Clausen

Clausen [ˈklauˀsən] is a Danish patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Claus, Claus being a German form of the Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos, (cf. Nicholas), used in Denmark at least since the 16th century^[1]. The spelling variant Klausen has identical prononciation. The two variants are number 34 and 85 on the top100 of surnames in Denmark^[2]. Occurrences of Clausen/Klausen as a given name outside Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein are due to immigration. Immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes changed the spelling to Clauson.

People

• Alden W. Clausen, (born 1923), an American businessman and former President of the World Bank
• Alf Clausen (born 1941), an American film and television musical composer
• Andrea Clausen (born 1959), German stage actress (Burgtheater, Vienna)
• Ben Klassen (1918-1993), American founder of the white separatist World Church of the Creator.
• Claus Kristian Randolph Clausen (1869–1958), US Navy officer in Spanish-American War.
• Claus Lauritz Clausen (1820-1892), a pioneer Lutheran minister, military chaplain and politician.
• Casey Clausen (born 1981), an American football player
• Connie Clausen (1923 - 1997), US actress, author
• Donald Holst Clausen (born 1923), US politician
• Frits Clausen (1893 – 1947), the leader of the Danish Nazi Party before the Second World War
• George Clausen (1852 – 1944), a British painter
• Henrik Nicolai Clausen (1793-1877), a Danish theologian and statesman
• Henry Christian Clausen (1905 - 1993), a US lawyer
• Jens Clausen (1891 – 1969), a Danish-American botanist and geneticist
• Jimmy Clausen (born 1987), a US football player
• Jørgen Mads Clausen (born 1948), a Danish industry magnate
• Kasper Klausen (born 1982), a Danish football player
• Lars Clausen (born 1935), a German sociologist
• Mads Clausen (1905 – 1966), a Danish industrialist and father of Jørgen Mads Clausen
• Néstor Clausen (born 1962), an Argentine footballer
• Nicolai Clausen (1911 – 1943), German U-boat commander
• Raymond M. Clausen, Jr. (1947 – 2004), US war hero
• René Clausen (born 1953), an American composer
• Rick Clausen (born 1982), an American football player
• Thomas Clausen (1801 – 1885), Danish mathematician and astronomer
• Thomas Clausen (born 1949), a Danish jazz pianist

Places

• Clausen, Luxembourg, a quarter in Luxembourg City
• Clausen, Germany, a town in Rhineland-Palatinate and site of a former US Army chemical weapons facility

Other

• Clausen function, a mathematical function

References