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 (born 1832), 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
- German Kruger Espantoso, ex-alcalde of Miraflores District, Lima, Peru
- 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
- Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), Swedish civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur and industrialist
- 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
- 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
- Phillip Krueger, American car racer of Indianapolis 500 1986, 1988
- 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
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
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