Chess (surname)
Chess is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Edwin R. Chess, United States Air Force general
- Jamar Chess, American music manager
- Leonard Chess, record company executive
- Lisa Chess, American actress
- Marshall Chess, American record producer
- Mary Chess, American perfumer
- Phil Chess, American record producer
- Richard Chess (poet), American poet
- Richard B. Chess, American politician
- Sammie Chess, Jr., American attorney, civil rights activist, and judge
- Stanley Chess, American legal commentator
- Stella Chess, American child psychiatrist
Fictional characters
- Harry Chess, main character of the comic strip Harry Chess: That Man from A.U.N.T.I.E.
- Jane and Ryan Chess, characters in the 2016 American workplace teen comedy movie ''Hickey''