# Glass (surname)

Glass or Glaß is a surname with several sources. It can be Cornish, English, German, Russian/Slavic, Irish or Scottish. Many with the last name Glass, are of eastern European descent, where Glass is a shortened version of their original last name. It is also a Jewish surname, adopted by some Eastern European Ashkenazi in the nineteenth century. After being forced by the authorities to take on a surname, Jews in this area typically chose names referring to places, animals, occupations or signifying personal traits. The name Glass referred to Glass-making, Glazing and the Glass trade.

## Notable people with the surname

* Albert Glass (1935–2017), Tristanian police officer and civil servant
* Alice Glass (born 1988), vocalist of Crystal Castles
* Alice Glass (1911–1976, maiden name of Alice Marsh, American socialite
* Aqeel Glass (born 1998), American football player
* Ari Glass (born 1989), American painter
* H. Bentley Glass (1906–2005), American geneticist
* Butch Glass (1898–1972), American Negro league baseball player
* Caitlin Glass (born 1981), American voice actress
* Carter Glass (1858–1946), American politician
* Charles Glass (born 1951), American broadcaster
* Cheryl Glass (1961–1997), American racing driver
* Christian Glass (died 2022), American man who was shot dead
* Cody Glass (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
* Conrad Glass (born 1961), Tristanian police inspector and civil servant
* Darren Glass (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
* David Glass (Canadian politician) (1829–1906), Canadian lawyer
* David Glass (sociologist) (1911–1978), English sociologist
* David D. Glass (1935–2020), Kansas City Royals owner
* Deborah Glass (born 1959), Deputy Chair of the UK's Independent Police Complaints Commission
* Dominion Robert Glass (1895–1968) African-American educator and academic administrator
* Eduard Glass (1902–after 1980), Austrian chess master
* Edward Glass (disambiguation), several people with this name
* Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. (1858–1934), American publisher
* Fridolin Glass (1910–1943), Austrian Nazi activist and SS officer
* Gene V. Glass (born 1940), American statistician and education researcher
* George Glass (1910–1984), American film producer and publicist
* Gerald Glass (born 1967), American former basketball player
* Geri Glass (born 1949), American model
* Glen Glass (born 1965), American politician
* Harold Glass (1918–1989), Australian judge and jurist
* Harry Glaß (1930–1997), German ski jumper
* Helen Glass (1917–2015), Canadian nurse and educator
* Henry Glass (disambiguation), several people with this name
* Henry Glaß (born 1953), German ski jumper
* Henry Glass (admiral) (1844–1908), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
* Henry P. Glass (1911–2003), Austrian-born American architect and industrial designer
* Hugh Glass (1780–1833), fur trapper and frontiersman
* Ira Glass (born 1959), host of This American Life
* Jack Glass (1936–2004), Scottish evangelical preacher
* James Glass (born 1961), Tristanian civil servant
* Jeff Glass (athlete) (born 1962), Canadian hurdler
* Jeff Glass (ice hockey) (born 1985), American Hockey League goaltender
* Jesse Glass (born 1954), American writer and poet
* Jimmy Glass (born 1973), English former football goalkeeper
* Joanna Glass (born 1936), Canadian playwright
* John Judah Glass (1895–1973), Canadian politician
* Joseph Glass (disambiguation), multiple people
* Julia Glass (born 1956), American writer
* Kim Glass (born 1984), American volleyball player
* Lewis Glass (1946–2019), Tristanian civil servant
* Louis Glass (1864–1936), Danish composer
* N. Louise Glass (active since 1989), American microbial scientist
* Max Glass (1881–1965), Austrian film producer
* Ned Glass (1906–1984), Polish-born American character actor
* Pat Glass (born 1957), British politician (MP for North West Durham)
* Paul Glass (born 1934), Swiss-American composer
* Philip Glass (born 1937), American composer and pianist
* Presley T. Glass (1824–1902), American politician
* Richard Atwood Glass (1820–1873), English cable manufacturer and politician
* Ron Glass (1945–2016), American actor
* Shaun Glass, guitarist for the band SOiL
* Solomon Glass (1893–1973), philatelist of Baltimore, Maryland
* Stephen Glass (born 1972), journalist
* Stephen Glass (footballer) (born 1976), Scottish footballer
* Tanner Glass (born 1983), Pittsburgh Penguins center
* Todd Glass (born 1964), American stand-up comedian
* Walter Glaß (1905–1981), German skier
* William Glass (1786–1853), British settler on Tristan da Cunha

## Fictional characters

* Glass family, a fictional family featured in a number of J. D. Salinger's short stories