Loos (surname)

Loos is a Dutch and Low German surname. It cn be of toponymic, patronymic or descriptive origin. In the Low Countries, Lo/Loos was a short form of Lodewijk (akin to Louis) while in North Germany the name may be derived from Nikolaus. People with this surname include:

In art

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), Austrian architect
Anita Loos (1888-1981), American screen writer and author
de:Anna Loos (born 1970), German actress and singer
Charles Loos (born 1951), Belgian jazz pianist and composer
Friedrich Loos (1797-1890), Austrian painter, etcher and lithographer
Mary Loos (1910-2004), American actress
Theodor Loos (1883-1954), German actor

In sports

Dave Loos (born 1947), American basketball coach and athletic director
fr:Georg Loos (born 1943), German racing driver
Josef Loos (1888–1955), Czech ice hockey player
Ludo Loos (born 1955), Belgian road bicycle racer
Michelle Loos, New Zealand footballer
Pete Loos (1878–1956), American baseball pitcher
Vilém Loos (1895-1942), Czechoslovakian ice hockey player
Walter Loos (born 1955), German footballer

Other

Cornelius Loos (1546-1595), Dutch Catholic priest and theologian
Cornelius Loos (1686-1738), Swedish military engineer and explorer
François Loos (born 1953), French diplomat
Gerhard Loos (1916–1944), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
Jan Frans Loos (1799-1871), Belgian liberal politician
John L. Loos (1918-2011), American historian
R. Beers Loos (1860-1944), American journalist and newspaper publisher
Rebecca Loos (born 1977), Dutch-Spanish model and media personality
Wilhelm Loos (1911–1988), German World War II army officer
Wolfgang Loos (1923–2004), German Luftwaffe fighter ace

Loos (surname)

See also