Strauss (disambiguation)

Strauss is a common Germanic surname.

Strauss or Straus may also refer to:

Companies

• Strauss Group, food manufacturer in Israel
• Straus Family Creamery, a California organic dairy in Marin County
• Abraham & Straus, former major New York City department store co-founded by Isidor and Nathan Straus
• Farrar, Straus and Giroux, American book-publishing company
• Karl Strauss Brewing Company, a San Diego, California-based beer business with a microbrewery and a chain of brewpub restaurants, co-founded by Karl Strauss
• Levi Strauss & Co., clothiers
• Strauss Bascule Bridge Company of Chicago, an engineering firm founded by Joseph Strauss, chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge
• Straus Clothing, a North Dakota menswear retailer
• Engelbert Strauss, a German clothing company

Buildings

• Straus Hall, dormitory housing first-year students at Harvard College named after Isidor Straus and Ida Straus
• Straus Education Building, at the University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, or Strauss Center, at the University of Texas at Austin

Places and geographic features

• Strauss, an unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas
• Strauss Airfield, a World War II airfield near Noonamah, Northern Territory, Australia
• Strauss Glacier, in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica
• Straus Park, a small landscaped park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
• Straus Street, a north–south road in north-central Jerusalem
• Straussee, a lake in Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germany, occasionally translated as "Lake Straus"

Other uses

• 22647 Lévi-Strauss, a main-belt minor planet
• Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, United States Supreme Court decision concerning the scope of rights accorded owners of a copyright
• Straus flask, a type of Schlenk flask used in air sensitive chemistry
• Strauss–Howe generational theory, created by authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, identifies a recurring generational cycle in American history
• USS Straus (DE-408), a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy
• USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16), a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer of the United States Navy

See also

• Strausse, a type of wine tavern in winegrowing areas of German-speaking countries that is only open during certain times of the year