Krauss is a German surname; notable people with this surname include:
Alison Krauss, an American bluegrass musician
Alexis Krauss, a musician of the noise pop duo Sleigh Bells
Clemens Krauss, an Austrian conductor
Charles A. W. Krauss, an American politician
Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss, known as Ferdinand Krauss, a German scientist, traveller and collector
Friedrich Salomon Krauss, a Croatian folklorist
Gabrielle Krauss (1842–1906), an Austrian-born French operatic soprano
Georg Krauß, (1826-1906), a German industrialist and the founder of the Krauss Locomotive Works
Krauss-Maffei, a German engineering company, named in part after Georg Krauß
Hermann August Krauss (1848-1937), an Austrian entomologist
Johan Carl Krauss (1759–1826), a German physician and botanist
Lawrence M. Krauss, an American physicist and writer
Michael E. Krauss, an American linguist
Michael I. Krauss, an American law professor
Nicole Krauss, an American novelist
Rosalind E. Krauss, an American art critic
Ruth Krauss, an American poet, playwright and children's book author
Samuel Krauss, a Hungarian philologist and historian
Thomas F Krauss, a British physicist working in the field of photonic crystals
Werner Krauss (1884–1959), a German actor