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") is a surname; it has as variants Fux, Fuhs and Fuchß. Notable persons bearing it include the following:

Notable people

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

(born 1953), German writer and adventurer *

Benjamin Fuchs Benjamin Fuchs (born 20 October 1983) is an Austrian former professional association football, footballer who played as a right-back. He also holds German citizenship. Career Fuchs started his senior career with SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Greuther ...

(born 1983), German-Austrian footballer * Bernard Fuchs (1916–2005), French pilot and hero of the Second World War *

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

(1932–2009), American illustrator *

Bruce Fuchs Bruce A. Fuchs is an American immunologist and health science administrator. He was the director of the Office of Science Education (OSE) at the National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (wi ...

, 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 footballer who played as a left back. He began his senior career as a teenager at Wiener Neustadt before signing his first professional contract at 17 with SV Mattersburg ...

(born 1986), Austrian footballer * Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician * Christoph Fuchs von Fuchsberg (1482–1542), bishop of

Brixen Brixen (, ; it, Bressanone ; lld, Porsenù or ) is a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography First mentioned in 901, Brixen is the third largest city and oldest town in the province, and the artistic and ...

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 (born 1939), Russian-American mathematician *

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 her ...

(born 1966), German political scientist * Doris G. Fuchs (born 1938), American gymnast

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* Eduard Fuchs (1870–1940), Marxist cultural scientist *

Elaine Fuchs Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist famous 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, which ...

(born 1950), American cell biologist * Emil Fuchs (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 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 York.Burton ...

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

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, for ...

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

Erika Fuchs Erika Fuchs, née Petri (7 December 1906 in Rostock – 22 April 2005 in Munich), was a German translator. She is largely known in Germany due to her translations of American Disney comics, especially Carl Barks' stories about Duckburg and its i ...

(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. Fuchs became known for the televisio ...

(DOB unknown), American television producer

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Gottfried Fuchs Gottfried Erik Fuchs (also Godfrey Fuchs; (3 May 1889 – 25 February 1972) was a German Olympic footballer. He scored a then-world record 10 goals for the Germany national football team in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics. He le ...

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

Harald Fuchs Harald Fuchs (born April 15, 1951) is a Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Münster, Germany, Scientific Director of the Center of Nanotechnology (CeNTech) in Münster, and co-director of the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) ...

(born 1951), professor of physics *

Henry Fuchs (baseball) Jacob Fox (born Henry Fuchs; September 27, 1879 – August 21, 1947) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Fox played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In one career game, he had a 0-0 record with an 18.00 ERA, with 1 save. Fox was b ...

(1879–1947), also known as Jacob Fox, American baseball player * Henry Fuchs, born Henryk Tauber (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 Nor ...

(born 1948), American academic *

Herbert Fuchs Herbert Fuchs (1905-1988) was a former American Communist and federal government official who became a professor of law at the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1949, after which he became embroiled in anti-communist congressional hearing ...

(1905–1988), American lawyer * Ignaz Fuchs, (1819–1854), born Vatroslav Lisinski, 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 ...

, co-founder of BITNET

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Jenő Fuchs Jenő Fuchs (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 Hungary was not allowed to c ...

(1882–1955), Hungarian Olympic champion fencer *

Jim Fuchs James Emanuel Fuchs (pronounced ; December 6, 1927 – October 8, 2010) was an American athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put. He developed a new shot-putting technique to compensate for a leg injury, and then used what he c ...

(1927–2010), American athlete * Joël Fuchs (born 1989), Swiss basketball player * Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (1774–1856), German chemist who gave his name to

fuchsite Fuchsite, also known as chrome mica, is a chromium (Cr) rich variety of the mineral muscovite, belonging to the mica group of phyllosilicate minerals, with the chemical formula . Trivalent chromium replaces one of the aluminium (Al) atoms in the ...

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 M ...

(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 a ...

, German motorcyclist *

Jürgen Fuchs (writer) Jürgen Fuchs (19 December 1950 – 9 May 1999) was an East German writer and dissident. Biography Jürgen Fuchs was born and raised in Reichenbach im Vogtland. After his military service, he began to study social psychology at the University o ...

(1950–1999), East German writer and dissident *

Karl Fuchs (museum founder) Karl Fuchs was an ethnic German from Kazan in Tatarstan. He founded the Kazan Zoo in 1806,

(1776–1846), Russian doctor and rector of the Kazan State University *

Kenneth Fuchs Kenneth Daniel Fuchs (born July 1, 1956) is a Grammy Award-winning American composer. He currently serves as Professor of Music Composition at the University of Connecticut (Storrs). Music Kenneth Fuchs's fifth Naxos recording with the London ...

(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 aft ...

(1911–1988), German-born British physicist and Soviet spy, later resident of the GDR

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* Lars Fuchs (born 1982), German footballer *

László Fuchs László Fuchs (born June 24, 1924) is a 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 Moschin (Mosina) (located in Grand Duchy of Posen) and d ...

(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 th ...

(sometimes ''Leonhard'') (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, German-American composer *

Marta Fuchs Marta Fuchs (January 1, 1898 - September 22, 1974) was a German concert and operatic 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 years he put ...

(1898–1974), German opera singer

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* Nicolas Fuchs (born 1982), Peruvian rally driver *

Peter Paul Fuchs Peter Paul Fuchs (October 30, 1916 – March 26, 2007) was an Austrian-born conductor and composer, best known for his conducting appointments with American orchestras and for his teaching. He was also a prolific composer although little of his mu ...

(1916–2007), Austrian-born conductor and composer *

Radovan Fuchs Radovan Fuchs (born 5 September 1953) is a Croatian scientist and politician serving as Minister of Science and Education since 2020. His paternal grandfather, Hinko, was a grain merchant who emigrated to Croatia from Germany, while his paterna ...

(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 (German Empire), German Army, and wa ...

(1887–1947), architect and composer *

Robert Fuchs Robert Fuchs (15 February 1847 – 19 February 1927) was an Austrian composer and music teacher. As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in hi ...

(1847–1927), Austrian composer *

Ronald Fuchs Ronald Fuchs (January 27, 1932 - November 10, 2012) was an American theoretical physicist and professor at Iowa State University. He is recognized for his work on electromagnetic properties of solids, light scattering of small particles and nonlo ...

(1932–2012) American physicist *

Ruth Fuchs Ruth Fuchs ( Gamm, later Hellmann, born 14 December 1946 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olymp ...

(born 1946), German athlete *

Thomas Fuchs Thomas Fuchs (born January 27, 1969, in Aalen, West Germany) is an illustrator and graphic designer. Fuchs studied graphic design and illustration with the illustrious Heinz Edelmann at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. After completi ...

(born 1969), German-born 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 Fuchs ...

(1908–1999), British geologist and polar explorer *

Walter Robert Fuchs Walter Robert Fuchs (March 18, 1937 in Princeton – 21 July, 1976 in Munich) was an American-German science communicator and science popularizer. Life and work Fuchs was born in Princeton, where his father worked as a bank clerk. He went ...

(1937–1976), American-German science communicator and science popularizer *

Wilhelm Fuchs Oberführer and Oberst of Police Wilhelm Fuchs (1 September 1898, in Mannheim – 24 January 1947, in Belgrade) was a Nazi Einsatzkommando leader. From April 1941 to January 1942 he commanded Einsatzgruppe Serbia. From 15 September 1943 throu ...

(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 of C ...

(1915–1997), mathematician

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* Argélico Fucks (born 1974, Santa Rosa), Brazilian footballer ''see also:'' *

Ralf Fücks Ralf Fücks (born 3 August 1951 in Edenkoben, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician. He has been a member of the Green Party of Germany since 1982 and has been Mayor of Bremen. He is a member of the Green European Foundation and Heinrich ...

(born 1951), German politician

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Ladislav Fuks Ladislav Fuks (September 24, 1923 in Prague – August 19, 1994 in Prague) was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Fuks was born in ...

(1923–1994), Czech novelist *

Marian Fuks (photographer) Marian Fuks (his first name often rendered Marjan; 18841935) was a Polish photographer, photojournalist, and film-maker, one of pioneers of newsreel production and modern Montage (filmmaking), montage techniques. Life Marian Fuks was born in 1 ...

(1884–1935), Polish filmmaker and pioneer of photography *

Marian Fuks (historian) Marian Fuks (28 September 1914 – 23 October 2022) was a Polish historian specializing in the history of Polish Jews in Warsaw. He was director of the Jewish Historical Institute The Jewish Historical Institute ( pl, Żydowski Instytut History ...

(1914–2022), Polish historian *

Alexander Fuks Alexander Fuks (30 May 1917 – 29 November 1978) was a German-born, later Israeli historian, archaeologist and papyrologist. He worked with Victor Tcherikover and Menahem Stern on the standard edition of Jewish papyri. He was a specialist in the ...

(1917–1978), German-born Israeli historian, archaeologist and papyrologist * Suzon Fuks (born 1959), artist, choreographer and director * Pavel Fuks (born 1971), Ukrainian-Russian millionaire businessman and investor

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* Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741), Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue *

Vinzenz Fux Vinzenz Fux (Vincenzio Fuxio), (c.1606–1659) was an Austrian musician and composer. Fux was born in Weißkirchen, Styria, and was employed as the organist of the church Maria am Gestade in Vienna before he joined the chapel of Eleonora G ...

(c. 1606–1659), Austrian composer *

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 Salz ...

(1927–2007), Austrian actor * Luiz Fux (born 1953), Brazilian judge