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 Greek given name Nicholas.
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 Ernst Claus, Russian chemist (1796–1864)
- Václav Klaus, Czech politician, former President of the Czech Republic
Notable persons whose given name is Klaus
- Brother Klaus, Swiss patron saint
- Klaus Augenthaler, German football player and manager
- 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 Dede, German writer
- Klaus Iohannis, Romanian Politician
- Klaus Fischer, German footballer
- Klaus Fluoride, bassist of the Dead Kennedys
- Klaus Gerhart, outdoorsman and photographer
- Klaus Isekenmeier, German decathlete
- Klaus Kinski, German actor
- Klaus Lanzarini, Italian freestyle swimmer
- Klaus Meine, lead singer of German hard rock band The Scorpions
- Klaus Mertens, German singer
- Klaus Neumann, World War II Luftwaffe Ace
- Klaus Nomi, German entertainer
- Klaus Schnitzer, German-American Automotive Photographer and Journalist
- Klaus Schulze, German electronic music composer and musician
- Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor
- Klaus Voormann, artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles
- Klaus Maria Brandauer theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, an actor
- Stefanos Klaus Athanasiadis, a Greek footballer of Greek and German origin
- Klaus Schulten, Computational biophysicist
- Klaus Noëthe, famous American female soccer player
Fictional characters
- Klaus Baudelaire, character in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books
- Klaus Heissler, character on American Dad!
- Klaus Mikaelson, an original hybrid of vampire and werewolf on The Vampire Diaries
- Klaus Daimler, character portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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