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Klaas

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Pronunciation
  
[ˈklaːs]

Word/name
  
Dutch

Gender
  
male

Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning victory of the people. Its female variants is Klaas(s)ien(a). As a surname is mainly exists as Klaasen, and Klaas, both meaning "Son of Klaas".

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Notable persons whose given name is Klaas

  • Klaas Bolt (1927–1990), Dutch organist and improviser
  • Klaas Bom (born 1937), Dutch engineer
  • Klaas van den Broek (born 1955), Dutch ice hockey player
  • Klaas Bruinsma (translator) (born 1931), Dutch translator
  • Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord) (1953–1991), Dutch drug baron
  • Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (born 1983), German television host
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born 1983), Dutch footballer
  • Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk (born 1970), Dutch cricketer
  • Klaas Reimer (1770–1837), Prussian mennonite
  • Klaas Schilder (1890–1952), Dutch theologian and professor
  • Klaas Veenhof (born c. 1936), Dutch Assyriologist
  • Klaas Veering (born 1981), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
  • Klaas de Vries (composer) (born 1944), Dutch composer
  • Klaas de Vries (politician) (born 1943), Dutch politician
  • Klaas-Erik Zwering (born 1981), Dutch swimmer and an Olympic medalist
  • Klaas (DJ), Dutch-born German electro house producer

    • Notable persons whose surname is Klaas

  • C. J. Klaas (born 1983), American soccer defensive midfielder
  • Kathrin Klaas (born 1984), German hammer thrower
  • Polly Klaas (1981–1993), American murder victim
  • Jan Klaasen, the Dutch version of Punch and Judy

    • References

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