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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 (1928–2006), US baseball player
- Chris Klaus (born 1973), US entrepreneur
- Frank Klaus (1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion
- Josef Klaus (1910–2001), Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970
- Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Russian chemist
- Václav Klaus (born 1941), Czech politician, former President of the Czech Republic
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; most famous work to date is from Pirates of the Caribbean
- 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 Dede (born 1935), German writer
- Klaus Iohannis (born 1959), Romanian Politician
- 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 Isekenmeier (born 1975), German decathlete
- Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), German actor
- Klaus Lanzarini (born 1977), Italian freestyle swimmer
- Klaus Meine (born 1948), lead singer of German hard rock band The Scorpions
- Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German singer
- Klaus Neumann (1923–2000), German World War II Luftwaffe Ace
- Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German entertainer
- Klaus Schulze, 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 Maria Brandauer (born 1943), theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, Austrian actor
- Stefanos Klaus Athanasiadis (born 1988), Greek footballer of Greek and German origin
- Klaus Schulten, Computational biophysicist
Characters
- Klaus Baudelaire, character in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books
- Klaus Heissler, character on American Dad!
- Klaus, character on Beyblade: Metal Masters
- Klaus Mikaelson, an original hybrid of vampire and werewolf on The Vampire Diaries as well as on The Originals
- Klaus Daimler, character portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Klaus, original name of Zanza, the main antagonist from Xenoblade Chronicles
- Klaus Goldstein, a character in the Shall We Date?: Wizardess Heart+ App
- Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, an antagonistic character from the Girl Genius web-comic
Television
- "Klaus" (The Vampire Diaries), a 2011 episode of the television series The Vampire Diaries
See also
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