Famous People with Name Riess

Fritz Riess            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Fritz Riess: was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on August 3, 1952. He finished 7th, scoring no championship points as only the first five finishers scored points at that time.

Susanne Riess-Passer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Susanne Riess-Passer: a former Austrian politician of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).In the first government headed by Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, which was inaugurated in 2000, she became Vice Chancellor and minister of public services and sports, representing her party in the coalition with Schüssel's Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). She retained that position until the early elections held in 2002.In the course of the formation of the government in 2000, she also became federal chairperson of the FPÖ and thus succeeded Jörg Haider, under whom she had already served as managing chairperson since 1996. In that function, she had acquired a reputation of strict loyalty to Haider, which earned her the nickname Königskobra (King Cobra). From the beginning, her position was seen by many observers as a charade, with the true power in the party remaining with Haider.

Marty Riessen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marty Riessen: played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings (achieving that ranking on September 4, 1974).

Laurine Van Riessen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Laurine Van Riessen: is a long track speed skater who competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics at the 500, 1000, and 1500 metre races[1] where she won bronze in the 1000m.

Gabriel Riesser            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gabriel Riesser: was a German politician and lawyer.As a reaction Riesser in 1831 published an essay "Stellung der Bekenner des mosaischen Glaubens in Deutschland" (On the Position of Confessors of the Jewish Faith in Germany) and founded the journal "Der Jude, periodisch