Loos (surname)
Loos is a Dutch and Low German surname. It can be of toponymic, patronymic or descriptive origin. In the Low Countries, Lo/''Loos'' was a short form of Lodewijk while in North Germany the name may be derived from Nikolaus. Notable people with this surname include:
Arts
- Adolf Loos, Austrian-Czech architect
- Anita Loos, American screenwriter and author
- Anna Loos, German actress and singer
- Charles Loos, Belgian jazz pianist and composer
- Daniel Friedrich Loos, German medallist, engraver
- Friedrich Loos, Austrian painter, etcher and lithographer
- Lina Loos, Austrian actress and writer
- Mary Loos, American actress
- Theodor Loos, German actor
Sports
- Dave Loos, American basketball coach and athletic director
- Eddie Loos, American golfer
- Ludo Loos, Belgian road bicycle racer
- Michelle Loos, New Zealand footballer
- Miloslav Loos, Czech cyclist
- Pete Loos, American baseball pitcher
- Valentin Loos, Czech ice hockey player
Other
- Bernhard Loos, German politician
- Cornelius Loos, Dutch Catholic priest and theologian
- François Loos, French diplomat
- Gerhard Loos, German Luftwaffe fighter ace
- Jan Frans Loos, Belgian liberal politician
- John L. Loos, American historian
- Jos Loos, Luxembourgish scouting leader
- Kurt Loos, German forester and ornithologist
- R. Beers Loos, American journalist and newspaper publisher
- Rebecca Loos, Dutch-Spanish model and media personality
- Walter Loos, German Luftwaffe fighter ace
- Wilhelm Loos, German World War II army officer
- Wolfgang Loos, German Luftwaffe fighter ace