Claassen
title: "Claassen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-patronymic-surnames", "low-german-surnames", "patronymic-surnames", "surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claassen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Claassen or Claassens is an Afrikaans, Dutch and Low German patronymic surname. It may refer to:
- Arthur Claassen (1859–1920), German orchestral conductor
- Ben Claassen III (born 1977), American comics artist and illustrator
- (born 1969), Dutch jazz singer
- George Claassen (born ca. 1950), South African writer, brother of Wynand
- J. G. Claassen (born 1991), South African golfer
- Johan Claassen (1929–2019), South African rugby player
- Neil Claassen (born 1992), South African rugby player
- Peter Walter Claassen (1886–1937), American entomologist
- Claasenia, a genus of stoneflies, Claassen's skolly, a butterfly
- René Claassen (born 1971), Dutch politician
- Ruben Claassen (born 1993), South African cricketer
- (born 1964), Dutch sculptor
- Utz Claassen (born 1963), German manager
- Wynand Claassen (born 1951), South African rugby player, brother of George ;Claassens
- Errie Claassens (born 1981), South African rugby player
- Michael Claassens (born 1982), South African rugby player
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