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. The surname is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 43rd in 2007.
People with the surname Maas include:
- Abe Maas, German-born American founder of the Maas Brothers stores
- Adriana Maas, Dutch stage actress
- Allan Maas, Australian rules footballer
- Annelies Maas, Dutch swimmer
- Anthony Maas, German-born American exegete
- Benjamin Maas, German footballer
- Bill Maas, American football player
- Bob Maas, Dutch Olympic sailor
- Cees Maas, Dutch businessman, CFO of the ING Group
- Cheryl Maas, Dutch snowboarder
- Chris Maas, American canoe sailor and builder
- Cornald Maas, Dutch television presenter
- David E. Maas, American historian
- Dick Maas, Dutch film maker
- Dirk Maas, Dutch landscape painter
- Duke Maas, American baseball player
- Erich Maas, German footballer
- Ernest Maas, American screenwriter
- Frans Maas, Dutch long jumper
- Fred Maas, American businessman
- Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright, author and supercentenarian
- , German screenwriter and movie director
- Greg Maas, American soccer goalkeeper
- Günther Maas, German wrestler
- Heiko Maas, German politician
- Hermann Maas, German pastor and opponent of Nazism
- Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer, Dutch botanist
- Isabella Offenbach Maas, German-American opera singer
- James Maas, American social psychologist known for his sleep research
- Jan Maas, Dutch racing cyclist
- Jan Maas, Dutch Olympic sailor
- Jane Maas, American advertising executive and author
- Jason Maas, Canadian football quarterback
- Jelle Maas, Dutch badminton player
- Jeremy Maas, British art dealer and art historian
- Jo Maas, Dutch road cyclist
- , Dutch sculptor
- Joseph Maas, English tenor
- Kevin Maas, American baseball player
- Melvin Maas, American Marine aviator and politician from Minnesota
- , Dutch fashion model
- Nell Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch politician
- Nellie Maas, Dutch figure skater
- Nicolaes Maas, Dutch genre and portrait painter
- Paul Maas, German philologist known for Maas's law
- Paul Maas, Dutch botanist and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics
- Peter Maas, American journalist and author
- Rob Maas, Dutch footballer
- Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus, Dutch mycologist
- Rupert Maas, English painting specialist and gallery owner
- Sarah J. Maas, American fantasy author
- Sharon Maas, Guyanese novelist
- Sivan Malkin Maas, Israeli humanistic rabbi
- Timo Maas, German DJ
- Tjaarke Maas, Dutch painter
- Willard Maas, American experimental filmmaker and poet
- Winy Maas, Dutch architect
- , German diplomat
