Nissen (surname)

Nissen is a surname. As a Danish surname, it is a patronymic meaning "son of Nis" (Danish short form of Nicholas). Notable people with the surname include:

Aagot Nissen (1882–1978), Norwegian actress
Anja Nissen (born 1995), Australian pop singer
Bernt A. Nissen (1892–1970), Norwegian journalist
Bjarne Nissen (1869–1950), Norwegian brewer
Brian Nissen (1927–2001), British actor
Bruce Nissen (born 1948), American historian
Bubba Nissen (born 1960), American NASCAR driver
Carolina Nissen (born 1976), Chilean singer
Charles Nissen (d. 1944), British philatelist
Christian Nissen (1893 – after 1955), German sailor
Dian Nissen (born 1961), American trampoline competitor
Erika Nissen (1845–1903), Norwegian pianist
Fernanda Nissen (1862–1920), Norwegian politician and journalist
Friedrich Georg Nissen (1887–1969), Norwegian civil servant
Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and music historian
George Nissen (1914–2010), American inventor of the modern trampoline
Glen Nissen (born 1966), Australian rugby league footballer
Greta Nissen (1906–1988), Norwegian-American actress
Hanne Nissen (born 1970), Danish footballer
Hans-Hermann Nissen (1893–1980), German opera singer
Hartvig Nissen (1815–1874), Norwegian philologist and educator
Hartvig Nissen (gymnast) (1857–1924), Norwegian gymnast
Heinrich Nissen (1839–1912), German professor of ancient history
Helge Nissen (1871–1926), Danish opera singer, voice teacher
Henrik Nissen (1848–1915), Norwegian architect
Henry Nissen (born 1948), Australian boxer
Henry Nissen (weightlifter) (1906–1978), Danish weightlifter
Hilde Nissen (1921–2015), Danish sprinter
Inge Nissen, Danish basketball player and coach
Ingjald Nissen (1896–1977), Norwegian psychologist and philosopher
Jerry Nissen (1884–1954), American football player and coach
Johan Nissen (born 1958), Danish new media artist
John Nissen, British inventor
Jørn Nissen (born 1949), Danish politician
Karl Nissen (1879–1920), Norwegian journalist and conductor
Kris Nissen (born 1960), Danish racing driver
Kyle Nissen (born 1979), Canadian freestyle skier
Ludwig Nissen (1855–1924), American jeweller
Mads Nissen (born 1979), Danish photographer
Margret Nissen (born 1938), German photographer
Nikolaj Nissen (1627–1684), Danish judge
Oscar Nissen (1843–1911), Norwegian physician, newspaper editor and politician
Peder Nissen (born 1976), Danish badminton player
Peter L. Nissen (1924–2024), Norwegian aviator and businessperson
Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930), British Army officer, engineer and inventor
Rasmus Nissen (footballer, born 2001), Danish footballer
Rasmus Tønder Nissen (1822–1882), Norwegian politician
Regina Nissen (born 1961), German swimmer
Rikke Nissen (1834–1892), Norwegian nursing teacher
Rudolph Nissen (1896–1981), German-Swiss surgeon
Saint Nissen, Early Irish abbot and saint
Steven Nissen (born 1948), American cardiologist
Svend Nissen (1918–2009), Danish speedway rider
Thisbe Nissen, American author
Ulli Nissen (born 1959), German politician
Ulrik Christian Nissen (1691–1756), Danish nobleman

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