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)