Hess (surname)

Hess or Hess is a German family name.

Origin, Meaning and dissemination

Hess is an order in 1394 for the first time detectable variation of the name Hessian indicating the origin of the tribe of Hesse. He is one of the most common German place names. Other variations are Hasso ( 860 ) Hesso ( 1180 ) and Hesse ( around 1401 ). Since these variants were used as a given name, a home connection to Hesse is hardly any at all strains. The most common is the name in southwest Germany. Hess is also a common Jewish surname.

Variants

Hesse

Well-known bearers of the name

A

Adam Hess ( born 1981 ), American basketball player
Albert Hess (1836-1911), President of the Württ. Administrative Court, Member of Parliament
Alfred Hess (1879-1931), German entrepreneur, art collector and patron
Andreas Hess ( 15th century ), book printer in Hungary
Annette Hess ( born 1967), German script writer
Anton Hess (1838-1909), German sculptor
Arthur Hess (1891-1959), German politician ( NSDAP)

B

Benno Hess (1922-2002), German biophysicist, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Bernd Artur Hess (1954-2004), German theoretical chemist
Bernhard Hess (born 1966 ), Swiss politician ( SD)
Bernhard von Hess (1792-1869), Bavarian politician
Bruno Hess (1888-1949), an Austrian engineer, painter and mountaineer
Burkhard Hess ( b. 1961 ), German civil lawyer

C

Carl von Hess (1788-1872), German privateer, founder of the foundation
Carl von Hess (1863-1923), German ophthalmologist and physiologist
Carl Adolph Heinrich Hess (1769-1849), German painter of animals
Carl Ernst Christoph Hess (1755-1828), German engraver
Christian Hess (1803-1874), German professor, botanist and weather observers

D

Damien Hess ( b. 1973; artist name MC Frontalot ), American rapper
Daniel Hess (born 1965 ), American composer
David Hess ( poet ) ( 1770-1843 ), Swiss writer, painter and art critic
David Alexander Hess (1942-2011), American musician, composer and actor
David J. Hess, (1955 ) anthropologist at Vanderbilt University
Dieter Hess ( born 1933), German botanist

E

Eberhard Wilhelm Karl Otto Hess, District Administrator of Hünfeld
Eckhard Hess (1916-1986), American psychologist and ethologist
Edgar Hess (born 1954 ), Soviet- German football player and coach
Edmund Hess (1843-1903), German mathematician
Elmar Hess (born 1966 ), German artist
Emil Hess ( composer ) ( 1854-1944 ), Austrian composer
Emil Hess (sculptor ) ( 1887-1922 ), Swiss sculptor
Emil Hess ( actor) ( 1889-1945 ), Swiss actor
Emil Hess ( vets ) ( 1911-2004 ), Swiss veterinarians and university teachers
Emil Hess ( saxophonist ) (born 1965 ), Danish saxophonist and composer
Emma Hess (1842-1928), Swiss women's rights activist
Erich Hess ( politician ) ( born 1981 ), Swiss politician (SVP )
Erich K. Hess (* 1929/1930), German architect
Erika Hess (1934-1986), German local politician ( Berlin) ( SPD)
Erika Hess (born 1962 ), Swiss skier of
Ernest Hess- Liege ( b. 1949 ), Professor of Applied Linguistics and Communication Studies at the University of Bern
Ernst Hess (1912-1968), Swiss conductor, composer and musicologist
Ewald Hess (1918-1995), German landscape painter

F

Felix Hess (1742-1768), Swiss theologian
Fred Hess ( born 1944 ), American tenor saxophonist and composer of avant-garde jazz and high school teachers
Freddy Hess (born 1964 ), German football player
Frederick Hess (1883-1945), Austrian homeland researcher
Frederick Hess ( born 1940 ), German politician ( SPD)
Friedrich Ludwig Hess (1721-1800), Swiss Military person
Fritz Hess (1879-1938), German politician ( NSDAP)
Fritz Hess ( booksellers ) (* 1902), Swiss booksellers
Fritz Hess ( official) ( 1895-1970 ), Swiss lawyer

G

Gale Hess (1955-2012), American Jazzviolinistin
Georg Hess ( born 1956 ), Swiss politician ( CVP)
Gerhard Hess ( historian ) ( 1731-1802 ), German Benedictine monk and historian
Gerhard Hess ( lawyer) ( born 1946 ), Chief Executive eV Bavarian Bauindustrieverband
Gerhard Hess ( Romance ) ( 1907-1983 ), German linguist, philologist and science policy
Germain Henri Hess (1802-1850), Russian -Swiss chemist ( Hess'scher heat set)
Grete Meisel - Hess (1879-1922), Austrian writer
Günter Hess (1903-1979), German dancer, choreographer, director and dance teacher

B

Hans Hess ( glaciologist ) ( 1864-1940 ), German glaciologist
Hans Hess ( CS) ( 1873-1928 ), Austrian politician ( CS), Lower Austrian Landtag
Hans Hess (entrepreneur) ( 1881-1957 ), German business leaders
Hans Hess ( bobsleigh ), German Bobsportler
Hans Hess ( physician) ( 1918-2011 ), German angiologist
Hans Hess ( Admiral ) (* 1929), German Rear Admiral
Hans Hess ( politician ) ( born 1945 ), Swiss politician ( FDP)
Hans -Jürgen Hess (1935-2010), German politician ( SPD)
Harro Hess (1935-2011), German geologist, author and science journalist
Harry Hess ( producer) ( born 1968 ), Canadian music producer, singer and guitarist
Harry Hammond Hess (1906-1969), American geologist
Heinrich Hess ( monastery Müller) ( 1600-1683 ), Swiss Müller and Pfister
Heinrich von Hess (1788-1870), Austrian field marshal
Heinrich Hess ( building officer ) ( 1794-1865 ), German architect
Heinrich Hess ( mountaineer ) ( 1857-1944 ), Austrian mountaineer
Heinrich Hess (physician) (* 1932), German physician
Heinrich Ludwig von Hess (1719-1784), German writer
Heinrich Maria von Hess (1798-1863), German painter
Heinz Hess (1941-2006), German entrepreneur
Heinz Hess (1922-1992), German architect
Henner Hess ( born 1940 ), German criminologist
Herbert Hess (1908-1977), German tenor and high school teachers
Herbie Hess ( born 1933), jazz musician and teacher
Hermann Hess (1812-1884), Württemberg Landtag
Hieronymus Hess (1799-1850), Swiss painter and draftsman
Horst Hess (1932-2007), German Ringer

I

Ignaz Hess (1871-1963), Swiss Catholic theologian and Archivist
Ilse Hess (1900-1995), German author (NSDAP ) and wife of Rudolf Hess

J

Jacques B. Hess (1926-2011), French jazz bassist, author, translator, music critic and historian
Jake Hess (1924-2003), American gospel singer
Jennifer Hess ( born 1975 ), German disabled athlete in archery
Joan Edmiston Hess ( born 1949 ), American crime writer
Johann Hess ( Hesse also; ~ 1490-1547 ), German Lutheran theologian
Johann Friedrich Christian Hess (1785-1845), German architect
Johann Georg Christian Hess (1756-1816), German architect
Johann Jakob Hess ( theologian ) ( 1741-1828 ), Swiss theologian
Johann Jakob Hess ( politician ) ( 1791-1857 ), a Swiss lawyer and politician
Johann Jakob Hess ( Egyptologist ) ( 1866-1949 ), Swiss Egyptologist and Assyriologist
John Hess (1877-1951), Industrial Chemistry
Jonas Ludwig von Hess (1756-1823), German writer
Josef Anton Hess (1832-1915), Swiss politician ( Catholic conservatives ) and textile entrepreneur
Joseph Hess (1878-1932), German educator, civil servant and politician ( center )
Julius Hess (1878-1957), German painter
Jürgen Alexander Hess (1943-2001), German illustrator

K

Karl Hess (1788-1872), privateer and founder of the foundation
Karl Hess ( painter) ( 1801-1874 ), German painter
Karl Hess ( author) ( 1923-1994 ), American author and editor
Karl Hess ( physicist ) ( born 1945 ), Austrian physicist
Karl -Heinz Hess (1930-1995), German actor
Katja Hess ( born 1946 ), German painter
Katrin Hess ( born 1985 ), German actress
Konrad Hess (1908-2001), Swiss politician
Kurt Hess (1888-1961), German chemist
Kurt Luis Hess (1908-2010), a Dominican farmer and head teachers of German origin

L

Leo Hess ( born as Leo Hesheles; 1879-1963 ), American internist and neurologist Austrian- Jewish descent
Liam Hess ( * 1992), British actor
Lawrence Hess ( born 1961 ), Swiss politician (BDP )
Ludwig Hess (1760-1800), the Swiss painter

M

Maja Gerber Hess ( born 1946 ), Swiss writer
Marcel Hess ( b. 1982 ), Swiss handball player
Markus Hess ( *?), German hacker
Martin Hess ( * 1987), German football player
Martin Hess (born 1965 ), German Economic geographer
Michael Reinhard Hess (born 1967 ), German turkologist
Michael Thomas Hess (born 1969 ), German entrepreneur
Max Hess (1878-1975), German horn player
Monika Hess (born 1964 ), Swiss alpine skier
Moses Hess (1812-1875), German philosopher
Myra Hess (1890-1965), British pianist

N

Nikolaj Hess ( born 1967), Danish jazz musicians

O

Olaf Hess ( born 1968 ), German sports shooter
Otto Hess ( KK ) ( 1873-1962 ), Swiss politician ( Catholic Conservative )
Otto Hess (physician) ( 1875-1955 ), German physician and clinic director
Otto Hess (BGB ) ( 1897-1988 ), Swiss politician (FDP, German Civil Code)
Otto Hess ( German politician ) ( 1908-1967 ), German politician (DRP, NPD)
Otto Hess ( SVP) ( 1935-2014 ), Swiss politician ( SVP)
Otto H. Hess (1911-1997), German publisher and co-founder of the Free University of Berlin

P

Paul Hess (also: Paul Hess, 1536-1603 ), German physician
Peter von Hess (1792-1871), German painter
Peter Hess ( sound therapist ) (* 1941), German sound therapist and author
Peter Hess ( politician ) ( born 1948 ), Swiss politician (CVP )
Petra Hess ( born 1959 ), German politician (SPD )
Philipp Hess (officer ) ( 1845-1919 ), an Austrian officer and military engineer
Philipp Hess (1887-1934), German Ringer

R

Rainer Hess ( Romance ) ( 1936-2004 ), German linguist and literary scholar
Rainer Hess ( lawyer) ( born 1940 ), German lawyer and Health Manager
Reinhard Hess (painter) ( 1904-1998 ), German painter
Reinhard Hess ( athlete ) ( 1945-2007 ), German ski jumper and ski coach
Richard Hess ( forest scientist ) ( 1835-1916 ), German forestry scientist
Richard Hess (sculptor ) ( born 1937 ), German sculptor
Rudolf Hess (physician) ( 1886-1962 ), German pediatrician
Rudolf Hess (1894-1987), German politician ( NSDAP)
Rudolf Hess ( neurologist ) ( 1913-2007 ), Swiss neurologist

S

Sabine Hess (born 1958 ), German rower
Sandra Hess ( actress) ( born 1968 ), Swiss actress
Sandra Hess ( athlete ) (born 1976 ), German Karateka and Traceuse
Sebastian Hess (born 1971 ), German cellist and composer
Sebastian Hess ( sports scientist ) ( b. 1977 ), German track and field coaches and sports scientists
Sigurd Hess ( born 1938 ), German Rear Admiral
Stefan Hess (born 1965 ), Swiss historian and art historian

T

Thomas Hess ( born 1967), German Business Informatics
Trude Krautheimer -Hess (1902-1987), German - American art historian

U

Urs Hess (1940-2013), Swiss youth film actor

V

Victor Francis Hess (1883-1964), Austrian physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Victor Müller- Hess (1883-1960), German forensic pathologist

W

Walter Hess ( dentist ) ( 1885-1980 ), Swiss dentists and teachers
Walter Hess ( actor) ( born 1939 ), Swiss actor
Walter Hess ( politician ) ( b. 1949 ), Swiss politician (CVP )
Walter Rudolf Hess (1881-1973), Swiss physician and Nobel Prize winner
Werner Hess (1914-2003), German radio director
William Hess (physician) ( 1831-1905 ), German ophthalmologist
William Hess ( zoologist ) ( 1841-1918 ), German botanist, zoologist and university teachers
William Hess (architect ) ( 1846-1916 ), Austrian architect
William Hess (officer ) ( 1907-1990 ), German Major General
William E. Hess (1898-1986), American politician of the Republican Party
Willy Hess ( violinist ) ( 1859-1939 ), German violinist and violin teacher
Willy Hess ( composer ) ( 1906-1997 ), Swiss musicologist and composer
Wolf Rüdiger Hess (1937-2001), German architect
Wolfgang Hess ( numismatists ) ( 1926-1999 ), German numismatist
Wolfgang Hess ( voice actor ) ( born 1937 ), Swiss actor and voice actor
Wolfgang Hess ( journalist) ( born 1952 ), German science journalist
Wolfgang René Hess ( b. 1961 ), German bioinformaticians and high school teachers

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