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Wyss is an Alemannic form of the German surname Weiß used predominantly in Switzerland.
Notable persons with the surname include:
- Amanda Wyss (born 1960), American actress
- Amy Wyss (born 1970/1971), Swiss-American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist.
- Andre Wyss (contemporary), American professor of paleontology
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(1852–1900), German historian and archivist
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(1833–1890), Swiss writer
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(1905–1986), Swiss philologist
- Danilo Wyss (born 1985), Swiss road racing bicyclist
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(1763–1839), Swiss politician
- David Wyss, American economist
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(born 1965), first priestess of the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
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(1923–1994), German anthropologist and professor in Würzburg
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(born 1952), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Franz Anatol Wyss (born 1940), Swiss painter
- Georg von Wyss (1816–1893), Swiss historian
- Hansjörg Wyss (contemporary), Swiss entrepreneur and businessman
- Johann David Wyss (1743–1818), Swiss author of The Swiss Family Robinson
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(1782–1837), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782–1830), Swiss author and folklorist; son of Johann David
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(1763–1845), Swiss country priest and poet
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(1913–2002), Swiss journalist and writer
- Marcel Wyss (born 1986), Swiss road cyclist
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(1908–1977), Swiss journalist and photographer
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(born 1959), Swiss Swiss Roman Catholic "priestess" (not officially recognised)
- Paul Wyss (born 1928), Swiss politician and former ice hockey player
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(1844–1888), Swiss jurist and legal scholar
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(1932–2007), Swiss musician and composer
- Sophie Wyss (1897–1983), Swiss soprano
- Thomas Wyss (born 1966), Swiss professional football player
- Ursula Wyss (born 1973), Swiss economist and politician
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(born 1945), Swiss writer
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(born 1965), Swiss communication scientists
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Usage examples of "wyss".
The imaginary heroes of Daniel Defoe or of Wyss, as well as Selkirk and Raynal shipwrecked on Juan Fernandez and on the archipelago of the Aucklands, were never in such absolute destitution.
In the power-house were several Escher Wyss turbines of great horse-power running at one hundred and forty revolutions a minute and governing hydraulic accumulators which evolved a pressure of fourteen hundred pounds per square inch, passing in three-inch pipes down the shaft and operating four rock drills with hollow cutters of the Brandt type.
He recognized the answering voice of Carla Wyss, whom he had not heard from in years.
He stared through the glass at Carla Wyss, rubbed his eyes, and opened the door.