Klaas
Klaas is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
The name is a short form of Nicolaas , the Dutch form of the name Nikolaus .
Name bearer
First name
- Klaas Bakker (1926-2016), Dutch football player
- Klaas Balk (* 1948), Dutch cyclist
- Klaas Bolt (1927–1990), Dutch organist, improviser and organ expert
- Klaas Bruinsma (1953–1991), Dutch drug trafficker and gang boss
- Klaas Dijkhoff (* 1981), Dutch politician (VVD)
- Klaas Engelken (1939–2017), German administrative lawyer and specialist book author
- Klaas Carel Faber (1922–2012), Dutch member of the Waffen SS and war criminal
- Klaas Gerling (* 1981), German house DJ and music producer
- Klaas Hendrikse (1947–2018), Dutch preacher
- Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (* 1983), German television presenter and actor
- Klaas Aldert Hendrik Hidding (1902–1986), Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian
- Klaas Hübner (* 1967), German politician (SPD) and entrepreneur
- Klaas Huizing (* 1958), German writer and Protestant theologian
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (* 1983), Dutch football player
- Klaas Jol (* 1942), Dutch naval officer
- Klaas Klever, fictional drake from Disney comics, see list of residents of Entenhausen # Klaas Klever
- Klaas Lodewyck (* 1988), Belgian racing cyclist
- Klaas van der Maaten (1861–1944), Dutch officer and military writer
- Klaas Jan Mulder (1930–2008), Dutch organist, pianist and conductor
- Klaas van Nek (1899–1986), Dutch racing cyclist
- Klaas Reimer (1770–1837), Mennonite preacher
- Klaas Peter Reinders (1847–1879), German social democratic politician
- Klaas Smit (1930-2008), Dutch football player
- Klaas Sys (* 1986), Belgian racing cyclist
- Klaas Touber (1922–2011), Dutch forced laborer and warehouse prisoner
- Klaas Vantornout (* 1982), Belgian cyclocross rider
- Klaas Veenhof (* 1935), Dutch ancient orientalist
- Klaas Voget (* 1979), German professional windsurfer
- Klaas Voss (* 1982), German historian, author and university lecturer
- Klaas de Vries (* 1944), Dutch composer
- Klaas Wiersma (1917–1993), Dutch lawyer, university professor and politician (PvdV, VVD)
- Klaas Zwart (* 1951), Dutch entrepreneur and racing driver
- Klaas-Erik Zwering (* 1981), Dutch swimmer
family name
- Alice Gerken-Klaas (* 1964), German politician
- Hans Klaas (1927–2011), German businessman and entrepreneur
- Kathrin Klaas (* 1984), German hammer thrower
- Max Klaas (* 1993), German percussionist
- Mieze Mardner-Klaas (1884–1950), German painter
- Sebastian Klaas (* 1998), German soccer player
- Walter Klaas (lawyer) (1895–1978), German lawyer and constitutional judge
- Walter Klaas (theologian) (1904–1961), German Protestant pastor and university professor
- Werner Klaas (1914–1945), German soccer player
See also
- Claas (disambiguation)
- Klas (disambiguation)
- Class (disambiguation)
- Claes (disambiguation)