Vis (surname)
Vis is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vis means "fish" and referred to a fisherman.
People with this surname include:
- Caroline Vis (born 1970), Dutch tennis player
- Fiderd Vis (born 1981), Aruban judoka
- Jacob Vis (born 1940), Dutch novelist (de:Jacob Vis)
- Lucas Vis (born 1947), Dutch conductor and composer (de:Lucas Vis)
- Jan Vis (1933–2011), Dutch journalist, legal scholar, and politician
- Judith Vis (born 1980), Dutch hurdler and heptathlete (nl:Judith Vis)
- Marja Vis (born 1977), Dutch speed skater
- Rudi Vis (born 1941), Dutch-born British politician
- Russell Vis (1900–1990), American wrestler
- Willem Cornelis Vis (1924–1993), Dutch jurist and expert in international commercial transactions
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