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{{Wiktionary|Fuchs}}
'''Fuchs''' is [[German language|German]] for ''[[Fox]]''.
It is also commonly used as a [[family name]] and as a [[designation]] for a German [[tank]].
As a surname, in [[English language|English]], the name is often pronounced {{IPA|/fuːks/}} (rendered in [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]; the /uː/ [[phoneme]] is an English "long u"), {{IPA|/fʊks/}} (rhyming with "books"), closer to the German pronunciation, or even {{IPA|/fɒks/}} (like "fox"), as a reference to the name's meaning. The pronunciation {{IPA|/fʌks/}} (like "[[wiktionary:fuck|fucks]]") is typically avoided.
== Industry ==
* [http://www.otto-fuchs.com/OTTO FUCHS KG], a German Finished Metal Products Manufacturer established in 1910 and based in [[Meinerzhagen]], Germany. A supplier to European automobile manufacturers including [[Porsche AG]]. Forged magnesium alloy Fuchs wheels were used in the [[Porsche 911]] in the 1960s through the late 1980s.<ref>P. 31 Paternie, P (2000). Porsche 911 Red Book 1965-1999 Motorbooks International. ISBN. 0-7603-0723-7</ref>
* [[Fuchs Petrolub]], the world's largest independent manufacturer of [[lubricants]], and related speciality products.
== Medicine ==
* [[Fuchs' dystrophy]]
== Military ==
* [[TPz Fuchs|Transportpanzer Fuchs]], a German armoured personnel carrier
== Notable persons whose surname is or was '''Fuchs''' ==
* [[Andy Fuchs]] (Born 1957), owner/operator [[Fuchs Audio Technology]]
* [[Anke Fuchs]], German politician (SPD) (Youth, family, and health)
* [[Arved Fuchs]] (born 1953), writer and adventurer
* [[Bernard Fuchs]] (born 1916), French pilot and hero of the [[Second World War]], ''[[Ordre de la Libération|Compagnon de la Libération]]''
* [[Cassy Fuchs]] (born 1992) Canadian singer and actress
* [[Carol Fuchs]] screenwriter
* [[Charlie Fuchs]], American baseball player
* [[Daniel Fuchs]] ([[June 25]], [[1909]] – [[July 26]], [[1993]]), writer and screenwriter
* [[Eduard Fuchs]], Marxist cultural scientist
* [[Elinor Fuchs]], theoretician of [[Theatre]] and the [[Postmodern]].
* [[Emil Fuchs]] ([[1874]] – [[1971]]), German [[theologian]].
* [[Emil Fuchs (baseball)|Emil Fuchs]] ([[1878]] – [[1961]]), owner of the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Braves]] 1923 – 1935.
* [[Erika Fuchs]], German translator of Disney comics
* [[Ernst Fuchs]] (disambiguation)
** [[Ernst Fuchs (physician)|Ernst Fuchs]] ([[1831]] – [[1930]]), Austrian doctor and professor
** [[Ernst Fuchs (painter)|Ernst Fuchs]] (born [[1930]]), Austrian painter and graphic artist
** [[Ernst Fuchs (theologian)|Ernst Fuchs]], theologian
* [[Franz Fuchs]], Austrian terrorist
* [[Georg Friedrich Fuchs]], German musician and composer
* [[Gerd Fuchs]] (born 1932), German writer
* [[Gerhard Fuchs]] (born 1944), co-founder of practical informatics
* [[Gottfried Fuchs]], soccer player
* [[Günther Bruno Fuchs]], German writer
* [[Gustavo Fuchs]] (Born 1980), Brazilian/German technologist
* [[Harald Fuchs]] (born 1951), professor of physics
* [[Horst Fuchs]] (born 1946), [[homeshopping]] presenter
* [[Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs]], German chemist
* [[Joseph Fuchs]], American violinst
* [[Josef Fuchs]] (born 1912), German theologian
* [[Jürgen Fuchs]], writer and activist [[GDR]]
* [[Kenneth Fuchs]] (born 1956), American composer of classical music
* [[Klaus Fuchs]], German-born British physicist and Soviet spy, later resident of the [[GDR]]
* [[Lazarus Fuchs]], German mathematician
* [[Leonhart Fuchs]] (sometimes ''Leonhard''), German physician and botanist
* [[Marta Fuchs]], opera singer
* [[Matthias Ägidius Fuchs]], war minister under [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]]
* [[Michael Fuchs]] (disambiguation)
* [[Norbert Klaus Fuchs]] (born 1941), engineer and author
* [[Otto Fuchs]], author
* [[Paul Fuchs|Paul Freiherr von Fuchs]] ), Brandenburg minister
* [[Richard Fuchs]], ([[1887]] – [[1947]]) architect and composer
* [[Robert Fuchs]] ([[1847]] – [[1927]]), Austrian composer
* [[Rupert Fuchs]], Bohemian-German landscape photographer
* [[Ruth Fuchs]] (born 1946), German athlete
* [[Ryan Fuchs]] (born 1989), New York actor
* [[Skye Fuchs]] (born 1988), Astronaut
* [[Thomas Fuchs]] (disambiguation)
** [[Thomas Fuchs (author)|Thomas Fuchs]] (born 1964), German journalist and author
** [[Thomas Fuchs (politician)|Thomas Fuchs]], Swiss politician
** [[Thomas Fuchs (computer scientist)|Thomas Fuchs]], computer scientist, pioneer of [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]]
* [[Vivian Fuchs|Sir Vivian Fuchs]], British geologist and polar explorer
* [[Werner Fuchs (soccer coach)|Werner Fuchs]], Soccer coach
* [[Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs]], mathematician
== References ==
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