Krause
The family name Krause is a nickname that originally referred to the curly hair of the name bearer.
Variants and compositions
The alternative spellings Krauße , Krauss and Krauss, Kraus , Kruse , Cruse and Crusius ( latinized ) as well as the combinations Kraushaar and Krauskopf are the most common variants of the family name Krause.
frequency
The family name Krause ranks 29th among the most common family names in Germany.
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf Krause (* 1935), German painter
- Albert Krause (1923–2012), German designer
- Alexander Krause (* 1971), German artist
- Alfred Krause (architect) (1866–1930), German architect
- Alfred Krause (politician) (1915–1988), German politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Alfred Krause (trade unionist) (* 1922), German trade unionist
- Alfred Krause (General) (1930–2001), German Lieutenant General of the National People's Army
- Allison Krause (1951–1970), American student, victim of the Kent State massacre
- Alma Hütter-Krause (1844–1885), German opera singer (soprano)
- Andreas Krause (Admiral) (* 1956), German Vice Admiral
- Andreas Krause (soccer player, 1957) (* 1957), German soccer player (Carl Zeiss Jena)
- Andreas Krause (poker player) (* 1967), German soccer player (Stuttgarter Kickers) and poker player
- Andreas Krause (forest scientist) (* 1974), German forest scientist and university professor
- Andreas Krause Landt (* 1963), German publisher and journalist, see Andreas Lombard
- Anja Krause (* 1977), German volleyball player
- Anna Krause (functionary) (1903 – after 1963), German party functionary (SED), MdV
- Anna-Bianca Krause (* 1955), German journalist and presenter
- Anna G. Krause (1895–1968), American Romance and Hispanicist
- Annette Krause (* 1966), German television presenter and journalist
- Ansgar Krause (* 1956), German guitarist, arranger and university lecturer
- Antje Krause (computer scientist) (* 1966), German bioinformatician and politician
- Antje Krause (athlete) (* 1972), German long-distance runner
- Anton Krause (musician) (1834–1907), German pianist, conductor, composer and piano teacher
- Anton Kurt Krause (* 1986), German director
- Arno Krause (1930–2018), German lobbyist
- Arnulf Krause (* 1955), German specialist in German and Scandinavian
- Arthur Krause (natural scientist) (1851–1920), German natural scientist and explorer
- Arthur Krause (teacher) (1882–1972), German teacher and globe maker
- Arthur Krause-Carus (1883 – after 1943), German painter
- Asuman Krause (* 1976), German-Turkish photo model and pop musician
- August Krause (1882–1957), Polish mayor and city president; see Augustyn Krauze
- August Krause (politician) (1884–1948), German politician (USPD, SPD) and trade unionist
- August Krause (geographer) (1889– ??), German geographer
- August Wilhelm Krause (1817–1861), German mining authority director
- Aurel Krause (1848–1908), German naturalist and ethnologist
- Axel Krause (* 1958), German painter
B.
- Barbara Krause (writer) (* 1939), German writer
- Barbara Krause (political scientist) (* 1945), German political scientist
- Barbara Krause (swimmer) (* 1959), German swimmer
- Benjamin Krause (* 1986), German actor and voice actor
- Bernd Krause (rower) (* 1947), German rower
- Bernd Krause (restorer) (* 1956), German church painter and restorer
- Bernd Krause (producer) (* 1970), German film producer
- Bernhard Krause (* 1942/1943), German engineer and model engine technology specialist author
- Bernie Krause (* 1938), American musician, natural scientist and sound scientist
- Bob Krause (1945–2015), American sports official
- Bodo Krause (* 1942), German mathematician and university professor
- Brian Krause (born 1969), American actor
- Brigitte Krause (actress) (1929–2007), German actress
- Brigitte Krause (director) (* 1949), German director and screenwriter
- Burghard Krause (* 1949), German Lutheran theologian and state superintendent
C.
- Carina Krause (pseudonym Carina Landau ; * 1967), German dubbing writer and photographer
- Caesar Ernst Albrecht Krause (Albrecht Krause; 1838–1902), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
- Caesar Wilhelm Alexander Krause (1807–1862), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
- Carl Krause (medic) (1797–1868), German medic
- Carl Albert Krause (1872–1929), American philologist and Germanist
- Carl Heinrich Friedrich Krause (1842–1906), German musician, composer and conductor
- Carl Philipp Crause (1778–1857), court gunsmith from Kassel, rifle manufacturer in Herzberg am Harz
- Carlos Krause (* 1936), German opera singer (baritone)
- Chariklia Krause (* 1980), German director
- Charlotte Krause (* 2002), German actress
- Christian Krause (* 1940), German theologian, regional bishop in Braunschweig
- Christian Gottfried Krause (1719–1770), German composer
- Christiane Krause (athlete) (born 1950), German athlete
- Christiane Krause (author) (* 1968), German author
- Christof Krause (1928–2005), German sculptor
- Christoph Wanner-Krause (* 1937), Swiss painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Claudia Verdicchio-Krause (* 1975), German sports shooter
- Claudine Krause (* 1947), German teacher, see Jugendnotmail
- Constantin Krause (* 1996), German saber fencer
- Cornelia Krause-Girth (* 1951), German psychologist and psychoanalyst
D.
- Dagmar Krause (* 1950), German rock, jazz and avant-garde singer
- Dagobert Krause (1926–2009), German trade unionist
- Daniel Krause (lawyer) (* 1964), German lawyer
- Daniel Krause (voice actor) , German voice actor
- Daniel Krause (activist) (* 1980), German political activist, teacher and author
- Daniela Krause (* 1968), German politician (SPD), see Daniela Behrens
- David W. Krause (PhD in 1982), Canadian paleontologist
- Dennis Krause (* 1987), German handball player
- Dieter Krause (canoeist) (1936–2020), German canoeist and sports official
- Dieter Krause (hockey player) (* 1937), German hockey player ( 1960 Olympics )
- Dieter Krause (doctor) (1939–2008), German forensic doctor
- Dieter Krause (journalist) (* 1947), German journalist
- Dieter Krause (handball player) (* 1952), German handball player
- Dieter Krause (engineer) (* 1962), German engineer
- Dietfrid Krause-Vilmar (* 1939), German educationalist and historian
- Dietrich Krause (veterinarian, 1920) (Dietrich Gustav Ernst Krause; * 1920), German veterinarian
- Dietrich Krause (veterinarian, 1927) (1927-2003), German veterinarian
- Detlef Krause (* 1952), German theologian
- Dietmar Krause (* 1960), German politician (CDU)
- Dörthe Krause (1943–1995), German nurse and teacher
E.
- Eduard Krause (prehistoric) (1847–1917), German prehistoric
- Eduard Krause (soccer player) , German soccer player
- Eduard Krause-Wichmann (1864–1927), German painter
- Eduard von Krause (1827–1886), Prussian lieutenant general
- Egon Krause (* 1933), German physicist and university professor
- Emil Krause (1870–1943), German politician (SPD) and reform pedagogue
- Emil Krause (pianist) (1840–1916), German music critic and university professor
- Emil Krause (soccer player, 1908) (1908–1962), German soccer player (Berlin)
- Emil Krause (soccer player, 1950) (* 1950), German soccer player (Hanover, Vienna)
- Erhard Krause (1910/1911 – after 1943), German jazz and entertainment musician (trombone)
- Erich Krause (General) (1857–1944), German Lieutenant General
- Erich Krause (painter) (1886–1954), German painter
- Erich Krause (chemist) (1895–1932), German chemist
- Erich Krause (resistance fighter) (1905–1944), German resistance fighter
- Erich-Dieter Krause (* 1935), German Esperantist and university professor
- Erika Krause (1924–2017), German presenter
- Ernst Krause (writer) (pseudonym Carus Sterne ; 1839–1903), German biologist and writer
- Ernst Krause (actor) (1842-1892), German actor
- Ernst Krause (botanist) (1859–1942), German botanist and medical officer
- Ernst Krause (Government Councilor ) (1876–1963), acting District Administrator in Gelnhausen and Rüdesheim
- Ernst von Krause (1884–1960), German major general
- Ernst Krause (musicologist) (1911–1997), German musicologist
- Ernst August Wilhelm Krause (1878–1967), German lawyer and politician
- Erwin Krause (1908–1978), German engineer and university professor (industrial education)
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- Fedor Krause (1857–1937), Prussian-German neurosurgeon
- Fides Krause-Brewer (1919–2018), German television journalist and book author
- Frank Krause-Waterböhr (1957–2017), German basketball referee
- Franz Krause (1897–1979), German architect, interior designer and painter
- Franz Emil Krause (1836–1900), German painter
- Frieda Litschauer-Krause (1903–1992), Austrian music teacher
- Friedhilde Krause (1928–2014), German Slavist and library scholar
- Friedrich Krause (engineer) (* 1938), German engineer and university professor
- Friedrich Krause (civil engineer) (1856–1925), German civil engineer and construction officer
- Friedrich Krause-Osten (1884–1966), German painter
- Friedrich Wilhelm Krause (1765–1840), Prussian merchant and shipowner
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Krause (1802–1877), German wine merchant, private banker and industrialist
- Fritz Krause (lawyer) (1868–1959), South African lawyer and judge
- Fritz Krause (ethnologist) (1881–1963), German ethnologist
- Fritz Krause (Mayor) (1925–2012), German politician (SED), Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder)
- Fritz Krause (historian) (1926–2019), German historian
- Fritz Krause (physicist) (* 1927), German physicist
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- Georg Krause (chemist) (1849–1927), German chemist
- Georg Krause (cameraman) (1901–1986), German cameraman
- Georg Friedrich Krause (1768–1836), German forest scientist
- George Krause (* 1937), American photographer
- Gérard Krause , German epidemiologist
- Gerda Krause (* 1947), German politician (PDS)
- Gerhard Krause (pastor) (1887–1950), German pastor and resistance fighter
- Gerhard Krause (theologian) (1912–1982), German theologian
- Gerhard Krause (engineer) (1938–2008), German engineer
- Gerhard Krause (psychologist) (* 1947), German non-fiction author
- Gerhard Krause (editor) (* 1950), Austrian editor
- Gerold Krause-Junk (* 1936), German economist and university professor
- Gerrit Krause (* 1968), German dancer, actor and singer
- Gesa Felicitas Krause (* 1992), German obstacle runner
- Gottlieb Krause (historian) (1804–1888), German historian and librarian
- Gottlieb Friedrich Krause (1805–1860), German servant of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, official servant , see Goethe's servant
- Gottlob Krause (1850–1938), German Africa explorer
- Gretl Krause (1919–2013), Czechoslovak-Canadian writer, playwright, literary critic and university teacher, see Gretl Keren Fischer
- Guido Krause (* 1964), German soccer player
- Günter Krause (* 1943), German economist
- Günther Krause (* 1953), German politician (CDU)
- Günther Krause (emcee) (1923–2012), German entertainer
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- Hannes Krause (1911 – after 1992), German painter and textile designer
- Hanno Krause (* 1964), German politician (CDU), mayor of Kaltenkirchen
- Hanns Krause (1916–1994), German writer
- Hans Krause (officer) (1864–1927), Prussian major general
- Hans Krause (politician, 1897) (1897 – after 1932), German politician (NSDAP)
- Hans Krause (1920–2003), Soviet opera singer of German origin, see Iwan Iwanowitsch Petrow
- Hans Krause (cabaret artist) (1924–2015), German cabaret artist and author
- Hans Krause (engineer) (1929–1987), German engineer, materials scientist and university professor
- Hans Krause (DBD) , German politician (DBD)
- Hans Krause (* 1952), German actor, see Hansi Kraus
- Hans Krause-Dietering (1911–1976), German factory director, engineering school teacher and manager
- Hans Krause-Wichmann (1925–2007), German rower
- Hans-Georg Krause (* 1926), German historian
- Hans-Joachim Krause (painter) (1864–1931), German painter
- Hans-Joachim Krause (art historian) (* 1930), German art historian and monument conservator
- Hans-Joachim Krause (physicist) , German physicist and professor for measurement and sensor technology
- Hans-Jörg Krause (* 1954), German politician (Die Linke)
- Hans Theodor Krause (1824–1888), Royal Prussian Major General
- Hans-Ullrich Krause (* 1954), German educator, university professor and script and screenwriter
- Harald Krause (* 1941), German soccer player
- Heinrich Krause (theologian) (1816–1868), German Protestant theologian and politician
- Heinrich Krause (1885–1983), Austrian painter
- Heinz Krause (puppeteer) (1924–2008), German puppeteer
- Heinz Krause-Graumnitz (1911–1979), German composer, musicologist and university professor
- Helene von Krause (born von Boddien , pseudonym C. v. Hellen ; 1841–1915), German writer
- Helga Krause , former German film editor at DEFA
- Helmut Krause (local history researcher) (1913–2015), German local history researcher
- Helmut Krause (musician) (* before 1940), German horn player
- Helmut Krause (painter) (* 1940), German painter
- Helmut Krause (politician) (* 1946), German pastor and politician (DFP)
- Helmut Krause (rower) (* 1954), German rower
- Helmuth Krause (1905–1944), German middle-distance runner
- Henning Krause (* 1962), German mathematician
- Herbert Krause (1905–1976), American historian and writer
- Hermann Krause (physician) (1848–1921), German physician and laryngologist
- Hermann Krause (politician, 1854) (1854–1920), German judge and parliamentarian
- Hermann Krause (architect) (1857–1905), German architect
- Hermann Krause (legal historian) (1902–1991), German historian
- Hermann Krause (politician, 1908) (1908–1988), German politician (CDU)
- Hermann Krause (journalist) (* 1953), German radio journalist (WDR)
- Hermann Kunz-Krause (1861–1936), German pharmacist, pharmacist and university professor
- Horst Krause (* 1941), German actor
- Horst-Herbert Krause (* 1950), German songwriter and music producer
- Hugo Krause (1875 – after 1921), German engineer
I.
- Ida Schaer-Krause (1877–1957), Swiss sculptor
- Ilse Krause (1917–1984), German surgeon
- Ines Krause (* 1965), German heptathlete
- Ingolf Krause (* 1961), German soccer player
- Irene Krause (1940–2008), German basketball player
- Irmelin Krause (* 1938), German actress and voice actress
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- Jakob Krause (1531 / 1532–1585), German bookbinder
- Jana Krause (* 1987), German handball player
- Jens Krause (presenter) , German radio presenter
- Jens Krause (music producer) (* 1959), German music producer
- Jens Krause (behavioral scientist) (* 1965), German behavioral scientist
- Jens-Uwe Krause (historian) (* 1957), German ancient historian
- Jens-Uwe Krause (presenter) (* 1970), German radio presenter
- Jerry Krause (1939–2017), American basketball official
- Jill Krause (* 1978), American biathlete
- Joachim Krause (writer) (* 1946), German theologian and non-fiction author
- Joachim Krause (political scientist) (* 1951), German political scientist
- Joachim Krause (organist) (* 1957), German-Swiss organist, church musician and conductor
- Joachim Krause-Wichmann (1930–2000), German rower
- Jochen Krause (1950–2012), German radio presenter, comedian and author
- Johann Christian August Krause (Joannes Christianus Augustus Krause; † after 1804), German physician, respondent in Halle
- Johann Christian Heinrich Krause (1757–1828), German teacher, priest, preacher, pastor and rabbi
- Johann Christoph Krause (1749–1799), German historian
- Johann Friedrich Krause (Wachtmeister) (1747–1828), German Dragoon Sergeant , a source for Grimm's fairy tale collection
- Johann Friedrich Krause (General Superintendent) (1770–1820), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
- Johann Friedrich Gotthard Krause (1747–1825), Lutheran pastor and hymn collector
- Johann Gottfried Krause (1685–1746), German theologian and hymn poet
- Johann Heinrich Krause (1800–1882), German philologist
- Johann Wilhelm Krause (1757–1828), German architect and agricultural scientist
- Johann Wilhelm Krause (botanist) (1764–1842), German clergyman and botanist
- Johanna Krause (Holocaust survivor) (1907-2001), German survivor of the Holocaust
- Johanna Krause (member of the Volkskammer) (* 1924), German politician (DBD)
- Johanna Krause (psychiatrist) (* 1946), German psychiatrist and psychotherapist and author
- Johannes Krause (* 1980), German paleogeneticist
- John Krause (* 1983), Puerto Rican soccer player
- Jonathan Krause (1701–1762), Silesian Protestant theologian and hymn poet
- Jürgen Krause (* 1956), German handball player and coach
- Julius Krause (1812–1881), court opera singer
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- Kai Krause (* 1957), German software entrepreneur and musician
- Karl Krause (entrepreneur) ( Johann Gottfried Karl Krause ; 1823–1902), German entrepreneur
- Karl Krause (philologist) (1835-1893), German specialist in German
- Karl Krause (physician) (1868–1927), German neurologist and senior physician
- Karl Krause (architect) (1878–1950), German architect
- Karl Krause (soccer player) (* 1922), German soccer player
- Karl Krause (Manager) (* 1960), German manager
- Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832), German author and philosopher
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause (1822–1892), German pedagogue and linguist
- Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause (1797–1868), German anatomist, see Carl Krause (medic)
- Karl Georg Wilhelm von Krause (1761–1832), German landowner and politician
- Karl Gotthold Krause (1837–1899), German lawyer and politician (NLP)
- Karl-Heinz Krause (1924–2019), German sculptor
- Karl Ludwig Krause (1870–1936), German art dealer and pacifist
- Karl Wilhelm Krause (1911–2001), German officer in the Waffen SS
- Katharina Krause (* 1960), German art historian
- Kathy Krause (* 1982), German music actress and artist
- Kerstin Krause (* 1963), German director and author
- Klaus-Henning Krause (* 1947), German specialist in neurology, professor and author
- Klaus-Michael Krause (* 1948), German guitarist and music teacher
- Klaus Peter Krause (* 1936), German journalist
- Klaus W. Krause (1903–1981), German actor and voice actor
- Konrad Krause (1870–1927), Prussian major general
- Konstantin Krause (* 1967), German athlete
- Kristofer Krause (* 2000), German basketball player
- Kurt Krause (botanist) (1883–1963), German botanist
- Kurt Krause (geographer) ( Edmund Kurt Krause ; 1886–1946), German teacher, geographer and local researcher
- Kurt Krause (SS member) († 1944?), German SS Obersturmbannfuhrer
- Kurt Krause (chess player) (1909–1978), German chess player
- Kurt Krause (soccer player) (1920–1987), German soccer player and coach
L.
- Lara Krause (* 1998), young Austrian singer and model
- Lisa Krause (1914–1965), German politician (SED)
- Louis Krause (1844–1908), German entrepreneur
- Louis Krause (politician) (1873–1961), German sculptor and politician
- Louisa Krause (* 1986), American musical artist, theater and film actress
- Ludwig von Krause (? –1828), Austrian major general
- Ludwig Krause (1863–1924), German archivist and local history researcher
- Lutz Krause (* 1959), German engineer and university professor
M.
- Malene Krause (* 1963), Danish curler
- Marie-Madeleine Krause (* 1986), German actress
- Marion Krause (* 1962), German Slavist
- Mark Krause (* 1971), German philosopher and visual artist
- Markus Krause (* 1990), pseudonym of the German anti- abortionist Yannic Hendricks
- Markus Krause-Traudes (* 1957), German flotilla admiral
- Marlen Krause (* 1967), German radio play speaker
- Marlon Krause (* 1990), German soccer player
- Martha Krause-Lang (1912–2016), German social worker
- Martin Krause (mathematician) (1851–1920), German mathematician
- Martin Krause (pianist) (1853-1918), German pianist
- Martin Krause (Coptologist) (* 1930), German Coptologist
- Matthias Krause (* 1960), German computer scientist and university professor
- Matti Krause (* 1986), German actor, radio play and voice actor
- Max Krause (entrepreneur) (1838–1913), German entrepreneur
- Max Krause (politician) (1859–1934), German politician
- Max Krause (Arabist) (1909–1944), German Arabist and mathematician
- Max Krause ( American football player ) (1909–1984) American football player
- Max Krause (actor) (* 1993), German actor
- Max Krause-Kiederling (1892–1962), German painter
- Max Reinhold Krause (1875–1920), German sculptor
- Michael Krause (* 1946), German hockey player and sports official
- Michael Heinrich Krause (1651–1729), German Protestant theologian
- Mickie Krause (* 1970), German singer
- Miriam Krause (* 1979), German actress
- Monika Krause-Fuchs (1941–2019), German sexologist
- Moose Krause (1913–1992), American basketball player
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- Nadine Krause (* 1982), German handball player
- Nicholas Krause (* 1993), American ski racer
- Norbert Krause (* 1959), German chemist
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- Olga Krause (* 1953), Russian songwriter and writer
- Oliver Krause (* 1976), German basketball referee
- Otto Krause (pseudonym Nemo ; 1870–1910), Austro-Hungarian civil servant and writer
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- Paul von Krause (politician) (1852-1923), German lawyer and politician (DVP)
- Paul Krause (Lieutenant General) (1864–1940), German Lieutenant General
- Paul Krause (physician) (1871–1934), German internist and radiologist
- Paul von Krause (District Administrator) (1882–1946), German District Administrator
- Paul Krause (politician, 1894) (1894–1954), German politician (NSDAP)
- Paul Krause (politician, 1905) (1905–1950), German politician (center)
- Paul Krause (soccer player) , German soccer player
- Paul Krause ( American football player ) (born 1942), American football player
- Paul Gustaf Krause (1867–1945), German paleontologist
- Peter Krause (Mayor) , Mayor of Berlin from 1524 to 1525
- Peter Krause (cameraman, 1935) (1935–2008), German cameraman
- Peter Krause (legal scholar) (* 1936), German legal scholar
- Peter Krause (politician) (1943–2019), German politician (CDU)
- Peter Krause (racing driver) , German car racing driver
- Peter Krause (voice actor) (* 1957), German voice actor
- Peter Krause (author) (* 1957), German journalist and book author
- Peter Krause (cameraman, 1961) (* 1961), German cameraman
- Peter Krause (actor) (born 1965), American actor
- Peter Krause (political scientist) (* 1965), German political scientist
- Peter Krause (comic artist) , American comic artist
- Peter Moses-Krause (* 1943), German publisher
- Peter D. Krause (* 1964), German politician (CDU)
- Peter Ferdinand Krause (* 1940), Austrian student historian and administrative officer
- Petra Krause , maiden name of Petra Nettelbeck (1939–2017), German TV announcer
- Petra Krause (terrorist) (* 1939), Italian-German terrorist
- Pierre M. Krause (* 1976), German television presenter
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- Rainer Krause (* 1942), German psychologist, psychoanalyst, affect researcher and university professor
- Ralf Krause (* 1978), German kickboxer
- Regina Lorenz-Krause (* 1956), German nursing and social scientist
- Reinhold Krause (1893–1980), German religious educator
- René Krause (* 1985), German boxer
- Richard M. Krause (1925-2015), American immunologist and microbiologist
- Robert Krause (painter) (1813–1885), German painter
- Robert Krause (politician, 1831) (1831–1913), German judge and politician, MdL Prussia
- Robert Krause (politician, 1861) (1861–1924), German trade unionist and politician (SPD), MdL Saxony
- Robert Krause (director) , German director, screenwriter and cameraman
- Rolf Krause (painter) (1908–1982), German painter
- Rolf Krause (politician) (1936-2014), German politician (NPD)
- Rolf-Dieter Krause (* 1951), German television journalist
- Rolf Friedrich Krause (* 1956), German diplomat
- Roswitha Krause (* 1949), German swimmer and handball player
- Rüdiger Krause (prehistoric) (* 1958), German prehistoric
- Rüdiger Krause (clergyman) (* 1960), German clergyman of the New Apostolic Church
- Rüdiger Krause (legal scholar) (* 1961), German legal scholar
- Rüdiger Krause (musician) (* 1970), German musician
- Rudolf Krause (medic, 1834) (also Rudolph Krause ; 1834–1895), German medic and anthropologist
- Rudolf Krause (physician, 1865) (1865–1939), German anatomist and histologist
- Rudolf Krause (politician, 1894) (1894 – after 1945), German politician (NSDAP)
- Rudolf Krause (racing driver) (1907–1987), German automobile racing driver
- Rudolf Krause (soccer coach) (1927–2003), German soccer player and coach
- Rudolf Krause (politician, 1931) (* 1931), German politician (SPD, Free Voters)
- Rudolf Krause (politician, 1939) (* 1939), German educator and politician (CDU)
- Rudolf Krause (actor) (* 1964), German actor
- Rudolf Karl Krause (* 1946), German politician (CDU, REP)
- Rudolph Wilhelm Krause the Elder (1612–1689), German legal scholar and administrative lawyer
- Rudolph Wilhelm Krause the Younger (1642–1718), German physician
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- Sabine Krause (* 1979), German actress
- Sabrina Krause (* 1998), German volleyball player
- Scott Krause (* 1983), American historian
- Sebastian Krause (* 1989), German volleyball player
- Sibylle Krause-Burger (* 1935), German writer and journalist
- Siegfried Krause (* 1928), German politician (NDPD)
- Siegfried Krause (SPD) (* 1928), German politician (SPD), MdA Berlin
- Sigrun Krause (* 1954), German cross-country skier
- Sinan Krause , German-Iraqi technician
- Skadi Krause (* 1970), German political scientist and author
- Sophia Krause (* 1997), German rower
- Stefan Krause (dubbing artist) (* 1958), German dubbing and radio play speaker and musician
- Stefan Krause (Manager) (* 1962), German manager
- Stefan Krause (art historian) , Austrian art and weapons historian and curator
- Sven Krause (* 1986), German soccer player
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- Thekla Krause (* 1969), German soccer player
- Theodor Krause (entrepreneur) (1819–1906), German company founder
- Theodor Krause (composer) (1833–1910), German composer, choir director and lyricist
- Thilo Krause (* 1977), German poet and economist
- Thomas Krause (doctor) (* 1953), German nuclear medicine doctor
- Thomas Krause (Author) (* 1969), German cook and author
- Thomas Krause (journalist) (* 1976), German journalist and author
- Thomas Krause (film editor) (* 1977), German film editor
- Thomas Krause (Nordic Combiner) (* 1980), German Nordic Combiner
- Thomas Krause (soccer player) (* 1981), Danish soccer player
- Tilman Krause (* 1959), German literary critic
- Timon Krause (* 1994), German mentalist
- Tobias Krause (1965–2005), German-Austrian television producer
- Tom Krause ( Thomas Krause ; 1934-2013), Finnish opera singer (baritone)
- Torsten Krause (* 1981), German politician (Die Linke.PDS)
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- Udo Krause (1932–1988), German journalist and lawyer
- Ulf von Krause (* 1944), German lieutenant general
- Ullrich Krause (* 1967), German mathematician, chess official and chess player
- Ulrich Krause (mathematician) (* 1940), German mathematician
- Ulrich Krause (engineer) (* 1959), German engineer and university professor
- Ulrike-Marie Krause (* 1971), German psychologist, educational scientist and university professor
- Ursula Krause-Schmitt (* 1942), German historian
- Uta Süße-Krause (* 1955), German photographer and musician
- Ute Krause (* 1960), German writer, illustrator, screenwriter and director
- Uwe Krause (soccer player) (* 1955), German soccer player
- Uwe Krause (musician) (* 1969), German composer, pianist and music teacher
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- Verna Mae Bentley-Krause (* 1951), American-German singer
- Viktoria Krause (* 1998), German-Hungarian actress
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- Waldemar Krause (SS member) (1908–1992), German criminal police officer and SS Sturmbannführer
- Waldemar Krause (writer) (1926-2006), German writer
- Walter Krause (soccer player, 1896) (1896–1948), German soccer player
- Walter Krause (medic) (1910–2007), Austrian medic
- Walter Krause (politician) (1912–2000), German politician (SPD)
- Walter Krause (art historian) (* 1943), Austrian art historian and university professor
- Walter Krause (soccer player, 1953) (* 1953), German soccer player
- Walther Krause (1890–1960), German officer
- Walther Krause (journalist) (1937–2018), German journalist
- Walther Krause (publisher) (1899 – after 1968), German magazine publisher
- Werner Krause (politician, 1900) (1900–1971), German politician, Lord Mayor of Hildesheim
- Werner Krause (resistance fighter) (1907–1945), German resistance fighter
- Werner Krause (botanist) (1911–2000), German geobotanist and university professor
- Werner Krause (economist) (1927–2004), German economist
- Werner Krause (politician, 1932) (* 1932), German politician, member of the East Berlin city council
- Werner Krause (historian) (1934–2014), German historian
- Werner Krause (diplomat) (* 1935), German diplomat
- Werner Krause (engineer) (* 1937), German engineering scientist
- Werner Krause (natural scientist) (* 1938), German professor of general psychology
- Werner Krause (chemist) (* 1949), German chemist
- Werner Krause (journalist) (* 1953), Austrian journalist and author
- Wieland Krause (* 1956), German artist
- Wilfried Krause (* 1948), German soccer player
- Wilhelm Krause (artist) (1803–1864), German painter
- Wilhelm Krause (anatomist) (1833–1910), German anatomist and university professor
- Wilhelm Krause (etcher) (1913–2008), (Sudeten) German etcher
- Willi Krause (politician) (1903–1987), German politician (SPD) and union official
- Willi Krause (writer) (pseudonym Peter Hagen ; 1907–1945?), German journalist, screenwriter and director
- William Krause (1875–1925), German painter
- Willy Krause (1901–1990), German actor
- Winfried Krause (writer) (1910–1943), German writer
- Winfried Krause (comedian) (1939–2019), German comedian
- Wolf-Dieter Krause (* 1945), German linguist and lecturer at the University of Potsdam
- Wolf-Rüdiger Krause (* 1944), German soccer player
- Wolfgang Krause (linguist) (1895–1970), German linguist
- Wolfgang Krause (politician) (1936-2020), German politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Krause (soccer player) (* 1938), German soccer player
- Wolfgang Krause (soccer player, 1951) (* 1951), German soccer player
- Wolfgang Krause (artist) (* 1953), German artist
- Wolfgang Krause (soccer player, 1954) (* 1954), German soccer player
- Wolfgang Krause Zwieback (* 1951), German actor
- Wolfram von Krause (1914–1989), German-Baltic Lutheran theologian and director of the Neuendettelsau Mission
Fictional characters
- Dieter Krause , eponymous hero of the television series Hausmeister Krause - Order must be
- Horst Krause
See also
- Krause Point , headland on the coast of Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Antarctica
- Johann A. Krause , group of companies with the current name ThyssenKrupp System Engineering (now ThyssenKrupp Krause GmbH )
- Fedor Krause Medal of the German Society for Neurosurgery
- Ruff
- Villa Krause
- Kraus
- Pork ruff (also Saukrause ), name for the colon of the domestic pig
- Krauze
Web links
Wiktionary: Krause - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations