Gans (surname)

Gans is a Dutch and German noun meaning "goose".
It is also a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Bird Stein Gans, American educator involved in parent education
Bob Gans, American slot-machine magnate and philanthropist
Bruce Gans, American physiatrist
Carl Gans, Jewish German-American zoologist and herpetologist
Christophe Gans, French film director
Curtis Gans, American political activist and voting expert
Danny Gans, American singer and comedian
David Gans, Jewish German-Czech mathematician, historian and astronomer
David Gans (musician), American musician, songwriter and music journalist
Donovan Gans, American football player
Eduard Gans, Jewish German jurist
Eric Gans, American literary scholar and professor
Herbert J. Gans, American sociologist
Joachim Gans, 16th-century Jewish Czech mining expert, first Jew to live in North America
Joe Gans, American boxer
José Moreno Gans, Spanish composer
Joshua Gans, Australian economist
Judy Gans, American baseball player
Julius J. Gans, American lawyer, politician, and judge
Lothar Gans, German football player
Ludwig Aaron Gans, German industrialist
Mitchell Gans, American legal scholar
Óscar Gans, Cuban attorney and politician
Panama Joe Gans, Barbadian boxer
Paula Gans, Czech painter
Peter Gans, Dutch football referee
Richard Gans, founder of the Spanish type foundry Fundiciòn Richard Gans
Richard Gans, Jewish German physicist
Ron Gans, American voice-over artist and character actor
Sharon Gans, American actress
Solomon Philip Gans, German jurist
Stedman Gans, South African rugby player
Hans Gans - German name of Jan Hus

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