Claus (sometimes Clas) is both a given name and a German Language, German, Danish language, Danish, and Dutch language, Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

*Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), a German officer who, along with others, attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1944 *Claus von Amsberg, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (1926–2002) *Claus von Bülow (born 1926), British socialite accused of attempting to murder his wife, Sunny von Bülow *Claus Clausen (disambiguation), three people of that name *Claus Bech Jørgensen (born 1976), Danish-born Faroese footballer *Claus Jacob (born 1969), German scientist *Claus Jørgensen (racewalker) (born 1974), Danish race walker *Claus Larsen (disambiguation), three people of that name *Claus Lundekvam (born 1973), Norwegian former footballer *Claus Moser, Baron Moser (born 1922), British statistician *Claus Nielsen (born 1964), Danish former football striker *Claus Norreen (born 1970), Danish musician with the band Aqua, and record producer *Claus Offe (born 1940), political sociologist *Claus Ogerman (born 1930), German arranger, orchestrator, conductor and composer *Claus Schilling (1871-1946), German experimenter in Nazi human concentration camp experiments executed for war crimes *Claus Sievert (1949–2009), German-born American printmaker and illustrator. *Claus Sluter (1340s-1405 or 1406), Dutch sculptor *Claus Spreckels (1828-1908), major industrialist in Hawai'i and California *Claus Thomsen (born 1970), Danish former footballer *Claus Toksvig (1929-1988), Danish journalist, broadcaster and politician

Surname

*Carl Friedrich Claus (1827-1900), German chemist *Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835–1899), German zoologist *Daniel Claus (1727-1787), British Commissioners for Indian Affairs, commissioner of Indian affairs and a Loyalist during the American Revolution *Emile Claus (1849–1924), Belgian painter, inventor of the Luminism style of Impressionistic painting *Hildrun Claus (born 1939), German former athlete *Hugo Claus (1929–2008), Flemish novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director *Karl Ernst Claus or Carl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Livonian chemist and naturalist, discoverer of the element ruthenium *Roland Claus (born 1954), German politician *Santa Claus (politician) (born 1947), American politician from Alaska

Fictional characters

*Santa Claus *Mrs. Claus, Santa's wife *List of Mother 3 characters#Claus, Claus, a character and a protagonists twin in the Nintendo game ''Mother 3'' *Palm Centro#Advertising, Claus, in the advertising campaign for Palm Centro

Organisations

*FC Santa Claus, a Finnish association football club

Given name

Surname

Fictional characters

Organisations

See also