{{other uses}} {{wiktionary|Klaus}} '''Klaus''' is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
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==Notable persons with the family name== *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseball player *Chris Klaus (born 1973), American entrepreneur *Felix Klaus (born 1992), German football player, son of Fred Klaus *Frank Klaus (1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion *Fred Klaus (born 1967), German football player and manager, father of Felix Klaus *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 *Walter K. Klaus (1912–2012), American politician and farmer
==Notable persons with the given name== *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 Dibiasi (born 1947), Italian sports diver *Klaus Doldinger (1936–2025), German saxophonist and film music composer *Klaus Emmerich (director) (1943–2026), German film director and screenwriter *Klaus Emmerich (journalist) (1928–2021), Austrian journalist *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 Lemke (1940–2022), German film director *Klaus Köchl (born 1961), Austrian politician *Klaus Lage (born 1950), German musician *Klaus Lanzarini (born 1977), Italian freestyle swimmer *Klaus Laser (1942–2020), German actor *Klaus Löwitsch (1936–2002), German actor *Klaus Mäkelä, (born 1996) Finnish conductor and cellist *Klaus Meine (born 1948), lead singer of German hard rock 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 *Klaus Rinke (1939–2026), German artist *Klaus Rogge (born 1979), German rower *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 Schwab (born 1938), German professor who founded the World Economic Forum *Klaus Seltenheim (born 1984), German politician *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 Voussem (born 1970), German politician *Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), German politician
===Pen name=== *Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 1943), theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, Austrian actor
==Characters== *Klaus from ''Beyblade: Metal Masters'' *Klaus from ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' and ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' *Klaus 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'' *Klaus von Wolfstadt from ''Maiden Rose'' *Baron Klaus Wulfenbach from ''Girl Genius'' *Klaus from ''Klaus'' *Klaus from ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' *Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach from ''From Eroica with Love'' *Klaus, the titular character from ''Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job'' *Klaus from ''Don't Starve''
==See also== *Claus, a variant of the name *Klaukkala, Finnish village, whose name is partly based on the name Klaus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bebyggelsenamn.sls.fi/bebyggelsenamn/2308/klovskog-nurmijarvi/|title=Klövskog, Nurmijärvi, Nyland|publisher=Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn|access-date=September 14, 2019|language=sv}}</ref> *Klavs, a variant of the name *''Kloyz'', a Yiddish school *''Klaus'', a 2019 animated film
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Category:German masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:Dutch masculine given names Category:Norwegian masculine given names Category:Swedish masculine given names Category:Danish masculine given names Category:Finnish masculine given names Category:Icelandic masculine given names Category:Surnames derived from given names