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- Adalbert KrausAdalbert KrausAdalbert Kraus is a German tenor in opera and concert, known for singing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :...
(born 1937), a German tenor - Adam KrausAdam KrausAdam Michael Kraus is an American football guard who is currently a free agent.-Collegiate career:At Michigan, Kraus was a four-year letterman who appeared in 39 career games, making 35 starts along the offensive line. Adam started 26 straight games to finish his career, 21 at left guard and the...
(born 1984), American footballer - Adolf KrausAdolf KrausAdolf Kraus was a lawyer and Jewish leader.At the age of 15 he left the Bohemian town of Rokycany where he had grown up and emigrated to the United States. He worked on a farm and in a factory, later settling in Chicago where he completed his law studies before becoming a lawyer...
(1850 – 1928), lawyer and Jewish leader - Adolph Robert KrausAdolph Robert KrausAdolph Robert Kraus , known professionally as Robert Kraus, was an American sculptor, born in Zeulenroda, Germany and active in Boston....
(1850 - 1901), American sculptor - Alanna KrausAlanna KrausAlanna Kraus is a Canadian short track speed skater. She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating for the women's 3000 m relay. She competed in three individual events at the 2002 Games...
(born 1977), Canadian speed skater - Albert KrausAlbert KrausAlbert “The Hurricane” Kraus is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX 2002 champion and has also held four separate world titles in kickboxing and Muay Thai...
, Dutch welterweight kickboxer - Alfredo KrausAlfredo KrausAlfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish tenor of partly Austrian descent, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles...
, a Spanish opera singer - Anton Kraus - Ukrainian General
- Arthur J. Kraus - a professor of social philosophy at City College of New York
- Bill KrausBill KrausWilliam James "Bill" Kraus was an American gay rights and AIDS activist and congressional aide who served as a liaison between the San Francisco gay community and Congress in the 1980s....
(1947 - 1986), American gay rights and AIDS activist - Brigitte KrausBrigitte KrausBrigitte Kraus is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres.She competed for the sports clubs LG Rhein-Berg and ASV Köln during her active career.-Achievements:- References :...
(born 1956), German middle distance runner - Bruce KrausBruce KrausBruce A. Kraus is an American politician and businessman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has served since January 2008 on Pittsburgh City Council, representing the 3rd district neighborhoods of South Side Flats, South Side Slopes, Beltzhoover, Knoxville, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Allentown,...
(born 1954), American politician and businessman - Charles A. KrausCharles A. KrausCharles August Kraus was an American chemist. He was professor of chemistry and director of the chemical laboratories at Clark University, where he directed the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I...
(1875–1967), American chemist - Charles Kraus (clown) (born 1946), American clown, magician, writer, and comedian
- Chris Kraus (American writer)
- Chris Kraus (filmmaker)Chris Kraus (filmmaker)Chris Kraus , born 1963 in Göttingen, is a German author and film director.-Life and work:Chris Kraus was employed as a journalist and illustrator before attending the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin from 1991–98, where he studied film directing...
- Christian Jakob KrausChristian Jakob KrausChristian Jakob Kraus was a German comparative and historical linguist from Osterode, East Prussia. He was famous for importing the ideas of Adam Smith into the German academic scene....
(1753-1807), economist - Daniel KrausDaniel KrausDaniel Kraus is a former German footballer and current Head and Goalkeeper coach of FF USV Jena.-Coaching career:Kraus hold the coaching licence C and began as Goalkeeper coach for FF USV Jena in July 2010.-References:...
(born 1984), German footballer - Detlef KrausDetlef KrausDetlef Kraus was a German pianist. He was an internationally known interpreter of the music of Johannes Brahms....
(1919 – 2008), German pianist - Dick KrausDick KrausRichard Arnold Kraus is a Massachusetts educator and politician who represented the Fourth Middlesex District in the Massachusetts State Senate and who was the 5th president of Cape Cod Community College....
(born 1937), American educator and politician - Engelbert KrausEngelbert KrausEngelbert Kraus was a German football player. He played in one match at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.-References:...
(born 1934), German football player - Ernst KrausErnst KrausErnst Kraus was a German dramatic tenor who made his mark in the operas of Richard Wagner. He first decided to embark on an operatic career when he heard leading singers performing in Nuremberg...
(1863 – 1941), German tenor - Felix von KrausFelix von KrausFelix von Kraus was an Austrian dramatic bass. Born in Vienna, he received a doctorate in musicology from the University of Vienna in 1894; as a singer, however, he was mainly self-taught...
(1870 - 1937), Austrian singer - Franz KrausFranz KrausFranz Kraus was an Israeli graphic designer.-Biography:...
(1905 – 1998), Israeli graphic designer - Franz Xaver KrausFranz Xaver KrausFranz Xaver Kraus was a German Catholic priest, and ecclesiastical and art historian.-Early life:Franz Xaver Kraus was born in Trier in 1840...
(1840 – 1901), German Catholic priest - Friedrich KrausFriedrich KrausFriedrich Kraus was a Jewish Austrian internist. He is remembered for his achievements in the field of electrocardiography and his work in colloid chemistry.- Academic career :...
, Bohemian Austrian physician - Georg Melchior KrausGeorg Melchior KrausGeorg Melchior Kraus was a German painter. A student of Johann Heinrich Tischbein, he was also a teacher himself , as well as an entrepreneur and friend of Goethe...
(1737 - 1806), German painter - Gertrud KrausGertrud Kraus-Biography:Gertrud Kraus was born in 1901 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Her father, Leopold Kraus, and her mother, Olga , married in Prague in 1899. They had four children: Robert , Gertrud , Margarethe and Victor ....
(1901 - 1977), pioneer of modern dance in Israel - Gregor KrausGregor KrausGregor Konrad Michael Kraus was a 19th century German botanist and plant ecologist....
(1841 – 1915), German botanist - Gregory Kraus- rugby player
- Hans KrausHans KrausHans Kraus was a pioneer of modern rock climbing, as well as being one of the fathers of sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Kraus was elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1974.-Career:...
(1905–1995), pioneer of modern rock climbing - Hans-Georg KrausHans-Georg KrausHans-Georg Kraus is a former professional German footballer.Kraus made 37 appearances in the Fußball-Bundesliga for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Tennis Borussia Berlin during his playing career.- References :...
(born 1949), German footballer - Hans P. KrausHans P. KrausHans Peter Kraus , also known as H. P. Kraus or HPK, was an Austrian-born book dealer described as “without doubt the most successful and dominant rare book dealer in the world in the second half of the 20th century” and in a league with other rare book dealers such as Bernard Quaritch, Guillaume...
(1907-1988), antiquarian book dealer - Hans-Werner KrausHans-Werner KrausHans-Werner Kraus was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Kraus served as 1st watch officer on from January 1940 until November 1940 having replaced Engelbert Endrass. He later commanded and...
(1915 – 1990), German U-boat commander - Hansi Kraus (born 1952), actor
- Henry KrausHenry KrausHenry Kraus was a labor historian, and European art historian.He graduated from the University of Chicago and Western Reserve University with a master's degree in 1928....
(1906 - 1995), American historian - Herbert KrausHerbert KrausHerbert Kraus was a German professor of public international law. He was the first director of the Institute of International Law at the University of Göttingen. Due to his criticism of nazism he was forced to retire between 1937 and 1945.-Early life and education :Herbert Kraus was born in Rostock...
(1884-1962), German professor of international law - Ilona Vincze-KrausIlona Vincze-KrausIlona Vincze-Kraus was a well known teacher of current classical piano pedagogues in the US.- Education and Professional History :...
(1902 - 1998), classical piano teacher - Jacob KrausJacob KrausJacob Kraus was a Dutch politician.-References:...
(1861-1951), Dutch politician - Jillian KrausJillian KrausJillian Kraus is a water polo player who helped the UCLA women's water polo team to four consecutive NCAA Championships, including the latest title in May 2008. She, a native of Tustin, CA, has earned All-MPSF Academic Team recognition...
(born 1986), American water polo player - Jody KrausJody KrausJody S. Kraus is the David E. Kaufman & Leopold C. Glass Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he also co-directs the Institute for Law and Philosophy. Before joining Penn Law he was on the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law as the Robert E. Scott...
, American lawyer - Joe KrausJoe KrausJoe Kraus is the founder of Excite, JotSpot, and DigitalConsumer.org, along with his long-time business partner Graham Spencer. Currently, Kraus is an Investment Partner on the Google Ventures team....
, founder of Excite ,JotSpot and DigitalConsumer.org - John D. KrausJohn D. KrausJohn Daniel Kraus was an American physicist known for his contributions to electromagnetics, radio astronomy, and antenna theory. His inventions included the helical antenna, the corner reflector, and several other types of antennas...
, an American Electrical Engineer - Joseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin Kraus , was a composer in the classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm...
(1756 – 1792), a classical composer - Katja KrausKatja KrausKatja Kraus is a German former footballer and the first German woman to be a board member of a Fußball-Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV.-Early life:...
(born 1970), German footballer - Karl KrausKarl KrausKarl Kraus was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He is regarded as one of the foremost German-language satirists of the 20th century, especially for his witty criticism of the press, German culture, and German and Austrian...
, Austrian writer - Kevin KrausKevin KrausKevin Kraus is a German footballer.Kraus passed through the youth teams of Eintracht Frankfurt and finally got in 2011 a roster spot in the senior team, making his debut against Hannover on 16 January 2011.-External links:...
(born 1992), German footballer - Lili KrausLili KrausLili Kraus was a Hungarian-born British pianist.-Biography:Lili Kraus was born in Budapest in 1903. Her father was from Czech Lands, and her mother from an assimilated Jewish Hungarian family....
, Hungarian pianist - Melanie KrausMelanie KrausMelanie Kraus is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She has won the Frankfurt Marathon. She represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
(born 1974), German long-distance runner - Michael KrausMichael KrausMichael Kraus is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kraus played college soccer at Creighton University, where he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2006, the same year he served as Creighton's team captain. He was named First-Team All-MVC in 2006 and...
(born 1984), American soccer player - Michael Kraus (minister)Michael Kraus (minister)For the American soccer player, see Michael Kraus.Michael Kraus was a Canadian entrepreneur and minister in the New Apostolic Church.- Immigrant :...
, Canadian entrepreneur and minister - Milton KrausMilton KrausMilton Kraus was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Kraus attended the common and high schools.He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1886....
(1866 - 1942), American politician - Nadine KrausNadine KrausNadine Kraus is a German footballer. She currently plays for SG Essen-Schönebeck.-1. FC Saarbrücken:*2. Bundesliga: Winner 2008–09*German Cup: Runner-up 2007–08-External links:*...
(born 1988), German footballer - Nicola KrausNicola KrausNicola Kraus is an American novelist.-Private life:Kraus graduated from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She met Emma McLaughlin while both were attending New York University, and working as nannies...
(born 1974), American novelist - Nina KrausNina KrausNina Kraus is a Professor at Northwestern University, investigating the neural encoding of speech and music and its plasticity. Her research examines the neural encoding of sound in the normal system, how it is disrupted in clinical populations, and how it reacts to differing levels of expertise...
, American neuroscientists - Oliver KrausOliver KrausOliver Kraus born 1970 in Shepherd's Bush, London, is an English musician best known for his work as a cellist and string arranger/ producer and composer for film and television.-String Arrangements & Performance:...
(born 1970), English musician - Oskar KrausOskar KrausOskar Kraus was a Czech philosopher, jurist.-Life:Oskar Kraus, who converted from the Jewish to the Protestant faith, was the son of Hermann Kraus and Clara Reitler-Eidlitz...
, Czech philosopher - Otakar KrausOtakar KrausOtakar Kraus was a Czech , operatic baritone and teacher.He was born in Prague and studied there with Konrad Wallerstein and in Milan with Fernando Carpi. He himself was the teacher of a number of important British basses, including Robert Lloyd, Willard White, John Tomlinson and Gwynne Howell...
(1909-1980), Czech (later British) baritone - Patricia KrausPatricia KrausPatricia Kraus is a Spanish singer, best known for her participation in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest.Kraus, daughter of Spanish tenor Alfredo Kraus, was born in Milan, where her father was based at the time...
(born 1965), Spanish singer - Paul KrausPaul KrausPaul Kraus is an Australian author who was born in a Nazi forced labour camp in Viehofen, near St. Poelten, Austria in 1944 and migrated with his parents to Australia as a young child. In the 1960s Paul worked near a factory where asbestos sheets were sawn into smaller pieces...
, mesothelioma survivor - Paul Kraus (Arabist)Paul Kraus (Arabist)Eliezer Paul Kraus was a Jewish Arabist, born in Prague. In the late 1930s he moved to Cairo, where in 1944 he committed suicide; there is no evidence that he was politically assassinated.-Academic Studies and Work:...
(1900-1944) Brilliant Arabist researcher - Peter KrausPeter KrausPeter Kraus is a German singer and actor.Born Peter Siegfried Krausenecker in Munich, Kraus was popular especially in the 1950s, notably in those musical comedy films where he played opposite Cornelia Froboess.- Youth :...
, singer - Philip KrausPhilip KrausPhilip Kraus is an American operatic baritone and stage director known for his performances with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, starting in 1991, and for his co-founding of Light Opera Works, a professional light opera company in Chicago, in 1980.-Early training:Kraus was born in New York City and...
(born 1950), American operatic baritone and stage director - Richard E. KrausRichard E. KrausPrivate First Class Richard Edward Kraus was a United States Marine killed in action during the World War II campaign on Peleliu Island on October 3, 1944. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the highest military tribute awarded in the United States.-Biography:Richard E...
(1925 - 1944), United States Marine - Robert KrausRobert KrausRobert Kraus was an American children's author, cartoonist and publisher. Founder and publisher of Windmill Books, author and illustrator of award-winning children's books, Kraus began as a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker.- Biography :Robert Kraus was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
(1925 – 2001), American children's author , cartoonist and publisher - Sarit KrausSarit KrausSarit Kraus is a professor of computer science at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland. Born in Jerusalem, Israel, married to Prof. Yitzchak Kraus and has five children. She completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Hebrew University in 1989...
(born 1960), Israeli computer scientist - Scott KrausScott KrausScott Kraus is an important American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for coupling articulate and unique song lyrics with memorable melodies and guitar work. He is also one of the most obscure music legends to grace the roadways of Michigan....
, American rock singer-songwriter - Sharron KrausSharron KrausSharron Kraus is an English singer, songwriter and musician with strong ties to the US. Kraus was born in New York but grew up in Leicester, England...
, English singer, songwriter and musician - Shmulik KrausShmulik KrausShmulik Kraus is an Israeli actor and Pop-Rock singer and composer. Kraus published solo albums, as well as participating in Rock groups and actor groups . He participted in some movies .He composed many songs for other performers Shmulik Kraus (Hebrew: שמוליק קראוס, born in 1935) is an Israeli...
, (born in 1935) is an Israeli actor and Pop-Rock singer and composer - Sonya KrausSonya KrausSonya Kraus is a German television presenter and former model.- Biography :Aged four, Kraus started ballet school which eventually led her to music school in Frankfurt. She ended her ballet career in 1987 when she grew too tall, reaching at the time...
, German television presenter - Tadeusz KrausTadeusz KrausTadeusz Kraus is a former Polish footballer from Zaolzie, who represented Czechoslovakia. He is considered the best Polish football player from Zaolzie ever....
, Czechoslovak-Polish footballer - Tim KrausTim KrausTim Kraus is an American professional ice hockey center. He is currently playing for the Dayton Gems of the Central Hockey League.-Playing career:...
(born 1987), American ice hockey player - Tomáš KrausTomáš KrausTomáš Kraus is a Czech sportsman who has specialized in both alpine skiing and freestyle skiing. His best results as an alpine skier was two 28th places at the 1997 and 2003 World Championships, but as a freestyle skier he is a double world champion and has twelve victories in World Cup races in...
(born 1974), Czech alpine skier and freestyle skier - Viorel KrausViorel KrausViorel Kraus is a former football forward who played for clubs in Romania and Turkey.-Career:Kraus started playing football for FC Rapid București, winning the Romanian league during his last season with the club...
, Romanian footballer - Will KrausWill KrausWill Kraus is the representative to the Missouri House of Representatives for Missouri's 48th District. He represents parts of both Lee's Summit and Raytown. He is also the Republican candidate for Missouri's 8th District Senate Seat; which represents Eastern Jackson County, after winning the...
(born 1973), American politician - Wolfgang KrausWolfgang KrausWolfgang Kraus is a former German football player.The son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich and scored 47 goals...
(born 1953), German football player - Yael KrausYael Kraus-Biography:Kraus studied traditional Bulgarian singing and classical modern music with avant-garde virtuoso Fred Frith. She's a frequent collaborator with Roy Yarkoni and 6 other musicians under the art rock act Panic Ensemble performing for the Israel Festival and several European live shows...
, Israeli singer-songwriter
Fictional characters
- Johann KrausJohann KrausJohann Kraus is a fictional character in the Hellboy universe, created by Mike Mignola. He is featured in the comic book B.P.R.D., published by Dark Horse Comics....
, fictional character in the Hellboy universe - Krauss Ushiromiya, fictional character in the visual novel, anime and manga Umineko no Naku Koro niUmineko no Naku Koro niis a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The first game in the series, Legend of the Golden Witch, was first released at Comiket 72 on August 17, 2007 playable on the PC; the game sold out in thirty minutes...