Clausen is a Danish

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surname, literally meaning ''child of Claus'', Claus being a

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form of the

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Νικόλαος, Nikolaos, (cf.

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), used in Denmark at least since the 16th century. The spelling variant Klausen has identical pronunciation (as does the often interchangeable Claussen). The two variants are number 34 and 85 on the top 100 of surnames in Denmark. Occurrences of Clausen/Klausen as a surname outside Denmark and

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are due to

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. Immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes changed the spelling to Clauson.

People

Alden W. Clausen Alden Winship "Tom" Clausen
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(1923–2013), American businessman and former President of the World Bank *

Alf Clausen Alf Faye Heiberg Clausen (March 28, 1941 – May 29, 2025) was an American film and television composer. He is best known for his work scoring many episodes of ''The Simpsons'', for which he was the sole composer between 1990 and 2017. Clausen ...

(1941–2025), American film and television musical composer * Andrea Clausen (born 1959), German stage actress (Burgtheater, Vienna) * Arne Clausen (born 1932), Argentine Methodist Pastor *

Casey Clausen Casey James Clausen (born January 9, 1981) is an American football coach and former player. He was previously the head football coach of Bishop Alemany High School and Calabasas High School. Clausen played college football at the University of ...

(born 1981), American football player * Christopher John Clausen (born 1942), American writer * Claus Clausen (1899–1989), German film actor * Claus Kristian Randolph Clausen (1869–1958), US Navy officer in Spanish–American War. * Claus Lauritz Clausen (1820–1892), pioneer Lutheran minister, military chaplain and politician. *

Connie Clausen Connie Clausen (born Constance Clausen on June 11, 1923, in Menasha, Wisconsin, and died September 7, 1997, in New York City) was an American actress, author, and literary agent. Career Connie Clausen's career began in 1942 at the age of 19 ...

(1923–1997), US actress, author * Curtis Paul Clausen (1893–1976), American entomologist * Donald Holst Clausen (1923–2015), US politician * Frits Clausen (1893–1947), the leader of the Danish Nazi Party before the Second World War *

George Clausen Sir George Clausen (18 April 1852 – 22 November 1944) was a British artist working in oil and watercolour, etching, mezzotint, drypoint and occasionally lithographs. He was knighted in 1927. Biography George Clausen was born at 8 William Str ...

(1852–1944), British painter *

Henrik Nicolai Clausen Henrik Nicolai Clausen (22 April 1793 – 28 March 1877) was a Danish theologian and national liberal politician. He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849, of the Folketing from 1849 to 1853 and of the Lan ...

(1793–1877), Danish theologian and statesman *

Henry Christian Clausen Henry Christian Clausen (30 June 1905 – 4 December 1992) was an American lawyer, and investigator. He authored the ''Clausen Report'', an 800-page report on the Army Board's Pearl Harbor Investigation. He traveled over 55,000 miles over seven ...

(1905–1993), American lawyer *

Herluf Stenholt Clausen Claus Herluf Stenholt Clausen (October 21, 1921, Los Angeles – 2002) was a Danish ichthyologist, known for his work on the river fish of West Africa. Although often cited as H. S. Clausen, he published as H. Stenholt Clausen, with the compound ...

(1921–2002), Danish ichthyologist *

Hermann Clausen Hermann Clausen (24 July 1885 – 12 April 1962) was a German politician of the Federalist Union and former SSW member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Fe ...

(1885–1962), German politician *

Hugh Clausen Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ...

OBE (1888–1972), British naval armaments engineer * Major General Hugh J. Clausen (1926–2009),

Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army The Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Army (DJAG)
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Ian Clausen Ian Clausen is an American philosopher and Assistant Teaching Professor at Villanova University. Previously he was Arthur J. Ennis Postdoctoral Fellow at this university. Clausen is known for his works on Saint Augustine's thought. He is the edit ...

, American philosopher *

Jens Clausen Jens Christen (Christian) Clausen (March 11, 1891 – November 22, 1969) was a Danish- American botanist, geneticist, and ecologist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants. Biography Clausen w ...

(1891–1969), a Danish-American botanist and geneticist * Jimmy Clausen (born 1987), US football player * John Adam Clausen (1914–1996), American sociologist * John Henry Clausen (1852–1930), farmerJohn Henry Clausen
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Jørgen Mads Clausen Jørgen Mads Clausen (born 23 September 1948) is a Danish businessman and philanthropist. He was the CEO of Danfoss, the Danish heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning company, from 1996 to 2009 then chairman until 2022. The company was foun ...

(born 1948), Danish industry magnate * Kasper Klausen (born 1982), Danish footballer * Kristoffer Clausen, Norwegian media personality *

Lars Clausen Lars Michael Clausen (8 April 1935, Berlin – 20 May 2010, Hamburg) was a German sociologist and professor at the University of Kiel. Life and work During World War II, the family lived on the Darß (in Pomerania). 1944 his father Jürgen Cla ...

(1935–2010), German sociologist * Luke Clausen, American fisherman *

Mads Clausen Mads Clausen (21 October 1905 – 27 August 1966) born in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg, municipality of Nordborg in Denmark, was a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss in 1933. He died in transit from Elsmark to Sønderborg. He married ...

(1905–1966), Danish industrialist and father of Jørgen Mads Clausen *

Mads Clausen (footballer) Mads Clausen (born 10 February 1984) is a retired Norway, Norwegian football midfielder. He came through the youth ranks of IL Jardar, Jardar and Stabæk Fotball, Stabæk, making his senior first-tier debut for Stabæk in July 2003. He also rep ...

(born 1984), Norwegian footballer * Meredith Clausen (born 1942), American architectural historian and professor at University of Washington * Néstor Clausen (born 1962), Argentine footballer * Nicolai Clausen (1911–1943), German U-boat commander * Peter Clausen (nineteenth century, dates unclear), also known as Pedro Cláudio Dinamarquez Clausen and as Peter Claussen, Danish natural history collector * Pit Clausen (born 1962), German politician, mayor of city Bielefeld * Raymond M. Clausen Jr. (1947–2004), United States Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam War 31 Jan 1970. * René Clausen (born 1953), American composer *

Rick Clausen Richard James Clausen (born June 29, 1982) is an American football coach and former player who played college football for Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee. He is the current head coach at Westlake High School in Los An ...

(born 1982), American football player * Roy Elwood Clausen (1891–1956), American botanist and geneticist *

Sally Clausen Sally Clausen (born July 4, 1945) is an American administrator who is executive director of the Ingram Center for Public Trusteeship and Governance, an affiliate of the United States of America#Education, American Association of Governing Boards ...

(born 1945), American educational administrator *

Thomas Clausen (mathematician) Thomas Clausen (16 January 1801, Snogbæk, Sottrup Municipality, Duchy of Schleswig – 23 May 1885, Tartu, Imperial Russia) was a Danish mathematician and astronomer. Life Clausen learned mathematics at home. In 1820, he became a trainee ...

(1801–1885), Danish mathematician and astronomer *

Thomas Clausen (musician) Thomas Clausen (born 5 October 1949) is a Danish jazz pianist and composer. Early life Clausen was born on 5 October 1949 in Copenhagen. His brother is Bent Clausen. Thomas studied piano and composition. Later life and career Clausen was part of ...

(born 1949), Danish jazz pianist * Thomas Clausen (Louisiana) (1939–2002), American education superintendent, brother of Sally Clausen * Sven Clausen (Danish author, playwright, doctor of law) (1893–1961)

Places

Clausen, Luxembourg Clausen () is a Quarters of Luxembourg City, quarter in central Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Clausen is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city of Luxembourg with its earlier history tying back to that of the breweries in the ar ...

, 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 In mathematics, the Clausen function, introduced by , is a transcendental, special function of a single variable. It can variously be expressed in the form of a definite integral, a trigonometric series, and various other forms. It is intimatel ...

, a mathematical function

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