Strauss

Strauss or Strauß or Straus is a common German surname. Outside Germany and Austria Strauß is always spelled Strauss (the letter "ß" is not used in the German-speaking part of Switzerland).

People named Strauss or Strauß or Straus

A–F

• Adolf Strauss (or Strauß 1879–1973), German Colonel General
• Adriaan Strauss (born 1985), South African rugby player
• Allison W. Strauss American fighter pilot after which Strauss Airfield in Australia is named
• Andrew Strauss (born 1977), South African born former English cricket captain
• Annette Strauss (1924–1998), philanthropist and former mayor of Dallas, Texas
• Anselm Strauss (1916–1996), American sociologist
• Astrid Strauss (born 1968), East German swimmer
• Barry S. Strauss, American classicist and historian
• Bill Strauss (footballer) (1916–1984), South African born Scottish footballer and cricketer
• Botho Strauß (born 1944), German writer
• Bruce Strauss (born 1952), American boxer
• Christoph Straus (around 1580–1631), composer
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
• Darin Strauss (born 1970), American writer
• David Strauss (David Friedrich Strauss or Strauß, 1808–1874), German theologian and writer
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn (born 1949), former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Donald B. Straus (1916–2007), American educator, author, political advisor
• Eduard Strauss (1835–1916), Austrian composer, son of Johann Strauss I
• Eric Strauss (born 1960), American biologist, professor at Boston College
• Ernst G. Straus (1922–1983), mathematician and assistant to Albert Einstein
• Erwin Straus (1891–1975), phenomenologist and neurologist of European origin
• Franz Josef Strauss (or Strauß, 1915–1988), German politician
• Franz Strauss (1822–1905), German horn player and composer, father of Richard Strauss

G–L

• Harry L. Straus, (1896–1949), American electrical engineer, horse and cattle breeder, sportsman, entrepreneur and computer pioneer
• Harry Strauss (1909–1941), contract killer for Murder, Inc., in the 1930s
• Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford, member of the British Parliament from 1935 to 1955
• Hugo Strauß (1907–1941), German rower
• Isidor Straus (1845–1912), owner of R.H. Macy Co., member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died when the steamer Titanic sank
• Ivan Štraus (born 1928), Bosnian architect
• Jack Straus, American professional poker player
• Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss (1900–1990), South African politician
• Jael Strauss, contestant in America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
• James Strauss (flutist) (born 1974), Brazilian flutist
• James D. Strauss (born 1929), American theologian and professor
• Jesse I. Straus (1872–1936), son of Isidor Straus, president of Macy's, U.S. ambassador to France 1933–36
• Jo-Ann Strauss (born 1981), Miss South Africa in 2000
• Joe Straus (born 1959), politician from Texas
• Joe Strauss (1858–1906), American baseball player
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), Austrian composer (Radetzky March), father of Johann II, Josef, and Eduard
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Austrian composer (Die Fledermaus, Blue Danube Waltz)
• Johann Strauss III (1866–1939), Austrian composer, son of Eduard
• Jon Strauss, former president of Harvey Mudd College
• Josef Strauss (1827–1870), Austrian composer, son of Johann Strauss I
• Joseph Straus, German patent scholar
• Joseph Strauss, several people, including:
  • Joseph Strauss (admiral) (1861–1948), American admiral
  • Joseph Strauss (engineer) (1870–1938), chief engineer in the building of the Golden Gate Bridge in California
• Julius Strauss, British journalist
• Julius Strauss (photographer) (1857–1924), American photographer
• Karin Straus (born 1971), Dutch politician
• Kim Strauss (or Kurt Strauss), actor
• Leo Strauss (1899–1973), political philosopher
• Levi Strauss (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • Levi Strauss (1829–1902), Bavaria-born American entrepreneur and inventor of blue jeans
• Lewis Strauss (1896–1974) American businessman and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission
• Lotte Strauss (1913–1985), American pathologist after which Churg–Strauss syndrome is named
• Ludwig Straus, Hungarian-Austrian violinist

M–Z

• Maayan Strauss (born 1983), Israeli artist
• Marianne Strauss (1923–1996), German Holocaust survivor
• Mark L. Strauss, New Testament professor
• Mark Strauss (journalist), American journalist
• Michael W. Straus, American government official
• Nathan Straus, German-American merchant and philanthropist
• Neil Strauss, journalist and author
• Ofra Strauss, chief executive officer of Israeli food products manufacturer Strauss
• Oscar Straus (composer) (1870–1954), Austrian composer of operettas
• Oscar Straus (politician), Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt
• Paul Strauss (born 1964), politician from the District of Columbia
• Peter Strauss (born 1947), American actor
• Ralph Straus Regula (born 1924), politician from Beach City, Stark County, Ohio
• Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer of operas and tone poems (Salome, Also sprach Zarathustra)
• Richardt Strauss (born 1986), South African rugby player representing Ireland internationally; cousin of Adriaan
• Robert Schwarz Strauss, American diplomat
• Robert Strauß (born 1986), German football player
• Robert Strauss (actor), American actor
• Roger Williams Straus, Jr., co-founder of book publishers Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Sagi Strauss (born 1976), Israeli footballer
• Sylvia Straus, pianist
• Thomas Strauß (born 1953), German rower
• Tiaan Strauss (born 1965), South African rugby player
• Victoria Strauss, fantasy author
• William Strauss, (1947–2007), American author, historian, playwright, lecturer and theorist
• William M. Straus, (born 1956), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Zoe Strauss, (born 1970), American photographer

Other

• Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, United States Supreme Court decision concerning the scope of rights accorded owners of a copyright
• Akabara Strauss, Vampire King from the manga The Record of a Fallen Vampire
• Abraham & Straus, former major New York City department store
• Artie Strauss, fictional character based on the real life murderer Richard Loeb of the infamous murder duo Leopold and Loeb
• Farrar, Straus and Giroux, American book-publishing company
• Hans and Greta Strauss, inspiration for the fairy tale of "Hansel and Gretel" according to the Buffy episode "Gingerbread"
• Justice Strauss, fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Levi Strauss & Co., clothiers
• Roman Strauss, fictional conductor-composer from the 1991 psychological thriller Dead Again
• Straus Hall, dormitory housing first-year students at Harvard College
• Strauss (company), food manufacturer in Israel