Straus
Straus is a
family name, a place name, and the name of things.
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Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, a
United States Supreme Court decision concerning the scope of rights accorded owners of a
copyright.
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Oscar Straus Memorial,
memorial in
Washington, DC commemorates the accomplishments of Oscar Solomon Straus.
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Harry L. Straus, American electrical engineer, horse and cattle breeder, sportsman, entrepreneur and computer pioneer.
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Isador Straus or
Isidor Straus (aka
Isador Strauss), co-owner of the
Macy's department store and
Congressional Representative.
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Nathan Straus, German-American Jewish merchant and philanthropist. Brother of Isador Straus
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Jack Straus (Jack "Treetop" Straus, or simply Treetop Straus), and
American professional
pokerplayer.
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Ludwig Straus,
Hungarian Austrian
violinist; born at Pressburg
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Oscar Solomon Straus, Jewish
Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President
Theodore Roosevelt from
1906 to
1909.
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Oscar Straus (composer), Viennese composer of operettas.
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Roger Straus (
Roger W. Straus, Jr.), co-founder of
New York book publishing company
Farrar, Straus and Giroux*
Sylvia StrausStraus is the American Jewish family, originally from
Otterberg, in the
Rhenish Palatinate. The earliest member known was one
Lazarus Straus, born in the first half of the
eighteenth century, whose son
Jacob Lazarus Straus was known also as
Jacques Lazare. Lazarus was elected in the department of
Mont Tonnerre for the
Assembly of Jewish Notables convened by
Napoleon in Paris July 26, 1806, preliminary to the establishment of the French
Sanhedrin. His son
Isaac Straus took the name of Straus in the year 1808, when Napoleon passed the decree ordering all Alsatian Jews to adopt family names. Isaac's son Lazarus was possessed of considerable means, made in both agricultural and commercial pursuits. Being of liberal tendencies, he was involved in the revolutionary movement of 1848; he emigrated to the
United States in 1854 and settled in
Talbotton, Ga. In 1865 he established in
New York a successful pottery and glassware business, in conducting which he was joined in 1872 by his sons. It was due to his instigation that
Kayserling undertook the researches in
Spain resulting in his work on
Christopher Columbus. He died in New York in April, 1898.
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