Hess (surname)

Hess or Heß, a German and Ashkenazi surname, meaning somebody originally from the region of Hesse. Two alternative origins have been reported. Usage in the south of Germany may arise from a contraction of the personal name ''Matthäus''.

Notable people who share this surname include:

*Adam Hess (born 1981), American basketball player *Adam Hess (comedian), British comedian *Alexander Hess (1898–1981), Czechoslovak war pilot part of No. 310 Squadron RAF *András Hess, Hungarian printer *Arthur Hess (SA general) (1891–1959), German SA general and politician *Beat W. Hess (born 1949), Swiss businessman *Bernhard Hess (born 1966), Swiss politician *Bernhard von Hess (1792–1869), Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister *Carl von Hess (1863–1923), German ophthalmologist *Catherina Hess, (born 1985), German actress *Charles R. Hess (1858–1928), American politician from Ohio *Damian Hess aka MC Frontalot, nerdcore rapper *Dean Hess (1917–2015), American Air Force Colonel *Derek Hess, (born 1964), American artist *Elizabeth Hess (born 1953), Canadian actress *Elmar Hess (born 1966), German artist *Erika Hess (born 1962), Swiss alpine skier *Ernst Hess (1893–1917), German World War I flying ace *Ernst Hess (composer) (1912-1968), Swiss conductor, composer and musicologist *Ernst Moritz Hess (1890-1983), German soldier, judge, railway administrator, and holocaust survivor *Fred Hess (1944–2018), American jazz musician *Fred Hess (Wisconsin) (1858–1925), American politician *Fred J. Hess (1848–1928), American politician *Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850), Russian-Swiss chemist *Greg Hess (born 1962), 16th president of Wabash College *Hans-Georg Hess (1923–2008), German U-boat captain *Harry Hammond Hess (1906–1969), American geologist *Harry Hess, American college sports coach *Harvey Hess (1939–2012), American lyric poet *Heinrich von Heß (1788–1870), Austrian fieldmarshall *Heinrich Maria von Hess, German painter *Hiester Hess (died 1922), American politician from Maryland *Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter *Hieronymus Hess, Swiss drawer, painter, caricaturist (1799–1850) *Hunter Hess (born 1998), American freestyle skier *Ilse Hess, German writer (1900–1995) *Jake Hess, American southern gospel vocalist *Jared Hess (born 1979), American writer and director of ''Napoleon Dynamite'' *Jean-Chrisostome Hess (1816–1900), French composer, pianist, and organist *Jessica Hess (born 1981), American realist painter *Johann Hess (Hesse), (1490–1547), German theologian *John Jacob Hess (1584–1639), Swiss-German Anabaptist minister and martyr *John L. Hess (1917–2005), American journalist *Karl Hess (1923–1994), American speechwriter and author *Karl Hess (painter) (1801–1874), German painter *Leon Hess Founder of Hess Corporation and the New York Jets franchise *Lyle Hess, (1912-2002) American sailboat designer *Markus Hess, German hacker *Martin Hess (politician) (born 1971), German politician *Michael A. Hess (1952–1995), American lawyer *Moses Hess (1812–1875), Jewish philosopher and proto-Zionist *Myra Hess (1890–1965), British pianist *Nicole Hess (born 1973), German politician *Nigel Hess, British composer *Ortwin Hess, British optician and physicist *Orvan Hess (1906–2002), doctor who invented the fetal heart monitor *Per Hess (born 1946), Norwegian visual artist *Peter von Hess, German painter *Robert Hess (chess player), American chess grandmaster *Robert Hess (college president) (1938–1994), American President of Brooklyn College *Rudolf Hess (1894–1987), Deputy Führer of Nazi Germany *Rudolf Hess (artist) (1903–1986), Californian painter and art critic *Sara Whalen Hess (born 1976), American Olympic soccer player *Ursula Hess (born 1946), Swiss archer *Ursula Hess (psychologist) (born 1960), German psychologist *Victor Francis Hess (1883–1964), Austrian-American physicist who discovered cosmic rays *W. Dale Hess (1930–2016), American politician *Walter Rudolf Hess (1881–1973), Swiss physiologist Nobel Prize winner *Willy Hess (composer) (1906–1997), Swiss musicologist, composer, Beethoven scholar *Willy Hess (violinist) (1859–1939), German famous violin virtuoso *Wolf Rüdiger Hess (Heß) (1937–2001), German architect son of Rudolf Hess Provided by Wikipedia