This article is about the surname. For the unincorporated community, see Giese, Minnesota.
Giese is a German surname. Since the mid-19th century, people with this name have migrated throughout the world and now form an extensive diaspora in countries such as the United States and Australia, where they have lived for several generations.
Notable people with the surname Giese include:
Albrecht Giese (1524–1580), councilman and diplomat from Danzig
Bernd Giese (born 1940), German professor of chemistry
Dan Giese (born 1977), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
Erich Giese (1887–1917), German naval officer
Georg Giese (1497–1562), merchant from Danzig
Godehard Giese (born 1972), German actor
Harry Giese (1903–1991), German theatre and voice actor
Harry C. Giese (1913–2000), Australian administrator, public servant and community leader
Horst Giese (1926–2008), East German actor
Karl Giese (1898–1938), German archivist and museum curator
Kathrin Giese, East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s
Kenyon E. Giese (1933–1975), American politician
Maria Giese, American film director and screenwriter
Max Giese (1879–1935), German engineer and inventor
Richard Giese (1924–2010), principal flautist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (1962-1986)
Richard Mclean Giese, known professionally as Social Repose, American Singer and YouTuber
Robert Giese (born 1955), American politician
Tiedemann Giese (1480–1550), Catholic bishop from Danzig, Prince-Bishop of Warmia
Warren Giese (1924–2013), American politician and football coach
William C. Giese (1886–1966), American politician and educator
Surname list
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surname Giese include: Albrecht Giese (1524–1580), councilman and diplomat from Danzig Bernd Giese (born 1940), German professor of chemistry Dan Giese (born...
Godehard Giese (born 1972) is a German actor, known for his roles in Deutschland 83. and Babylon Berlin. Giese attended Sankt-Ansgar-Schule in Hamburg...
Karl Giese (18 October 1898 – March 1938) was a German archivist, museum curator, and the life partner of Magnus Hirschfeld. Giese was the youngest of...
Harry Giese (2 March 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a German theatre and voice actor born in Magdeburg, Province of Saxony. He is best known for providing...
Giesing (formerly Kyesinga) was a Bavarian town founded in 790 (older than Munich). The town was incorporated by the city of Munich in October 1854. Since...
has been proposed. It initially came into use in 2003, following Jeanna Giese, a teenage girl from Wisconsin, becoming the first person known to have...
Max Giese (1879 – 1935) was a German engineer and inventor. In 1927, the disadvantages of using a conventional pouring tower led engineers Max Giese and...
Tiedemann Giese (1 June 1480 – 23 October 1550), was Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) first canon, later Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland) whose interest in mathematics...
Rachel Giese is a Canadian journalist, who won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing in 2019 for her book Boys: What It Means to Become a...
Senator Giese may refer to: Robert Giese (born 1955), Nebraska State Senate Warren Giese (1924–2013), South Carolina State Senate This disambiguation page...
Horst Fritz Otto Giese (31 January 1926 – 29 December 2008) was an East German actor. In 1945, Giese made his debut on stage at his native Neuruppin,...
Albrecht Giese (10 February 1524 – 1 August 1580) was a councilman and diplomat of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk). He was a member of the Hanseatic League...
Daniel Joshua Giese (/ˈɡaɪs/ GHYSSE; born May 19, 1977) is an American professional baseball pitcher and scout. He played in Major League Baseball for...
Bernd Giese (born 2 June 1940) is a German chemist and guest professor in chemistry at the University of Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland since 2010...
Sandra von Giese (born 15 November 1939) is a Filipino former swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre butterfly at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where...
from 1962 to 1986. Giese's ancestors originated from Thuringia, Germany. His parents were Carl Albin Giese and Jeannie Quinn Giese, née Yeareance, from...
McLean Giese (born February 9, 1990), known professionally as Social Repose, is an American singer-songwriter and YouTube personality. Richie Giese began...
Jocelyn von Giese (born 19 July 1936) is a Filipino former swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1956 Summer Olympics. She...
The Heinrich Giese House is a historic house in Grand Island, Nebraska. It was built in 1863 as a log cabin by Heinrich Giese, an immigrant from Holstein...
Ferdinand Giese (Johann Emanuel Ferdinand Giese; 13 January 1781 – 22 May 1821) was a Baltic German pharmacologist. 1817–1818 he was the rector of Tartu...
Portrait of Georg Giese is a 1532 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. It is one of a series of portraits of wealthy...
Nancy (Nan) Giese AO OBE (née Wilson; 31 January 1922 – 8 May 2012) was an Australian leader in education and the visual and performing arts, who pioneered...
Georg Giese (2 April 1497 – 3 February 1562) was a prominent Hanseatic merchant, who managed his family's office at London's Steelyard for at least 12...
Maria Giese is an American feature film director and screenwriter. A member of the Directors Guild of America, and an activist for parity for women directors...
Warren E. Giese (July 14, 1924 – September 12, 2013) was an American state legislator in South Carolina and a college football coach. He served as the...
Heinz Giese (June 5, 1919 – October 19, 2010) was a German film and television actor. He was also a voice actor, dubbing foreign-language films for release...
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