Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
Notable persons whose family name is Klaus
- Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseball player
- Chris Klaus (born 1973), American entrepreneur
- Frank Klaus (1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion
- Fred Klaus (born 1967), German footballer
- Josef Klaus (1910–2001), Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970
- Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Russian chemist
- Václav Klaus (born 1941), Czech politician, former President of the Czech Republic
- Walter K. Klaus (1912–2012), American politician and farmer
Notable persons whose given name is Klaus
- Brother Klaus, Swiss patron saint
- Klaus Augenthaler (born 1957), German football player and manager
- Klaus Badelt (born 1967), German composer
- Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), German SS-Hauptsturmführer and Holocaust Perpetrator
- Klaus Bargsten (1911–2000), German captain and sole survivor of the sunken U-boat U-521 in World War II
- Klaus Berntsen (1844–1927), Danish politician
- Klaus Dede (1935–2018), German writer
- Klaus Doldinger (born 1936), German musician
- Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German footballer
- Klaus Flouride (born 1949), bassist of the Dead Kennedys
- Klaus Fuchs (1911–1988), German theoretical physicist and atomic spy
- Klaus Gerhart (born 1965), outdoorsman and photographer
- Klaus Iohannis (born 1959), Romanian politician
- Klaus Isekenmeier (born 1975), German decathlete
- Klaus Kinkel (1936–2019), German politician
- Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), German actor
- Klaus Köchl (born 1961), Austrian politician
- Klaus Lage (born 1950), German musician
- Klaus Lanzarini (born 1977), Italian freestyle swimmer
- Klaus Löwitsch (1936–2002), German actor
- Klaus Mäkelä, (born 1996) Finnish conductor and cellist
- Klaus Meine (born 1948), lead singer of German hard rock band Scorpions
- Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German singer
- Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German entertainer
- Klaus Ofczarek (1939–2020), Austrian opera singer and actor
- Klaus Perwas (born 1971), German basketball coach and former player
- Klaus Rogge (born 1979), German rower
- Klaus Schilling (1871–1946), German experimenter in Nazi human concentration camp experiments executed for war crimes
- Klaus Schulten, computational biophysicist
- Klaus Schulze (1947-2022), German electronic music composer and musician
- Klaus Schwab (born 1938), German professor who founded the World Economic Forum
- Klaus Tennstedt (1926–1998), German conductor
- Klaus Voormann (born 1938), artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles
- Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), German politician
Nickname
- Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, Austrian actor
Characters
- Klaus from Beyblade: Metal Masters
- Klaus from Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Klaus from Mother 3
- Klaus Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Klaus Daimler from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Klaus Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy
- Klaus Heisler from American Dad!
- Klaus Mikaelson from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals
- Klaus von Wolfstadt from Maiden Rose
- Baron Klaus Wulfenbach from Girl Genius
- Klaus from Klaus
- Klaus from Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Klaus, the titular character from Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job
See also
- Claus, a variant of the name
- Klaukkala, Finnish village, whose name is partly based on the name Klaus
- Klavs, a variant of the name
- Kloyz, a Yiddish school
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References
- "Klövskog, Nurmijärvi, Nyland" (in Swedish). Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn. Retrieved September 14, 2019.