Gender:
Origin:
Greek
2394 famous people named Klaus found on Wikipedia.
995 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
2850-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1411-th in year 1968
Used in: Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian
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.
Form of Nicholas: victory of the people.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaus Barbie | 1913 | SS-Hauptsturmführer, soldier and Gestapo member |
| 2 | Klaus Kinski | 1926 | German actor |
| 3 | Klaus Fuchs | 1911 | German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy |
| 4 | Klaus Meine | 1948 | German singer |
| 5 | Klaus Nomi | 1944 | German countertenor |
| 6 | Klaus Iohannis | 1959 | Romanian politician (b. 1959) |
| 7 | Klaus Wildbolz | 1937 | Austrian actor |
| 8 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | 1943 | Austrian actor and director |
| 9 | Klaus Voormann | 1938 | Musician, Record Producer, Graphic Artist |
| 10 | Klaus Schulze | 1947 | German musician |
| 11 | Klaus Badelt | 1967 | German composer |
| 12 | Klaus Otto Nagorsnik | 1955 | |
| 13 | Klaus Heissler | American Dad character | |
| 14 | Klaus Dahlen | 1938 | German actor |
| 15 | Václav Klaus | 1941 | 2nd President of the Czech Republic |
| 16 | Klaus Schwab | 1938 | Swiss businessman |
| 17 | Niklaus Mikaelson | Character in the Vampire Diaries | |
| 18 | Klaus Kleinfeld | 1957 | German businessman |
| 19 | Klaus Büchner | 1948 | German voice actor and comedian |
| 20 | Klaus Flouride | 1949 | American musician |
| 21 | Klaus Störtebeker | 1360 | Leader of privateers |
| 22 | Klaus Davi | 1966 | Swiss journalist and entrepreneur |
| 23 | Klaus Sonnenschein | 1936 | German actor and voice actor |
| 24 | Klaus Mann | 1906 | German writer |
| 25 | Klaus Dinger | 1946 | German musician |
| 26 | Klaus Wowereit | 1954 | German politician |
| 27 | Klaus Ness | 1962 | German politician |
| 28 | Klaus Barkowsky | 1953 | |
| 29 | Klaus Augenthaler | 1957 | German footballer |
| 30 | Klaus Allofs | 1956 | German footballer and manager |
| 31 | Klaus Teuber | 1952 | German board game designer |
| 32 | Klaus Kordon | 1943 | German children's author |
| 33 | Klaus Guth | 1940 | German actor and voice actor |
| 34 | Klaus von Klitzing | 1943 | German Physicist |
| 35 | Klaus Brinkbäumer | 1967 | German journalist |
| 36 | Klaus Armstroff | 1957 | |
| 37 | Klaus Lemke | 1940 | German film director |
| 38 | Klaus Tschira | 1940 | German businessman |
| 39 | Klaus Harpprecht | 1927 | German journalist and novelist |
| 40 | Klaus Kindler | 1930 | German actor, dub actor and voice actor |
| 41 | Klaus Schmidt | 1953 | German archaeologist |
| 42 | Klaus Gronewald | 1971 | German journalist and moderator |
| 43 | Birgit Klaus | 1964 | German television presenter and author |
| 44 | Klaus Riskær Pedersen | 1955 | Danish politician |
| 45 | Klaus Mangold | 1943 | German manager |
| 46 | Klaus Janson | 1952 | Artist |
| 47 | Klaus Brasch | 1950 | German actor |
| 48 | Klaus Schnellenkamp | 1972 | Chilean writer and businessman |
| 49 | Klaus Doldinger | 1936 | German jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and saxophonist. |
| 50 | Klaus Knuth | 1935 | Swiss actor |
| 51 | Klaus Peter Schreiner | 1930 | German screenwriter and writer |
| 52 | Klaus Waldeck | 2000 | Austrian musician |
| 53 | Klaus Spürkel | 1948 | German actor |
| 54 | Klaus Roth | 1925 | British Mathematician |
| 55 | Klaus Manchen | 1936 | German actor |
| 56 | Klaus Kandt | 1960 | German police officer |
| 57 | Klaus Esser | 1947 | German jurist |
| 58 | Klaus Kelle | 1959 | German journalist |
| 59 | Klaus Wennemann | 1940 | German actor |
| 60 | Klaus Toppmöller | 1951 | German footballer and manager |
| 61 | Klaus Liesen | 1931 | |
| 62 | Klaus Biesenbach | 1966 | German art historian |
| 63 | Klaus Geyer | 1941 | German parson |
| 64 | Klaus Miedel | 1915 | German actor and voice actor |
| 65 | Klaus Fischer | 1950 | German entrepreneur |
| 66 | Klaus Riebschläger | 1940 | German politician, jurist and lawyer |
| 67 | Klaus Kinkel | 1936 | Chairman of the FDP |
| 68 | Klaus Piontek | 1935 | 1935-1998 German actor |
| 69 | Klaus Löwitsch | 1936 | German actor |
| 70 | Klaus Rainer Röhl | 1928 | German journalist |
| 71 | Klaus Eckel | 1974 | Austrian business manager |
| 72 | Klaus Pönitz | 1940 | German TV actor (1940-2005) |
| 73 | Klaus Renft | 1942 | German musician |
| 74 | Klaus Wunderlich | 1931 | German organist |
| 75 | Klaus Sommerfeld | 1953 | German actor |
| 76 | Klaus Ludwig | 1949 | German racecar driver |
| 77 | Klaus Rott | 1941 | Austrian actor |
| 78 | Klaus Bölling | 1928 | German journalist and diplomat |
| 79 | Klaus Dona | 1949 | Austrian curator |
| 80 | Klaus Arp | 1950 | German conductor (1950-2016) |
| 81 | Klaus Steinmetz | 1959 | |
| 82 | Klaus Dibiasi | 1947 | Italian diver |
| 83 | Klaus Johann Jacobs | 1936 | Swiss businessman |
| 84 | Klaus Volkert | 1942 | German mechanic |
| 85 | Klaus Tennstedt | 1926 | German conductor |
| 86 | Klaus Steilmann | 1929 | German entrepreneur |
| 87 | Klaus Bonhoeffer | 1901 | German reistance fighter |
| 88 | Klaus der Geiger | 1940 | German singer-songwriter |
| 89 | Klaus Ofczarek | 1939 | Austrian actor and opera singer |
| 90 | Klaus Ulbricht | 1938 | German chemist and politician |
| 91 | Klaus Erfort | 1972 | German cook |
| 92 | Klaus Obermeyer | Founder of Sport Obermeyer | |
| 93 | Klaus Schroeder | 1949 | German historian of modern age |
| 94 | Klaus Hildebrand | 1941 | German historian |
| 95 | Klaus Hofmann | 1967 | German tennis player |
| 96 | Klaus Fiehe | 1957 | German musician, presenter and radio host |
| 97 | Felix Klaus | 1992 | German footballer |
| 98 | Klaus Beier | 1966 | German politician |
| 99 | Klaus Zapf | 1952 | German entrepreneur |
| 100 | Klaus Mikoleit | 1945 | German actor |
| 101 | Klaus Rifbjerg | 1931 | Danish writer |
| 102 | Klaus Wagenbach | 1930 | German publisher and literary editor |
| 103 | Klaus Barner | 1933 | German actor |
| 104 | Klaus Kuron | 1936 | German agent |
| 105 | Klaus Klostermaier | 1933 | German historian and philosopher |
| 106 | Klaus Gehrke | 1939 | German actor |
| 107 | Klaus Schulten | 1947 | German American computational biophysicist |
| 108 | Klaus Hommels | Swiss venture capitalist | |
| 109 | Klaus Krippendorff | 1932 | Cyberneticist |
| 110 | Klaus Werner-Lobo | 1967 | German politician, writer and journalist |
| 111 | Klaus Überall | 1924 | German director and screenwriter |
| 112 | Klaus Dörner | 1933 | German psychiatrist |
| 113 | Klaus Trostorff | 1920 | German author and jurist |
| 114 | Klaus Asche | 1933 | |
| 115 | Chris Klaus | 1973 | American businessman |
| 116 | Klaus Fröhlich | 1960 | German manager |
| 117 | Klaus Zieschank | 1951 | |
| 118 | Klaus Bednarz | 1942 | German journalist and author |
| 119 | Klaus Schlesinger | 1937 | German journalist and writer |
| 120 | Klaus Theweleit | 1942 | German academic |
| 121 | Klaus Murmann | 1932 | German entrepreneur |
| 122 | Klaus Reinhardt | 1941 | German general |
| 123 | Klaus Ahlheim | 1942 | German author |
| 124 | Klaus Behrendt | 1920 | German actor |
| 125 | Klaus Töpfer | 1938 | German UN official |
| 126 | Klaus Farin | 1958 | German author |
| 127 | Klaus Püschel | 1952 | German physician and forensic pathologist |
| 128 | Klaus Fleming | 1535 | Finnish admiral |
| 129 | Klaus Mertes | 1954 | German priest and author |
| 130 | Klaus Küng | 1940 | Austrian priest |
| 131 | Klaus Engel | 1956 | German chemist |
| 132 | Klaus Nordling | 1910 | Writer |
| 133 | Klaus Dönitz | 1920 | German naval officer |
| 134 | Klaus Diedrich | 1946 | German gynaecologist and obstetrician |
| 135 | Klaus Regling | 1950 | German economist |
| 136 | Klaus Pohl | 1952 | German actor, screenwriter and author |
| 137 | Klaus Hänel | 1936 | German association football player |
| 138 | Klaus Elovaara | ||
| 139 | Klaus Jürgen Bade | 1944 | German historian of modern age |
| 140 | Klaus Jepsen | 1936 | German actor and voice actor |
| 141 | Klaus W. Krause | 1903 | German actor and voice actor |
| 142 | Klaus Fichtel | 1944 | German footballer |
| 143 | Klaus Sommer | 1943 | |
| 144 | Klaus Naumann | 1939 | German general |
| 145 | Klaus Röder | 1948 | German musician |
| 146 | Klaus Kocks | 1952 | German opinion journalist |
| 147 | Klaus Heizmann | 1944 | German composer |
| 148 | Klaus Bargsten | 1911 | German World War II U-boat commander |
| 149 | Klaus Graf | 1958 | German historian |
| 150 | Klaus Schüler | 1957 | |
| 151 | Klaus Bundgård Povlsen | 1958 | Danish journalist |
| 152 | Klaus Lackner | 2000 | Geoengineer |
| 153 | Klaus von Dohnanyi | 1928 | German politician |
| 154 | Klaus Buchner | 1941 | German politician and physicist |
| 155 | Klaus Steinbacher | 1994 | German actor |
| 156 | Klaus Luger | 1960 | |
| 157 | Klaus Tappeser | 1957 | German politician |
| 158 | Klaus Sonstad | 1969 | Norwegian journalist and TV and radio host |
| 159 | Klaus Albrecht Schröder | 1955 | Austrian art historian and restorer |
| 160 | Klaus Havenstein | 1922 | German actor |
| 161 | Klaus Wiese | 1942 | Musician |
| 162 | Klaus Filbry | 1967 | |
| 163 | Klaus von Bismarck | 1912 | German officer and Knight's Cross recipient |
| 164 | Klaus Jünschke | 1947 | German journalist |
| 165 | Klaus Gendries | 1930 | German actor |
| 166 | Klaus Schlie | 1954 | German politician |
| 167 | Klaus Karl-Kraus | 1951 | German presenter, musician and writer |
| 168 | Klaus Scholtz | 1908 | German World War II U-boat commander |
| 169 | Klaus Borowski | ||
| 170 | Klaus Christian Plönzke | 1936 | |
| 171 | Klaus Lenz | 1940 | German trumpeter and bandleader |
| 172 | Klaus Neumann | 1923 | German flying ace |
| 173 | Klaus Draeger | 1956 | German engineer and manager |
| 174 | Klaus Roehler | 1929 | German literary editor |
| 175 | Klaus Florian Vogt | 1970 | German singer |
| 176 | Josef Klaus | 1910 | Austrian chancellor, politician and lawyer |
| 177 | Klaus Schultz | 1947 | German dramaturge and intendant |
| 178 | Klaus Kauker | 1987 | German presenter, composer and record producer |
| 179 | Klaus Härö | 1971 | Finnish film director |
| 180 | Klaus Järvinen | 1936 | Finnish music educator |
| 181 | Klaus von Beyme | 1934 | German political scientist |
| 182 | Klaus Knopper | 1968 | German computer scientist |
| 183 | Klaus Lindenberger | 1957 | Austrian footballer |
| 184 | Klaus Angermann | 1938 | German television presenter and journalist |
| 185 | Klaus Kjellerup | 1954 | |
| 186 | Klaus Steiniger | 1932 | German journalist, author and jurist |
| 187 | Klaus Nierhoff | 1958 | German actor |
| 188 | Klaus Weiland | 1947 | German liedermacher |
| 189 | Klaus Hermann | 1972 | |
| 190 | Klaus Joehle | 1957 | Canadian writer |
| 191 | Klaus Siebert | 1955 | German biathlete |
| 192 | Klaus Jürgen Haller | 1940 | German journalist |
| 193 | Klaus Mietusch | 1918 | German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient |
| 194 | Klaus Meiser | 1954 | German politician |
| 195 | Klaus Huber | 1924 | Swiss composer |
| 196 | Klaus Ensikat | 1937 | German illustrator |
| 197 | Klaus Fritz | 1958 | German author and translator |
| 198 | Klaus Matthiesen | 1941 | German politician (SPD) |
| 199 | Klaus F. Zimmermann | 1952 | German economist |
| 200 | Klaus Schneeberger | 1950 | Austrian politician |