Loos (surname)
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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)[1] while in North Germany the name may be derived from Nikolaus. Notable people with this surname include:
- 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
