Klaus
Sign in to saveKlaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
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Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
==Notable persons with the family name== Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseball player Chris Klaus (born 1973), American entrepreneur Felix Klaus (born 1992), German football player, son of Fred Klaus Frank Klaus (1887–1948), German-American boxer, 1913 Middleweight Champion Fred Klaus (born 1967), German football player and manager, father of Felix Klaus Josef Klaus (1910–2001), Chancellor of Austria 1966–1970 Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Russian chemist Václav Klaus (born 1941), Czech politician, former President of the Czech Republic Walter K. Klaus (1912–2012), American politician and farmer
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