Kruger

Krüger, Kruger or Krueger (without the Umlaut Ü) are German surnames originating from Krüger, meaning tavern-keeper in Low Saxon or potter in High German.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Adalbert Krueger (1832–1896), German Astronomer
• Alan Krueger (born 1960), American economist
• Alex Kruger (born 1963), English Olympic decathlete
• Alma Kruger (1868/1871–1960), American stage and film actress
• Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist
• Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971), South African writer
• Barbara Kruger (born 1945), American conceptual artist
• Bernhard Krüger (1904–1989), German SS officer and counterfeiter
• Bob Krueger (born 1935), American politician
• Carl Kruger (born 1949), American politician
• Clifford Krueger (1918–1988), American politician
• Debbie Kruger (born 1962), Australian writer
• Diane Kruger (born 1976), German-American model and actress
• Erwin Krüger (1915–1973), Nicaraguan singer and poet
• Frantz Kruger (born 1975), South African discus thrower
• Franz Krüger (1797–1857), German painter of equestrian portraits
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official
• Garnett Kruger (born 1977), South African cricketer
• Gottfried Krueger, founder of the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey, USA
• Hans Krüger (1902–1971), German politician
• Hardy Krüger (born 1928), German actor
• Helen Barbara Kruger (1913–2006), American businesswoman
• Heli Koivula Kruger (born 1975), Finnish track and field athlete
• Jbe' Kruger (born 1986), South African golfer
• Jeffrey Kruger (1931–2014), British entertainment business executive
• Jim Krueger, American comic book writer and novelist.
• Jimmy Kruger (1917–1987), South African minister of justice and the police
• Joseph Kruger (c. 1869–1927), American-Canadian businessman
• Kandace Krueger (born 1976), Miss USA 2001
• Karl-Heinz Krüger (born 1953), German boxer
• Karl Wilhelm Krüger (1796–1874), German Hellenist
• Karoline Krüger (born 1970), Norwegian singer-songwriter and pianist
• Kelly Kruger (born 1982), Canadian actress
• Lon Kruger (born 1952), American college basketball coach
• Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German javelin athlete
• Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), American politician and professor
• Michael Krüger (born 1954), German footballer and manager
• Mitchell Krueger (born 1994), American tennis player
• Myron W. Krueger (born 1942), American computer artist and pioneer in the fields of virtual and augmented reality
• Otto Kruger (1885–1974), American actor and the grandnephew of South African president Paul Kruger
• Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger;1825–1904), President of the South African Republic, for whom are named
  • Kruger House
  • Kruger National Park
  • Krugerrand
  • Krugersdorp - town in Gauteng province
• Peter Krüger or Peter Crüger (1580–1639), German mathematician, astronomer and polymath
• Rick Krueger (born 1949), American politician
• Sebastian Krüger (born 1963), caricaturist
• Sonia Kruger (born 1965), Australian television presenter
• Vanessa Krüger (born 1991), German actress
• Walter Krueger (1881–1967), US Army general
• Werner Krüger (1910–2003), German engineer

Fictional characters

• Freddy Krueger, from A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Herbie Kruger, a spy in John Gardner's novels.
• H. Maximillian Kruger, from Wing Commander
• Mr. Kruger, George Costanza's boss on Seinfeld
• Natsuki Kruger, from My Otome manga and anime
• Victor Kruger, from the film Highlander
• Eren Krueger, from the manga series Attack on Titan
• Agent Kruger, from the film Elysium

See also

• Krugerrand
• Kruger National Park
• Battle at Kruger, the video footage.
• Kruger 60, a star in the constellation Cepheus
• Kruger Inc.
• Kreuger
• Cruger (disambiguation)
• Kluger (disambiguation)
• Dunning–Kruger effect