Glas (surname) explained

Glas is a Lowland Scottish, Dutch or Low German metonymic surname meaning "glass". It is also an Irish and Highland Scottish surname meaning "green". Notable people with the surname include:

• Arend Glas (born 1968), Dutch bobsledder
• Erich Glas (1897–1973), German-Israeli artist
• George Glas (1725–1765), Scottish mariner
• Gerrit Glas (born 1954), Dutch professor
• Gotthard Glas, birth name of Uziel Gal (1923–2002), German-born Israeli gun-designer
• Hanna Glas (born 1992), Swedish footballer
• Hans Glas (1890–1969), German entrepreneur who built cars with the brand Glas, which was bought by BMW.
• Imke Glas (born 1994), Dutch artistic gymnast
• John Glas (1695–1773), Scottish clergyman
• Jorge Glas (born 1969), Ecuadorian Vice President
• Jürgen Glas (born 1956), German swimmer
• Konrad Glas (born 1940), German sailor
• Rich Glas, American basketball coach
• Stéphane Glas (born 1973), French rugby player
• Tyko Gabriel Glas, fictional character in the Swedish novel Doctor Glas (1905)
• Uschi Glas (born 1944), German film and television actress

See also

• Glasite, Scottish denomination founded by John Glas
• John S. Glas Field House, American hockey arena renamed in honour of John S. Glas
• George Glas Sandeman Carey (1867–1948), British army officer
• Seaán Glas mac Tadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda (died c. 1471), Irish Chief of the Name and Lord of Tireragh
• An Giolla Glas Ó Caiside (fl. 1515–27), Gaelic-Irish physician and scribe
• Eochaid Faebar Glas, legendary High King of Ireland