Wachs

Wachs is a German surname, also common among Ashkenazi Jews, meaning "wax". Notable people with the surname include:
 * Caitlin Wachs (born 1989), American actress
 * Daliah Wachs, American radio personality
 * Dana Wachs (born 1957), American lawyer and politician
 * Daniel Alfred Wachs (born 1976), American musician
 * David Wachs (born 1980), American actor and musician
 * Joel Wachs (born 1939), American politician
 * Judith Wachs (c. 1938–2008), American singer and songwriter
 * Larry Wachs, American radio host
 * Martin Wachs, American professor of engineering and planning
 * Michelle L. Wachs, American mathematician
 * Murray Wachs, pseudonym: Bingo Gazingo (1924–2010), American poet
 * Paul Wachs, French composer
 * Ruby Wachs, now Ruby Wax (born 1953), American comedian
 * Theodore Wachs (born 1941), American psychologists