Schiess or Schieß is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Betty Bone Schiess Betty Bone Schiess (April 2, 1923 – October 20, 2017) was an American Episcopal priest. She was one of the first female Episcopal priests in the United States, and a member of the Philadelphia Eleven: leaders of the movement to allow the ordinatio ...

(1923–2017), American Episcopal priest *

Ferdinand Schiess Christian Ferdinand Schiess VC (7 April 1856 – 14 December 1884) was a Swiss recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces ...

(1856–1884), Swiss recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Gabriela Andersen-Schiess Gabriela "Gaby" Andersen-Schiess (born 20 May 1945 in Zürich) is a former Swiss long-distance runner who participated in the first women's Olympic marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though living in Sun Valley, Idaho, and working as a ski ...

(born 1945), former Swiss long-distance runner * Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus (1833–1914), Swiss ophthalmologist *

Johann Ulrich Schiess Johann Ulrich Schiess (21 February 1813 in Wald, Switzerland – 6 July 1883) was a Swiss politician who served as the third Chancellor of Switzerland. After having studied at the University of Bâle, he successively studied at Jena, Berlin, and ...

(1813–1883), Swiss politician *

Robert Schiess Robert Schiess (1896–1956) was a Swiss painter and member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Life Robert Schiess was born in 1896 in Cham, Switzerland. After learning to paint in Altdorf, Uri, Schiess worked in Lucerne and in 1920 took a study tr ...

(1896–1956), Swiss painter and member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard *

Franz Schieß Franz Schieß (21 February 1921 – 2 September 1943) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace. He claimed 67 victories in 657 missions, (14 on the Eastern Front, and 53 against the Western Allies) whilst flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109. War time service Du ...

(1921–1943), German fighter ace

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