Loos is a Dutch and Low German surname. It can be of toponymic, patronymic or descriptive origin. In the Low Countries, Lo/Loos was a short form of Lodewijk (akin to Louis) while in North Germany the name may be derived from Nikolaus. Notable people with this surname include:
Arts
Adolf Loos (1870–1933), Austrian-Czech architect Anita Loos (1888–1981), American screenwriter and author Anna Loos (born 1970), German actress and singer Charles Loos (born 1951), Belgian jazz pianist and composer Daniel Friedrich Loos (1735–1819), German medallist, engraver Friedrich Loos (1797–1890), Austrian painter, etcher and lithographer Lina Loos (1882–1950), Austrian actress and writer Mary Loos (1910–2004), American actress Theodor Loos (1883–1954), German actor
Sports
Dave Loos (born 1947), American basketball coach and athletic director Eddie Loos (1893–1950), American golfer Ludo Loos (1955–2019), Belgian road bicycle racer Michelle Loos, New Zealand footballer Miloslav Loos (1914–2010), Czech cyclist Pete Loos (1878–1956), American baseball pitcher Valentin Loos (1895–1942), Czech ice hockey player
Other
Bernhard Loos (born 1955), German politician Cornelius Loos (1546–1595), Dutch Catholic priest and theologian François Loos (born 1953), French diplomat Gerhard Loos (1916–1944), German Luftwaffe fighter ace Jan Frans Loos (1799–1871), Belgian liberal politician John L. Loos (1918–2011), American historian Jos Loos, Luxembourgish scouting leader Kurt Loos (1859–1933), German forester and ornithologist R. Beers Loos (1860–1944), American journalist and newspaper publisher Rebecca Loos (born 1977), Dutch-Spanish model and media personality Walter Loos (1923–2004), German Luftwaffe fighter ace Wilhelm Loos (1911–1988), German World War II army officer Wolfgang Loos (born 1955), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
See also Loos (disambiguation)
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