Mas (surname)

Origin and Meaning

• Catalan and Occitan: topographic name for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country, rather than in a village, from Catalan and Occitan 'farmstead'.
• North German and Dutch: from a short form of Thomas. Compare Maas and Mass.

  People

• :nl:Alejandro Bofill Mas|Alejandro Bofill Mas, Catalan chess player and FIDE international master
• :fr:Alphonse Mas|Alphonse Mas, French President of the French Pomological Society and Ain Horticultural Society
• :fr:André Boyer-Mas|André Boyer-Mas, French cleric and diplomat
• Andreu Mas-Colell, Catalan economist
• Antoni Colom Mas, Catalan cyclist
• Antoni Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
• :ca:Antoni Mas Fornés|Antoni Mas Fornés, historian and writer, who in 2005 received the OCB Miquel dels Sants Oliver Prize
• Anna Genover-Mas, Catalan journalist and writer of children's books, one of which won the Vicenta Ferrer Vila de Paterna prize for the best children's literature book of 2007
• Arcadi Mas i Fondevila, Catalan painter and artist and founder of the Sitges Luminista School
• Artur Mas, Catalan politician
• Bernat Mas "des Plá del Rey", knighted for his service to King John II of Castile in the wars against the Prince of Vienna
• :ca:Carlos Mas Samora|Carlos Mas Samora, Catalan former all-terrain motorcyclist
• Carolyne Mas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and producer
• :ca:Francesc Joan Mas|Francesc Joan Mas, Catalan philosopher
• :ca:Francesc Mas i Ros|Francesc Mas i Ros, Catalan composer
• :fr:Francis Mas|Francis Mas, French former player for the French rugby union team and rugby league team
• :ca:Gabriel Mas Arbona|Gabriel Mas Arbona, Catalan cyclist, known for placing in the 1959 Volta a Espanya and winning the 1960 Volta a Andalusia
• Guillem Mas, among those who formed the "Sixteen" in 1521
• Jaume Mas "des Plá del Rey", alderman of the municipality of Palma
• Jaume Mas, Bishop of Vic
• :fr:Jean-Baptiste Charles Mas de Polart|Jean-Baptiste Charles Mas de Polart, French General and Lieutenant General
• Jeanne Mas, Catalan born French pop singer and actress
• Joan Mas, in 1550 fought against the Turks that had invaded Pollensa
• :ca:Joan Mas i Bauzà|Joan Mas i Bauzà, Catalan writer
• :ca:Juan Vicente Mas Quiles|Juan Vicente Mas Quiles, Catalan orchestra and band conductor and composer
• :ca:Joan Mas i Cantí|Joan Mas i Cantí, Catalan economist
• Joan Mas i Ramon, Catalan post-impressionist painter
• :ca:Joan Mas i Ramon|Joan Mas i Ramon, Catalan postimpressionist painter
• :ca:Joan Mas i Vives|Joan Mas i Vives, Catalan literary critic, author and philologist
• Josep Moragues i Mas, Catalan General who fought in the War of Spanish Succession
• Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American activist best known for his strong opposition to Fidel Castro and his leadership of the Cuban-American National Foundation
• Jorge Mas, Cuban-American entrepreneur, philanthropist and human rights advocate, son of Jorge Mas Canosa
• :ca:Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas|Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas, Catalan poet, journalist and essayist
• Lluís Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
• :ca:Lluís Mas i Pons|Lluís Mas i Pons, Catalan lawyer, teacher, poet and writer
• :ca:Lluís Mas i Ossó|Lluís Mas i Ossó, Catalan athlete and politician
• Manuel Mas Ribó, former foreign minister of Andorra
• Miguel Mas, member in 1569 of the Gran and General Counsel of the Kingdom of Spain
• Miguel Mas, Argentinian actor, producer, director and screenwriter, known for his roles on television, as a guest star on the long-running medical drama ER
• :ca:Miquel Mas Ferrà|Miquel Mas Ferrà, Catalan writer
• :ca:Miquel Mas Gayà|Miquel Mas Gayà, Catalan cycling world champion
• Nicolas Mas, French player for the French rugby union team
• :fr:Nicolas Mas-Castellane|Nicolas Mas-Castellane, French Huguenot General in the French Wars of Religion
• Oscar Más, Argentine former football striker for Club Atlético River Plate
• :ca:Pere Sampol Mas|Pere Sampol Mas, Cantalan technical engineer in the electronics industry, known for his political facet of the PSM
• Father Vicente Mas, member of the Carthusian Order
• :ca:Regino Más i Marí|Regino Más i Marí, Catalan Falles artist
• :fr:Roger Mas|Roger Mas, French politician
• :ca:Salvador Mas i Conde|Salvador Mas i Conde, Catalan conductor and musical and artistic director of the City of Granada Orchestra
• :ca:Sergi Mas|Sergi Mas, Andorran sculptor, designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, lithographer and writer
• :ca:Sergi Mas y Abad|Sergi Mas y Abad, Catalan actor and journalist
• Sinibaldo de Mas, Catalan sinologist, painter, calligrapher, writer, ambassador, adventurer, photography pioneer, and known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century
• Teodoro de Mas y Nadal, Catalan engineer and politician