Vis (surname)

Updated on Jan 01, 2025

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Vis is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vis means "fish" and referred to a fisherman.

People with this surname include:

Caroline Vis (born 1970), Dutch tennis player

Fiderd Vis (born 1981), Aruban judoka

Jacob Vis (born 1940), Dutch novelist (de:Jacob Vis)

Lucas Vis (born 1947), Dutch conductor and composer (de:Lucas Vis)

Jan Vis (1933–2011), Dutch journalist, legal scholar, and politician

Judith Vis (born 1980), Dutch hurdler and heptathlete (nl:Judith Vis)

Marja Vis (born 1977), Dutch speed skater

Rudi Vis (born 1941), Dutch-born British politician

Russell Vis (1900–1990), American wrestler

Willem Cornelis Vis (1924–1993), Dutch jurist and expert in international commercial transactions

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