Grosz (surname)

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Grosz or Grósz is a surname of several possible origins. "Grosz" is a Polish-language surname originally used by Poles and Polish Jews derived either from the nickname from Polish "grosz", a coin, 1/100th of Polish zloty or from Polish spelling of German Groß, meaning "large". Grósz is a Hungarian language spelling of "Groß".[1] Notable people with this surname include:

  • Amihai Grosz (born 1979), Israeli violist
  • Barbara J. Grosz (born 1948), American artificial intelligence pioneer
  • Dave Grosz (1938–2018), Canadian football quarterback
  • Dezső Grósz (1898–1987), Hungarian footballer
  • Edith Grosz (1919–2011), American pianist and music educator based in Amsterdam
  • Edward M. Grosz (born 1945), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Elizabeth Grosz (born 1952), Australian feminist theorist
  • George Grosz (1893–1959), German artist in the Dada and New Objectivist movements
  • Gerald Grosz (born 1977), Austrian author, commentator and politician
  • Gisella Grosz (1875–1942), Hungarian classical pianist
  • István Grósz (1895–1944), Hungarian middle-distance runner
  • Károly Grósz (1930–1996), Hungarian communist politician
  • Marty Grosz (born 1930), German-born American jazz guitarist, banjoist, vocalist and composer
  • Peter Grosz, American actor and television writer
  • Stephen Grosz (born 1952), British author and psychoanalyst
  • Terry Grosz (1941–2019), American game warden
  • Wilhelm Grosz (1894–1939), Austrian composer, pianist and conductor

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names p.91