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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.

Contents 1 Notable persons whose family name is Klaus 2 Notable persons whose given name is Klaus 3 Fictional characters 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Notable persons whose family name is Klaus

• Akinmade Klaus ,Computer scientist
• Billy Klaus, baseball player
• Chris Klaus, entrepreneur
• Frank Klaus, German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion
• Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970
• Karl Ernst Claus, Russian chemist (1796–1864)
• Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
• Pierre Klaus, German Action Star

[edit] Notable persons whose given name is Klaus

• Brother Klaus, Swiss patron saint
• Klaus Badelt, German composer; most famous work to date is from Pirates of the Caribbean
• Klaus Barbie, a Nazi Soldier
• Klaus Bargsten, captain and sole survivor of the sunken U-boat U-521 in World War 2.
• Klaus Fischer, German footballer
• Klaus Fluoride, bassist of the Dead Kennedys
• Klaus Kinski, German actor
• Klaus Lanzarini, Italian freestyle swimmer
• Klaus Meine, lead singer of German hard rock band The Scorpions
• Klaus Nomi, otherworldly entertainer
• Klaus Schnitzer, noteworthy German-American automotive photographer and educator
• Klaus Voormann, artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles
• Klaus Maria Brandauer theatrical name of Klaus Georg Steng, an actor.
• Klaus Suonsaari, a drummer selected to be in Who's Who in Finland 2007

[edit] Fictional characters

• Klaus Daimler a fictional character from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Klaus Baudelaire - A fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Klaus Heissler, the talking fish from American Dad!
• Baron Klaus Wulfenbach - A fictional character from the comic book/webcomic Girl Genius

Klaus - who Robin William's character in "What Dreams May Come" was mistaken for by a head in the field of the damned; contrary to what your jerk friends may say, Klaus is the head's son.

[edit] Other

Klaus may also refer to:

• Klaus, Vorarlberg, a town in Austria
• Klaus Advanced Computing Building at the Georgia Institute of Technology
• Klaus (storm), named Klaus by FU Berlin in 2009
• Hurricane Klaus, used in 1984 and 1990 to name two category 1 hurricanes, retired after 1990 season and replaced with Kyle

Klause is the name of Jack McFarland's dog from the hit American TV show Will & Grace

[edit] See also

• Claus

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