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Strauss or Strauß is a common German surname. It occurs in the spellings Strauß, Strauss, Straus, Strouse (an English transliteration), or Štraus (a Slovenian or Czech/Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian transliteration). In Switzerland and outside the German-speaking countries, Strauß is usually spelled Strauss, since the letter ß exists only in the German alphabet, but is not used in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Possible misspellings include Straub and Stras. Commonly misinterpreted as Straße or Strasse, the German word for street, some emigrants to America or England were renamed Street.

The origin of the name lies possibly in the Middle High German word strûz, meaning "fight". Alternatively, it may have been adopted for individuals with a long neck, in allusion to "Straussenvogel", i.e. an "ostrich".

Buildings and companies

• Strauss (company), a food manufacturer in Israel
• Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, a United States Supreme Court decision concerning the scope of rights accorded owners of a copyright.
• Oscar Straus Memorial, a memorial in Washington, DC commemorates the accomplishments of Oscar Solomon Straus.
• Straus Hall is one of the dormitories housing first-year students at Harvard College.
• Abraham & Straus was a major New York City department store.
• Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company.
• Levi Strauss & Co.
• Franz-Josef-Strauß-Flughafen, i. e. Munich International Airport

Actors

• Kim Strauss (aka Kurt Strauss), and actor and a voice actor
• Peter Strauss (born 1947), an American actor
• Robert Strauss, American actor and a nominee for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award

Business people

• Isidor Straus (aka Isador Straus) (1845 – 1912), owner of R.H. Macy Co. and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He and his wife Ida, died when the RMS Titanic sank
• Levi (Loeb) Strauss (1829 – 1902), Bavaria-born American entrepreneur known for inventing blue jeans
• Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896 - 1974) American businessman and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission

• Harry L. Straus, and American electrical engineer, horse and cattle breeder, sportsman, entrepreneur, and computer pioneer
• Michael Strauss, the CEO of Israeli food products manufacturer Strauss
• Nathan Straus, German-American Jewish merchant and philanthropist. Brother of Isidor Straus
• Ofra Strauss, the CEO of Israeli food products manufacturer Strauss, daughter of Michael Strauss
• Richard L. Strauss, the president of the Strauss Radio Strategies company
• Roger W. Straus, Jr., the co-founder of the New York City book publishing company Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Music

Composers

• Christoph Strauss (around 1580 – 1631), composer
• Franz Strauss (1822 – 1905), horn player and composer, father of Richard Strauss
• Isaac Strauss (1806 - 1888), French composer
• Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949), major German composer of operas and tone poems
• Oscar Straus (1870 – 1954), Austrian composer of operettas
• Charles Strouse (1928 - ), American composer

Austrian family of composers associated with the Viennese waltz:

• Johann Baptist Strauss (Johann Strauss I) (1804 – 1849)
• Johann Sebastian Strauss (Johann Strauss II) (1825 – 1899), a son of Johann Baptist Strauss
• Josef Strauss (1827 – 1870), also a son of Johann Baptist Strauss
• Eduard Strauss (1835 – 1916), also a son of Johann Baptist Strauss
• Johann Eduard Strauss (Johann Strauss III) (1866 – 1939), a son of Eduard Strauss

Other

• Ludwig Straus, Hungarian-Austrian violinist
• Sylvia Straus, pianist
• James Strauss (flutist)

Philosophers, theologians and academics

• Adolf Strauss, Hungarian geographer and ethnologist
• Anselm L. Strauss (1916 – 96), American sociologist
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908 – 2009), French anthropologist
• David Strauss (David Friedrich Strauss) (Strauß, 1808 – 74), theologian and writer
• Donald B. Straus (1916 - ), American educator, author, political advisor
• Ernst G. Straus (1922 – 83), mathematician and assistant to Albert Einstein
• Erwin Straus (1891 – 1975), phenomenologist and neurologist of European origin
• Eric Strauss (1960 - ), American biologist, professor at Boston College
• James Strauss (1929 – ), American theologian and professor
• Jon Strauss, former president of Harvey Mudd College
• Leo Strauss (1899 – 1973), political philosopher
• Mark L. Strauss, New Testament professor
• Otto Strauss (1881 – ), German philosopher
• Raphael Straus (1887 – 1947), German historian
• William Strauss, writer and theorist

Politicians

• Franz Josef Strauß (1915 – 1988), a German politician
• Annette Strauss (1924 - 98), a philanthropist and the former Mayor of Dallas, Texas
• Charles Strauss, a French jurist and politician; born at Gundershoffen
• Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford, a Member of the British Parliament from 1935 to 1955
• Paul Strauss, an American local poltician from the District of Columbia
• Robert Schwarz Strauss, an American political figure, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, and the former to the Soviet Union and later the Ambassador to Russia.
• Meyer Strouse (Meyer Strauss), a German-American lawyer and politician
• Oscar Solomon Straus, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909

Sportsmen

• Adriaan Strauss (born 1985), South African rugby player
• Andrew Strauss (born 1977), England Cricket team captain
• Astrid Strauss (born 1968), East German swimmer
• Bill Strauss (born 1916), Scottish footballer
• Bruce Strauss (born 1952), American boxer
• Sagi Strauss (born 1976), Israeli footballer
• Tiaan Strauss (born 1965), South African rugby player
• Tom Strauss (born 1953), Canadian Standerbred Horse Driver
• Juann-Pierre Strauss (born 1982), South African Tae Kwon Do Champion 1996-1998, scored a "perfect 10" in the Pattern (Kata) competition

Writers and journalists

• David Friedrich Strauss (1808–1874), theologian and writer
• Darin Strauss (born 1970), American writer
• Emil Strauß (1866-1960), German writer
• Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss, British author; born at Trois-Rivières, Canada
• Mark Strauss (journalist), American journalist
• Neil Strauss, journalist and author
• Victoria Strauss, fantasy author
• William Strauss, writer and theorist
• Lulu von Strauss und Torney (1873-1956), German writer
• Victor Friedrich von Strauss und Torney (1809-1899), German writer
• Jean Strouse, an American biography writer

Other

• Adolf Strauß, the German general in command of the 2nd Army Corps in the Battle of Tuchola Forest in 1939
• Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss (1909 - 41), a reportedly prolific contract killer for Murder, Inc. in the 1930s
• Ivan Štraus (born 1928), an architect from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Jack "Treetop" Straus, an American professional poker player
• Jael Strauss, a contestant in America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
• Joseph Baerman Strauss (1870 – 1938), The Chief Engineer for the building of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif.
• Joseph Strauss (rabbi) (born 1848), an English rabbi
• Maayan Strauss (born 1983), an Israeli artist
• Mark Strauss (artist), a painter and Holocaust survivor
• Rahel Straus (née Goitein; 1880 - 1963), the first woman trained at a German university to become a physician. Also, a feminist, a Zionist, and a social worker

Fictional people

• Justice Strauss, fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
• Pvt Johann Strauss, marine technician from the popular FPS Quake 4

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