# Maas (surname)

Maas is a Dutch and North German patronymic surname, from an archaic short form of Thomas. It could also be a toponymic surname derived from the river Maas (French: Meuse). The surname is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 43rd in 2007 (16,070 people).
People with the surname Maas include:
* Abe Maas (1855–1941), German-born American founder of the Maas Brothers stores
* Adriana Maas (1702–1746), Dutch stage actress
* Allan Maas (1922–2014), Australian rules footballer
* Annelies Maas (born 1960), Dutch swimmer
* Anthony Maas (1859–1927), German-born American exegete
* Benjamin Maas (born 1989), German footballer
* Bill Maas (born 1962), American football player
* Bob Maas (1907–1996), Dutch Olympic sailor
* Cees Maas (born 1947), Dutch businessman, CFO of the ING Group
* Cheryl Maas (born 1984), Dutch snowboarder
* Chris Maas (born 1957), American canoe sailor and builder
* Cornald Maas (born 1962), Dutch television presenter
* David E. Maas (born 1940), American historian
* Dick Maas (born 1951), Dutch film maker
* Dirk Maas (1659–1717), Dutch landscape painter
* Duke Maas (1929–1976), American baseball player
* Erich Maas (born 1940), German footballer
* Ernest Maas (1892–1986), American screenwriter
* Frans Maas (born 1964), Dutch long jumper
* Fred Maas (born 1957), American businessman
* Frederica Sagor Maas (1900–2012), American playwright, author and supercentenarian
* Georg Maas [de; fr] (born 1960), German screenwriter and movie director
* Greg Maas (born 1966), American soccer goalkeeper
* Günther Maas (born 1941), German wrestler
* Heiko Maas (born 1966), German politician
* Henry Maas (born 1949?), Australian artist, Melbourne café and club impresario, cabaret performer (The Busby Berkleys, Buddy Lovestein) & lead singer of Bachelors from Prague
* Hermann Maas (1877–1970), German pastor and opponent of Nazism
* Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer (born 1941), Dutch botanist
* Isabella Offenbach Maas (1817–1891), German-American opera singer
* James Maas (born 1938), American social psychologist known for his sleep research
* Jan Maas (cyclist, born 1900) (1900–1977), Dutch racing cyclist
* Jan Maas (1911–1962), Dutch Olympic sailor
* Jane Maas (1932–2018), American advertising executive and author
* Jason Maas (born 1975), Canadian football quarterback
* Jelle Maas (born 1991), Dutch badminton player
* Jeremy Maas (1928–1997), British art dealer and art historian
* Jo Maas (born 1954), Dutch road cyclist
* Johannes Petrus Maas [fr; nl] (1861–1941), Dutch sculptor
* Joseph Maas (1847–1886), English tenor
* Kevin Maas (born 1965), American baseball player
* Melvin Maas (1898–1964), American Marine aviator and politician from Minnesota
* Mike Maas (1979-) Professional Walleye Angler from Wisconsin, USA
* Mirte Maas [it; zh] (born 1991), Dutch fashion model
* Nell Ginjaar-Maas (1931–2012), Dutch politician
* Nellie Maas (born 1935), Dutch figure skater
* Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693), Dutch genre and portrait painter
* Paul Maas (1880–1964), German philologist known for Maas's law
* Paul Maas (born 1939), Dutch botanist and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics
* Peter Maas (1929–2001), American journalist and author
* Rob Maas (born 1969), Dutch footballer
* Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus (1911–2003), Dutch mycologist
* Rupert Maas (born 1960), English painting specialist and gallery owner
* Sarah J. Maas (born 1986), American fantasy author
* Sharon Maas (born 1951), Guyanese novelist
* Sivan Malkin Maas (born 1970s), Israeli humanistic rabbi
* Timo Maas (born 1969), German DJ
* Tjaarke Maas (1974–2004), Dutch painter
* Willard Maas (1906–1971), American experimental filmmaker and poet
* Winy Maas (born 1958), Dutch architect
* Wolfram Maas [be; de] (born 1950), German diplomat