Famous People with Name Hess

Hessel De Vries            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Hessel De Vries: was a Dutch physicist at the University of Groningen who furthered the detection methods and applications of radiocarbon dating to a variety of sciences. He has been called "the unsung hero of radiocarbon dating" by Willis.In 1958, de Vries showed that there were systematic anomalies in the carbon-14 dates of tree rings. His explanation was that the concentration of carbon-14 in the atmosphere had varied over time by up to 1%. He hypothesized that the variation might be explained by (a) something connected with climate, (b) that it was not created in the atmosphere at a uniform rate due to variations in the Earth's magnetic field, or (c) a cause lay in the Sun itself.

Heinrich Hess            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinrich Hess: is a Saar sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he finished 12th in the K-2 10000 m event while being eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event.

Erika Hess            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Erika Hess: is a former alpine ski racer from Switzerland. She is one of the best female skiers ever, dominating the field in the 1980s with 31 World Cup victories (22 in slalom), five slalom titles (1981–83, 1985–86), and two overall titles (1982, 1984). She also wo

Gabriele Hess            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gabriele Hess: was a German cross country skier who competed from 1989 to 1993. Competing at the 1992 Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay and her best individual finish of 14th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit. Hess's best

Heinz Hess            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Hess: was a German architect best known for his involvement in the construction of 20 churches in and around Mannheim. Hess began his study of architecture at Karlsruhe University in 1940, but interrupted his education between 1941 to 1945 to fight in the Secon

Edmund Hess            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Edmund Hess: was a German mathematician who discovered several regular polytopes.