Klaus (name)
Klaus is a male first name and also a family name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Most likely the first name Klaus is a short form of Nikolaus and not the German version of Claudius . Nicholas is derived from the Greek words νίκη for victory and λαός for people .
distribution
The popularity of the name Klaus (Claus) increased in Germany since the beginning of the 20th century. From the beginning of the thirties to the beginning of the sixties the name was one of the ten most frequently given boy names and in 1944 it was even the most common. Its popularity only gradually began during the sixties and then began to decline sharply in the early seventies.
Name days
variants
Claas, Claus (Austrian, North German), Clus (Lithuanian), Klaas (Dutch), Kolja (Russian)
This first name was also used in hyphenated names, especially in the middle of the 20th century . B. Klaus-Dieter, Klaus-Jürgen, Klaus-Peter, Klaus-Rüdiger or Klaus-Uwe.
First name
Claus
- Claus Aff (15th century), Liechtenstein governor
- Claus Robert Agte (1926–2018), German entrepreneur and founder
- Claus Ambos (* 1974), German ancient orientalist
- Claus von Amsberg (1926–2002), husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Claus Bartels (* 1936), German athlete
- Claus C. Berg (1937–2020), German economist
- Claus Biederstaedt (1928-2020), German actor
- Claus Biegert (* 1947), German journalist and author
- Claus Boje (* 1958), German film producer
- Claus Brockmeyer (* 1953), German actor and voice actor
- Claus von Carnap-Bornheim (* 1957), German archaeologist
- Claus Hinrich Casdorff (1925–2004), German radio and television journalist
- Claus Daa (1579–1641), Danish admiral and statesman
- Claus Otto Benedix von der Betten (1756–1841), German lawyer, Drost, knight and captain
- Claus Eisenmann (* 1967), German rock / pop singer
- Claus Franzke (1925–2017), German chemist
- Claus Theo Gärtner (* 1943), German actor
- Claus Gehrke (* 1942), German biathlete
- Claus Grobecker (1935-2018), German politician (SPD)
- Claus Hipp (* 1938), German entrepreneur
- Claus Homfeld (1933–2019), German sculptor and medalist
- Claus Jacobi (1927–2013), German journalist
- Claus Jacobi (* 1948), German physician, psychotherapist and jazz musician
- Claus Jacobi (* 1971), German local politician (SPD), mayor of Gevelsberg
- Claus Killing-Günkel (* 1963), German interlinguist
- Claus Kleber (* 1955), German journalist
- Claus Koch (1929-2010), German writer
- Claus Koch (* 1967), German jazz musician
- Claus Korch (1936–2019), German sculptor and graphic artist
- Claus Krüger (* 1949), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Claus Kühn (1924–2016), German journalist
- Claus Küchenmeister (1930–2014), German writer
- Claus Leitzmann (* 1933), German nutritionist
- Claus Liesegang (* 20th century), German journalist
- Claus Marek (* 1954), German decathlete
- Claus Nowak (* 1949), German non-fiction author
- Claus Nørgaard (* 1979), Danish football coach
- Claus Ogerman (actually Klaus Ogermann; 1930–2016), German-American composer and arranger
- Claus Peter Ortlieb (1947–2019), German mathematician, author and editor
- Claus Peymann (* 1937), German theater director and artistic director
- Claus Pinkerneil (* 1968), German lawyer and actor
- Claus Ringer (* 1943), German actor and voice actor
- Claus Roxin (* 1931), German legal scholar
- Claus Rüdrich (1940–2019), German football player
- Claus Ryskjær (1945–2016), Danish actor
- Claus Seibel (* 1936), German television journalist
- Claus Seitz (1936–2003), German book maker
- Claus Sluter (≈1350–1405), Dutch sculptor
- Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), German officer and resistance fighter
- Claus Vester (* 1963), German voice actor and audio book speaker
- Claus Vinçon (* 1956), German actor
- Claus Vogt (* 1969), German football official
- Claus Volkenandt (* 1963), German art historian
- Claus Voss (1929–2015), German doctor and medical officer
- Claus von Wagner (* 1977), German cabaret artist
- Claus Wellenreuther (* 1935), German entrepreneur
- Claus Weselsky (* 1959), German train driver and union official
Klaus
- Klaus and Klaus , German hit duo
- Klaus Abramowsky (1933–1998), German actor and voice actor
- Klaus Adelt (* 1956), German politician (SPD)
- Klaus Ager (* 1946), Austrian composer and conductor
- Klaus Aktories (* 1948), German physician and pharmacologist
- Klaus Allofs (* 1956), German soccer player and soccer official
- Klaus Ampler (1940-2016), German racing cyclist
- Klaus Arnold (1968–2017), German communication scientist
- Klaus Augenthaler (* 1957), German soccer player and coach
- Klaus Backmund (1929-2020), German sculptor
- Klaus Baier (* 1960), German politician (NPD, DSU)
- Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), Nazi criminal, known as the "butcher of Lyon"
- Klaus Bartels (1936–2020), German-Swiss classical philologist
- Klaus Bartels (* 1943), German specialist in German
- Klaus Bartels (* 1963), German legal scholar
- Klaus Graf von Baudissin (1891–1961), German art historian and SS leader
- Klaus Bayer (1947), German Germanist
- Klaus Bednarz (1942–2015), German journalist and moderator
- Klaus Behling (* 1949), German journalist and author
- Klaus J. Behrendt (* 1960), German actor
- Klaus Beier (* 1966), German politician (NPD)
- Klaus Michael Beier (* 1961), German doctor, psychotherapist and sexologist
- Klaus L. Berghahn (1937–2019), German literary scholar
- Klaus Beyer (1929–2014), German Semitist and university lecturer
- Klaus Beyer (* 1939), German mathematician and university professor
- Klaus Beyer (* 1941), German educator and university lecturer
- Klaus Beyer (* 1952), German filmmaker, composer and poet
- Klaus Birk (* 1955), German cabaret artist, comedian, author and director
- Klaus von Bismarck (1912–1997), German journalist and director
- Klaus Bölling (1928–2014), German publicist
- Klaus Bollinger (* 1952), German civil engineer
- Klaus Maria Brandauer (* 1943), Austrian actor and director
- Klaus Bresser (* 1936), German television journalist
- Klaus Brusch (* 1950), German soccer player
- Klaus Bussmann (1941–2019), German art historian
- Klaus Croissant (1931–2002), German lawyer and RAF criminal defense attorney
- Klaus Dermutz (* 1960), Austrian author and publicist
- Klaus Dierßen (* 1949), German artist, art and culture educator, author and university professor
- Klaus Dirscherl (* 1940), German Romance studies, English and German studies
- Klaus Dittmann (1939–2016), German actor
- Klaus von Dohnanyi (* 1928), German politician
- Klaus Doldinger (* 1936), German musician and saxophonist
- Klaus Drobisch (1931–2019), German historian
- Klaus Eberhardt (* 1948), German manager
- Klaus Eckel (* 1974), Austrian cabaret artist
- Klaus Engelhardt (* 1932), German Protestant theologian and EKD council chairman
- Klaus Esser (* 1947), German manager (Mannesmann AG)
- Klaus Fichtel (* 1944), German soccer player
- Klaus Fischer (* 1949), German soccer player
- Klaus Fischer (1934–2009), German photographer and author
- Klaus Fohrmann (born 1952), German tax advisor and politician (AfD)
- Klaus Franke (1923-2017), German politician (CDU)
- Klaus Franke (* 1941), German handball player and coach
- Klaus Franke (* 1948), German soccer player
- Klaus Frauenhoff (* 1967), German Brigadier General
- Klaus Friedland (1920–2010), German archivist, librarian and historian
- Klaus Friedrich (* 1945), German geographer and social geographer
- Klaus Froboese (1947–2019), German opera director and artistic director
- Klaus von Gaffron (1946–2017), German photo artist
- Klaus Gehrke (* 1939), German actor
- Klaus Gerbig (1939–1992), German hurdler
- Klaus Gersten (* 1929), German mathematician, engineer and university professor
- Klaus Gerwien (1940-2018), German soccer player
- Klaus Gjasula (* 1989), German-Albanian football player
- Klaus Grogorenz (* 1937), German decathlete and sprinter
- Klaus Grossmann (* 1935), German psychologist and behavioral biologist
- Klaus Hackländer (* 1970), German wildlife biologist
- Klaus Hafner (* 1927), German chemist
- Klaus Hagen (* 20th century), German hockey player
- Klaus Hagerup (1946–2018), Norwegian writer, poet, actor, screenwriter and director
- Klaus Halser (* 1942), German motorcycle racer
- Klaus Hammacher (* 1930), German philosopher
- Klaus Handler (* 1979), Austrian politician
- Klaus Harisch (* 1964), German entrepreneur
- Klaus Hartenstein (* 1949), German philologist
- Klaus Hartmann (1929–2019), German business economist and football official
- Klaus Havenstein (1922–1998), German actor and cabaret artist
- Klaus Heinzel (* 1941), German football goalkeeper
- Klaus Helfrich (1941–2017), German American scholar and museum director
- Klaus Heller (* 1937), German historian
- Klaus Hellwig (* 1941), German pianist and university professor
- Klaus Helmrich (* 1958), German engineer and manager
- Klaus Herding (1939–2018), German art historian
- Klaus Herlitz (* 1947), German entrepreneur
- Klaus Herm (1925–2014), German actor
- Klaus Herrmann (* 1960), German police officer and politician
- Klaus Holighaus (1940–1994), German sailplane designer and pilot
- Klaus Hommels (* 1967), Swiss venture capitalist
- Klaus Hoppe (engineer) (1938–2006), German engineer
- Klaus Hoppe (soccer player) (* 1950), German soccer player
- Klaus Huber (1924–2017), Swiss composer, violinist, conductor and composition teacher
- Klaus Huber (* 1968), Austrian ski jumper
- Klaus Hubmann (* 1959), Austrian musicologist and bassoonist
- Klaus Hülsenbeck (* 1958), German mayor and football referee
- Klaus Hurrelmann (* 1944), German sociologist
- Klaus Hutterer (1942-2018), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Klaus Jakobi (* 1935), German soccer player
- Klaus Johannis (* 1959), Romanian politician and President-elect of Romania
- Klaus Jepsen (1936–2005), German actor and voice actor
- Klaus Kelle (* 1959), German journalist, publicist and media entrepreneur
- Klaus Kindler (1930–2001), German actor and voice actor
- Klaus Kinkel (1936–2019), German politician
- Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), German actor
- Klaus Kleinfeld (* 1957), German industrial manager
- Klaus von Klitzing (* 1943), German physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Klaus Kornwachs (* 1947), German philosopher and university professor
- Klaus Kreuzeder (1950–2014), German saxophonist
- Klaus Kumpfmüller (* 1969), Austrian economist
- Klaus Lage (* 1950), German musician
- Klaus Lang (* 1943), German theologian, author, trade unionist and labor director
- Klaus Langrock (* 1934), German handball player and trainer
- Klaus Lennartz (1944–2019), German politician
- Klaus Littmann (* 1951), Swiss gallery owner, art mediator and curator
- Klaus Löwitsch (1936–2002), German actor
- Klaus Mann (1906–1949), German writer
- Klaus Marschall (* 1961), German director
- Klaus Matthiesen (1941–1998), German politician
- Klaus Matzel (1923–1992), German Germanist and linguist
- Klaus Mehnert (1906–1984), German publicist, university lecturer and Asia and Eastern Europe expert
- Klaus Meine (* 1948), German singer
- Klaus Mertes (* 1954), German Jesuit, grammar school teacher, author and editor-in-chief
- Klaus Meyer-Minnemann (* 1940), German Romanist
- Klaus Milbradt (1940–2007), German gymnast and trainer
- Klaus Moritz (* 1944), German lawyer
- Klaus Mühlhahn (* 1963), German sinologist
- Klaus Münster (* 1935), German voice actor and actor
- Klaus Murmann (1932–2014), German entrepreneur and employer functionary
- Klaus Naumann (* 1939), retired German general D.
- Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German countertenor
- Klaus Nürnberger (1939–2016), German basketball trainer and official
- Klaus Offerhaus (1934–2019), German lawyer and President of the Federal Fiscal Court
- Klaus von Pape (1904–1923), German National Socialist putschist
- Klaus Pawlowski (* 1935), German university professor and satirist
- Klaus Peter (soccer player) (* 1936), German soccer player
- Klaus Peter (philologist) (1937–2011), German philologist
- Klaus Peter (doctor) (* 1938), German anesthesiologist and university professor
- Klaus Peter (athlete) (* 1940), German hammer thrower
- Klaus Pietzner (* 1970), German actor and voice actor
- Klaus Preller (* 1939), German basketball referee and player
- Klaus Prömpers (* 1949), German television journalist
- Klaus Quirini (* 1941), German disc jockey
- Klaus Reinhardt (* 1960), German physician
- Klaus Renft (1942–2006), German musician
- Klaus G. Renner (1949–2019), German publisher
- Klaus Peter Riedel (* 1954), German diplomat
- Klaus Riesenhuber (* 1938), German philosopher and Roman Catholic theologian
- Klaus Ritter (1918–2015), German political advisor and lawyer
- Klaus Rost (* 1940), German wrestler
- Klaus Rost (* 20th century), German sports scientist
- Klaus Schindler (* 1953), German actor
- Klaus Schindling (* 1968), German politician
- Klaus Schimmöller (* 1941), German Roman Catholic clergyman
- Klaus Schlappner (* 1940), German football coach
- Klaus Schlegel (1931–1992), German soccer player and sports journalist
- Klaus Schlutt (* 1944), German soccer player
- Klaus-Dirk Schmitz (* 1951), German computational linguist and terminologist
- Klaus Peter Schmitz (local history researcher) (1944–2020), German author and local history researcher
- Klaus-Peter Schmitz (engineering scientist) (* 1946), German engineering scientist and biomedical technician
- Klaus Ulrich Schmolke (* 1975), German legal scholar
- Klaus Schneeberger (* 1950), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Klaus Scholtissek (* 1962), German theologian and New Testament scholar
- Klaus Schönherr (* 1947), German officer and military historian
- Klaus Schrottshammer (* 1979), Austrian speed skier
- Klaus Schütz (1926–2012), German politician
- Klaus Schwarzkopf (1922–1991), German actor and voice actor
- Klaus Schwickert (1931–2019), German politician (SPD)
- Klaus Seeberg (* 1946/1947), German basketball player
- Klaus Sonnenschein (1935–2019), German voice actor and actor
- Klaus Stoll (* 1943), German double bass player
- Klaus Störtebeker (≈1360–1401), a leader of the Vitalienbrüder and Likedeeler
- Klaus Strobach (1920–2004), German geophysicist
- Klaus Teuber (* 1952), German game designer
- Klaus Teuchert (* 1939), German enduro athlete
- Klaus Thiele (1934–2019), German soccer goalkeeper
- Klaus Thiele-Dohrmann (* 1936), German journalist and author
- Klaus Thomas (1915–1992), German Protestant pastor, doctor and psychotherapist
- Klaus Thomforde (* 1962), German soccer goalkeeper and soccer coach
- Klaus Daughtermann (* 1926 or 1927–2017), German rowing athlete
- Klaus Töpfer (* 1938), German politician
- Klaus Toppmöller (* 1951), German soccer player
- Klaus Traube (1928–2016), German manager and environmental researcher
- Klaus Trittin (1923–1998), German manager
- Klaus Trostorff (1920–2015), German resistance fighter and director
- Klaus Tschira (1940–2015), German entrepreneur
- Klaus Türk (* 1944), German social scientist
- Klaus Umbach (1936–2018), German journalist
- Klaus Vack (1935–2019), German peace and civil rights activist
- Klaus Dieter Vervuert (1945–2017), German publisher and bookseller
- Klaus Vogel (* 1956), German historian and captain
- Klaus Florian Vogt (* 1970), German opera singer
- Klaus Voormann (* 1938), German musician and graphic artist
- Klaus Wannemacher (* 1972), German Germanist, theologian and university professor
- Klaus Wedemeier (* 1944), German politician (SPD)
- Klaus Weese (* 1967), German freestyle skier
- Klaus Weinand (* 1940), German basketball player and Olympic participant
- Klaus Weissermel (1922–1997), German chemist, manager and university professor
- Klaus Wennemann (1940–2000), German actor
- Klaus Weller (* 1954), German filmmaker, cameraman, dramaturge and lecturer
- Klaus Wiesehügel (* 1953), German trade unionist
- Klaus Wildbolz (1937–2017), Austrian actor
- Klaus Windeck (* 1941), German entrepreneur
- Klaus Wolfermann (* 1946), German athlete
- Klaus Wolfertstetter (* 1977), German screenwriter and writer
- Klaus Wolff (1935–2019), Austrian dermatologist
- Klaus Wowereit (* 1953), German politician
- Klaus Wriedt (* 1935), German historian
- Klaus the Geiger ( Klaus Christian von Wrochem; * 1940), German street musician
- Klaus Wust (1925–2003), American author and historian
- Klaus Zeh (* 1952), German politician
- Klaus Zimmermann (* 1941), German major general
- Klaus Zumwinkel (* 1943), German management consultant, CEO of Deutsche Post AG (1995–2008)
family name
- Albert Klaus (1902–1983), German writer
- Alfred Klaus (1919–2008), German detective
- Andreas Klaus (* 1937), German motorcycle racer
- Bernd Klaus (* 1967), German soccer goalkeeper and soccer coach
- Bernhard Klaus (1913–2008), German theologian and university professor
- Bex Taylor-Klaus (* 1994), American actress
- Birgit Klaus (* 1964), German journalist
- Bruno Klaus (1848–1915), German teacher, local researcher and politician
- Canísio Klaus (* 1951), Brazilian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop
- Carl Klaus (* 1994), German soccer goalkeeper
- Christine Ursula Klaus (* 1957), German veterinarian and politician (PDS)
- Daniel Klaus (* 1972), German writer
- David Klaus (1718–1793), German philosopher
- Dieter Klaus (1938–2010), German geographer, mathematician and systems scientist
- Edgar Klaus (1879–1945 or 1946), agent
- Elisabeth Klaus (* 1955), German sociologist and communication scientist
- Emil Klaus (1907–1994), German farmer, winemaker and politician
- Erich Klaus (singer) (* 1917), German opera singer (tenor)
- Erich Klaus (wrestler) (* 1953), German wrestler
- Felix Klaus (* 1992), German soccer player
- Frank Klaus (1887–1948), American boxer, world middleweight champion
- Fred Klaus (actor) (1924–2005), German actor and voice actor
- Fred Klaus (soccer player) (* 1967), German soccer player
- Friedrich Klaus (1887–1964), German politician (CDU)
- Georg Klaus (1912–1974), German philosopher, chess player and chess official
- Gottfried Klaus (1899–1963), Swiss politician (SP)
- H. Gustav Klaus (1944–2020), German literary scholar
- Hans Klaus (1901–1985), German-speaking Czechoslovakian writer and chemist
- Heinrich Klaus (1876–1961), German politician (SPD)
- Horst Klaus (* 1930), German trade unionist
- Jakob Klaus (1788 – after 1855), German barber and author
- Johannes Klaus (painter) (1847–1893), Austrian painter and graphic artist
- Johannes Klaus (actor) , German theater actor, director and director
- Johannes Klaus (writer) (* 1981), German travel blogger, graphic designer and publisher
- Josef Klaus (1910-2001), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Josef Klaus (ice hockey player) (* 1958), German ice hockey player
- Julius Klaus (race hygienist) (1849–1920), engineer, entrepreneur and race hygienist
- Julius Klaus (1910–1988), German politician
- Karl Klaus (1920–2015), German typographer, editor and writer
- Konrad Klaus (* 1956), German Indologist
- Lieke Klaus (* 1989), Dutch BMX athlete
- Martin Klaus (educator) (* 1954), German educator
- Martin Klaus , known as DJ MK 1 (* 1978), German DJ
- Martin Klaus (actor) (* 1982), Swiss actor
- Martin A. Klaus (* 1938), German journalist and writer
- Matthias Klaus (1758–1833), Austrian politician, mayor of St. Pölten
- Michael Klaus (1952–2008), German writer and poet
- Oliver Klaus (* 1990), Swiss football player
- Peter Klaus (* 1944), German economist and professor emeritus
- Philipp Klaus (* 1978), German handball player and architect
- Reinhold Klaus (1881–1963), Austrian painter, graphic artist and stained glass painter
- Rudolf Klaus , German accordionist
- Steffen Klaus (* around 1930), German film and theater actor
- Tadeusz Klaus (actually Klaus Langer ; * 1960), German composer
- Ulrich Klaus (* 1950), German teacher and President of the German Tennis Association
- Václav Klaus (* 1941), Czech economist and politician, President 2003 to 2013
- Werner Klaus (* 1928), German soccer player
- Wilfried Klaus (* 1941), German actor
- Wolfgang Klaus (* 1930), former Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder)
Fictional people
- The blue Klaus , cartoon character as part of the television program Der Große Preis
- Klaus Borowski , investigator from the crime series Tatort
- New Year's Eve , figure of Swiss tradition
- Forklift driver Klaus , a German short film from 2000