List of Famous people named Klaus

Klaus Wolfermann is a former West German javelin thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and set a world record in 1973.

Klaus "Major“ Heuser is a German musician, composer and producer. He found international fame as the lead guitarist of the Cologne rock band BAP.

Klaus Gehrig is a German businessman, the CEO of Schwarz Gruppe, a private family-owned German retail group that owns Lidl and Kaufland, and is the second-largest retailer in Europe. Gehrig succeeded company owner Dieter Schwarz as CEO of Lidl in 2004.

Klaus Bonhoeffer was a German jurist and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime who was executed after the July 1944 plot to kill Hitler.

Klaus Kröll is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. He specialized in the speed events of downhill and super-G and won the World Cup downhill season title in 2012. He competed in three Winter Olympics and three World Championships.

Klaus Bringmann is a German historian, an author of books on Roman history, and a professor of antiquity.

Klaus Fichtel is a German former international footballer who played as a defender.

Klaus Hinrich Thomforde is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire professional career with FC St. Pauli. Following his retirement as a player became a coach.

Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.

Klaus Theweleit is a German sociologist and writer.