Fries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adelaide Fries (1871–1949), scholar of the history and genealogy of Moravians Amalie Fries (1823–1887), stage actor Amos Fries (1873–1963), American army general Bengt Fredrik Fries (1799–1839), Swedish zoologist Bernhard Fries (1820–1879), German painter Charles Arthur Fries (1854–1940), American painter Charles Carpenter Fries (1887–1967), American structural linguist and language teacher David Fries (born 1960), American scientist Ed Fries, American video game programmer and entrepreneur Elias Magnus Fries (1794–1878), Swedish botanist Ellen Fries (1855–1900), Swedish writer Ernst Fries (1801–1833), German painter Fabrice Fries (born 1960), French business executive Francis Henry Fries (1855–1931), American textile businessman and industrialist Frank W. Fries (1893–1980), American politician Fritz Rudolf Fries (1935–2014), German writer and translator George Fries (1799–1866), physician and politician Gladys Fries Harriman (1896–1983), American philanthropist Hanni Fries, Swiss orienteering competitor Hans Fries (1460–1520), Swiss painter Heinrich de Fries (1887–1938), German architect Hjalmar Fries (1891–1973), Norwegian actor and theater director Hugo Friedrich Fries (1818–1889), German judge Jacob H. Fries (born 1978), American journalist Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843), German philosopher James F. Fries (1938–2021), American rheumatologist and author Johann von Fries (1719–1785), counsellor, director of the imperial silk factories, industrialist and banker Johannes Fries (1505–1565), Swiss theologian John Edmund Fries (1885–1955), American football player and coach John Fries (1764–1825), American tax rebel and namesake of the Fries' Rebellion Karl Friedrich Fries (1831–1871), painter Karl Theophil Fries (1875–1962), German chemist Kenny Fries (born 1960), American memoirist and poet Kristina Fries (born 1962), Swedish sport shooter Liv Lisa Fries (born 1990), German actress Matthew Fries (born 1968), American jazz pianist, composer, and educator Mike Fries (born 1963), businessman Otto Fries (1887–1938), American film actor Pascal Fries (born 1972), German neurophysiologist Pete Fries (1857–1937), American baseball player Philipp Fries (1882–1950), German politician Pia Fries (born 1955), Swiss painter Robert Elias Fries (1876–1966), Swedish botanist Sebastian Fries (born 1993), German footballer Sherwood Fries (1920–1986), American football player Theodor Magnus Fries (1832–1913), Swedish botanist Thore Christian Elias Fries (1886–1930), Swedish botanist Tom Fries (born 1942), American politician Walter Fries (1894–1982), German general Will Fries (born 1998), American football player William Dale Fries (1928-2022), American country singer-songwriter better known by his stage name C. W. McCall Melanie Fries (born 1953), American Educator, Musician, Charitable and Volunteer works Characters Victor Fries, a DC Comics character, also known as Mr. Freeze Nora Fries, a DC Comics character, wife to Mr. Freeze See also Defries,