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Glass (surname)

Glass or Glaß is a surname with several sources. It can be Cornish, English, German, Russian/Slavic, Irish or Scottish. Many with the last name Glass, are of eastern European descent, where Glass is a shortened version of their original last name. It is also a Jewish surname, adopted by some Eastern European Ashkenazi in the nineteenth century. After being forced by the authorities to take on a surname, Jews in this area typically chose names referring to places, animals, occupations or signifying personal traits. The name Glass referred to Glass-making, Glazing and the Glass trade.

Notable people with the surname

  • Albert Glass (1935–2017), Tristanian police officer and civil servant
  • Alice Glass (born 1988), vocalist of Crystal Castles
  • Alice Glass (1911–1976, maiden name of Alice Marsh, American socialite
  • Aqeel Glass (born 1998), American football player
  • Ari Glass (born 1989), American painter
  • H. Bentley Glass (1906–2005), American geneticist
  • Butch Glass (1898–1972), American baseball player
  • Caitlin Glass (born 1981), American voice actress
  • Carter Glass (1858–1946), American politician
  • Charles Glass (born 1951), American broadcaster
  • Cheryl Glass (1961–1997), American racing driver
  • Christian Glass (died 2022), American man who was shot dead
  • Cody Glass (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Conrad Glass (born 1961), Tristanian police inspector and civil servant
  • Darren Glass (born 1981), Australian footballer
  • David Glass (Canadian politician) (1829–1906), Canadian lawyer
  • David Glass (sociologist) (1911–1978), English sociologist
  • David D. Glass (1935–2020), Kansas City Royals owner
  • Deborah Glass (born 1959), Deputy Chair of the UK's Independent Police Complaints Commission
  • Dominion Robert Glass (1895–1968) African-American educator and academic administrator
  • Eduard Glass (1902–after 1980), Austrian chess master
  • Edward Glass (disambiguation), several people
  • Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. (1858–1934), American publisher
  • Fridolin Glass (1910–1943), Austrian Nazi activist and SS officer
  • Gene V. Glass (born 1940), American statistician and education researcher
  • George Glass (1910–1984), American film producer and publicist
  • Gerald Glass (born 1967), American basketball player
  • Geri Glass (born 1949), American model
  • Glen Glass (born 1965), American politician
  • Harold Glass (1918–1989), Australian judge and jurist
  • Harry Glaß (1930–1997), German ski jumper
  • Helen Glass (1917–2015), Canadian nurse and educator
  • Henry Glass (disambiguation), several people
  • Henry Glaß (born 1953), German ski jumper
  • Henry Glass (admiral) (1844–1908), American admiral
  • Henry P. Glass (1911–2003), Austrian-born American architect and industrial designer
  • Hugh Glass (1780–1833), fur trapper and frontiersman
  • Ira Glass (born 1959), host of This American Life
  • Jack Glass (1936–2004), Scottish evangelical preacher
  • James Glass (born 1961), Tristanian civil servant
  • Jeff Glass (athlete) (born 1962), Canadian hurdler
  • Jeff Glass (ice hockey) (born 1985), American ice hockey player
  • Jesse Glass (born 1954), American writer and poet
  • Jimmy Glass (born 1973), English football player
  • Joanna Glass (born 1936), Canadian playwright
  • John Judah Glass (1895–1973), Canadian politician
  • Joseph Glass (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Julia Glass (born 1956), American writer
  • Kim Glass (born 1984), American volleyball player
  • Lewis Glass (1946–2019), Tristanian civil servant
  • Louis Glass (1864–1936), Danish composer
  • N. Louise Glass (active since 1989), American microbial scientist
  • Max Glass (1881–1965), Austrian film producer
  • Ned Glass (1906–1984), Polish-born American character actor
  • Pat Glass (born 1957), British politician
  • Paul Glass (born 1934), Swiss-American composer
  • Philip Glass (born 1937), American composer and pianist
  • Presley T. Glass (1824–1902), American politician
  • Richard Atwood Glass (1820–1873), English cable manufacturer and politician
  • Ron Glass (1945–2016), American actor
  • Shaun Glass, guitarist for the band SOiL
  • Solomon Glass (1893–1973), American philatelist from Maryland
  • Stephen Glass (born 1972), journalist
  • Stephen Glass (footballer) (born 1976), Scottish footballer
  • Tanner Glass (born 1983), Pittsburgh Penguins center
  • Todd Glass (born 1964), American stand-up comedian
  • Walter Glaß (1905–1981), German skier
  • William Glass (1786–1853), British settler on Tristan da Cunha

Fictional characters

  • Glass family, a fictional family featured in a number of J. D. Salinger's short stories

References

References

  1. Muraskin, Bennett. (2014-01-08). "[CORRECTED] Jewish Surnames Explained". Slate.
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