The Mises family or von Mises is the name of an Austrian noble family. Members of the family excelled especially in mathematics and economy.

Notable members

Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; ; September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) was an Austrian-American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical l ...

, an Austrian-American economist of the Austrian School, older brother of Richard von Mises **

Mises Institute The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a nonprofit think tank headquartered in Auburn, Alabama, that is a center for Austrian economics, right-wing libertarian thought and the paleolibertarian and ana ...

, or the Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, named after Ludwig von Mises *

Richard von Mises Richard Martin Edler von Mises (; 19 April 1883 – 14 July 1953) was an Austrian scientist and mathematician who worked on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability theory. He held the position of ...

, an Austrian-American scientist and mathematician, younger brother of Ludwig von Mises **

Von Mises distribution In probability theory and directional statistics, the Richard von Mises, von Mises distribution (also known as the circular normal distribution or the Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Tikhonov distribution) is a continuous probability distribution ...

, named after Richard von Mises **

Von Mises yield criterion In continuum mechanics, the maximum distortion energy criterion (also von Mises yield criterion) states that yielding of a ductile material begins when the second invariant of deviatoric stress J_2 reaches a critical value. It is a part of pl ...

, named after Richard von Mises * ''Dr. Mises'', pseudonym of

Gustav Fechner Gustav Theodor Fechner (; ; 19 April 1801 – 18 November 1887) was a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist. A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics (techniques for measuring the mind), he inspi ...

, a German philosopher, physicist and experimental psychologist. {{surname, von Mises Surnames of Jewish origin Austrian noble families