Blass

Article summary

Blass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andreas Blass, American mathematician *Bill Blass (1922–2002), American fashion designer *Dave Blass, American production designer *Friedrich Blass (1843–1907), German classical scholar *Moses Blass (born 1937), Brazilian Olympic basketball medallist *Richard Blass (1945–1975), Canadian gangster and a multiple murderer *Simcha Blass, (1897–1982), Israeli water engineer, inventor of drip irrigation systems *Steve Blass, baseball player and announcer *Tatiana Blass (born 1979), Brazilian artist *Valentin Blass, (born 1995) German basketball player *Valérie Blass (born 1967), Canadian artist *William Joel Blass, Mississippi attorney, educator, and politician *Wolf Blass, East German-born Australian winemaker

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1937 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297520214