Adolf Kraus (February 26, 1850 – October 22, 1928)[2] was an American lawyer, political figure, and Jewish leader.

At the age of 15 he left the Bohemian town of Rokycany where he had grown up and emigrated to the United States.

He worked on a farm and in a factory, later settling in Chicago where he completed his law studies before becoming a lawyer.

[1] Kraus had close contacts to American presidents William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson.

In 1930 a commemorative plaque of Adolf Kraus was unveiled in the town of Rokycany, on the house where he spent his childhood.