Claus

Claus (sometimes Clas) is both a given name and a German, Danish, and Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Claus von Amsberg, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (1926–2002)
• Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born 2004)
• Claus von Bülow (1926–2019), British socialite accused of attempting to murder his wife, Sunny von Bülow
• Claus Clausen (disambiguation), three people of that name
• Claus Jacob (born 1969), German scientist
• Claus Jørgensen (racewalker) (born 1974), Danish racewalker
• Claus Bech Jørgensen (born 1976), Danish-born Faroese footballer
• Claus Larsen (disambiguation), three people of that name
• Claus Lundekvam (born 1973), Norwegian former footballer
• Claus Moser, Baron Moser (1922–2015), British statistician
• Claus Nielsen (born 1964), Danish former football striker
• Claus Norreen (born 1970), Danish musician with the band Aqua, and record producer
• Claus Offe (born 1940), German political sociologist
• Claus Ogerman (1930–2016), German arranger, orchestrator, conductor and composer
• Claus Roxin (1931–2025), German jurist
• Claus Schilling (1871–1946), German experimenter in Nazi human concentration camp experiments executed for war crimes
• Claus Sievert (1949–2009), German-born American printmaker and illustrator
• Claus Sluter (1340s-1405 or 1406), Dutch sculptor
• Claus Spreckels (1828–1908), major industrialist in Hawai'i and California
• Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), a German officer who, along with others, attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1944
• Claus Thomsen (born 1970), Danish former footballer
• Claus Toksvig (1929–1988), Danish journalist, broadcaster and politician

Surname

• Carl Friedrich Claus (1827–1900), German chemist
• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835–1899), German zoologist
• Daniel Claus (1727–1787), British commissioner of Indian affairs and a Loyalist during the American Revolution
• Emile Claus (1849–1924), Belgian painter, inventor of the Luminism style of Impressionistic painting
• Hildrun Claus (born 1939), German former athlete
• Hugo Claus (1929–2008), Flemish novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director
• Jürgen Claus (1935–2023), German artist and author
• Karl Ernst Claus or Carl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Livonian chemist and naturalist, discoverer of the element ruthenium
• Roland Claus (born 1954), German politician
• Santa Claus (politician) (born 1947), American politician from Alaska

Fictional characters

• Santa Claus
• Mrs. Claus, Santa's wife
• Claus, a character and a protagonists twin in the Nintendo game Mother 3
• Claus, in the advertising campaign for Palm Centro

Organisations

• FC Santa Claus, a Finnish association football club

See also

• Claus process, the major process for removing elemental S from H₂S gas
• Klaus (disambiguation)
• Clauss