Haas, also de Haas, is a German and Dutch surname, also Jewish (Ashkenazic), usually from Hase or de Haas, the German and Dutch words for "hare". Notable people with the surname include the following: Andreas Haas (born 1982), German footballer Arthur Erich Haas (1884–1941), Austrian physicist Barbara Haas (born 1996), Austrian tennis player Bernt Haas (born 1978), Austrian footballer Bill Haas (born 1982), American golfer Bob Haas (born 1942), former chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. Brittany Haas (born 1987), American Fiddler Carl Haas (1929–2016), American auto racing impresario Charles F. Haas (1913–2011), American film and television director Charles S. Haas (born 1952), American screenwriter and actor Charlie Haas (born 1972), American professional wrestler Christian Haas (born 1958), German sprinter Chrislo Haas (1956–2004), German musician Christl Haas (1943–2001), Austrian Olympic skiing champion Clark Haas (1919–1978), American cartoonist Conrad Haas (1509–1576), Austrian military engineer Daniel Haas (born 1983), German footballer Darius de Haas (born 1968), American stage actor and singer David Haas (born 1957), American author and composer of liturgical music Dolly Haas (1910–1994), German-American actress Earle Haas (1888–1981), inventor of the modern menstrual tampon Eddie Haas (born 1935), American baseball outfielder and manager Eduard Haas (1897–1989), Austrian inventor of Pez candy Ernst Haas (1921–1986), Austrian photographer and photojournalist Ernst B. Haas (1924–2003), American political scientist Felix Haas, German investor Frank Joseph Haas, former Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia Fred Haas (1916–2004), American golfer Fritz Haas (zoologist) (1886–1969) Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz (1885–1973), Dutch physicist Gene Haas (born 1952), American machine tool manufacturer Georg Haas (physician) (1886–1971), German medical doctor Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953), Austrian composer Hans Haas (1886–1935), German Protestant theologian Harald Haas, Professor of Mobile Communications, University of Edinburgh Helmut Haas (fl. 1949), discoverer of the Haas effect, a psychoacoustic effect Hildegarde Haas (1926–2002), German-born American artist Hugo Haas (1901–1968), Czech film actor and director Isaac Haas (born 1995), American basketball player Jacob de Haas (1872–1937), UK journalist and an early leader of the Zionist movement Jay Haas (born 1953), American professional golfer Josef Haas (born 1937), Swiss cross country skier Joseph Haas (1879–1960), German composer Karen L. Haas, American government administrator and lobbyist Karl Haas (1913–2005), American classical music radio show host Leonard Haas, Wisconsin politician and President of UW-Eau Claire Lisbeth Haas, American historian and anthropologist Lukas Haas (born 1976), American film actor Luke Haas (1949-2015) Luxembourgian rock musician and comic artist Mario