Dreyfuss
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Dreyfuss is a surname of habitational origin originating in the German
city of Trier
. The Latin name for the city was "Treveris," which developed into its current pronunciation through sound shifts of /t/>/d/ and /f/>/v/. The spelling variants tend to correspond to the country the family was living in at the time the spelling was standardized. The use of one "s" tends to be more common among people of French
origin, while the use of two "s"s tends to be found among those of German descent (stemming from the use of the Eszett).
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
city of Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
. The Latin name for the city was "Treveris," which developed into its current pronunciation through sound shifts of /t/>/d/ and /f/>/v/. The spelling variants tend to correspond to the country the family was living in at the time the spelling was standardized. The use of one "s" tends to be more common among people of French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
origin, while the use of two "s"s tends to be found among those of German descent (stemming from the use of the Eszett).
- Barney DreyfussBarney DreyfussBernhard "Barney" Dreyfuss was an executive in Major League Baseball who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise from 1900 to 1932....
(1865-1932), baseball entrepreneur, co-founder of the World SeriesWorld SeriesThe World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy... - Gideon DreyfussGideon DreyfussDr. Gideon Dreyfuss is the Isaac Norris Professor Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute....
, molecular biologist, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteHoward Hughes Medical InstituteHoward Hughes Medical Institute is a United States non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded by the American businessman Howard Hughes in 1953. It is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in the United...
and University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution... - Henry DreyfussHenry DreyfussHenry Dreyfuss was an American industrial designer.-Career:Dreyfuss was a native of Brooklyn, New York. As one of the celebrity industrial designers of the 1930s and 1940s, Dreyfuss dramatically improved the look, feel, and usability of dozens of consumer products...
(1904-1972), industrial designer - Joel DreyfussJoel DreyfussJoel Dreyfuss is a prominent journalist, editor, and writer now based in Washington, D.C. Born in Haiti, Dreyfuss received a B.S in Sociology from City College of New York....
, editor-in-chief of Red HerringRed Herring (magazine)Red Herring was a technology business magazine, which flourished during the dot com boom, with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. But the magazine went into... - Richard DreyfussRichard DreyfussRichard Stephen Dreyfuss is an American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Stakeout, Always, What About...
(b. 1947), actor - Robert DreyfussRobert DreyfussRobert Dreyfuss is a freelance investigative journalist whose work has appeared in The Nation, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, The American Prospect, and other progressive publications. His work also appears on line at TomPaine.com....
, freelance investigative journalist