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Klaus is a German given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the given name Nicholas.
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[edit] Notable persons whose family name is Klaus
- Billy Klaus, baseball player.
- Chris Klaus, entrepreneur.
- Frank Klaus, German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion.
- Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970.
- Karl Ernst Claus, Russian chemist (1796–1864).
- Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic.
[edit] Notable persons whose given name is Klaus
- Brother Klaus, Swiss patron saint.
- Klaus Augenthaler, German football player and manager.
- Klaus Badelt, German composer; most famous work to date is from Pirates of the Caribbean.
- Klaus Barbie, a Nazi Soldier.
- Klaus Bargsten, captain and sole survivor of the sunken U-boat U-521 in World War 2.
- Klaus Dede, German writer.
- Klaus Iohannis, Romanian Politician
- Klaus Fischer, German footballer.
- Klaus Fluoride, bassist of the Dead Kennedys.
- Klaus Gerhart, outdoorsman and photographer.
- Klaus Isekenmeier, German decathlete.
- Klaus Kinski, German actor.
- Klaus Lanzarini, Italian freestyle swimmer.
- Klaus Meine, lead singer of German hard rock band The Scorpions.
- Klaus Mertens, German singer.
- Klaus Neumann, World War II Luftwaffe Ace
- Klaus Nomi, German entertainer.
- Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor.
- Klaus Voormann, artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles.
- Klaus Maria Brandauer theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, an actor.
- Stefanos Klaus Athanasiadis, a Greek footballer of Greek and German origin.
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Klaus may also refer to:
- Klaus, Vorarlberg, a town in Austria.
- Klaus Advanced Computing Building at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Klaus (storm), named Klaus by FU Berlin in 2009.
- Hurricane Klaus, used in 1984 and 1990 to name two category 1 hurricanes, retired after 1990 season and replaced with Kyle.
- Klaus Baudelaire, a character in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books.
- Klaus Heissler, a character on American Dad!.
- Klaus/Niklaus, an original hybrid on The Vampire Diaries
- Klaus Daimler. a character portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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