Stauch

Stauch is a German surname that appears to have originated in the vicinity encompassing the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the Swiss canton of Thurgau. Some branches of the family that emigrated to the United States of America anglicized it to Stough.

People with this surname include:


 * Alfred Stauch, ichthyologist (Bothus, Chiloglanis, Chiloglanis benuensis, Chiloglanis voltae, Dagetichthys lakdoensis, Dalophis, Dasyatis, Eleotridae, Niger stingray, Phractura, Spinycheek sleepers, Zaireichthys, Zaireichthys camerunensis)
 * August Stauch, Swiss railway worker, amateur mineralogist, prospector and investor (instigator of the early 20th-century diamond rush in German South-West Africa)
 * Birgit Stauch, German sculptor
 * Bonnie Stauch, American costume designer (The Walking Dead: Cold Storage)
 * Catherine Stauch, American restaurateur (almost became a co-owner of the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn in 2009)
 * Christopher W. Stauch, American property owner (former co-owner of the George Baker House)
 * Edward Stauch, American painter/sculptor (creator of Hospital Gangrene of an Arm Stump, this painting and Night at the Horticultural Center in Philadelphia)
 * Harald Stauch, German politician (member of the Christian Democratic Union)
 * Hellmut Wilhelm E. Stauch, German-South African watercraft designer (O-Jolle) and Olympian (sailor in the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics)
 * Jeff Stauch, American civil engineer (engineer for Union County, Ohio in 2009)
 * Jiri Stauch, Czech basketball player (member of Czechoslovakia's 1975 EuroBasket team)
 * John H. Stauch, American property owner (former co-owner of the George Baker House)
 * Richard Stauch, German music composer (The Star of Valencia)
 * Robert Stauch, German politician (member of the Christian Democratic Union)
 * Scott Stauch, American football player (one-season member of the New Orleans Saints)
 * Thomen Stauch, German drummer (member of the bands Blind Guardian, Coldseed, Iron Savior, Savage Circus and Seelenzorn)
 * Tom Stauch, American aircraft owner (former owner of the Chester Jeep)
 * Svea Stauch, comic book artist (cover of Comico's Macross#1)
 * Werner Stauch, German botanist (Selenicereus anthonyanus)
 * Willi Stauch, German motorcycle racer (1980 European solo grasstrack champion)