Foss (surname)

Foss is a common surname of Scandinavian origin. Foss may refer to:

• Aage Foss (1885–1952), Danish film actor
• Ambrose Foss (c. 1803–1862), Australian pharmacist
• Anita Foss (1921–2015), American baseball player
• Betty Foss (1929–1998), American baseball player
• Brian Foss (1921-1997), British psychologist
• Byron Foss (born 1979), American soccer player
• Daniel Foss (1940–2014), American sociologist
• Charles Calveley Foss (1885–1953), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Chris Foss (born 1946), British illustrator
• Craig Foss (born 1963), New Zealand politician
• Cyrus David Foss (1834–1910), American Methodist bishop
• Dickie Foss (1912–1995), English footballer
• Donald Foss (1945–2022), American billionaire, founder of Credit Acceptance
• Edward Foss (1787–1870), English lawyer and biographer
• Elith Foss (1911–1972), Danish film actor
• Erling Foss (1897–1982), Danish civil engineer
• Eugene Foss (1858–1939), American politician
• Frank Foss (athlete) (1895–1989), American Olympic athlete
• Frank H. Foss (1865–1947), American politician
• George Foss, British physician, who treated for some time Michael Dillon (see), the first female-to-male transsexual to undergo phalloplasty
• George Edmund Foss (1863–1936), American politician
• Hans Andersen Foss (1851–1929), American author, newspaper editor and temperance leader
• Heidi Foss, Canadian television writer
• Henrich Herman Foss (1790–1853), Norwegian naval officer and politician
• Henry Foss (1891–1986), American civic leader
• Herbert L. Foss (1871–1937), American naval seaman and Medal of Honor recipient
• Hubert J. Foss (1899–1953), English music publisher, pianist and composer
• Hugh Foss (1902–1971), British cryptographer
• Hugh Foss (bishop) (1848-1932), Anglican bishop
• Ingunn Foss, Norwegian politician
• Joe Foss (1915–2003), American general and politician
• John W. Foss (1933–2020), American general
• Julius Foss (1879–1953), Danish composer and musician
• Karen Foss (born 1944), American television journalist
• Kenelm Foss (1885-1963), British actor, screenwriter and film director
• Kurt Foss (1925–1991), Norwegian composer, singer and vaudeville artist
• Larry Foss (1936–2019), American baseball pitcher
• Leif O. Foss (1899–1982), Norwegian trade unionist and politician
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009), American composer and conductor
• Martin Foss (1889–1968), German-born American philosopher, father of Lukas
• Nicolai J. Foss, Danish economist
• Nils Foss (1928–2018), Danish director and civil engineer
• Per-Kristian Foss (born 1950), Norwegian politician
• Peter Foss (born 1946), Australian politician
• Phillip O. Foss (1916–2001), American political scientist
• Richard Foss, American journalist and science fiction author
• Rodney Shelton Foss (1919–1941), United States naval officer
• Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911), American librarian and poet
• Thea Foss (1857–1927), Norwegian-American businessperson
• Thore Torkildsen Foss (1841–1913), Norwegian politician
• Tore Foss (1901–1968), Norwegian actor
• Wenche Foss (1917-2011), Norwegian actress