Gans (surname)

Gans is a Dutch and German noun meaning "goose". It is also a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bird Stein Gans (1868–1944), American educator involved in parent education
• Bruce Gans, American physiatrist
• Carl Gans (1923–2009), Jewish German-American zoologist and herpetologist
• Christophe Gans (born 1960), French film director
• Curtis Gans (1937–2015), American political activist and voting expert
• Danny Gans (1956–2009), American singer and comedian
• David Gans (1541–1613), Jewish German-Czech mathematician, historian and astronomer
• David Gans (musician) (born 1953), American musician, songwriter and music journalist
• Donovan Gans (born 1971), American football player
• Eduard Gans (1797–1839), Jewish German jurist
• Eric Gans (born 1941), American literary scholar and professor
• Herbert J. Gans (born 1927), American sociologist
• Joachim Gans, 16th-century Jewish Czech mining expert, first Jew to live in North America
• Joe Gans (1874–1910), American boxer
• José Moreno Gans (1897–1976), Spanish composer
• Joshua Gans, Australian economist
• Judy Gans (1886–1949), American baseball player
• Julius J. Gans (1896–1973), American lawyer, politician, and judge
• Lothar Gans (born 1953), German football player
• Ludwig Aaron Gans (1794–1871), German industrialist
• Mitchell Gans, American legal scholar
• Óscar Gans (1903–1965), Cuban attorney and politician
• Panama Joe Gans (1896–1983), Barbadian boxer
• Paula Gans (1883–1941), Czech painter
• Peter Gans (born 1937), Dutch football referee
• Richard Gans, founder of the Spanish type foundry Fundiciòn Richard Gans
• Richard Gans (1880–1954), Jewish German physicist
• Ron Gans (1931–2010), American voice-over artist and character actor
• Sharon Gans (born 1942), American actress
• Solomon Philip Gans (1788–1843), German jurist
• Stedman Gans (born 1997), South African rugby player