Krauss
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Krauss is a German language
surname meaning "curly", and may refer to:
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....
surname meaning "curly", and may refer to:
- Alison KraussAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
, an American bluegrassBluegrass musicBluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
musician - Clemens KraussClemens KraussClemens Heinrich Krauss was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss.-Biography:...
, an Austrian conductor - Christian Ferdinand Friedrich KraussChristian Ferdinand Friedrich KraussChristian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss , was a German scientist, traveller and collector.-Early life:...
, known as Ferdinand Krauss, German scientist, traveller and collector - Friedrich Salomon KraussFriedrich Salomon KraussFriedrich Salomon Krauss was an Austrian Jewish sexologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and Slavist.In 1877–78 Krauss attended the University of Vienna...
, Croatian folklorist - George KraussGeorge KraussGeorge, Baron von Krauss was a German industrialist and the founder of the Krauss Locomotive Works in Munich, Germany and Linz, Upper Austria...
, a German industrialist and the founder of the Krauss Locomotive Works - Lawrence Krauss, an American physicist and writer
- Michael I. KraussMichael I. KraussMichael Ian Krauss is Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, an American legal scholar and expert on tort law, products liability, jurisprudence and legal ethics. He is faculty advisor to George Mason's Federalist Society chapter, and lectures frequently at FS chapters across...
, an American law professor - Leo CastelliLeo CastelliLeo Castelli was an American art dealer. He was best known to the public as an art dealer whose gallery showcased cutting edge Contemporary art for five decades...
(born Krauss) - Michael KraussMichael KraussMichael E. Krauss is a linguist who has worked extensively on the Na-Dené language family, especially on proto-Athabaskan, pre-proto-Athabaskan, the Eyak language, which became extinct in January 2008, and also numerous other Athabaskan and Eskimo–Aleut languages.With his 1991 address to the...
, American linguist - Nicole KraussNicole KraussNicole Krauss is an American author best known for her novels Man Walks Into a Room , The History of Love and, most recently, Great House...
, American novelist - Rosalind E. KraussRosalind E. KraussRosalind Epstein Krauss is an American art critic and theorist; she is a professor at Columbia University in New York City. In 1985 a monograph of essays by Krauss, titled The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths was published by The MIT Press.-Early life :Rosalind Krauss grew...
, an American art critic - Ruth KraussRuth KraussRuth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most well known being The Carrot Seed, and an author of theatrical poems for an adult audience. Many of her books are still in print....
, an American author - Samuel KraussSamuel KraussSamuel Krauss was professor at the Jewish Teachers' Seminary, Budapest, 1894–1906, and at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Vienna, 1906-1938. He came to England as a refugee and spent his last years at Cambridge.He was a contributor to the Jewish Encyclopedia as S...
, Hungarian philologist and historian - Thomas F KraussThomas F KraussThomas F Krauss is a physics researcher at the University of St Andrews. He has several research interests, but is mostly known for his work in the field of photonic crystals, where he made the first demonstration of two-dimensional photonic band-gap effects at optical wavelengths...
, German physicist in field of photonic crystal research - Werner Krauß (1884-1959; also written "Krauss"), actor
- Alexis Krauss, of the noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells