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Nissen (surname)
Nissen
is a
surname
. As a
Danish surname
it is a
patronymic
meaning "son of Nis". Notable
people
with the surname include:
Georg
Nikolaus
von
Nissen,
Danish
diplomat and writer, and author of one of the first
biographies
of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peter Norman Nissen, Canadian
mining engineer
Hans-Hermann Nissen, German
bass-baritone
Rudolph Nissen, German surgeon and
inventor
of the
Nissen fundoplication
George Nissen inventor of the modern trampoline
Henry Nissen, German/Australian boxer of the 1970s
Steven E. Nissen, heart specialist and chairman of
cardiovascular medicine
at the
Cleveland Clinic
Christopher Nissen, Danish
singer
Tom Nissen, American convicted murderer and
character
in the
1999 film
Boys Don't Cry