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:

• 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, Australian writer
• Diane Kruger, German-American model and actress
• Erwin Krüger, Nicaraguan singer and poet
• Frantz Kruger, South African discus thrower
• Franz Krüger, German painter of equestrian portraits
• Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger, Nazi official
• Garnett Kruger, South African cricketer
• German Kruger Espantoso, ex alcalde de Miraflores - Lima - Perú
• Gottfried Krueger, founder of the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey, USA.
• Hans Krüger
• Hardy Krüger, German actor
• Helen Barbara Kruger
• Heli Koivula Kruger
• Ivar Kreuger
• Jbe' Kruger, South African golfer
• Jeffrey Kruger, British entertainment business executive
• Jim Krueger, American comic book writer and novelist.
• Jimmy Kruger, South African minister of justice and the police
• Joseph Kruger
• Kandace Krueger Miss USA 2001
• Karl-Heinz Krüger
• Karl Wilhelm Krüger, German Hellenist
• Karoline Krüger
• Kelly Kruger
• Lon Kruger
• Luise Krüger
• Maynard C. Krueger, a professor
• Michael Krüger, a German footballer and manager
• Myron W. Krueger, American computer artist and pioneer in the fields of virtual and augmented reality
• Otto Kruger
• Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger), 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 race car driver Indianapolis 500 1986, 1988
• Rick Krueger, American politician
• Sebastian Kruger, caricaturist.
• Sonia Kruger
• Walter Krueger, US Army general
• Werner Krüger, German engineer

Companies

• Kruger Products

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 Highlander_(film)

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