Strauss
Appearance
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), English cricketer
- 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 Strauss (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
- 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, father of Johann II, Josef, Eduard ("Radetzky March")
- Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Austrian composer (Die Fledermaus, Blue Danube Waltz), son of Johann Strauss I
- Johann Strauss III (1866–1939), Austrian composer, son of Eduard Strauss
- 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
- Richard L. Strauss, president of the Strauss Radio Strategies company
- Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer of operas and tone poems (Salome, Also sprach Zarathustra), son of Franz
- 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