Around the globe, Gans (Gans 
, Ganz , Ганс 
) is a rare dominantly male, but uncommonly feminine first name. The first name Gans is habitual in Indonesia, where it is a rare male name, Kazakhstan, and Russia, where it is a very rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, Russia, and Egypt. More prevalently, Gans is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Gans, Ganz | Switzerland, Israel, Indonesia, United States, Germany |
| Ганс | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| غانس | Algeria |
Gans is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hans , the fictional character from Frozen; Hans Landa , the fictional Inglourious Basterds character; Hans Moleman , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Hanswurst , the fictional character and Hänschen Kollin , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass, and in many other works.
| gelchen gans 1779 - 1847 (b. 1779) |
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bird stein gans American educator, US (b. 1868) |
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| wolf gans holocaust victim, b. 1875-11-11 (b. 1875) |
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| panama joe gans British boxer, BB (b. 1896) |
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| osvald gans holocaust victim, b. 1915-01-27, CZ (b. 1915) |
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| mozes heiman gans Dutch university teacher, NL (b. 1917) |
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| helle gans EE (b. 1940) |
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| renze gans researcher |
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| mitchell gans |
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| stedman gans South African rugby union footballer (1997-), ZA (b. 1997) |
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