Strauss

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Strauss (German: Strauß) is a common German surname, with variant spellings Strauß, Straus and Strouse, possibly originating in Middle High German strûz "fight". In Switzerland, or in the English language, Strauß is usually spelled Strauss.

Contents 1 Actors 2 Businessmen 3 Music 3.1 Composers 3.1.1 Strauss family 3.2 Other 4 Philosophers, theologians and academicians 5 Politicians 6 Sportspeople 7 Writers and journalists 8 Other 9 Fictional people 10 Buildings and companies

[edit] Actors

• Kim Strauss (aka Kurt Strauss) is an actor and a voice actor.
• Peter Strauss (b. 1947), American actor
• Robert Strauss, was an American actor and Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee.

[edit] Businessmen

• Isidor Straus (aka Isador Straus), owner of R.H. Macy Co. and Congressional Representative; he and his wife Ida died when the RMS Titanic sank.
• Levi (Loeb) Strauss (1829–1902), Bavaria-born American entrepreneur known for blue jeans.
• Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896-1974) American businessman and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

• Harry L. Straus, American electrical engineer, horse and cattle breeder, sportsman, entrepreneur and computer pioneer.

• Nathan Straus, German-American Jewish merchant and philanthropist. Brother of Isador Straus
• Roger Straus (Roger W. Straus, Jr.), co-founder of New York book publishing company Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

[edit] Music

[edit] Composers

• Christoph Strauss (around 1580–1631), composer.
• Franz Strauss (1822–1905), horn player and composer.
• Isaac Strauss, French composer.
• Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer of the Late Romantic, wrote Also sprach Zarathustra.

• Oscar Straus (1870–1954), Austrian composer of operettas.

• Charles Strouse (1928- ), an American composer.

[edit] Strauss family

Austrian family of composers associated with the Viennese waltz:

• Johann Strauss I (Strauß) Senior, the Elder, Father (1804–1849)
  ∞ 1825 Maria Anna Streim (1801–1870)
  • Johann Strauss II (Strauß) Junior, the Younger, Son, "Waltz King" (1825–1899)
    ∞ 1. 1862 Henriette Chalupetzky (1818–1878)
    ∞ 2. 1878 Angelika Dittrich (1850–1919), divorced 1882
    ∞ 3. 1882 Adele Deutsch (1856–1930)
  • Anna Strauss (1829–1903)
  • Therese Strauss (1831–1915)
  • Ferdinand Strauss (1834–1834)
  • Josef Strauss (Strauß, 1827–1870)
    ∞ 1857 Caroline Pruckmayer (1831–1900)
  • Eduard Strauss (Strauß, 1835–1916)
    ∞ Maria Klenkhart (1840–1921)
    • Johann Strauss III (Strauß, 1866–1939)

[edit] Other

• Ludwig Straus, Hungarian Austrian violinist.
• Sylvia Straus, a pianist.

[edit] Philosophers, theologians and academicians

• Anselm L. Strauss (1916–1996) was an American sociologist.
• Leo Strauss (1899–1973), a political philosopher.
• Otto Strauss (1881–), German philosopher.
• David Strauss (David Friedrich Strauss) (Strauß, 1808–1874), theologian and writer.
• James Strauss (1929–), American theologian and professor.
• Jon Strauss, former president of Harvey Mudd College
• William Strauss, a writer and theorist.
• Adolf Strauss, Hungarian geographer and ethnologist.
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–), French anthropologist.
• Ernst G. Straus (1922–1983), mathematician and assistant to Albert Einstein
• Erwin Straus (1891–1975), a phenomenologist and neurologist of European origin.
• Eric Strauss (1960-), American biologist, professor at Boston College

[edit] Politicians

• Franz Josef Strauß (Straus 1915–1988), German politician

• Annette Strauss (1924-1998) was a philanthropist and a former mayor of Dallas.
• Charles Strauss, French jurist and politician; born at Gundershoffen
• Paul Strauss
• Robert Schwarz Strauss, American political figure, former chair of the Democratic National Committee and former Ambassador to Russia and the former Soviet Union.
• Isador Straus or Isidor Straus (aka Isador Strauss), co-owner of the Macy's department store and Congressional Representative.

• Meyer Strouse (Meyer Strauss), American lawyer and politician; born in Germany

• Oscar Solomon Straus, Jewish Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909.

[edit] Sportspeople

• Andrew Strauss (b. 1977), English cricketer
• Astrid Strauß (b. 1968), East German swimmer
• Bruce Strauss (b. 1952), American boxer

[edit] Writers and journalists

• David Strauss (David Friedrich Strauss) (Strauß, 1808–1874), theologian and writer.
• Darin Strauss (b. 1970) is an American writer.
• Emil Strauss (Emil Strauß) (1866-1960), German writer.
• Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss, British author; born at Trois-Rivières, Canada.
• Mark Strauss is an American journalist.
• Neil Strauss is a journalist and author.
• Victoria Strauss is a fantasy author.
• William Strauss, a writer and theorist.

• Lulu von Strauss und Torney (1873-1956), German writer
• Victor Friedrich von Strauss und Torney (1809-1899), German writer

• Jean Strouse, an American biography writer.

[edit] Other

• Joseph Strauss (Joseph Baerman Strauss) (1870–1938), chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge.
• Joseph Strauss (rabbi) (b. 1848), an English rabbi.
• Harry Strauss (Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss; 1909-1941) was a prolific contract killer for Murder, Inc. in the 1930s.
• Maayan Strauss (b. 1983) is an Israeli artist.

• Jack Straus (Jack "Treetop" Straus, or simply Treetop Straus), and American professional poker player.
• Ivan Straus ( Ivan Štraus ) (b. 1928), is an contemporary architect, from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

[edit] Fictional people

• Justice Strauss is a fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

[edit] Buildings and companies

• Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, a United States Supreme Court decision concerning the scope of rights accorded owners of a copyright.
• Oscar Straus Memorial, a memorial in Washington, DC commemorates the accomplishments of Oscar Solomon Straus.
• Straus Hall is one of the dormitories housing first-year students at Harvard College.
• Abraham & Straus was a major New York City department store.
• Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company.
• Levi Strauss & Co.
• Strauss-Elite, a dairy products manufacturer in Israel.