Kraus

Kraus is a German family name.

Origin and Meaning

The name is a nickname originally referred to the curled hair of the wearer's name. Read more under Krause.

Variants

• Krauss, Krausz; more see Krause

Bearers of the name

A

• Adalbert Kraus ( * 1937 ), German singer (tenor )
• Adolph F. Kraus (1850-1901), American sculptor
• Agnes Kraus (actually Irmgard Agnes Friederike Krause; 1911-1995 ), German actress
• Alanna Kraus ( born 1977 ), Canadian Shorttrackerin
• Albert Kraus ( born 1980 ), Dutch martial artist
• Alfred Kraus (1824-1909), Austrian Lieutenant-
• Alfred Kraus (1899-1979), German chemist
• Alfredo Kraus (1927-1999), Spanish singer and voice teacher
• Alois Kraus (1840-1926), Austrian taxidermist and Zoo Director
• Andi Kraus ( b. 1974 ), German comedian, see your mothers
• Andreas Kraus (1922-2012), German historian
• Angelika Kraus ( * 1950), German swimmer
• Anni Kraus (1897-1986), Austrian writer
• Annie Kraus (1900-1991), German writer and translator
• Anton Joseph Kraus of Elislago (1777-1860), Austrian diplomat and civil servant
• Arthur Kraus ( astronomer ) ( 1854-1930 ), Czech astronomer, athletes and entrepreneurs
• Arthur Kraus, a pseudonym of Joseph W. Sarno (1921-2010), American director
• August Kraus the Elder (1812-1910), Austrian painter
• August Kraus (1868-1934), German sculptor

B

• Barbara Kraus ( born 1967), German organist
• Bente Kraus ( * 1991), German speed skater
• Bernhard Kraus (1828-1887), Austrian physician
• Björn Kraus (born 1969 ), German social work researchers
• Brigitte Kraus ( * 1956 ), German track and field athlete

C

• Carl Kraus ( agricultural scientist ) ( 1851-1918 ), German crop scientists and plant breeders
• Carl von Kraus (1868-1952), Austrian German studies
• Carl Kraus ( art historian ) ( born 1959 ), Austrian art historian
• Charles August Kraus (1875-1967), American chemist
• Chris Kraus ( director) ( born 1963 ), German author and film director
• Chris Kraus ( writer ), American writer and filmmaker
• Christian Kraus (born 1978 ), German fencer
• Christian Jakob Kraus (1753-1807), German philosopher and economist

D

• Dagmara Kraus ( * 1981 ), German poet and translator
• Daniel Kraus ( born 1984 ), German football goalkeeper
• Detlef Kraus (1919-2008), German pianist
• Dieter Kraus (born 1972 ), German saxophonist

E

• Eberhard Kraus (1931-2003), German organist
• Edith Kraus (1913-2013), Israeli- Czech pianist
• Edward H. Kraus (1875-1973), mineralogist and crystallographer American
• Egon Kraus (1912-2001), German music teacher
• Emil Kraus (1893-1972), German politician ( SPD)
• Emilie Kraus of Wolfsberg ( the dog Countess; 1785-1845 ), Austrian mistress of Emperor Napoleon I.
• Engelbert Kraus ( * 1934), German football player
• Ernst Kraus ( singer) ( 1863-1941 ), German tenor
• Ernst Kraus ( composer ) ( 1867-1945 ), Austrian composer and music theorist
• Ernst Kraus ( geologist ) ( 1889-1970 ), German geologist
• Ernst Wilhelm Kraus (1859-1943), Bohemian Germanist
• Erwin Kraus (1894-1966), German politician ( NSDAP)

F

• Felix von Kraus ( physician) ( 1805-1875 ), Austrian military physician
• Felix von Kraus ( singer) ( 1870-1937 ), Austrian singer
• Felix Kraus ( painter) ( 1887-1950 ), Austrian painter and graphic artist
• Ferdinand Kraus (1848-1898), Austrian homeland researcher
• Franz Kraus ( cave explorer ) ( 1834-1897 ), Austrian cavers
• Franz Kraus ( painter) ( 1872-1967 ), the Swiss painter
• Franz Kraus (SS Member) ( 1903-1948 ), German SS -Sturmbannführer
• Franz Kraus ( politician), Austrian politician (ÖVP ), Styrian Landtag
• Franz Kraus ( skier ) ( 1913-1942 ), Czechoslovakian ski jumper
• Franz Anton Kraus (1705-1752), German painter
• Franz Xaver Kraus (1840-1901), German art and church historian
• Fred Kraus (1917-1993), an Austrian cabaret artist, actor, director and producer
• Friedrich Kraus ( artist) ( 1826-1894 ), German painter
• Friedrich Kraus ( physician) ( 1858-1936 ), Austrian physician
• Friedrich Kraus ( SPD) ( 1903-1969 ), German politician ( SPD)
• Fritz Rudolf Kraus (1910-1991), German orientalist and university teachers

G

• Georg Kraus ( chronicler ) ( 1607-1679 ), Transylvanian chronicler
• Georg Kraus ( theologian ) ( born 1938 ), German Roman Catholic theologian
• Georg Kraus ( management consultant) ( * 1965), German management consultant
• Georg Kraus ( football goalkeeper) (* 1989), Austrian football goalkeeper
• Georg Friedrich Kraus (1718-1784), German jurist
• Georg Melchior Kraus (1737-1806), German painter and drawing teacher
• Gregor Kraus (1841-1915), German botanist
• Günther Kraus (1914-1998), Austrian electrical engineer
• Guenther Kraus (1930-1988), Austrian Visual Artists
• Gustav Kraus (1804-1852), German lithographer

B

• Hans Kraus (CSU ) ( 1879-1952 ), German politician ( CSU)
• Hans Peter Kraus (1907-1988), booksellers, antiquarian and collector
• Hans Kraus (U - boat commander ) ( 1915-1990 ), German U- boat commander
• Hans -Joachim Kraus (1918-2000), German Protestant theologian
• Hans Kraus (puppeteer ) ( 1923-1995 ), Austrian puppeteer
• Hans Kraus ( mayor) ( 1939-2008 ), German local politician (CSU )
• Hans Kraus ( footballer ) ( born 1943 ), German football player
• Hans -Georg Kraus ( * 1949 ), German football player
• Hansi Kraus ( * 1952 ), German actor
• Hans -Christof Kraus (born 1958 ), German historian
• Hansi Kraus ( * 1952 ), German actor
• Heinrich Kraus ( theater studies ) (* 1923), Austrian theater scholar
• Heinrich Kraus ( writer ) ( born 1932 ), German writer
• Heinrich Kraus of Elislago (1862-1932), Austrian Lieutenant-
• Heinz -Günter Kraus ( * 1945), German physicist and politician ( CDU)
• Helmut Kraus ( physicist ) ( born 1930 ), German physicist and meteorologist
• Helmut Kraus ( footballer ) ( born 1938 ), German football player
• Helmut Kraus ( speed skater ), German speed skater and speed skating coach
• Herbert Kraus (1884-1965), German international lawyers
• Herbert Alois Kraus (1911-2008), Austrian journalist and politician
• Hertha Kraus (1897-1968), German -American Quaker and social scientist
• Honorius Kraus (1773-1850), Austrian clergyman Order

I

• Ivan Kraus ( b. 1939 ), Czech puppeteer, author and screenwriter

J

• Jacob Kraus ( journalist) ( 1867-1930 ), Austrian journalist
• Jacob Kraus ( mechanic ), German car mechanic
• Jacob Kraus ( resistance fighters ) ( 1904-1943 ), German resistance fighter
• Jan Kraus ( born 1953 ), Czech actor, presenter, director and screenwriter
• Janis Kraus ( * 1989), German football player
• Johann Kraus (architect ) ( 1656-1715 ), German architect and Jesuit priest
• Johann Kraus ( football player), an Austrian football player
• Johann Adam Kraus (1904-1992), German Catholic priest and historian
• Johann Baptist Kraus ( Benedictine ) ( 1700-1762 ), German Prince Abbot
• Johann Baptist Kraus ( minister ) ( 1805-1893 ), German Catholic priest
• Johann Georg Kraus (1787-1868), German politician
• Johann Georg Kraus (1879-1952), German economist and politician ( CSU ), see Hans Kraus ( CSU)
• Johann Gottfried Kraus ( also Krause; 1680-1739 ), German jurist
• Johann Gottlieb Kraus ( also Krause; 1684-1736 ), German historian and rhetorician
• Johann Ulrich Kraus (1655-1719), German engraver and publisher
• Johann Wenzel Kraus (1791-1849), Austrian painter
• John Kraus (1890-1974), German priest
• John D. Kraus (1910-2004), American physicist
• Joo Kraus (born 1966 ), German jazz trumpeter
• Josef Kraus ( ÖVP) ( 1890-1971 ), Austrian politician (CSP, ÖVP) and farmer
• Josef Kraus ( NSDAP) (1903 -? ), German politician ( NSDAP)
• Josef Kraus ( badminton) (c. 1945), Czech badminton player
• Josef Kraus (teacher) (* 1949), German educator and official of the association
• Josef Kraus ( ski jumper ), Czechoslovakian ski jumper
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792), German composer
• Josy Kraus (1908-2001), Luxembourg cyclist
• Jürgen Kraus ( * 1987), German canoeist

K

• Karl Kraus (1874-1936), Austrian writer
• Karl Kraus ( folk song researchers ) ( 1764-1826 ), German educator and folk song researchers
• Karl Kraus (SS- Obersturmbannführer )
• Karl Kraus ( physicist ) ( 1938-1988 ), German physicist
• Karl Kraus ( surveyor ) ( 1939-2006 ), German -Austrian Geodetic
• Karola Kraus ( * 1961), German art historian
• Katja Kraus (born 1970 ), German football player
• Kevin Kraus ( * 1992), German football player
• Klaus Karl Kraus ( * 1951), German cabaret artist
• Konrad Kraus (1850-1922), an Austrian teacher and textbook author

L

• Lambert Kraus, OSB (1728-1790), German composer and religious minister
• Lili Kraus (1905-1986), English pianist
• Ludwig Kraus ( composer ) ( 1897-1968 ), German composer and music director
• Ludwig Kraus ( racing driver ) ( 1907-1987 ), German motorcycle racer
• Ludwig Kraus ( engineer) ( 1911-1997 ), German engineer

M

• Maria Kraus- Bölte (1836-1918), German -American educator
• Marianne Kraus (1765-1838), German painter and maid of honor
• Marinus Kraus ( * 1991), German ski jumper
• Matthias Kraus (1671-1706), German insurgents
• Melanie Kraus ( b. 1974 ) German long-distance runner
• Michael Kraus ( clergyman ) ( 1908-2003 ), Canadian clergyman and entrepreneurs
• Michael Kraus ( artist) ( 1945-1978 ), German artist and printmaker
• Michael Kraus ( swimmer ) ( born 1955 ), German swimmer
• Michael Kraus ( handball player ) ( b. 1983 ), German handball player
• Michael Kraus ( footballer ) ( born 1984 ), American football player
• Michal Kraus ( born 1979 ), Czech handball player
• Milton Kraus (1866-1942), American politician

N

• Nadine Kraus ( * 1988), German football player
• Nicholas Kraus (1942-2011)
• Nicholas Kraus (born 1965 ), German farmer and politician (CDU Bavaria )

O

• Ognjen Kraus ( born 1945 ), Croatian physician and Jewish functionary
• Oskar Kraus (1872-1942), Czech philosopher
• Ota Kraus (1909-2001), Jewish- Czech writer and journalist
• Ota B. Kraus (1921-2000), writer and teacher
• Otakar Kraus (1909-1980), Czech- English singer (baritone )
• Otto Kraus ( mineralogist ) ( 1905-1984 ), German mineralogist and conservationists
• Otto Kraus ( politician ) ( 1908-2001 ), German trade unionists and economists
• Otto Kraus ( zoologist ) (* 1930), German zoologist

P

• Patricia Kraus (born 1965 ), Spanish singer
• Paul Kraus (1918-1942), German ski jumper
• Peter Kraus ( born 1939 ), German actor and singer
• Peter Kraus ( Gestapo ) ( 1898-1954 ), German SS officers and Gestapo employee
• Peter Kraus ( athlete ) ( born 1932 ), German track and field athlete
• Peter Kraus ( hockey player ) ( born 1941 ), German hockey player
• Peter Kraus ( hockey player ) (born 1973 ), German ice hockey player
• Peter A. Kraus ( b. 1960 ), German political scientist
• Phil Kraus (1918-2012), American musician
• Philipp Kraus (1879-1964), German singer, director and voice teacher

R

• Richard Kraus (1902-1978), German conductor
• Rudolf Kraus ( physician) ( 1868-1932 ), Austrian pathologist, bacteriologist and immunologist
• Rudolf Kraus ( artist) ( 1907-1988 ), Austrian painter and graphic artist
• Rudolf Kraus (CSU ) (* 1941), German politician ( CSU)
• Rudolf Kraus ( footballer ) ( born 1951 ), German football player
• Rudolf Kraus ( writer ) ( born 1961 ), Austrian writer and librarian
• Ryszard Kraus (1964-2013), Polish footballer

S

• Sascha Kraus ( b. 1974 ), German scien economy and high school teachers
• Sonya Kraus (born 1973 ), German television presenter

T

• Tadeáš Kraus ( born 1932 ), Swedish football player and coach
• Theodor Kraus ( painter) ( 1866-1948 ), German painter
• Theodor Kraus ( geographer ) ( 1894-1973 ), German geographer and Rectors
• Theodor Kraus ( archaeologist ) ( 1919-1994 ), German archaeologist Classic
• Tomáš Kraus ( born 1974 ), Czech freestyle skis
• Toni Kraus ( * 1997), German folk music singer

U

• Ursula Kraus ( * 1930), German politician (SPD )

V

• Valentin Kraus ( 1873 -? ), German sculptor and carver
• Viktor Kraus (1845-1905), Austrian historian and teacher
• Vincent Kraus (1865-1926), Bohemian- Austrian politician

W

• Walther Kraus (1902-1997), Austrian classical philologist
• Werner Kraus ( official) ( 1818-1900 ), German civil servant, lawyer and politician
• Werner Kraus ( KPD) ( 1898-1964 ), German politician ( KPD)
• Werner Kraus ( taxidermist ) (* 1956), German taxidermist
• Willi Kraus ( football player, 1926) ( Scheppe Kraus; 1926-1993 ), German football player
• Willi Kraus ( football player, 1943) ( 1943-2008 ), German football player
• Willi Kraus ( painter) ( born 1959 ), German painter, sculptor and photographer
• Wolfgang Kraus ( writer ) ( 1924-1998 ), Austrian writer
• Wolfgang Kraus (chemist) ( born 1931 ), German chemist and university teacher
• Wolfgang Kraus ( football player, 1953) ( * 1953 ), German football player (Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern Munich )
• Wolfgang Kraus ( theologian ) ( born 1955 ), German theologian and university lecturer
• Wolfgang Kraus ( anthropologist ) (born 1958 ), Austrian ethnologist
• Wolfgang Kraus ( football player, 1962) (born 1962 ), German football player ( Kickers Offenbach)

X

• Xaver Kraus ( * 1934), German biathlete and cross-country skiers

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