Kruger

Krüger, Krueger, Kreuger and Kruger (without the umlaut ü) are German surnames originating from Krüger, meaning tavern-keeper in Low German and potter in Central German and Upper German, both associated with the Germanic word wikt:Krug, "jug".

Notable people with the surname include:

People

• Adalbert Krueger (1832–1896), German astronomer
• Alan Krueger (1960–2019), American economist
• Alex Kruger (born 1963), English Olympic decathlete
• Alma Kruger (1871–1960), American actress
• Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist
• Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971), South African writer
• Ashlyn Krueger (born 2004), American tennis player
• Barbara Kruger (born 1945), American conceptual artist
• Bernhard Krüger (1904–1989), German SS officer and counterfeiter
• Bob Krueger (1935–2022), American politician
• Bradley Kruger (born 1988), Dutch cricketer
• Carl Kruger (born 1949), American politician
• Christiane Krüger (born 1945), German actress
• Clifford Krueger (1918–1988), American politician
• David Michael Krueger (born Peter Woodcock; 1939–2010), Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
• Danny Kruger (born 1974), British politician
• Debbie Kruger (born 1962), Australian writer
• Derek Krueger (born 2003), American freestyle skier
• Diane Kruger (born 1976), German-American model and actress
• Erwin Krüger (1915–1973), Nicaraguan singer and poet
• Facundo Krüger (born 2000), Argentine footballer
• Felix Krueger (1874–1948), German psychologist and philosopher
• Frantz Kruger (born 1975), South African discus thrower
• Franz Krüger (1797–1857), German painter of equestrian portraits
• Fred Kruger, (1831–1888), German-born Australian photographer
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official
• Garnett Kruger (born 1977), South African cricketer
• Gottfried Krueger, founder of Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey, US
• Hans Krüger (1902–1971), German politician
• Hardy Krüger (1928–2022), German actor
• Hardy Krüger Jr. (born 1968), German actor
• Harvey M. Krueger (1929–2017), American banker
• Helen Barbara Kruger (1913–2006), American businesswoman
• Heli Koivula Kruger (born 1975), Finnish athlete
• Horst Krüger (1919–1999), German writer
• Jack Kruger (born 1994), American baseball player
• 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 politician
• Joseph Kruger (c. 1869–1927), American-Canadian businessman
• Justin Kruger, American social psychologist
• 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
• Leondra Kruger (born 1976), American jurist from California
• Liz Krueger (born 1957), American politician
• Lon Kruger (born 1952), American basketball coach
• Loren Kruger (born 1958), South African academic
• Louis Krüger (born 1996), German politician
• Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German javelin athlete
• Malte Krüger (born 1993), German politician
• Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), American politician and academic
• Michael Krüger (writer) (born 1943), German writer, publisher, and translator
• Michael Krüger (footballer) (born 1954), German football player 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
• Paul Kruger (1825–1904), President of South Africa, and namesake of
  • Kruger House
  • Kruger National Park
  • Krugerrand
  • Krugersdorp, town in Gauteng province
• Paul Krüger (politician) (born 1950), German engineer and politician
• Peter Krüger, or Peter Crüger (1580–1639), German mathematician, astronomer and polymath
• Rayne Kruger (1922–2002), South African author
• Rich Krueger (born 1960), American singer-songwriter and neonatologist
• Rick Krueger (born 1949), American politician
• Sebastian Krüger (born 1963), caricaturist
• Sonia Kruger (born 1965), Australian television presenter
• Tim Kruger (1981–2025), German pornographic film actor, producer, and director
• Vanessa Krüger (born 1991), German actress
• Walter Krueger (1881–1967), American general
• Walter Krueger (1892–1973), German general
• Werner Krüger (1910–2003), German engineer
• William Kent Krueger (born 1950), American novelist and crime writer

Fictional characters

• Agent M. Kruger, or Agent 32 Alpha 21b,s the main antagonist of the 2013 sci-fi action film Elysium.
• Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, from the American television series Power Rangers S.P.D.
• Biscuit Krueger, from the anime and manga series Hunter x Hunter
• Eren Kruger, from the anime and manga series Attack on Titan
• Doggie Kruger, from the tokusatsu series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
• Fanzell Kruger, from the anime and manga series Black Clover
• Freddy Krueger, the main antagonist from the American slasher series A Nightmare on Elm Street
• H. Maximillian Kruger, from the space combat series Wing Commander
• Herbie Kruger, a spy in John Gardner's novels.
• Mr. Kruger, George Costanza's boss from the American sitcom Seinfeld
• Natsuki Kruger, a character from the manga and anime My Otome
• Victor Kruger, from the British fantasy-action film Highlander
• Sebastian Kruger (Head of Coalescence) from Call Of Duty Black Ops 3.

See also

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