The name has been used by families in the Germanic area for at least a thousand years. The overlord of
Gröna, for example, went by the name of Struz and used the image of an ostrich as his symbol. Examples of it could still be seen on the thousand-year-old church bell of that town.[2] "Struz" or "Strutz" is the North-German form of the word "Strauss", which is the modern German word for
ostrich.
Some of the earliest Jewish bearers of the name hailed from the Judengasse in medieval
Frankfurt, where families have been known by the name of the houses they inhabited.[3] All the houses had names and these included Haus Strauss, complete with an image of an ostrich on the façade.[4]
When, for tax purposes,
Napoleon made surnames obligatory in 1808, some more Jewish families decided to adopt the Straus(s) name.[5]
Adriaan Strauss (born 1985), South African Springbok rugby union player
Andrew Strauss (born 1977), South African born former English cricket captain
Andries Strauss (born 1984), South African Springbok rugby union player; brother of Irish International Richardt Strauss and cousin of Springbok Adriaan Strauss
Annette Strauss (1924–1998), philanthropist and former mayor of Dallas, Texas
Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss (1900–1990), aka Koos Strauss, Kosie Strauss, J. G. N. Strauss, South African politician and Leader of the opposition after Jan Smuts
Richardt Strauss (born 1986), South African rugby union player representing Ireland internationally; brother of Springbok Andries Strauss and cousin of Springbok Adriaan Strauss
Dr Arthur Strauss, fictional character who served as the original mentor of serial killer and cult leader Joe Carroll, lead character in the TV series The Following
Artie Strauss, fictional character based on the real life murderer Richard Loeb of the infamous murder duo Leopold and Loeb
Erin Strauss, fictional FBI section chief played by Jayne Atkinson in the TV series Criminal Minds
Hans and Greta Strauss, inspiration for the fairy tale of "Hansel and Gretel" according to the Buffy episode "
Gingerbread"
Justice Strauss, fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Leopold Strauss, loan shark and bookkeeper of the Van der Linde gang in the 2018 videogame Red Dead Redemption 2
This page lists people with the
surnameStrauss. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
The name has been used by families in the Germanic area for at least a thousand years. The overlord of
Gröna, for example, went by the name of Struz and used the image of an ostrich as his symbol. Examples of it could still be seen on the thousand-year-old church bell of that town.[2] "Struz" or "Strutz" is the North-German form of the word "Strauss", which is the modern German word for
ostrich.
Some of the earliest Jewish bearers of the name hailed from the Judengasse in medieval
Frankfurt, where families have been known by the name of the houses they inhabited.[3] All the houses had names and these included Haus Strauss, complete with an image of an ostrich on the façade.[4]
When, for tax purposes,
Napoleon made surnames obligatory in 1808, some more Jewish families decided to adopt the Straus(s) name.[5]
Adriaan Strauss (born 1985), South African Springbok rugby union player
Andrew Strauss (born 1977), South African born former English cricket captain
Andries Strauss (born 1984), South African Springbok rugby union player; brother of Irish International Richardt Strauss and cousin of Springbok Adriaan Strauss
Annette Strauss (1924–1998), philanthropist and former mayor of Dallas, Texas
Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss (1900–1990), aka Koos Strauss, Kosie Strauss, J. G. N. Strauss, South African politician and Leader of the opposition after Jan Smuts
Richardt Strauss (born 1986), South African rugby union player representing Ireland internationally; brother of Springbok Andries Strauss and cousin of Springbok Adriaan Strauss
Dr Arthur Strauss, fictional character who served as the original mentor of serial killer and cult leader Joe Carroll, lead character in the TV series The Following
Artie Strauss, fictional character based on the real life murderer Richard Loeb of the infamous murder duo Leopold and Loeb
Erin Strauss, fictional FBI section chief played by Jayne Atkinson in the TV series Criminal Minds
Hans and Greta Strauss, inspiration for the fairy tale of "Hansel and Gretel" according to the Buffy episode "
Gingerbread"
Justice Strauss, fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Leopold Strauss, loan shark and bookkeeper of the Van der Linde gang in the 2018 videogame Red Dead Redemption 2
This page lists people with the
surnameStrauss. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.