Thyssen

Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs (Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. While Thijssen is the more common form in the Netherlands, "Thyssen" prevails elsewhere. It may refer to:

People

 * Craig Thyssen (born 1984), South African cricketer
 * Greta Thyssen (1933–2018), Danish film actress and model
 * Ingrid Thyssen (born 1956), German javelin thrower
 * Marianne Thyssen (born 1956), Belgian politician and EU Commissioner
 * Nicole Thyssen (born 1988), Dutch tennis player
 * Ole Thyssen (born 1944), Danish philosopher and sociologist
 * Thyssen family, an industrialist family originating in Aachen, with many notable members including:
 * Friedrich Thyssen (1804–1877), German banker
 * August Thyssen (1842–1926), German founder of the Thyssen steel company, son of Friedrich
 * Joseph Thyssen (1844–1915), German industrialist, son of Friedrich
 * Fritz Thyssen (1873–1951), head of the Thyssen mining and steelmaking company, son of August
 * Heinrich Thyssen later Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza (1875–1947), German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector, son of August
 * , baroness Batthyány (1911–1989), daughter of Heinrich, associated with the
 * Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1921–2002), founder of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, son of Heinrich
 * Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza (born 1958), Swiss art collector and by marriage Francesca von Habsburg, daughter of Hans Heinrich
 * Tita Thyssen née Carmen Cervera (born 1943), Spanish model and art collector, fifth wife of Hans Heinrich
 * Bodo Thyssen (1918–2004), German industrialist and medical doctor, grandson of Joseph
 * Thysse
 * Andre Thysse (1968–2021), South African heavyweight boxer
 * Thyssens
 * Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (1902–1987), Dutch-born French pianist

Other

 * Thyssen AG, steel company founded by August Thyssen, with successors and subsidiaries including:
 * ThyssenKrupp, one of the world's largest steel producers, formed by merger of the Thyssen and Krupp steel companies