Vis (surname)

Vis is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vis means "fish" and referred to a fisherman. Variant forms are De Vis ("the fish"), De Visch, and Visch.

People with this surname include: De Vis (De) Visch
 * Caroline Vis (born 1970), Dutch tennis player
 * Fiderd Vis (born 1981), Aruban judoka
 * (born 1940), Dutch novelist
 * Jan Vis (1933–2011), Dutch journalist, legal scholar, and politician
 * Judith Vis (born 1980), Dutch hurdler and heptathlete
 * (born 1947), Dutch conductor and composer
 * Marja Vis (born 1977), Dutch speed skater
 * Rudi Vis (1941–2010), Dutch-born British politician and MP
 * Russell Vis (1900–1990), American wrestler
 * Willem Cornelis Vis (1924–1993), Dutch jurist and expert in international commercial transactions
 * Charles Walter De Vis (1829–1915), English zoologist and botanist active in Australia
 * Charles de Visch (1596–1666), Flemish abbot and bibliographer
 * (born 1950), Dutch sculptor
 * Matthias de Visch (1701–1765), Flemish historical and portrait painter
 * Soraya de Visch Eijbergen (born 1993), Dutch badminton player