Thyssen

Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs (Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. While Thijssen is the more common form in the Netherlands, "Thyssen" prevails elsewhere. It may refer to:

== People == Craig Thyssen (born 1984), South African cricketer Greta Thyssen (1933–2018), Danish film actress and model Ingrid Thyssen (born 1956), German javelin thrower Marianne Thyssen (born 1956), Belgian politician and EU Commissioner Nicole Thyssen (born 1988), Dutch tennis player Ole Thyssen (born 1944), Danish philosopher and sociologist Thyssen family, an industrialist family originating in Aachen, with many notable members including: Friedrich Thyssen (1804–1877), German banker August Thyssen (1842–1926), German founder of the Thyssen steel company, son of Friedrich Joseph Thyssen (1844–1915), German industrialist, son of Friedrich Fritz Thyssen (1873–1951), head of the Thyssen mining and steelmaking company, son of August Heinrich Thyssen later Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza (1875–1947), German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector, son of August , baroness Batthyány (1911–1989), daughter of Heinrich, associated with the Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1921–2002), founder of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, son of Heinrich Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza (born 1958), Swiss art collector and by marriage Francesca von Habsburg, daughter of Hans Heinrich Tita Thyssen née Carmen Cervera (born 1943), Spanish model and art collector, fifth wife of Hans Heinrich Bodo Thyssen (1918–2004), German industrialist and medical doctor, grandson of Joseph Thysse Andre Thysse (1968–2021), South African heavyweight boxer Thyssens Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (1902–1987), Dutch-born French pianist