Grass (surname)

Grass is an English surname. A possible origin is being an anglicized surname of Scottish origin derived from the occupation of shoemaker (Scottish Gaelic word greusaich or griasaich). ^[1] .

• Alex Grass (1927–2009), American businessman and lawyer
• Arthur Grass (1897–1994), English-born Brazilian cricketer
• Frank J. Grass (born 1951), American general
• Günter Grass (1927–2015), German author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature 1999
• John Grass (1837–1918), Native American Lakota leader
• Philippe Grass (1801–1876), French sculptor
• Vincent Grass (born 1949), Belgian actor

References

1. Richard Mckinley, A History of British Surnames, p. 152