'''Claus''' (sometimes '''Clas''') is both a given name and a German, Danish, and Dutch surname.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Notable people with the name include:
==Given name== *Claus von Amsberg, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (1926–2002) *Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born 2004) *Claus von Bülow (1926–2019), British socialite accused of attempting to murder his wife, Sunny von Bülow *Claus Clausen (disambiguation), several people of that name *Claus Jacob (born 1969), German scientist *Claus Jørgensen (racewalker) (born 1974), Danish racewalker *Claus Bech Jørgensen (born 1976), Danish-born Faroese footballer *Claus Larsen (disambiguation), several people of that name *Claus Lundekvam (born 1973), Norwegian former footballer *Claus Moser, Baron Moser (1922–2015), British statistician *Claus Nielsen (born 1964), Danish football striker *Claus Norreen (born 1970), Danish musician with the band Aqua, and record producer *Claus Offe (1940–2025), German political sociologist *Claus Ogerman (1930–2016), German arranger, orchestrator, conductor and composer *Claus Peymann (1937–2025), German theatre director and manager *Claus Roxin (1931–2025), German jurist *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 Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), a German officer who, along with others, attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1944 *Claus Thomsen (born 1970), Danish 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 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 *Ines Claus (born 1977), German politician (CDU) *Joshua Claus, American war criminal *Jürgen Claus (1935–2023), German artist and author *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 *Claus, a character and a protagonists twin in the Nintendo game ''Mother 3'' *Claus, in the advertising campaign for Palm Centro *Alicia Claus, the protagonist of the videogame ''Bullet Witch''
== Organisations == *FC Santa Claus, a Finnish association football club
==See also== *Claus process, the major process for removing elemental S from H<sub>2</sub>S gas *Klaus (disambiguation) *Clauss {{given name|type=both}}
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