<P> Haas, also de Haas, is a German and Dutch surname, also Jewish (Ashkenazic), usually from Hase or de Haas, the German and Dutch words for "hare". Notable people with the surname include the following: </P> <Ul> <Li> Andreas Haas (born 1982), German footballer </Li> <Li> Arthur Erich Haas (1884--1941), Austrian physicist </Li> <Li> Barbara Haas (born 1996), Austrian tennis player </Li> <Li> Bernt Haas (born 1978), Austrian footballer </Li> <Li> Bill Haas (born 1982), American golfer </Li> <Li> Bob Haas (born 1942), former chairman of Levi Strauss & Co . </Li> <Li> Brittany Haas, American Fiddler </Li> <Li> Carl Haas (1930--2016), American auto racing impresario </Li> <Li> Charles F. Haas (1913--2011), American film and television director </Li> <Li> Charles S. Haas (born 1952), American screenwriter and actor </Li> <Li> Charlie Haas (born 1972), American professional wrestler </Li> <Li> Christian Haas (born 1958), German sprinter </Li> <Li> Chrislo Haas (1956--2004), German musician </Li> <Li> Christl Haas (1943--2001), Austrian Olympic skiing champion </Li> <Li> Clark Haas (1919--1978), American cartoonist </Li> <Li> Conrad Haas (1509--1576), Austrian military engineer </Li> <Li> Daniel Haas (born 1983), German footballer </Li> <Li> Darius de Haas (born 1968), American stage actor and singer </Li> <Li> David Haas (born 1957), American author and composer of liturgical music </Li> <Li> Dolly Haas (1910--1994), German - American actress </Li> <Li> Earle Haas (1888--1981), inventor of the modern menstrual tampon </Li> <Li> Eddie Haas (born 1935), American baseball outfielder and manager </Li> <Li> Eduard Haas (1897--1989), Austrian inventor of Pez candy </Li> <Li> Ernst Haas (1921--1986), Austrian photographer and photojournalist </Li> <Li> Ernst B. Haas (1924--2003), American political scientist </Li> <Li> Felix Haas, German investor </Li> <Li> Frank Joseph Haas, former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia </Li> <Li> Fred Haas (1916--2004), American golfer </Li> <Li> Fritz Haas (zoologist) (1886--1969) </Li> <Li> Geertruida de Haas - Lorentz (1885--1973), Dutch physicist </Li> <Li> Gene Haas (born 1952), American machine tool manufacturer </Li> <Li> Georg Haas (physician) (1886--1971), German medical doctor </Li> <Li> Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953), Austrian composer </Li> <Li> Hans Haas (1886--1935), German Protestant theologian </Li> <Li> Harald Haas, Professor of Mobile Communications, University of Edingburgh </Li> <Li> Harald Haas (born 1990), Austrian software developer and politician </Li> <Li> Helmut Haas (fl. 1949), discoverer of the Haas effect, a psychoacoustic effect </Li> <Li> Hugo Haas (1901--1968), Czech film actor and director </Li> <Li> Isaac Haas (born 1995), American basketball player </Li> <Li> Jacob de Haas (1872--1937), UK journalist and an early leader of the Zionist movement </Li> <Li> Jay Haas (born 1953), American professional golfer </Li> <Li> Josef Haas (born 1937), Swiss cross country skier </Li> <Li> Joseph Haas (1879--1960), German composer </Li> <Li> Karen L. Haas, American government administrator and lobbyist </Li> <Li> Karl Haas (1913--2005), American classical music radio show host </Li> <Li> Leonard Haas, Wisconsin politician and President of UW - Eau Claire </Li> <Li> Lisbeth Haas, American historian and anthropologist </Li> <Li> Lukas Haas (born 1976), American film actor </Li> <Li> Luke Haas (1949 - 2015) Luxembourgian rock musician and comic artist </Li> <Li> Mario Haas (born 1974), Austrian footballer </Li> <Li> Mary Haas (1910--1996), American linguist </Li> <Li> Mauritz de Haas (1832--1895), Dutch - American marine painter </Li> <Li> Maximilian Haas (born 1985), German footballer </Li> <Li> Monique Haas (1909--1987), French pianist </Li> <Li> Moose Haas (born 1956), American baseball player </Li> <Li> Mule Haas (1903--1974), American baseball player </Li> <Li> Nico de Haas (1907--ca . 2000), Dutch National - Socialist editor, photographer, and artist </Li> <Li> Pavel Haas (1899--1944), Czech Jewish composer </Li> <Li> Peter E. Haas (1918--2005), American businessman </Li> <Li> Peter E. Haas Jr. (born 1948), American businessman and philanthropist . </Li> <Li> Peter W. Haas (born 1964), Slovak fine art photographer </Li> <Li> Richard Haas (born 1936), American muralist </Li> <Li> Robert Haas (clergyman), 19th - century German Lutheran minister </Li> <Li> Robert Haas (musicologist) (1886--1960), Austrian musicologist </Li> <Li> Russ Haas (1974--2001), American professional wrestler </Li> <Li> Saskia Rao - de Haas, Dutch cellist of music from India </Li> <Li> Sidney V. Haas, M.D. (1870--1964), American pediatrician and originator of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet </Li> <Li> Thomas J. Haas, American university president </Li> <Li> Tiffany Haas (born c. 1983), American softball player </Li> <Li> Tiphaine Haas (born 1992), French actress </Li> <Li> Tom Haas (b . 1952), American artist--oil painter </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> Tommy Haas (born 1978), German tennis player </Li> <Li> Toxey Haas (born 1960), American businessman </Li> <Li> Wander Johannes de Haas (1878--1960), Dutch physicist and mathematician </Li> <Li> Walter A. Haas (1889--1979), American president and chairman of Levi Strauss & Co . </Li> <Li> Walter A. Haas, Jr. (1916--1995), American president and chairman of Levi Strauss & Co . </Li> <Li> Walter H. Haas, (1917 - 2015), American amateur astronomer, founder of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) </Li> <Li> Waltraut Haas (born 1927), Austrian actress and singer </Li> <Li> Werner Haas (1927 - 1956), German motorcycle racer </Li> <Li> Wolf Haas (born 1960), Austrian author </Li> <Li> Wolfgang Haas (born 1948), archbishop in Liechtenstein </Li> </Ul>

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