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 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 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 Strauss chandelier, a crystal chandelier at the North Carolina Executive Mansion 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