Glass (surname)

Glass or Glaß is a surname with several sources. It can be English, German, Russian/Slavic, Irish or Scottish. Many with the last name Glass, are of eastern European descent, where Glass is a shortened version of their original last name. It is also a Jewish surname, adopted by some Eastern European Ashkenazi in the nineteenth century. After being forced by the authorities to take on a surname, Jews in this area typically chose names referring to places, animals, occupations or signifying personal traits. The name Glass referred to Glass-making, Glazing and the Glass trade.

Notable people with the surname

 * Alice Glass (born 1988), vocalist of Crystal Castles
 * Aqeel Glass (born 1998), American football player
 * Ari Glass (born 1989), American painter
 * H. Bentley Glass (1906–2005), American geneticist
 * Butch Glass (1898–1972), American Negro league baseball player
 * Caitlin Glass (born 1981), American voice actress
 * Carter Glass (1858–1946), American politician
 * Charles Glass (born 1951), American broadcaster
 * Cheryl Glass (1961–1997), American racing driver
 * Christian Glass (died 2022), American man who was shot dead
 * Cody Glass (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Conrad Glass (born 1961), Tristanian police inspector and civil servant
 * Darren Glass (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
 * David Glass (Canadian politician) (1829–1906), Canadian lawyer
 * David Glass (sociologist) (1911–1978), English sociologist
 * David D. Glass (1935–2020), Kansas City Royals owner
 * Deborah Glass, Deputy Chair of the UK's Independent Police Complaints Commission
 * Dominion Robert Glass (1895–1968) African-American educator and academic administrator
 * Eduard Glass (1902–after 1980), Austrian chess master
 * Edward Glass (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. (1858–1934), American publisher
 * Fridolin Glass (1910–1943), Austrian Nazi activist and SS officer
 * Gene V. Glass (born 1940), American statistician and education researcher
 * George Glass (1910–1984), American film producer and publicist
 * Gerald Glass (born 1967), American former basketball player
 * Geri Glass (born 1949), American model
 * Glen Glass (born 1965), American politician
 * Harold Glass (1918–1989), Australian judge and jurist
 * Harry Glaß (1930–1997), German ski jumper
 * Helen Glass (1917–2015), Canadian nurse and educator
 * Henry Glass (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Henry Glaß (born 1953), German ski jumper
 * Henry Glass (admiral) (1844–1908), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
 * Henry P. Glass (1911–2003), Austrian-born American architect and industrial designer
 * Hugh Glass (1780–1833), fur trapper and frontiersman
 * Ira Glass (born 1959), host of This American Life
 * Jack Glass (1936–2004), Scottish evangelical preacher
 * Jeff Glass (athlete) (born 1962), Canadian hurdler
 * Jeff Glass (ice hockey) (born 1985), American Hockey League goaltender
 * Jesse Glass (born 1954), American writer and poet
 * Jimmy Glass (born 1973), English former football goalkeeper
 * Joanna Glass (born 1936), Canadian playwright
 * John Judah Glass (1895–1973), Canadian politician
 * Joseph Glass (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Julia Glass (born 1956), American writer
 * Kim Glass (born 1984), American volleyball player
 * Louis Glass (1864–1936), Danish composer
 * N. Louise Glass, American microbial scientist
 * Max Glass (1881–1965), Austrian film producer
 * Ned Glass (1906–1984), Polish-born American character actor
 * Pat Glass (born 1957), British politician (MP for North West Durham)
 * Paul Glass (born 1934), Swiss-American composer
 * Philip Glass (born 1937), American composer and pianist
 * Presley T. Glass (1824–1902), American politician
 * Richard Atwood Glass (1820–1873), English cable manufacturer and politician
 * Ron Glass (1945–2016), American actor
 * Shaun Glass, guitarist for the band SOiL
 * Solomon Glass (1893–1973), philatelist of Baltimore, Maryland
 * Stephen Glass (born 1972), journalist
 * Stephen Glass (footballer) (born 1976), Scottish footballer
 * Tanner Glass (born 1983), Pittsburgh Penguins center
 * Todd Glass (born 1964), American stand-up comedian
 * Walter Glaß (1905–1981), German skier
 * William Glass (1786–1853), British settler on Tristan da Cunha

Fictional characters

 * Glass family, a fictional family featured in a number of J. D. Salinger's short stories