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.

Notable persons whose family name is Klaus

 * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseball player
 * Chris Klaus (born 1973), American entrepreneur
 * Frank Klaus (1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion
 * Fred Klaus (born 1967), German footballer
 * 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 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
 * 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 Doldinger (born 1936), German musician
 * 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 Lage (born 1950), German musician
 * Klaus Lanzarini (born 1977), Italian freestyle swimmer
 * 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 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 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 Wowereit (born 1953), German politician

Nickname

 * 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
 * Klaus, the titular character from Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job