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') is a surname; it has as variants Fux, Fuks, and Fuchß. Notable people with the surname include:

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Alain Fuchs Alain Fuchs (10 April 1953 – 8 December 2024) was a Swiss-born French chemist. A Doctor of Science and Professor of Chemistry, he specialised in molecular simulation. Fuchs served as the president of Chimie ParisTech - PSL from 2006 to 2010. ...

(1953–2024), French chemist * Anke Fuchs (1937–2019), German politician * Argel Fuchs (born Argélico Fucks 1974), Brazilian footballer *

Arved Fuchs Arved Fuchs (born 26 April 1953) is a German polar explorer and writer. On 30 December 1989, Fuchs and Reinhold Messner were the first to reach the South Pole with neither animal nor motorised help, using skis and a parasail. That made him ...

(born 1953), German writer and adventurer * Benjamin Fuchs (born 1983), German-Austrian footballer *

Bernie Fuchs Bernie Fuchs (October 29, 1932 – September 17, 2009) was an American illustrator widely known for advertising art, magazine illustration and portraiture, including for a series of U.S. postage stamps. Background Born in O'Fallon, Illinois, on ...

(1932–2009), American illustrator *

Bohuslav Fuchs Bohuslav Fuchs (24 March 1895 – 18 September 1972) was a Czechs, Czech modernist architect. He also worked as a university teacher and urban planner. He is considered one of the most important Czech architects of the 20th century. His work is pr ...

(1895–1972), Czech architect * Bruce Fuchs, American immunologist and health science administrator * Charlie Fuchs (1912–1969), American baseball player *

Christian Fuchs Christian Fuchs (; born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian former professional association football, footballer who played as a left back. He was a part of Leicester City F.C., Leicester City's 2015–16 Premier League campaign, where they won. He be ...

(born 1986), Austrian footballer * Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician *

Daniel Fuchs Daniel Fuchs (June 25, 1909 – July 26, 1993) was an American screenwriter, fiction writer, and essayist. Biography Daniel Fuchs was born to a Jewish family on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, but his family moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn whi ...

(1909–1993), American writer and screenwriter *

Dmitry Fuchs Dmitry Borisovich Fuchs (, born 30 September 1939, Kazan, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Soviet and American mathematician, specializing in the representation theory of infinite-dimensional Lie groups and in topology. Education ...

(born 1939), Russian-American mathematician * Doris Fuchs (scientist) (born 1966), German political scientist *

Doris Fuchs Doris Gudrun Fuchs (later ''Brause'', born June 11, 1938) is a retired American gymnast who won four gold medals at the 1963 Pan American Games. Biography Doris Fuchs was born in Villingen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in 1938. She and he ...

(born 1938), American gymnast

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Eduard Fuchs Eduard Fuchs (31 January 1870, Göppingen – 26 January 1940, Paris) was a German Marxist scholar of culture and history, writer, art collector, and political activist. Early life Fuchs's father was a shopkeeper. Early in his life, the you ...

(1870–1940), Marxist cultural scientist *

Elaine Fuchs Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist known for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, whic ...

(born 1950), American cell biologist *

Elissa Minet Fuchs Elissa Minet Fuchs (born Elise Minette Levy; March 10, 1919 – February 17, 2023) was an American ballerina and choreographer. Her career started in 1935 on the vaudeville stage and nightclub circuit, leading to gigs as a chorus girl on Broadway ...

(1919–2023), American ballerina *

Elizabeth Fuchs Elizabeth Fuchs is an American politician who was elected member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 80th district in 2024 Missouri House of Representatives election, 2024. Fuchs is a graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Lo ...

, American politician *

Emil Fuchs (artist) Emil Fuchs (9 August 1866 – 13 January 1929) was an Austrian–American sculptor, medallist, painter, and author who worked in Vienna, London and New York. He painted portraits of Queen Victoria and Edward VII and was fashionable among London h ...

(1866–1929), Austrian-American sculptor *

Emil Fuchs (theologian) Emil Fuchs (13 May 1874, Beerfelden, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 13 February 1971) was a German theologian, the son of Georg Friedrich Fuchs and Auguste Louise Wilhelmine Lonni Hauss.Hessen, Deutschland, ausgewählte Heiratsregister 1874-1930. Hess ...

(1874–1971), German theologian *

Emil Fuchs (baseball) Emil Edwin "Judge" Fuchs (April 17, 1878 – December 5, 1961) was a German-born American baseball owner and executive. Life Fuchs was born in Hamburg, Germany to Jewish parents, Hermann and Henrietta, but grew up on the Lower East Side of New Yor ...

(1878–1961), owner of the Boston Braves 1923–1935 *

Engelbert Fuchs Engelbert Fuchs was an Austrian luger who competed in the 1970s. A natural track luger, he won two medals at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships with a silver in 1975 (Doubles) and a bronze in 1973 Events January * J ...

, Austrian luger *

Erich Fuchs Erich Fuchs (9 April 1902 – 25 July 1980) was an SS functionary who worked for the Action T4 mass-murder program, and for the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust. Fuchs was charged with war crimes at the Bełżec Trial in 1963–64, fo ...

(1902–1980), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator *

Erika Fuchs Erika Fuchs, née Petri (7 December 1906 – 22 April 2005), was a German translator. She is largely known in Germany for her major involvement in the localization process of American Disney comics, especially Carl Barks' stories about Duckbur ...

(1906–2005), German translator of Disney comics *

Franz Fuchs Franz Fuchs (12 December 1949 – 26 February 2000) was an Austrian domestic terrorist who killed four people and injured 15, some seriously, using three improvised explosive devices and 24 mail bombs, which he sent in five waves between 1993 an ...

(1949–2000), Austrian terrorist *

Fred Fuchs Frederic S. Fuchs () is a television and film producer active in the United States and Canada, where he holds dual citizenship. He became an executive in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 3, 2006. Career Fuchs became known for the ...

, American television producer

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Gottfried Fuchs Gottfried Erik Fuchs (3 May 1889 – 25 February 1972), also known as Godfrey Fuchs, was a German Olympic footballer. He scored a then-world record 10 goals for the Germany national football team, Germany national team in a 16–0 win against Rus ...

(1889–1972), German-Canadian soccer player *

Gustav Fuchs Gustav Fuchs (January 2, 1900 – March 31, 1969) was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria and Bavarian People's Party. He represented Bad Kissingen in the Bundestag from 1949 to 1961. Between 1964 and 1 ...

(1900–1969), German politician * Harald Fuchs (born 1951), German professor of physics *

Helena Fuchsová Helena Fuchsová, née Dziurová (3 June 1965 – 14 March 2021) was a Czech runner who specialized in the 400 metres, 400 and 800 metres, 800 m events. She retired from athletics in 2004. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *200m 2 ...

(1965–2021), Czech runner * Henry Fuchs (baseball) (1879–1947), also known as Jacob Fox, American baseball player * Henry Fuchs, born

Henryk Tauber ''Henryk (Tauber) Fuchsbrunner'' (8 July 1917 – 3 January 2000) was a Polish Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp during the Holocaust, who gave detailed testimony at the end of World War II. Tauber was his mother's maiden name. His p ...

(1917–2000), Holocaust survivor *

Henry Fuchs Henry Fuchs (born 20 January 1948 in Tokaj, Hungary) is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Federico Gil Professor of Computer Science at the University of No ...

(born 1948), American academic * Herbert Fuchs (1905–1988), American lawyer * Ignaz Fuchs, (1819–1854), born

Vatroslav Lisinski Vatroslav Lisinski (, 8 July 1819 – 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer. Lisinski was born Ignatius Fuchs to a German Jewish family. He would later change his name to Vatroslav Lisinski, which is a Croatian calque of his original name. For ...

, Croatian composer *

Ira Fuchs Ira H. Fuchs (born December 1948) is an internationally known authority on technology innovation in higher education and is a co-founder of BITNET, an important precursor of the Internet. He wainductedinto the Internet Hall of Fame in 2017. Sin ...

(born 1948), American computer scientist

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* Jakob Fuchs (1920–2005), German soldier *

Jason Fuchs Jason Isaac Fuchs (born March 5, 1986) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for writing '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' (2012), '' Pan'' (2015) and ''Wonder Woman'' (2017). He is also known for his role as Lawrence Grey on the Fox ...

(born 1986), American actor *

Jenő Fuchs Jenő Fuchs (also known as Jenő Fekete; 29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955) was a Hungarian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won both the individual and team events at both Games. He missed the 1920 Olympics, where ...

(1882–1955), Hungarian fencer * Jim Fuchs (1927–2010), American athlete *

Joël Fuchs Joël Fuchs (born 24 June 1989) is a Swiss professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Starwings Basel of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball in Switzerland, where he is the team captain.

(born 1989), Swiss basketball player *

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (architect) Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (Slovenized: ''Janez Nepomuk Fuchs'') (1727 in Neiss (= Nysa, Poland?), Silesia – 7 May 1804 in Maribor)Curk, Jože. 1989. "Johann Nepomuk Fuchs." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 3, pp. 159–160. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga ...

(1727–1804), Austrian architect *

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (composer) Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (5 May 1842 – 5 October 1899) was an Austrian composer, opera conductor, teacher and editor. His editorial work included an important role in the preparation of the first complete edition of Franz Schubert's works. He was a ...

(1842–1899), Austrian composer and conductor *

Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (15 May 1774 – 5 March 1856) was a German chemist and mineralogist, and Kingdom of Bavaria, royal Bavarian privy councillor. Biography He was born at Mattenzell, near Falkenstein, Bavaria, Falkenstein in the Bavarian ...

(1774–1856), German chemist *

Joseph Fuchs Joseph Philip Fuchs (April 26, 1899 or 1900 – March 14, 1997) was one of the most important American violinists and teachers of the 20th century, and the brother of Lillian Fuchs. Born in New York, he graduated in 1918 from the Institute of Mu ...

(1899–1997), American violinist *

Josef Fuchs (theologian) Josef Fuchs (1912–2005) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and Jesuit priest of the 20th century. Life Born 5 July 1912, Josef Fuchs was a German Jesuit priest, who taught at the Gregorian University in Rome for almost thirty years. In the ...

(1912–2005), German theologian *

Jürgen Fuchs (motorcyclist) Jürgen Fuchs (born 28 November 1965 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm) is a former German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He achieved his best result in 1996 when he finished the year in fourth place in the 250cc world championship. Fuchs served as ...

(born 1965), German motorcyclist * Jürgen Fuchs (writer) (1950–1999), German writer and dissident * Karl Fuchs (museum founder) (1776–1846), Russian doctor and rector of the Kazan State University * Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956), American composer of classical music *

Klaus Fuchs Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs (29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988) was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly a ...

(1911–1988), German-born British physicist and Soviet spy * Kurt Fuchs (1919-1945), Austrian soldier

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* Lars Fuchs (born 1982), German footballer *

László Fuchs László Fuchs (born June 24, 1924) is a Hungary, Hungarian-born American mathematician, the Evelyn and John G. Phillips Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mathematics at Tulane University.

(born 1924), Hungarian-American mathematician * Lawrence Fuchs (1927–2013), American university professor and author *

Lazarus Fuchs Lazarus Immanuel Fuchs (5 May 1833 – 26 April 1902) was a Jewish-German mathematician who contributed important research in the field of linear differential equations. He was born in Mosina, Moschin in the Grand Duchy of Posen (modern-day M ...

(1833–1902), German mathematician *

Leonhart Fuchs Leonhart Fuchs (; 17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566), sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as ''Leonhartus Fuchsius'', was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large book about plants and thei ...

(1501–1566), German physician and botanist *

Lillian Fuchs Lillian Fuchs (November 18, 1901 – October 5, 1995) was an American violist, teacher and composer. She is considered to be among the finest instrumentalists of her time. She came from a musical family, and her brothers, Joseph Fuchs, a viol ...

(1901–1995), American violist * Lukas Fuchs (1922–2009), better known as

Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...

, German-American composer *

Marta Fuchs Marta Fuchs (January 1, 1898 - September 22, 1974) was a German concert and operatic dramatic soprano. Marta Fuchs grew up in an artistic family, her father being a painter, member of the board of the guild and a city councillor. In later year ...

(1898–1974), German opera singer * Michael J. Fuchs (born 1946), American television executive * Michael Fuchs (football) (1972–2011), Austrian football manager and player *

Michael Fuchs (badminton) Michael Fuchs (born 22 April 1982) is a retired international level badminton player from Germany. Michael Fuchs concentrates on doubles badminton competing with Johannes Schöttler in Men's and with Birgit Michels in the Mixed event. Fuchs and ...

(born 1982), German badminton player * Michael Fuchs (politician) (1949–2022), German politician

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* Nicolás Fuchs (born 1982), Peruvian rally driver * Peter Paul Fuchs (1916–2007), Austrian-American conductor and composer * Radovan Fuchs (born 1953), Croatian scientist and former government minister *

Richard Fuchs Richard Fuchs (; 26 April 1887 – 22 September 1947) was a German composer and architect, the older brother of German national team Olympic football player Gottfried Fuchs. Life Fuchs was in the German Army, and was awarded the Iron Cross. He ...

(1887–1947), architect and composer * Robert Fuchs (disambiguation) * Ronald Fuchs (1932–2012), American physicist *

Rutger Fuchs ''Friherre'' Rutger Fuchs (2 April 1682 – 10 April 1753) was a Swedish army officer and politician who served as Governor of Stockholm from 1739 until his death in 1753. A soldier during the Great Northern War, Fuchs is best remembered for hi ...

(1682–1753), Swedish army officer * Ruth Fuchs (1946–2023), German athlete * Thomas Fuchs (born 1969), German illustrator *

Vivian Fuchs Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs ( ; 11 February 1908 – 11 November 1999) was an English scientist-explorer and expedition organizer. He led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which reached the South Pole overland in 1958. Biography Fuch ...

(1908–1999), British geologist and polar explorer * Walter Robert Fuchs (1937–1976), American-German science communicator and science popularizer *

Wilhelm Fuchs Wilhelm Fuchs (1 September 1898 – 24 January 1947) was a German Nazi Party member and an SS-''Oberführer'' and ''Oberst'' of police. During the Second World War, he led the '' Einsatzgruppe Serbia'' and was the commander of the ''Sicherheits ...

(1898–1947), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes *

Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs (May 19, 1915, Munich – February 24, 1997) was a British mathematician specializing in complex analysis. His main area of research was Nevanlinna theory. Fuchs received his Ph.D. in 1941 from the University o ...

(1915–1997), mathematician

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* Alexander Fuks (1917–1978), German-Israeli historian, archaeologist and papyrologist * Johannes Fuks (1890–1977), Estonian politician * Julián Fuks (born 1981), Brazilian writer * Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994), Czech novelist * Marian Fuks (historian) (1914–2022), Polish historian * Marian Fuks (photographer) (1884–1935), Polish filmmaker and pioneer of photography *

Pavel Fuks Pavel Yakovlevich Fuks (, (surname sometimes also spelled Fuchs); born 27 October 1971) is a Russian-Ukrainian oligarch based in the United Kingdom. He began his career in Russia, where he acquired Russian citizenship and accumulated most of his ...

(born 1971), Ukrainian-Russian millionaire businessman and investor * Suzon Fuks (born 1959), artist, choreographer and director

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Herbert Fux Herbert Fux (25 March 1927 – 13 March 2007) was an Austrian film actor and politician. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1960 and 2007. Life Fux was born in Hallein, at the age of five he moved with his family to the city of Salzburg ...

(1927–2007), Austrian actor *

Johann Joseph Fux Johann Joseph Fux (; – 13 February 1741) was an Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue of the late Baroque era. His most enduring work is not a musical composition but his treatise on counterpoint, '' Gradus ad Parnassum'', which ha ...

(1660–1741), Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue * Luiz Fux (born 1953), Brazilian judge * María Fux, Argentine dancer, choreographer, and dance therapist * Robert Fux, Swedish actor, performance artist, playwright and drag queen * Vinzenz Fux (c. 1606–1659), Austrian composer

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