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n given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name

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Notable persons whose family name is Klaus

Billy Klaus William Joseph Klaus (December 9, 1928 – December 3, 2006) was an American professional baseball shortstop and third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Boston / Milwaukee Braves (–), Boston Red Sox (–), Baltimore Or ...

(1928–2006), American baseball player *

Chris Klaus Christopher W. Klaus (born 1973 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American technology entrepreneur. He was founder and CTO of Internet Security Systems (ISS), a company which he started in the early 1990s, and then sold to IBM in 2006 for $1.3B. As o ...

(born 1973), American entrepreneur *

Frank Klaus Frank Klaus (December 30, 1887, in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania – February 8, 1948) was an American boxer from 1904 to 1918. Klaus claimed the vacant World Middleweight Championship in 1913 and was elected to the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in ...

(1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion * Fred Klaus (born 1967), German footballer *

Josef Klaus Josef Klaus (15 August 1910 – 25 July 2001) was an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He served as State Governor (''Landeshauptmann'') of Salzburg from 1949 to 1961, as Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1963 and as ...

(1910–2001), Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970 * Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Russian chemist *

Václav Klaus Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, he served as the secon ...

(born 1941), Czech politician, former President of the Czech Republic *

Walter K. Klaus Walter Kloepping Klaus (April 19, 1912–November 11, 2012) was an American politician and farmer. Klaus was born in Empire Township, Dakota County, Minnesota. He graduated from Farmington High School in Farmington, Minnesota and from Hamline ...

(1912–2012), American politician and farmer

Notable persons whose given name is Klaus

*Brother Klaus, Swiss patron saint *Klaus Augenthaler (born 1957), German football player and manager *Klaus Badelt (born 1967), German composer *Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), German SS-Hauptsturmführer and Holocaust Perpetrator *Klaus Bargsten (1911–2000), German captain and sole survivor of the sunken U-boat U-521 in World War II *Klaus Berntsen (1844–1927), Danish politician *Klaus Dede (1935–2018), German writer *Klaus Doldinger (born 1936), German musician *Klaus Fischer (born 1949), German footballer *Klaus Flouride (born 1949), bassist of the Dead Kennedys *Klaus Fuchs (1911–1988), German theoretical physicist and atomic spy *Klaus Gerhart (born 1965), outdoorsman and photographer *Klaus Iohannis (born 1959), Romanian politician *Klaus Isekenmeier (born 1975), German decathlete *Klaus Kinkel (1936–2019), German politician *Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), German actor *Klaus Lage (born 1950), German musician *Klaus Lanzarini (born 1977), Italian freestyle swimmer *Klaus Löwitsch (1936–2002), German actor *Klaus Meine (born 1948), lead singer of German hard rock band Scorpions (band), Scorpions *Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German singer *Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German entertainer *Klaus Ofczarek (1939–2020), Austrian opera singer and actor *Klaus Perwas (born 1971), German basketball coach and former player *Claus Schilling, Klaus Schilling (1871–1946), German experimenter in Nazi human concentration camp experiments executed for war crimes *Klaus Schulten, computational biophysicist *Klaus Schulze (1947-2022), German electronic music composer and musician *Klaus Tennstedt (1926–1998), German conductor *Klaus Voormann (born 1938), artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles *Klaus Schwab (born 1938), German professor who founded the World Economic Forum *Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), German politician

Nickname

*Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, Austrian actor

Characters

*Klaus from ''Beyblade: Metal Masters'' *Klaus, aka the Architect, from ''Xenoblade Chronicles (video game), Xenoblade Chronicles'' and ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' *Klaus, aka the Masked Man, from ''Mother 3'' *Klaus Baudelaire from ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' *Klaus Daimler from ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' *Klaus Hargreeves from ''The Umbrella Academy'' *Klaus Heisler from ''American Dad!'' *Klaus Mikaelson from ''The Vampire Diaries'' and ''The Originals (TV series), The Originals'' *Baron Klaus Wulfenbach from ''Girl Genius'' *Klaus from ''Klaus (film), Klaus''

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Notable persons whose family name is Klaus

Notable persons whose given name is Klaus

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