Gans (surname)

Gans is a Dutch and German noun meaning "goose".

It is also a surname and may refer to:

• Carl Gans (7 Sept. 1923 - 30 Nov. 2009), Jewish German-American herpetologist
• Christophe Gans (1960, Antibes), French film director
• David (ben Shlomo) Gans (Ganz) (1541, Lippstadt - 1613, Prague), Jewish German-Czech mathematician, historian, and astronomer
• Danny Gans, American singer and comedian
• Abraham Isaak Gans, a Jewish German banker ∞ Zippora Marcus
  • Eduard Gans (1797, Berlin - 1839), Jewish German jurist
• Eric (Lawrence) Gans (born 1941), American scholar and professor
• Herbert J. Gans (born 1927), American sociologist
• Joachim (Jeochim, Jochim) Gans (Ganse, Gaunse; Gaunz) (?, Prague - ?), a Jewish Czech mining expert, the first Jew to live in America
• Joe Gans (born Joseph Gant; 1874 - 1910), American lightweight boxer
• Richard Gans, founder of the Spanish type foundry Fundiciòn Richard Gans.
• Richard (Martin) Gans (1880, Hamburg - 1954, City Bell, nearby La Plata), Jewish German physicist
• Ronald "Ron" Gans (?), American voice-over artist and character actor
• Sharon Gans (1942, New York City), American actress

Gansz

• Frank Gansz (1938 - 2009), an American football coach
• Gansz Trophy

See also

• Ganz, Gantz
• Gansser, Ganssen
• Benny Gantz, general in the Israel Defense Forces
• David Gantz, American cartoonist
• Frank Ganz (Gansz), former Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs