Klaus
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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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German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the given name Nicholas
Nicholas
Nicholas or Nikolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος , a combination of the words for "victory" and "people" . The name can be understood to mean victory of the people or "power of the people"...
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Notable persons whose family name is Klaus
- Billy KlausBilly KlausWilliam Joseph Klaus was a shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the Boston & Milwaukee Braves , Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies . He played the end of the 1963 season in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons...
, baseball player. - Chris KlausChris KlausChristopher W. Klaus is the founder and current CEO of Kaneva, LLC and founder and former CTO of Internet Security Systems ....
, entrepreneur. - Frank KlausFrank KlausFrank Klaus was a German-American boxer from 1904 to 1918. Klaus won the vacant Middleweight Championship of the world in 1913 and was elected to the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1974....
, German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion. - Josef KlausJosef KlausJosef Klaus was an Austrian Christian/Conservative politician of the Peoples Party and the Federal Chancellor from 1964 to 1970. In 1934 graduated from law school. He married in 1936...
, Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970. - Karl Ernst Claus, Russian chemist (1796–1864).
- Václav KlausVáclav KlausVáclav Klaus is the second President of the Czech Republic and a former Prime Minister .An economist, he is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, the Czech Republic's largest center-right political party. Klaus is a eurosceptic, but he reluctantly endorsed the Lisbon treaty as president of...
, President of the Czech Republic.
Notable persons whose given name is Klaus
- Brother Klaus, Swiss patron saint.
- Klaus AugenthalerKlaus AugenthalerKlaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...
, German football player and manager. - Klaus BadeltKlaus BadeltKlaus Badelt is an award-winning German composer, best known for composing film scores.-Life and career:Badelt was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He started his musical career composing for many successful movies and commercials in his homeland...
, German composer; most famous work to date is from Pirates of the Caribbean. - Klaus BarbieKlaus BarbieNikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie was an SS-Hauptsturmführer , Gestapo member and war criminal. He was known as the Butcher of Lyon.- Early life :...
, a Nazi Soldier. - Klaus BargstenKlaus BargstenKlaus Bargsten was the captain and sole survivor of sunken U-521. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Early life:Bargsten was born on October...
, captain and sole survivor of the sunken U-boat U-521 in World War 2. - Klaus DedeKlaus DedeKlaus Dede is a German writer and journalist.-Life:Dede was born 1935 in Nordenham-Blexen. His father was a Lutheran priest. After school Dede studied during 1950s. Later Dede worked as a newspaper reporter in Papenburg, Gütersloh and Nordenham...
, German writer. - Klaus Iohannis, Romanian Politician
- Klaus FischerKlaus FischerKlaus Fischer is a German former football player and coach.-Career:Fischer was born in Kreuzstraßl, near Lindberg in the district of Regen....
, German footballer. - Klaus Fluoride, bassist of the Dead Kennedys.
- Klaus GerhartKlaus GerhartKlaus Gerhart is an American photographer of the erotic male nude. He is the owner of Pohlmann Press and the owner and curator of the Naked Gallery art gallery.-Life:...
, outdoorsman and photographer. - Klaus IsekenmeierKlaus IsekenmeierKlaus Isekenmeier is a retired German decathlete. His personal best score was 8310 points, achieved in June 1997 in Ratingen.-Achievements:-References:...
, German decathlete. - Klaus KinskiKlaus KinskiKlaus Kinski, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski , was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God , Nosferatu the Vampyre , Woyzeck , Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde .-Early...
, German actor. - Klaus LanzariniKlaus LanzariniKlaus Lanzarini is a former international freestyle swimmer from Italy, who participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native country. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 4x100m freestyle at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships in Shanghai, PR China.-References:*...
, Italian freestyle swimmer. - Klaus MeineKlaus MeineKlaus Meine is a German singer, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the heavy metal band Scorpions...
, lead singer of German hard rock band The Scorpions. - Klaus MertensKlaus MertensKlaus Mertens is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.-Professional career:Klaus Mertens took singing lessons while attending school...
, German singer. - Klaus NeumannKlaus NeumannKlaus Neumann was a German Leutnant and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-World War II:Unteroffizier Neumann began his combat flying...
, World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
LuftwaffeLuftwaffeLuftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
Ace - Klaus NomiKlaus NomiKlaus Sperber , better known as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona....
, German entertainer. - Klaus TennstedtKlaus TennstedtKlaus Tennstedt was a German conductor from Merseburg; he conducted such orchestras as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kiel Opera in Northern Germany; North German Radio Orchestra, in Hamburg; the Minnesota Orchestra; and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.-Life and career:He studied violin and...
, German conductor. - Klaus VoormannKlaus VoormannKlaus Voormann is a German Grammy Award-winning artist, noted musician, and record producer. He designed artwork for many bands including The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet and Turbonegro. His most notable work as a producer was his work with the band Trio, including their worldwide hit "Da Da...
, artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles. - Klaus Maria BrandauerKlaus Maria BrandauerKlaus Maria Brandauer is an Austrian actor, film director, and professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.-Personal life:...
theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, an actor. - Stefanos Klaus AthanasiadisStefanos AthanasiadisStefanos Klaus Athanasiadis is a Greek football player, currently playing as a striker for PAOK. He is of Greek and German origin.- Early life :...
, a Greek footballer of Greek and German origin.
Other
Klaus may also refer to:- Klaus, VorarlbergKlaus, VorarlbergKlaus is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria.-References:...
, a town in Austria. - Klaus Advanced Computing BuildingKlaus Advanced Computing BuildingThe Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building is a three-story academic building at the Georgia Institute of Technology that houses a portion of its College of Computing, College of Engineering, and related programs.-Financing:...
at the Georgia Institute of Technology. - Klaus (storm), named Klaus by FU Berlin in 2009.
- Hurricane KlausHurricane KlausHurricane Klaus was a minimal Atlantic hurricane that dropped heavy rainfall across the Lesser Antilles in October 1990. The eleventh tropical cyclone and sixth hurricane of the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Klaus developed from a tropical wave on October 3 a short distance east of Dominica. It...
, used in 1984 and 1990 to name two category 1 hurricanes, retired after 1990 season and replaced with Kyle. - Klaus BaudelaireKlaus BaudelaireKlaus Baudelaire is one of the main characters in the children's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket who appears in all thirteen novels. Klaus is the middle child of the Baudelaire orphans; he has an older sister named Violet and a younger sister named Sunny...
, a character in the A Series of Unfortunate EventsA Series of Unfortunate EventsA Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of children's novels by Lemony Snicket which follows the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in an arsonous house fire...
books. - Klaus Heissler, a character on American Dad!American Dad!American Dad! is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane and owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions. It is produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television...
. - Klaus/Nikolaus, an original hybrid on The Vampire DiariesThe Vampire DiariesThe Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...
- Klaus Daimler. a character portrayed by Willem DafoeWillem DafoeWillem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...
in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouThe Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is an American comedy-drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Wes Anderson. It is Anderson's fourth feature length film, released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004...