Kramer (surname)
Kramer /ˈkreɪmər/ is an occupational surname of Dutch or Low German origin (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkraːmər]) or it is derived from the High German surname Krämer (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɛːmɐ] or [ˈkʁeːmɐ]).
In Middle Low German in the Late Middle Ages, Kramer only referred to a traveling merchant. The meaning later changed to "merchants trading with different, rather small things".
People with this name
A
- Aaron Kramer (1921-1997), American poet, essayist, and translator
- Adolf Kramer (1871–1934), Silesian German chess master
- Alex Kramer (1903–1998), Canadian songwriter
- Amanda Kramer (b. 1960s), American musician
- Andreas Kramer (b. 1997), Swedish middle-distance runner
- Ann-Kathrin Kramer (b. 1966), German writer and actress
- Annemarie Kramer (b. 1975), Dutch sprinter
- Arlene Kramer Richards (b. c. 1935), American psychoanalyst
- Arnold Kramer (1882–1976) was an American folk artist
- Arthur Kramer (1927-2008), American lawyer
- Arthur F. Kramer, American neuroscientist
- Arvid Kramer (b. 1956), American basketball player
B
- Barry Kramer (b. 1942), American basketball player and jurist
- Barry Kramer, former editor and occasional host of Game Grumps
- Ben Kramer (1913–99), American basketball player
- Benjamin F. Kramer (b. 1957), U.S. (Maryland) politician
- Bert Kramer (1934-2001), American actor
- Bill Kramer (b. 1965), U.S. (Wisconsin) politician
- Billy J. Kramer (b. 1943), British merseybeat singer
- Boaz Kramer (b. 1978), Israeli wheelchair tennis player
- Bob Kramer (b. c. 1957), American knifesmith
- Bryan Jared Kramer (b. 1974), Member of Parliament for Madang Open, Papua New Guinea
- Bryan Jeffrey Kramer, American social media businessman
- Burton Kramer (b. 1932), Canadian graphic designer and artist
C
- Cecilie Breil Kramer (b. 1987), Danish football goalkeeper
- Charles Kramer (politician), (1879–1943), Californian politician
- Charles Kramer (economist) (1907-1992), American economist, spy for the Soviet Union in the 1940s
- Charles Kramer (attorney) (1916-1988), lawyer from New York
- Charles Kramer (producer) (b. 1970s), American television producer
- Chiel Kramer (b. 1992), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Chris Kramer (actor) (b. 1975), Canadian television actor
- Chris Kramer (b. 1988), American basketball player
- Christian Kramer (?–1834), German composer and musician at the British court
- Christina Kramer (b. c. 1963), Canadian Slavic linguist
- Christoph Kramer (b. 1991), German footballer
- Clare Kramer (b. 1974), American actress
D
- Daniel Kramer (b. 1977), American stage and opera director
- David Kramer (singer) (b. 1951), South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director
- David Kramer (soccer) (b. 1972), American soccer goalkeeper
- David J. Kramer, United States Assistant Secretary of State for democracy, human rights, and labor, 2008–2009
- Dawn Kramer (b. 1945), American choreographer and dancer
- Dean Kramer (b. 1952), American pianist
- Denise Kramer-Scholer (b. 1910), Swiss fencer
- Dieter Kramer (b. 1959), German footballer
- Don Kramer (b. 1969), American comics artist
- Don Kramer (politician) (b. 1940), American politician
- Doug Kramer (b. 1983), Filipino basketball player
E
- Eddie Kramer (b. 1941), South African audio engineer and producer
- Edith Kramer (b. 1916), Austrian artist
- Edmond Kramer (1906-1945), Swiss footballer
- Edna Kramer (1902-1984), American mathematician
- Edward E. Kramer (b. 1961), American editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror works
- Eiling Kramer (1914–1999), Canadian Politician
- Eitan Kramer (b. 1978), American Vert Skater
- Eliyahu Kramer “Vilna Gaon” (b. 1720) Lithuanian Rabbi, the genius of Vilna
- Eric Allan Kramer (b. 1962), American actor
- Erik Kramer (b. 1964), American football quarterback
- Erwin Kramer (1902-1979), German politician
F
- Felix Kramer (b. 1949), American founder of CalCars
- Ferdinand Kramer (1898-1985), German architect and functionalist designer
- Francisco Villagrán Kramer (1927–2011), Guatemalan legal scholar and politician
- Frank Kramer (artist) (1905-1993), American artist and illustrator
- Frank Kramer (director) (b. 1925), a pseudonym of the Italian film director Gianfranco Parolini
- Frank Kramer (footballer, born 1972) (b. 1972), German football player and coach
- Frank Louis Kramer (1880-1952), American cyclist and United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee
- Franz Kramer (1865–1924), United States Navy sailor
G
- Garret Kramer (b. c. 1962), American mental performance coach
- George Kramer (philatelist), American philatelist
- George W. Kramer (1848-1938), American architect
- Georges Kramer (1898-?), Swiss football player and coach
- Gordon Kramer (1921–1989), Australian rules footballer
- Gorni Kramer (1913–1995), Italian songwriter, musician, and band leader
- Greg Kramer (1961-2013), British-born Canadian author, actor, director, and magician
- Gustav Kramer (1910–1959), German zoologist and ornithologist
H
- Haije Kramer (1917-2004), Dutch chess master and theoretician
- Harry Kramer (announcer) (1911–1996), American radio and television announcer
- Harry Kramer (German artist) (1925–1997), German artist
- Harry Kramer (American artist) (b. 1939), American artist
- Heinrich Kramer a.k.a. Heinrich Institor (c. 1430–1505), Alsatian churchman and inquisitor
- Heinz Kramer (1925–1965), German sports shooter
- Hilaria Kramer (b. 1967), Swiss jazz trumpeter and composer
- Hilton Kramer (1928–2012), American art critic
I
- Iris Kramer (b. 1981), German motorcycle trials rider
J
- Jack Kramer (baseball) (1918-1995), American baseball pitcher
- Jack Kramer (American football) (1919-1978), American football player
- Jack Kramer (1921-2009), American tennis player
- Jacob Kramer (1892-1962), Ukrainian-born painter in England
- James Kramer Ugarte (b. 1985), Mexican economist and entrepreneur
- Jana Kramer (b. 1983), American actress
- Jane Kramer (b. 1938), American journalist
- Jason Kramer (b. c. 1970), American radio personality
- Jeffrey Kramer (b. 1945), American film and television actor and producer
- Jens Kramer Mikkelsen (b. 1951), Danish mayor of Copenhagen
- Jeroen Kramer (b. 1967), Dutch photographer
- Jerry Kramer (b. 1936), American professional football player
- Jessy Kramer (b. 1990), Dutch team handball player
- Jim Kramer (b. 1958), American Scrabble player
- Joan Whitney Kramer (1914-1990), American singer and songwriter
- Joel Kramer (b. 1955), American basketball player
- Joey Kramer (b. 1950), American drummer with the musical group Aerosmith
- John Kramer (darts player) (b. 1956), American darts player
- John R. Kramer (1937–2006), American law educator
- Jolly Kramer-Johansen (1902–1968), Norwegian composer
- Jonathan Kramer (1942-2004), American composer and music theorist
- Joris Kramer (b. 1996), Dutch footballer
- Josef Kramer (1906–1945), German commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp executed for war crimes
K
- Kane Kramer (b. 1956), British inventor and businessman
- Ken Kramer (b. 1942), American politician
- Kenny Kramer (b. 1943), American stand-up comedian, on whom the Seinfeld character Cosmo Kramer was based
- Kent Kramer (b. 1944), American professional football player
- Kent A. Kramer (b. 1961), Iowan politician
- Kieran Kramer, American romance novelist
L
- Lance Kramer, an animation director on The Simpsons
- Larry Kramer (b. 1935), American dramatist, author and gay rights activist
- Larry Kramer (American football) (b. 1942), American football player and coach
- Larry Kramer (legal scholar) (b. 1958), American legal scholar, dean of Stanford Law School
- Laura Shapiro Kramer (b. 1948), American author, producer and film maker.
- Lawrence Kramer (musicologist) (b. 1946), American musicologist
- Lawrence Francis Kramer (b. 1933), American politician, two-time Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
- Leah Kramer, American craftster, author, website programmer
- Leonie Kramer (b. 1924), Australian academic and commentator
- Leopold Kramer (1869-1942), Austrian stage and film actor
- Lloyd Kramer (b. 1947), American filmmaker
- Louis Kramer (1848–1922), American baseball executive
- Louise Kramer (b. 1923), American sculptor
- Lud Kramer (1932-2004), U.S. politician in Washington State
M
- Marcia Kramer (b. 1948), American journalist
- Mariska Kramer (b. 1974), Dutch triathlete
- Mark Kramer (jazz pianist) (b. 1945), American jazz musician
- Mark Kramer (b. 1958), American alternative rock musician and producer
- Martin Kramer (b. 1954), American author on Islam and Arab politics
- Mary Kramer (b. 1935), American (Iowa) politician
- Matt Kramer (musician) (b. 1968), American singer formerly with rock band Saigon Kick
- Matt Kramer (wine writer), American wine writer
- Matthew Kramer (b. 1959), American philosopher at the University of Cambridge
- Max Kramer (1903–1986), German scientist, developed Ruhrstahl X-4 missile (1943–1945)
- Michael Kramer (astronomer) (b. 1967), German astronomer and astrophysicist
- Michael Kramer (narrator), American audiobook narrator
- Michael Eric Kramer, American film actor
- Michiel Kramer (b. 1988), Dutch footballer
- Mike Kramer (b. 1955), American football coach
N
- Nathaniel Kramer (b. 1961), American filmmaker
- Nicole Kramer (b. 1962), American swimmer
O
- Orin Kramer (b. c. 1945), American hedge fund manager
- Oscar Kramer (1935-2010), Argentine film producer
P
- Pascale Kramer (b. 1961), Swiss author
- Paul J. Kramer (1904–1995), American biologist and plant physiologist.
- Paul Kramer (b. 1933), U.S. (New Jersey) politician
- Perry Kramer (b. 1959), U.S. motocross racer
- Peter Kramer (physicist) (b. 1933), German physicist
- Peter Kramer (priest), German priest convicted of child abuse
- Peter D. Kramer (b. 1948), American psychiatrist
- Philip Taylor Kramer (1952–1995), American physicist and bassist with the musical group Iron Butterfly
- Piet Kramer (1881-1961), Dutch architect
R
- Rachel Kramer (b. 1980), Dutch singer
- Rachel Kramer Bussel (b. 1975), American erotica writer
- Randy Kramer (b. 1960), American baseball pitcher
- Rene Kramer (b. 1987), German ice hockey player
- Rhonda Kramer, American air traffic reporter
- Richard Kramer (judge) (b. 1947), American superior court judge
- Richard Kramer (writer) (b. 1952), American screenwriter, novelist and television producer
- Richard J. Kramer (b. 1963), American CEO of Goodyear Tire Co.
- Robert Kramer (1939–1999), American film director, screenwriter and actor
- Roger Kramer (b.~1939), Canadian football player
- Ron Kramer (1935-2010), American football player
- Rona E. Kramer (b. 1954), Maryland politician
- Ronald Kramer (business) (b. ~1959), American businessman
- Roy Kramer, American college football coach and athletics administrator
- Rudolf Kramer (1886–?), Austrian road racing cyclist
- Ruth Kramer (1926 –2015), All-American girls professional baseball league player
S
- Samuel Noah Kramer (1897–1990), Ukraine-born American historian and assyriologist
- Sarah Kramer (b. 1968), Canadian cookbook author
- Shalom Kramer (1912–1978), Israeli essayist, editor, and literary critic
- Sherry Kramer, American playwright
- Shlomo Kramer, Israeli information technology entrepreneur
- Sidney B. Kramer (1915–2014), American publishing executive and literary agent
- Sidney Kramer (b. 1925), American (Maryland) politician
- Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), American movie director and producer
- Stefan Kramer (impressionist) (b. 1982), Chilean impressionist, actor, comedian and announcer
- Stella Kramer (b. 1989), German handball player
- Stepfanie Kramer (b. 1956), American actress and singer
- Steve Kramer (basketball) (b. 1945), American basketball player
- Steve Kramer (actor) (b. 1948), American voice actor
- Steve Kramer (politician) (b. 1966), American Green Party politician
- Susan Kramer (b. 1950), English politician, Liberal Democrat member of parliament
- Sven Kramer (b. 1986), Dutch speed skater
T
- Theodor Kramer (1897–1958), Austrian poet
- Theodore L. Kramer (1847–1910), American Civil War soldier
- Thomas Kramer (b. 1957), German-born real estate developer and venture capitalist
- Tim Kramer (1952 or 1958–1992), American porn star
- Todd Kramer (b. 1972), American film and television actor
- Tom Kramer (b. 1968), American baseball pitcher
- Tommy Kramer (b. 1955), American football quarterback
- Tosca Kramer (1903-1976), New Zealand-born American violinist and violist
- Trey Kramer (b. 1988), American football player
V
- Vjekoslav Kramer (b. 1976), Bosnian television chef
W
- Walter R. Kramer (1914–1995), U.S. badminton champion
- Wayne Kramer (guitarist) (b. 1948), American musician with the group MC5
- Wayne Kramer (filmmaker) (b. 1965), South African screenwriter and film director
- Wilhelm Kramer (1801–1876), German otologist
- Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer (?–1765), German-born Austrian Hungarian botanist, physician and military surgeon
- William M. Kramer (1920–2004), American rabbir and art collector
- Wolfgang Kramer (b. 1942), German game designer
Y
- Yep Kramer (b. 1957), Dutch speed skater
Fictional people
- Bernard Kramer, founder of Kramer Associates in Robert Sobel's alternate history novel For Want of a Nail
- Chas Kramer, a character played by Shia LaBeouf in the 2005 film Constantine (film)
- Cosmo Kramer, a character in the television series Seinfeld
- Jens Kramer, character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
- John Kramer (Saw), a fictional character in the Saw film series
- Lisa Kramer, a character played by Debra Messing in the 2005 film Along Came Polly
- Michael Kramer (play), name of a drama by Gerhart Hauptmann from 1900 and the name of the main character
- Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker, a character in the 1977 American comedy film The Kentucky Fried Movie
- Rex Kramer, a character in the 1980 American comedy film Airplane!
- Tromp Kramer, Afrikaner Detective in James McClure's Kramer and Zondi novels
- Ted, Joanna, and Billy Kramer, characters in the 1979 American drama film Kramer vs. Kramer portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, and Justin Henry
Kramers
- Hendrik Anthony "Hans" Kramers (1894–1952), Dutch physicist, known for Kramers' law, Kramers' opacity law, Kramers theorem, Kramers–Heisenberg formula, Kramers–Kronig relations, and Kramers–Wannier duality.
See also
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