Klaus

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Klaus is a German given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the given name Nicholas.

Contents 1 Notable persons whose family name is Klaus 2 Notable persons whose given name is Klaus 3 Fictional characters 4 Places 5 See also

[edit] Notable persons whose family name is Klaus

• Billy Klaus, baseball player
• Chris Klaus, entrepreneur
• Frank Klaus, German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion
• Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970
• Karl Klaus, Russian chemist (1796–1864)
• Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic

[edit] Notable persons whose given name is Klaus

• Brother Klaus, Swiss patron saint
• Klaus Badelt, German composer; most famous work to date is from Pirates of the Caribbean
• Klaus Barbie, a Nazi Soldier
• Klaus Bargsten, captain and sole survivor of the sunken U-boat U-521 in World War 2.
• Klaus Fischer, German footballer
• Klaus Fluoride, bassist of the Dead Kennedys
• Klaus Kinski, German actor
• Klaus Meine, lead singer of German hard rock band The Scorpions
• Klaus Nomi, otherworldly entertainer
• Klaus Rohde - biologist
• Klaus Voormann, artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles

[edit] Fictional characters

• Klaus Baudelaire - A fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Klaus, the talking fish from American Dad!
• Baron Klaus von Wulfenbach - A fictional character from the comic book/webcomic Girl Genius

[edit] Places

• Klaus, Vorarlberg
• Klaus Advanced Computing Building

[edit] See also

• Claus