'''Voss''' (also as '''Voß''' in German, meaning ''fox'' in Low German) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aasta Voss (1914–1994), Norwegian actress * Alain Voss (1946–2011), Franco-Brazilian comics artist * Alex Voss (1858–1906), American baseball player * Andreas Voss (disambiguation) * Andrew Voss (born 1960), Australian television sports presenter * Anke Voss-Hubbard, archivist, writer and feminist * Arno Voss (1821–1888), American politician * Aurel Voss (1845–1931), German mathematician * Axel Voss (born 1963), German lawyer and politician * Barbara Voss (born 1967), American historical archaeologist * Ben Voss (born 1973), South African comedian, actor and satirist * Bill Voss (1943–2023), American baseball player * Brandon Voss (born 1978), American journalist * Brett Voss (born 1978), Australian football player, brother of Michael * Brian Voss (born 1958), American bowler * Carl Voss (1907–1993), American ice hockey player * Carl Voss-Schrader (1880–1955), Finnish colonel, business director and lawyer * Catalin Voss (born 1995), German inventor and entrepreneur * Charles H. Voss, American politician * Christina Voß (born 1952), East German handball player * Christopher Voss (born 1957), American FBI hostage negotiator * Clair H. Voss (1920–1999), American lawyer and judge * Conrad Voss Bark (1913–2000), writer and correspondent for the BBC and the Times * Daniel Voß (born 1971), German water polo player * David Voss, Canadian art forger * Ed Voss (c. 1922–1953), American basketball player * Eduard Voss (1884–1974), German entomologist * Edward Groesbeck Voss, (1929–2012), American botanist and lepidopterist * Egon Voss (born 1938), German musicologist * Ernst Voss (1842–1920), German shipbuilder, co-founder of Blohm+Voss * Felicia Voss-Shafiq (born 1980), Canadian sitting volleyball player * Fred Voss (1952–2025), American poet and novelist * Friedrich Voss (1872–1953), German civil engineer * Friedrich Voss (composer) (born 1930), German composer and pianist * Gerhard Johann Vossius (Voss) (1577–1649), Dutch classical scholar and theologian * Gert Voss (1941–2014), German actor * Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989), American conservationist and oceanographer * Gordon Voss (1938–2017), American politician * Grace Voss Frederick (1905–2009), American actress * Hans Voss (1894–1973), German naval officer * Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), German Vice Admiral during World War II * Heath Voss (born 1978), American motocross racer * Heinrich Voss (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs * Henry Voss, German-born American architect * Hermann Voss (disambiguation), multiple people * Holger Voss, German internet user who was sued for a sarcastic comment he made about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks * Isaac Voss (1618–1689), son of Gerhard * James Voss (disambiguation), multiple people * Janice E. Voss (1956–2012), American astronaut * Joan Voss (born 1940), American politician * Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826), German poet and translator * Johanne Voss (1868–1946), Norwegian actress * John Voss (disambiguation), multiple people * Josef Voß (1937–2009), German Roman Catholic bishop * Julia Voss (born 1974), German journalist * Julian Voss-Andreae (born 1970), German sculptor * Julie von Voss (1766–1789), German lady-in-waiting and a bigamous morganatic spouse of King Frederick William II of Prussia * Julius von Voss (1768–1832), German writer * Katrina Voss, American meteorologist * Kim Voss, American sociologist * Konrad Voss (1928–2017), German mathematician and professor * Kurt Voss (born 1963), American film director * Lloyd Voss (1942–2007), American football defensive end * Martha Voß-Zietz (1871–1961), German conservative, women's rights activist, suffragist, nationalist and writer * Martin Voss (born 1967), Danish retired athlete * Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (born 1967), German football manager and former player * Michael Voss (born 1975), Australian football player and coach, brother of Brett * Neil Voss (born 1974), American video game composer * Nick Voss, Australian music artist * Nils Voss (1886–1969), Norwegian gymnast * Olav Voss (1864–1912), Norwegian actor * Patrick Voss (born 2003), Australian rules footballer * Paul Voss (born 1986), German road racing cyclist * Paul K. Voss (1973–2020), U.S. Air Force pilot<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailypress/name/paul-voss-obituary?id=13750688| title =Paul Voss obituary, 1973-2020, Newport News, VA}}</ref> * Perrie Voss, Canadian actress * Peter Voss (1897–1976), German SS non-commissioned officer and commander of the Auschwitz crematoria and gas chambers * Peter Voß (1891–1979), German film actor * Philip Voss (1936–2020), British stage, radio, film and television actor * Ralph Voss (1860–1900), English cricketer * Raoul Voss (born 1983), German association football coach * Richard Voss (1851–1918), German dramatist and novelist * Richard Voss (1880–1948), English cricketer * Robert Voss (born 1953), British businessman * Roberta Voss (born 1965), American politician * Sarah Voss (born 1999), German artistic gymnast * Siegfried Voß (1940–2011), German actor * Skipper Voss (born 1944), American rodeo bullfighter * Sophie Marie von Voß (1729–1814), German lady in waiting and memoirist * Torolf Voss (1877–1943), Norwegian conductor and composer * Torsten Voss (born 1963), German athlete * Valentin Voss (1880–1964), Norwegian lawyer and civil servant * Victor Voss (1868–1936), German tennis player * Vida de Voss, Namibian feminist activist * Wally Voss (1958–1992), American bass player * Walter Voss (disambiguation), multiple people * Werner Voss (1897–1917), German fighter pilot * Willi Voss (born 1944), German screenwriter and journalist * William Voss (1847–1921), German-American immigrant, banker and politician * Willy Voss (born 1952), German karateka * Wolfgard Voß (1926–2020), German gymnast

== Fictional character == * Scott Voss, a recurring characters of ''Quake IV'' video game

== See also == * Voss (disambiguation) * Vos (surname) * Vossstrasse, a street in Berlin * Blohm + Voss, shipbuilding * ''Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss'', German movie of 1982 * ''Voss (novel)'' by Patrick White * Foss (disambiguation)

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