Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of

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ultimately meaning ''victory of the people''. A traditionally common name in the Netherlands, its popularity declined some 20-fold since 1950.Klaas
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's database of Dutch given names Archaic spellings include Claas and Claes. Among its female derivatives are Klaasje, Clasien, Clasina, Clasine, Clazien, Klasien, Klasina and Klaziena. Klaas also exists as a

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, though the forms Klaasen, Klaassen, Claassen, Claessen, and Claessens are more common.

Notable persons whose given name is Klaas

* Klaas (fl. 1780), Khoikhoi guide to the explorer François Le Vaillant, who named Klaas's cuckoo after him * Klaas Afrikaner (fl. 1760–1800), Nama captain of the Orlam Afrikaners * Klaas Annink (1710–1775), Dutch serial killer * Klaas Bakker (1926–2016), Dutch footballer * Klaas Balk (born 1948), Dutch cyclist * Klaas van Berkel (born 1953), Dutch historian of science * Klaas de Boer (born 1942), Dutch-born American soccer player * Klaas Bolt (1927–1990), Dutch organist and improviser * Klaas Bom (born 1937), Dutch engineer * Klaas Breeuwer (1901–1961), Dutch footballer * Klaas van den Broek (born 1955), Dutch ice hockey player * Klaas Bruinsma (1931–2018), Dutch translator to West Frisian * Klaas Bruinsma (1953–1991), Dutch drug baron * Klaas Buchly (1910–1965), Dutch cyclist *

Klaas Carel Faber Klaas Carel Faber (20 January 1922 – 24 May 2012) was a convicted Dutch- German war criminal. He was the son of Pieter and Carolina Josephine Henriëtte (née Bakker) Faber, and the brother of Pieter Johan Faber, who was executed for war crime ...

(1922–2012), Dutch WWII war criminal * Klaas Dijkhoff (born 1981), Dutch politician and legal scholar * Klaas Gerling (born 1981), German DJ known as "Klaas" * Klaas de Groot (born 1940), Dutch bioengineer * Klaas Gubbels (born 1934), Dutch painter and sculptor * Klaas Hendrikse (1947–2018), Dutch atheist pastor * Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (born 1983), German television host * Klaas van der Horst (1731–1825), Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister *

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar (born 12 August 1983), known professionally as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (), is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Huntelaar played for PSV Ein ...

(born 1983), Dutch footballer * Klaas Knot (born 1967), Dutch economist and central banker * Klaas Kruik (1678–1754), Dutch cartographer and meteorologist better known as Cruquius * Klaas Lodewyck (born 1988), Belgian cyclist * Klaas van der Meulen (1642–1693), Dutch glass painter * (1930–2008), Dutch organist, pianist, and conductor * (1899–1986), Dutch racing cyclist * Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk (born 1970), Dutch cricketer * Klaas Nuninga (born 1940), Dutch footballer * Klaas Ooms (1917–1970), Dutch footballer * Klaas Jan Pen (1874–1932), Dutch sports shooter * Klaas Plantinga (1846–1922), Dutch distiller * Klaas Reimer (1770–1837), Prussian mennonite * Klaas Runia (1926–2006), Dutch theologian and journalist * Klaas Rusticus (born 1942), Dutch author and television and film director * Klaas Schilder (1890–1952), Dutch theologian and professor * Klaas Smit (1930–2008), Dutch footballer * Klaas Sybrandi (1807–1872), Dutch Mennonite minister * Klaas Sys (born 1986), Belgian cyclists * Klaas Twisk (1930–1999), Dutch racing driver *

Klaas Vantornout Klaas Vantornout (born 19 May 1982 in Torhout) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2018 for the and teams. Vantornout was the winner of the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships in 201 ...

(born 1982), Belgian cyclist *

Klaas Veenhof Klaas Roelof Veenhof (9 November 1935 – 28 July 2023) was a Dutch Assyriologist and professor at the University of Leiden. He specialized in the Old-Babylonian time and the Old-Assyrian trade colonies such as Kanesh. Veenhof died on 28 July 2023 ...

(1935–2023), Dutch Assyriologist *

Klaas Veering Klaas Willem Veering (born 26 September 1981) is a field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There he was the stand-in for first choice Guus Vogels. ...

(born 1981), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper * Klaas Vermeulen (born 1988), Dutch field hockey player * Klaas de Vries (disambiguation), multiple people * Klaas de Waard, alias of Aart Alblas (1918–1944), Dutch navy officer and resistance member * (1917–1993), Dutch legal scholar and politician * Klaas Woldendorp (1871–1936), Dutch sports shooter * Klaas Worp (born 1943), Dutch papyrologist * Klaas-Erik Zwering (born 1981), Dutch swimmer and an Olympic medalist

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* Claas Epp, Jr. (1838–1913), Russian Mennonite minister * Claas Hugo Humbert (1830–1904), German scientist and writer

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* Klaas Vaak is the traditional Dutch name for the Sandman

Notable persons whose surname is Klaas

* C. J. Klaas (born 1983), American soccer defensive midfielder * Kathrin Klaas (born 1984), German hammer thrower * Masabata Klaas (born 1991), South African cricketer * Polly Klaas (1981–1993), American murder victim * Urmas Klaas (born 1971), is Estonian politician * Werner Klaas (1914–1945), German footballer

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