Kruger
Krüger, Krueger[note 1] or Kruger (without the umlaut Ü) are German surnames originating from Krüger, meaning tavern-keeper in Low German and Dutch and potter in Central German and Upper German.
The last name Krüger with umlaut dots is widespread in Germany with some 155,000 people bearing this last name,[1] whereas the form without umlaut dots is widespread in South Africa with some 65,000 people, in the US with some 20,000 people and in Brazil with some 14.000 people. In all other countries both forms have less than 5,000 people bearing it.[2]
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 (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
- Bradley Kruger (born 1988), Dutch cricketer
- Carl Kruger (born 1949), American politician
- Clifford Krueger (1918–1988), American politician
- David Michael Krueger (born Peter Woodcock; 1939-2010), Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- 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
- Fred Kruger, born Johan Friedrich Carl Kruger, (1831–1888) was a German-born Australian photographer
- 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, US
- Hans Krüger (1902–1971), German politician
- Hardy Krüger (born 1928), German actor
- Harvey M. Krueger (1929-2017), former CEO of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and vice chairman of Lehman Brothers
- Helen Barbara Kruger (1913–2006), American businesswoman
- Heli Koivula Kruger (born 1975), Finnish track and field athlete
- 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 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
- Leondra Kruger (born 1976), Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
- Liz Krueger (born 1957), American politician
- Lon Kruger (born 1952), American college basketball coach
- Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German javelin athlete
- Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), American politician and academic
- 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
- Paul Kruger (1825–1904), President of South Africa, and namesake of
- Kruger House
- Kruger National Park
- Krugerrand
- Krugersdorp - town in Gauteng province
- 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
- 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
- Agent Kruger, from the film Elysium
- Eren Kruger, Eren Kruger from Attack on Titan
- Fanzell Kruger, Fanzell Kruger from Black Clover
- Biscuit Krueger, Biscuit Krueger from Hunter x Hunter
- Eren Kruger, from Attack on Titan
- Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, from Power Rangers: SPD
- Doggie Kruger, from Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
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
Notes[]
- ^ "In German spelling "ue" is used as equivalent to "ü".
References[]
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- Surnames
- German-language surnames
- Jewish surnames
- Afrikaans-language surnames
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