Glass (surname)
Glass or Glaß is a surname with several sources. It can be Cornish, English, German, Russian/Slavic, Irish or Scottish. Many with the last name Glass, are of eastern European descent, where Glass is a shortened version of their original last name. It is also a Jewish surname, adopted by some Eastern European Ashkenazi in the nineteenth century. After being forced by the authorities to take on a surname, Jews in this area typically chose names referring to places, animals, occupations or signifying personal traits. The name Glass referred to Glass-making, Glazing and the Glass trade.
Notable people with the surname
- Albert Glass, Tristanian police officer and civil servant
- Alice Glass, vocalist of Crystal Castles
- Alice Glass, American football player
- Ari Glass, American painter
- H. Bentley Glass, American geneticist
- Butch Glass, American baseball player
- Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
- Carter Glass, American politician
- Charles Glass, American broadcaster
- Cheryl Glass, American racing driver
- Christian Glass, American man who was shot dead
- Cody Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
- Conrad Glass, Tristanian police inspector and civil servant
- Darren Glass, Australian footballer
- David Glass (Canadian politician), Canadian lawyer
- David Glass (sociologist), English sociologist
- David D. Glass, Kansas City Royals owner
- Deborah Glass, Deputy Chair of the UK's Independent Police Complaints Commission
- Dominion Robert Glass African-American educator and academic administrator
- Eduard Glass, Austrian chess master
- Edward Glass (disambiguation), several people
- Franklin Potts Glass, Sr., American publisher
- Fridolin Glass, Austrian Nazi activist and SS officer
- Gene V. Glass, American statistician and education researcher
- George Glass, American film producer and publicist
- Gerald Glass, American basketball player
- Geri Glass, American model
- Glen Glass, American politician
- Harold Glass, Australian judge and jurist
- Harry Glaß, German ski jumper
- Helen Glass, Canadian nurse and educator
- Henry Glass (disambiguation), several people
- Henry Glaß, German ski jumper
- Henry Glass (admiral), American admiral
- Henry P. Glass, Austrian-born American architect and industrial designer
- Hugh Glass, fur trapper and frontiersman
- Ira Glass, host of This American Life
- Jack Glass, Scottish evangelical preacher
- James Glass, Tristanian civil servant
- Jeff Glass (athlete), Canadian hurdler
- Jeff Glass (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
- Jesse Glass, American writer and poet
- Jimmy Glass, English football player
- Joanna Glass, Canadian playwright
- John Judah Glass, Canadian politician
- Joseph Glass (disambiguation), multiple people
- Julia Glass, American writer
- Kim Glass, American volleyball player
- Lewis Glass, Tristanian civil servant
- Louis Glass, Danish composer
- N. Louise Glass, American microbial scientist
- Max Glass, Austrian film producer
- Ned Glass, Polish-born American character actor
- Pat Glass, British politician
- Paul Glass, Swiss-American composer
- Philip Glass, American composer and pianist
- Presley T. Glass, American politician
- Richard Atwood Glass, English cable manufacturer and politician
- Ron Glass, American actor
- Shaun Glass, guitarist for the band SOiL
- Solomon Glass, American philatelist from Maryland
- Stephen Glass, journalist
- Stephen Glass (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Tanner Glass, Pittsburgh Penguins center
- Todd Glass, American stand-up comedian
- Walter Glaß, German skier
- William Glass, British settler on Tristan da Cunha
Fictional characters
- Glass family, a fictional family featured in a number of J. D. Salinger's short stories