Strauch, a German word meaning ''bush'' or ''

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'', is a surname. Notable people with it include: * Adolfo Strauch, (b. 1948), survivor of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash * Adolph Strauch (1822–1883), landscape architect * Aegidius Strauch II (1632–1682), German mathematician and theologian * Alexander Strauch (1832–1893), Russian naturalist * Eduard Strauch (1906–1955), German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer and Holocaust perpetrator * Eduardo Strauch,(b. 1947), survivor of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash * James Strauch (1921–1998), American Olympic fencer * Marten Strauch (born 1986), German international rugby union player * Philipp Strauch (1862–1924), Russian sailor of German origin, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Pierre Strauch (born 1958), French cellist, composer and conductor

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