List of Famous people named Claus

Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair and remove the Nazi Party from power. Along with Henning von Tresckow and Hans Oster, he was one of the central figures of the German resistance to Nazism within the Wehrmacht. For his involvement in the movement, he was executed by firing squad shortly after Operation Valkyrie.

Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber is a German journalist and former lawyer. He anchors heute journal, an evening news program on ZDF, one of Germany's two major public TV stations. He is also known for his expertise in United States politics and German-American relations, as evidenced by his 2005 bestseller Amerikas Kreuzzüge.

Claus Theo Gärtner is a German television actor mainly known for his role as Josef Matula, the main character in the German detective show series Ein Fall für Zwei.

Claus Biederstaedt was a German actor and voice actor. He studied in Hamburg and began his career working with Joseph Offenbach. Among the actors for whom he dubbed were Yves Montand, Peter Falk, Marlon Brando, Vittorio Gassman, and James Garner.

Claus von Wagner is a German Kabarett artist, a stand-up observational comic and political satirist.

Claus Tuchscherer is an East German nordic combined skier and then Austrian ski jumper. He finished fifth in the Nordic combined event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. On the last day of the event he fled with his Austrian girlfriend to Bischofshofen.

Claus Wellenreuther is a German entrepreneur and co-founder of software company SAP SE.

Claus Günter Vogt is a German football chairman. He is president of VfB Stuttgart since 15 December 2019.

Claus Reitmaier is a German football coach and former player.

Claus Wisser is a German entrepreneur and a patron of music and the arts. He was head of the service company Wisag which he founded, and has been chairman of its supervisory board from 2011. He is also known for being a founding member of the Rheingau Musik Festival, and chairman of its supporting association. He was twice a member of the Federal Convention to elect the German President.