Nissen (surname)

Nissen is a surname. As a Danish surname it is a patronymic meaning "son of Nis" (Danish short form of Nicholas). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and writer, and author of one of the first biographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * Inge Nissen Danish former basketball player and coach
 * Johanna Nissen (1789–1865), mother of Johannes Brahms
 * Erika Nissen (1845–1903), Norwegian pianist
 * Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930), Canadian mining engineer
 * Hans-Hermann Nissen (1893–1980), German bass-baritone
 * Rudolph Nissen (1896–1981), German surgeon and inventor of the Nissen fundoplication
 * Greta Nissen (1906-1988), Norwegian-American ballerina and actress
 * George Nissen (1914–2010) inventor of the modern trampoline
 * Henry Nissen (born 1948 as Henry Nissenbaum), German/Australian boxer of the 1970s
 * Steven Nissen (born 1949), heart specialist and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic
 * Ulli Nissen (born 1959), German politician
 * Dian Nissen (born 1961), American trampoline champion
 * Tom Nissen (born 1971), American convicted murderer and character in the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry
 * Carolina Nissen (born 1976), Chilean singer
 * Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Danish political scientist
 * Christopher Nissen (born 1992), Danish singer
 * Amalie Leth-Nissen (born 1994), Danish golfer
 * Anja Nissen (born 1995), Danish-Australian singer
 * Fernanda Nissen (born 1995), Norwegian literary critic and politician