player
Kip Gross (born 1964), American baseball player
Larry Gross, American screenwriter
Luke Gross (born 1969), American rugby footballer
M. Louise Gross (1884–1951), American activist
Manuela Groß (born 1957), German figure skater
Mary Gross (born 1953), American actress
Mason W. Gross (1911–1977), American university president
Matthias Gross (born 1969), German social scientist
Michael Gross (disambiguation), multiple people
Michael Groß (swimmer)
Milt Gross (1895–1953), American comics artist
Miriam Gross (born 1939), British editor, journalist and writer
Mirjana Gross (1922–2012), Croatian historian and writer
Morris Gross, American college sports coach
Nikolaus Gross (1898–1945), German anti-Nazi activist
Otto Gross (1877–1920), Austrian psychoanalyst
Pascal Groß (born 1991), German footballer
Paul Gross (born 1959), Canadian actor
Pete Gross, American sports announcer
Philip Gross (born 1952), English poet
Ricco Groß (born 1970), German retired biathlete
Rita Gross (1943-2015), American educator, writer, and theologian
Robert A. Gross (born 1959), American historian and professor
Robert E. Gross (businessman) (1897–1961), American businessman
Robert Edward Gross (1905–1988), American pioneering pediatric surgeon
Robin Gross, intellectual property lawyer and civil liberties advocate
Roland Gross (1909–1989), American film editor
Sam Gross, American cartoonist
Samuel David Gross (1805–1884), American surgeon
Sara Gross (born 1976), Canada-born British triathlete
Stanislav Gross (1969–2015), Czech lawyer, politician and former social-democratic Prime Minister
Susanna Gross, English newspaper editor
Terry Gross (born 1951), American radio personality
Tom Gross, journalist and political commentator
Walter Gross (disambiguation), multiple people
William H. Gross (born 1944), American financial manager and author
Yoram Gross (1926–2015), Polish–Australian film producer
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