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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'.

Notable persons whose given name is Klaas

• Klaas Bolt, a Dutch organist and improviser
• Klaas van den Broek, a Dutch ice hockey player
• Klaas Bruinsma, a Dutch translator
• Klaas Bruinsma, a Dutch drug baron
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, a Dutch footballer
• Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk, a Dutch cricketer
• Klaas Reimer, a Prussian mennonite
• Klaas Schilder, a Dutch theologian and professor
• Klaas Veenhof, a Dutch assyriologist
• Klaas Veering, a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• Klaas de Vries, a Dutch composer
• Klaas de Vries, a Dutch politician
• Klaas-Erik Zwering, a Dutch swimmer and an Olympic medalist
• Klaas Gerling, a German DJ.

Notable persons whose surname is Klaas

• C.J. Klaas, an American soccer defensive midfielder.
• Kathrin Klaas, a German hammer thrower.
• Polly Klaas, an American murder victim.
• Jan Klaasen, the Dutch version of Punch and Judy.
• Klaas is also the moniker of a Dutch-born Belgian electronic DJ, music producer and author of various house electro genre remixes.

See also

• Claus/Klaus, a German variant of Klaas.
• Nicholas

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