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Notable persons whose family name is Klaus

*Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseball player *Chris Klaus (born 1973), American entrepreneur *Felix Klaus (born 1992), German football player, son of Fred Klaus *Frank Klaus (1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion *Fred Klaus (born 1967), German football player and manager, father of Felix Klaus *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 Köchl (born 1961), Austrian politician *Klaus Lage (born 1950), German musician *Klaus Lanzarini (born 1977), Italian freestyle swimmer *Dieter Laser, Klaus Laser (1942–2020), German actor *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 (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 *Claus Schilling, 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 (video game), 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 (TV series), The Originals'' *Klaus von Wolfstadt from ''Maiden Rose'' *Baron Klaus Wulfenbach from ''Girl Genius'' *Klaus from ''Klaus (film), Klaus'' *Klaus from ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' *Klaus, the titular character from ''Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job''


See also

*Claus, a variant of the name *Klaukkala, Finnish village, whose name is partly based on the name Klaus *Klavs, a variant of the name *''Kloyz'', a Yiddish school *''Klaus (film), Klaus ''


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