Claus

Claus (sometimes Clas) is both a given name and a German, Danish, and Dutch surname. 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 (born 1926), British socialite accused of attempting to murder his wife, Sunny von Bülow
 * Claus Clausen (disambiguation), three 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), three people of that name
 * Claus Lundekvam (born 1973), Norwegian former footballer
 * Claus Moser, Baron Moser (born 1922), British statistician
 * Claus Nielsen (born 1964), Danish former football striker
 * Claus Norreen (born 1970), Danish musician with the band Aqua, and record producer
 * Claus Offe (born 1940), political sociologist
 * Claus Ogerman (born 1930), German arranger, orchestrator, conductor and composer
 * 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 former 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
 * 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

Organisations

 * FC Santa Claus, a Finnish association football club