A–F •
Adolf Strauss (general) (or Strauß 1879–1973), German colonel general •
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 •
Anselm Strauss (1916–1996), American sociologist •
Anton Strauss (1858-?), German-Russian engineer, inventor and entrepreneur •
Astrid Strauss (born 1968), East German swimmer •
Aurora Straus, American racecar driver •
Barry S. Strauss (born 1953), American classicist and historian •
Bill Strauss (footballer) (1916–1984), South African born Scottish footballer and cricketer •
Billy Straus, American record producer and songwriter •
Botho Strauß (born 1944), German writer and playwright •
Bruce Strauss (born 1952), American boxer •
Carolyn Strauss (born 1963), American television executive and producer •
Christoph Straus (around 1580–1631), composer •
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist •
D. F. M. Strauss (born 1946), South African philosopher •
Darin Strauss (born 1970), American writer •
David Strauss (David Friedrich Strauss or Strauß, 1808–1874), German theologian and writer •
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (born 1949), French politician, former managing director of the
International Monetary Fund •
Dona Strauss (born 1934), British mathematician •
Donald B. Straus (1916–2007), American educator, author, political advisor •
Eduard Strauss (1835–1916), Austrian composer, son of Johann Strauss I •
Eric Strauss (born 1960), American biologist, professor at Boston College •
Ernst G. Straus (1922–1983), mathematician and assistant to Albert Einstein •
Erwin Straus (1891–1975), phenomenologist and neurologist of European origin •
Fabio Strauss (born 1994), Austrian footballer •
Ferdinand Strauss, The founder of the mechanical toy industry in America •
Franz Josef Strauss (or Strauß, 1915–1988), German politician (CSU) •
Franz Strauss (1822–1905), German horn player and composer, father of Richard Strauss
G–L •
Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss (–1887), British writer •
Harry L. Straus, (1896–1949), American electrical engineer, horse and cattle breeder, sportsman, entrepreneur and computer pioneer •
Harry Strauss (1909–1941), contract killer for Murder, Inc. in the 1930s •
Henry Strauss, 1st Baron Conesford (1892–1974), member of the British Parliament from 1935 to 1955 •
Herbert A. Strauss (1918–2005), German-born American historian •
Herbert D. Strauss (1909–1973), American businessman •
Herbert L. Strauss (1936–2014), German-American chemist •
Hugo Strauß (1907–1941), German rower •
Isaac Lobe Straus (1871–1946), American politician and lawyer •
Isidor Straus (1845–1912), owner of R. H. Macy Co., member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died when the steamer
Titanic sank •
Ivan Štraus (1928–2018), Bosnian architect •
Jack Straus (1930–1988), American professional poker player •
Jael Strauss, contestant in ''America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8'' •
James Straus, American special effects artist and animation developer •
James Strauss (flautist) (born 1974), Brazilian flautist •
James D. Strauss (1929–2014), American theologian and professor •
Jason Strauss (born 1974), co-CEO and co-founder of
Tao Group Hospitality •
Jesse I. Straus (1872–1936), son of Isidor Straus, president of Macy's, U.S. ambassador to France 1933–36 •
Jessica Straus (born 1962), American voice actress •
Jo-Ann Strauss (born 1981), Miss South Africa in 2000 •
Joe Straus (born 1959), politician from Texas •
Joe Strauss (1858–1906), American baseball player •
Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), Austrian composer (
Radetzky March), father of Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, and Eduard Strauss •
Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Austrian composer (
Die Fledermaus,
Blue Danube Waltz) •
Johann Strauss III (1866–1939), Austrian composer, son of Eduard Strauss •
John J. Strauss (born 1957), American producer and writer of film and television •
Jon Strauss, former president of Harvey Mudd College •
Josef Strauss (1827–1870), Austrian composer, son of Johann Strauss I •
Joseph Straus (born 1938), German patent scholar •
Joseph Strauss (disambiguation), several people, including: •
Joseph Strauss (admiral) (1861–1948), American admiral •
Joseph Strauss (engineer) (1870–1938), chief engineer in the building of the Golden Gate Bridge in California •
Josh Strauss (born 1986), South African rugby union player •
Julius Strauss, British journalist •
Julius Strauss (photographer) (1857–1924), American photographer •
Kai Strauss (born 1970), German electric blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter •
Karin Straus (born 1971), Dutch politician •
Karl Strauss (1912–2006), German-American master brewer and co-founder of Karl Strauss Brewing Company •
Kathleen N. Straus (born 1923), American educator and politician •
Kim Strauss (or Kurt Strauss) (born 1953), actor •
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 •
Leo Strauss (1899–1973), political philosopher •
Levi Strauss (disambiguation), several people, including: •
Levi Strauss (1829–1902), Bavaria-born American entrepreneur and inventor of blue jeans •
Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist •
Dina Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist, wife of the above •
Lewis Strauss (1896–1974) American businessman and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission •
Lotte Strauss (1913–1985), American pathologist after which Churg–Strauss syndrome is named •
Ludwig Straus (1835–1899), Hungarian-Austrian violinist
M–Z •
Maayan Strauss (born 1983), Israeli artist •
Marianne Strauss (1923–1996), German Holocaust survivor •
Mark L. Strauss, New Testament professor •
Mark Strauss (journalist) (born 1966), American journalist •
Matt Strauss, Canadian politician •
Michael W. Straus (1897–1970), American government official •
Mikaela Straus (born 1998), stage name King Princess, American singer-songwriter and great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus •
Murray A. Straus (1926–2016), American sociologist and professor (University of New Hampshire), creator of the Conflict tactics scale •
Nathan Straus (1848–1931), German-American merchant and philanthropist •
Nathan Straus Jr. (1889–1961), New York journalist and politician •
Nita Strauss (born 1986), American rock musician •
Neil Strauss, (born 1969), American journalist and author •
Ofra Strauss (born 1960), chairperson of Israeli food products manufacturer Strauss •
Oscar Straus (composer) (1870–1954), Austrian composer of operettas •
Oscar Straus (politician) (1850–1926), Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt •
Paul Strauss (born 1964), politician from the District of Columbia •
Peter Strauss (born 1947), American actor •
Ralph Straus Regula (1924–2017), politician from Beach City, Stark County, Ohio •
Ray Strauss (1927–2013), Australian cricketer •
Ricardo Strauss (cricketer) •
Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer of operas and tone poems (
Salome,
Also sprach Zarathustra) •
Richard Strauss (physician) (1938–2005), subject of the Ohio State University abuse scandal •
Richardt Strauss (born 1986), South African rugby union player representing Ireland internationally; brother of Springbok Andries Strauss and cousin of Springbok Adriaan Strauss •
Robert Strauß (born 1986), German football player •
Robert Strauss (actor) (1913–1975), American actor • Robert E Strauss (born 1983), American professional wrestler using the ring name
Robbie E •
Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918–2014), American diplomat •
Roberto Strauss (born 1952), Mexican Olympic swimmer •
Roger Williams Straus Jr. (1917–2004), co-founder of book publishers Farrar, Straus and Giroux •
Rolene Strauss (born 1992), 2014 Miss South Africa and Miss World • Ruth Strauss (born 1963), English squash player •
Sagi Strauss (born 1976), Israeli footballer •
Stephen Straus (1946–2007), American medical researcher •
Steven D. Strauss, American author and lawyer •
Sylvia Straus, pianist •
Thomas Strauß (born 1953), German rower •
Tiaan Strauss (born 1965), South African Springbok rugby union player •
Victoria Strauss (born 1955), fantasy author •
Walter Alexander Strauss (born 1937), American mathematician •
William Strauss, (1947–2007), American author, historian, playwright, lecturer and theorist •
William M. Straus, (born 1956), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives •
Zoe Strauss, (born 1970), American photographer ==Fictional Strauss characters==