Maas (surname)

Maas is a Dutch and North German patronymic surname, from an archaic short form of Thomas. It could also be a toponymic surname derived from the river Maas (French : Meuse ). ^[1] The surname is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 43rd in 2007 (16,070 people). ^[2]

People with the surname Maas include:

• Abe Maas (1855–1941), German-born American founder of the Maas Brothers stores
• Adriana Maas (1702–1746), Dutch stage actress
• Allan Maas (1922–2014), Australian rules footballer
• Annelies Maas (born 1960), Dutch swimmer
• Anthony Maas (1859–1927), German-born American exegete
• Benjamin Maas (born 1989), German footballer
• Bill Maas (born 1962), American football player
• Bob Maas (1907–1996), Dutch Olympic sailor
• Cees Maas (born 1947), Dutch businessman, CFO of the ING Group
• Cheryl Maas (born 1984), Dutch snowboarder
• Chris Maas (born 1957), American canoe sailor and builder
• Cornald Maas (born 1962), Dutch television presenter
• David E. Maas (born 1940), American historian
• Dick Maas (born 1951), Dutch film maker
• Dirk Maas (1659–1717), Dutch landscape painter
• Duke Maas (1929–1976), American baseball player
• Erich Maas (born 1940), German footballer
• Ernest Maas (1892–1986), American screenwriter
• Frans Maas (born 1964), Dutch long jumper
• Fred Maas (born 1957), American businessman
• Frederica Sagor Maas (1900–2012), American playwright, author and supercentenarian
• Georg Maas  [ de; fr ] (born 1960), German screenwriter and movie director
• Greg Maas (born 1966), American soccer goalkeeper
• Günther Maas (born 1941), German wrestler
• Heiko Maas (born 1966), German politician
• Henry Maas (born 1949?), Australian artist, Melbourne café and club impresario, cabaret performer (The Busby Berkleys, Buddy Lovestein) & lead singer of Bachelors from Prague
• Hermann Maas (1877–1970), German pastor and opponent of Nazism
• Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer (born 1941), Dutch botanist
• Isabella Offenbach Maas (1817–1891), German-American opera singer
• James Maas (1938–2025), American social psychologist known for his sleep research
• Jan Maas (cyclist, born 1900) (1900–1977), Dutch racing cyclist
• Jan Maas (1911–1962), Dutch Olympic sailor
• Jane Maas (1932–2018), American advertising executive and author
• Jason Maas (born 1975), Canadian football quarterback
• Jelle Maas (born 1991), Dutch badminton player
• Jeremy Maas (1928–1997), British art dealer and art historian
• Jo Maas (born 1954), Dutch road cyclist
• Johannes Petrus Maas  [ fr; nl ] (1861–1941), Dutch sculptor
• Joseph Maas (1847–1886), English tenor
• Kevin Maas (born 1965), American baseball player
• Melvin Maas (1898–1964), American Marine aviator and politician from Minnesota
• Mike Maas (1979-) Professional Walleye Angler from Wisconsin, USA
• Mirte Maas  [ it; zh ] (born 1991), Dutch fashion model
• Nell Ginjaar-Maas (1931–2012), Dutch politician
• Nellie Maas (born 1935), Dutch figure skater
• Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693), Dutch genre and portrait painter
• Paul Maas (1880–1964), German philologist known for Maas's law
• Paul Maas (born 1939), Dutch botanist and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics
• Peter Maas (1929–2001), American journalist and author
• Rob Maas (born 1969), Dutch footballer
• Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus (1911–2003), Dutch mycologist
• Rupert Maas (born 1960), English painting specialist and gallery owner
• Sarah J. Maas (born 1986), American fantasy author
• Sharon Maas (born 1951), Guyanese novelist
• Sivan Malkin Maas (born 1970s), Israeli humanistic rabbi
• Timo Maas (born 1969), German DJ
• Tjaarke Maas (1974–2004), Dutch painter
• Willard Maas (1906–1971), American experimental filmmaker and poet
• Winy Maas (born 1958), Dutch architect
• Wolfram Maas  [ be; de ] (born 1950), German diplomat

See also

• Maas (disambiguation)
• Maes (surname), variant spelling of the surname
• Maass, a German surname
• Mace (surname)

References

1. Maas at the Meertens Institute's database of Dutch surnames.
2. Leender Brouwer, The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands