Grosz (surname)

Grosz or Grósz is a surname of several possible origins. "Grosz" is a Polish-language surname originally used by Poles and Polish Jews derived either from the nickname from Polish "grosz", a coin, 1/100th of Polish zloty or from Polish spelling of German Groß, meaning "large". Grósz is a Hungarian language spelling of "Groß". Notable people with this surname include:


 * Amihai Grosz (born 1979), Israeli violist
 * Barbara J. Grosz (born 1948), American artificial intelligence pioneer
 * Dave Grosz (1938–2018), Canadian football quarterback
 * Dezső Grósz (1898–1987), Hungarian footballer
 * Edith Grosz (1919–2011), American pianist and music educator based in Amsterdam
 * Edward M. Grosz (born 1945), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Elizabeth Grosz (born 1952), Australian feminist theorist
 * George Grosz (1893–1959), German artist in the Dada and New Objectivist movements
 * Gerald Grosz (born 1977), Austrian author, commentator and politician
 * Gisella Grosz (1875–1942), Hungarian classical pianist
 * István Grósz (1895–1944), Hungarian middle-distance runner
 * Károly Grósz (1930–1996), Hungarian communist politician
 * Marty Grosz (born 1930), German-born American jazz guitarist, banjoist, vocalist and composer
 * Peter Grosz, American actor and television writer
 * Stephen Grosz (born 1952), British author and psychoanalyst
 * Terry Grosz (1941–2019), American game warden
 * Wilhelm Grosz (1894–1939), Austrian composer, pianist and conductor