Strauch, a German word meaning bush or shrub, is a surname. Notable people with it include:
Adolfo Strauch, (b. 1948), survivor of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash Adolph Strauch (1822–1883), landscape architect Aegidius Strauch II (1632–1682), German mathematician and theologian Alexander Strauch (1832–1893), Russian naturalist Eduard Strauch (1906–1955), German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer and Holocaust perpetrator Eduardo Strauch,(b. 1947), survivor of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash James Strauch (1921–1998), American Olympic fencer Marten Strauch (born 1986), German international rugby union player Philipp Strauch (1862–1924), Russian sailor of German origin, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics Pierre Strauch (born 1958), French cellist, composer and conductor
See also Strauch Field, a private Airport located 2 miles south of Junction City in Lane County, Oregon, USA Strauch's pitviper (Gloydius strauchi), a venomous pitviper species found in western China Strauch's spotted newt (Neurergus strauchii), a salamander species found only in Turkey