Krauss is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...

(born 1971), American bluegrass musician *

Alexander Krauß Alexander Gerd Krauß (born 8 December 1975 in Erlabrunn, Germany) is a German politician ( Christian Democratic Union (CDU)) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. From 2004 until 2017 he was a member of the Landtag of ...

(born 1975), German politician *

Alexis Krauss Sleigh Bells is an American musical duo based in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2008 and consisting of vocalist Alexis Krauss and guitarist/producer Derek E. Miller. They became known for their overdriven style of noise pop, which incorporates ...

(born 1985), musician of the noise pop duo Sleigh Bells *

Anna Krauss Anna Krauss ( Friese; 27 October 1884, Bogen – 5 August 1943, Plötzensee Prison, Berlin) was a German clairvoyant, fortune-teller and businesswomen who owned a lacquer and paint wholesaler business in Berlin. She became a resistance fighter ...

(born 1884) German clairvoyant *

Beatrice Krauss Beatrice Kapua'Okalani H. Krauss (August 4, 1903 March 5, 1998) was a haole botanist, teacher, and historian from Hawai'i who specialized in the indigenous flora and ethnobotany of the islands. Early life Beatrice Hilmer Krauss was born in Hono ...

(1903–1998), American botanist *

Clemens Krauss Clemens Heinrich Krauss (31 March 189316 May 1954) was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Richard Wagner. Krauss was born in Vienna to Clementine Krauss, the ...

(1893–1954), Austrian conductor *

Charles A. W. Krauss Charles A. W. Krauss (October 24, 1851 – January 1, 1939) was an American businessman, carpenter contractor, and politician. Born in the town of Milwaukee (town), Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Krauss went to the Milwauk ...

(1851–1939), American politician *

Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (Stuttgart, 9 July 1812 – 15 September 1890), was a German scientist, traveler and collector. Early life He was an apothecary's apprentice and worked as a pharmacist for a while, but then took up the study of ...

(1812–1890), known as Ferdinand Krauss, German scientist, traveller and collector *

Friedrich Salomon Krauss Friedrich Salomon Krauss (7 October 1859, Požega, Kingdom of Hungary – 29 May 1938, Vienna, Austria) was a Croatian Austrian Jewish sexologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and Slavist. Education In 1877–78, Krauss attended the University ...

(1859–1938), Austrian ethnographer *

Gabrielle Krauss Marie-Gabrielle Krauss (24 March 18426 January 1906) was an important 19th century Austrian-born French operatic soprano. She created major roles in operas by Anton Rubinstein, Charles Gounod, Camille Saint-Saëns, Auguste Mermet, Clémence de G ...

(1842–1906), Austrian-born French operatic soprano *

Georg Krauß Georg Krauß, from 1905 ''Ritter von Krauß'' (25 December 1826 – 5 November 1906) was a German industrialist and the founder of the Krauss Locomotive Works (''Locomotivfabrik Krauß & Comp.'') in Munich, Germany and Linz, Upper Austria. The ...

, (1826–1906), German industrialist and the founder of the Krauss Locomotive Works **

Krauss-Maffei KraussMaffei is a German manufacturer of injection molding machines, machines for plastics extrusion technology, and reaction process machinery. It was acquired by ChemChina in 2016. History Locomotives KraussMaffei was formed in 1931 from a me ...

, German engineering company, named in part after Georg Krauß *

Hermann August Krauss Hermann August Krauss (1 August 1848 – 21 April 1939) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera and Dermaptera. Krauss was a physician. His collection is in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. Selected publications *1877 ...

(1848–1937), Austrian entomologist *

Johan Carl Krauss Johan Carl Krauss (6 October 1759 in Öhringen – 19 March 1826 in Leiden), was a German-born professor of medicine at Leiden, botanist, taxonomist and author of botanical books. He was the son of Christophorus Adam Krauss, a physician at the ...

(1759–1826), German physician and botanist *

Lawrence M. Krauss Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who previously taught at Arizona State University, Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU's Origins Project, now cal ...

(born 1954), American physicist and writer *

Michael E. Krauss Michael E. Krauss (August 15, 1934 – August 11, 2019) was an American linguist, professor emeritus, founder and long-time head of the Alaska Native Language Center. He died on August 11, 2019, four days before his 85th birthday. The Alaska Na ...

(1934–2019), American linguist *

Michael I. Krauss Michael Ian Krauss (born April 21, 1951) is a professor emeritus of law at Antonin Scalia Law School (previously George Mason University School of Law), specializing in tort law, products liability, jurisprudence and legal ethics. He writes a Torts ...

(born 1951), American law professor *

Nicole Krauss Nicole Krauss (born August 18, 1974) is an American author best known for her four novels '' Man Walks into a Room'' (2002), ''The History of Love'' (2005), ''Great House'' (2010) and '' Forest Dark'' (2017), which have been translated into 35 l ...

(born 1974), American novelist *

Rosalind E. Krauss Rosalind Epstein Krauss (born November 30, 1941) is an American art critic, art theorist and a professor at Columbia University in New York City. Krauss is known for her scholarship in 20th-century painting, sculpture and photography. As a critic ...

(born 1941), American art critic *

Ruth Krauss Ruth Ida Krauss (July 25, 1901 – July 10, 1993) was an American writer of children's books, including '' The Carrot Seed'', and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print. Early life and education Ruth Krauss ...

(1901–1993), American poet, playwright and children's book author *

Samuel Krauss Samuel Krauss ( Ukk, 18 February 1866 - Cambridge, 4 June 1948) was professor at the Jewish Teachers' Seminary, Budapest, 1894–1906, and at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Vienna, 1906–1938. He moved to England as a refugee and spent his last y ...

(1866–1948), Hungarian philologist and historian *

Thomas F Krauss Thomas F Krauss is a physics researcher at the University of York, where he is the head of the photonics group and of the nanocentre cleanroom. Before he was head of the school of physics and astronomy at the University of St Andrews. He has se ...

, British physicist working in the field of photonic crystals *

Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss (''Krauß'' in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film ''Jud S ...

(1884–1959), German actor *

Werner Krauss (academic) Werner Krauss (7 June 1900 - 28 August 1976) was a German university professor (Romance studies). During the 1940s he became a political activist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. In 1943 he was found guilty of preparing to commit h ...

(1900–1976), German professor of Romance studies

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