Gessen
The surname Gessen is a transliteration of the Russian spelling "Гессен" of the surname of Russified persons coming from the House of Hesse, including the last ruling Russian Empress Alix of Hesse:,.
The surname may refer to:
- Boris Hessen, Soviet physicist, philosopher, and historian of science, whose surname is sometimes transliterated as Gessen
- , Russian lawyer, statesman, and essayist
- Keith Gessen, Russian-born American novelist, journalist, and editor
- Masha Gessen, Russian and American journalist, author, translator, and activist
- , Russian philosopher, educator and publisher
- Vladimir Gessen (disambiguation), which may refer to:
- *Vladimir Augusto Gessen Rodríguez, Venezuelan politician, journalist and psychologist
- *Vladimir Matveevich Gessen, Russian jurist and politician