Paus or Pauss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Norwegian Paus family
Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus (), Norwegian nobleman and Lawspeaker of Oslo Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder (1587–1648), Norwegian priest Povel Hansson Paus (1620–1658), Norwegian priest, son of Hans Paus Peder Povelsson Paus (1590–1653), Norwegian cleric and provost of Upper Telemark, brother of Hans Paus; the siblings are the earliest certain members of the family Povel Pedersson Paus (1625–1682), Norwegian cleric, son of Peder Paus Cornelius Povelsson Paus (1662–1723), Norwegian lawyer, governor and district judge, son of Povel Pedersson Paus Hans Povelsson Paus (1656–1715), Norwegian priest and poet, son of Povel Pedersson Paus Cornelius Paus (civil servant) (1726–1799), Norwegian civil servant Ole Paus (shipowner) (1766–1855), Norwegian ship's captain, shipowner and land owner Henrik Johan Paus (1799–1893), Norwegian lawyer and government official, son of Ole Paus, uncle of playwright Henrik Ibsen Johan Altenborg Paus (1834–1894), Norwegian artillery officer and war commissioner, son of Henrik Paus Christopher de Paus (1862–1943), Norwegian-born aristocrat, papal courtier and philanthropist Christian Cornelius Paus (1800–1879), Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician, son of Ole Paus, uncle of Henrik Ibsen Christopher Blom Paus (1810–1898), Norwegian shipowner, merchant and banker, son of Ole Paus, uncle of Henrik Ibsen Ole Paus (businessman) (1846–1931), Norwegian industrialist and bank chairman, son of Christopher Paus Thorleif Paus (1881–1976), Norwegian diplomat, estate owner and businessman, son of Ole Paus Ole Paus (general) (1910–2003), Norwegian general, diplomat and NATO official, son of Thorleif Paus Ole Paus (1947–2023), Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet, son of the general Marcus Paus (born 1979), Norwegian composer Bernhard Pauss (1839–1907), Norwegian theologian, educator, author and missionary leader Henriette Pauss (1841–1918), Norwegian teacher, editor, girls' education pioneer, humanitarian, missionary leader and estate owner, wife of Bernhard Pauss Nikolai Nissen Paus (1877–1956), Norwegian surgeon, hospital director and humanitarian, son of Bernhard and Henriette Pauss Augustin Paus (1881–1945), Norwegian engineer and industrial leader, son of Bernhard and Henriette Pauss George Wegner Paus (1882–1923), Norwegian lawyer, mountaineer, skiing pioneer, sailor, rower, poet, diplomat and business executive, son of Bernhard and Henriette Pauss Bernhard Paus (1910–1999), Norwegian orthopedic surgeon and humanitarian, son of Nikolai Paus Vilhelm Paus (1915–1995), Norwegian lawyer, diplomat and business executive, son of Nikolai Paus Olav Pauss (1863–1928), Norwegian ship-owner, nephew of Bernhard Pauss
Others André Paus (born 1965), Dutch former football manager and player Carl Pauss, pseudonym used by Maria Vespermann (1823–1882), German author, composer and painter Dalibor Paus (born 1973), Croatian politician Felicitas Pauss (born 1951), Austrian physicist Lisa Paus (born 1968), German politician