'''Krol''' is a surname of several possible origins.
It may be a Dutch surname. It originally was a nickname of someone with curly hair (''krul'' still means "curl" in Modern Dutch).<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=krol&gba_naam=Krol&nfd_naam=Krol&operator=eq&taal= Krol] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands</ref>
The name may also be a direct translation stemming from a version of the Polish surname ''Król'', the Belarusian/Ukrainian surname ''Krol<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', both literally translated to English is "King".
==Krol== * {{interlanguage link|Bernhard Krol|de||fi||ja|ベルンハルト・クロル|ru|Кроль, Бернхард}} (1920–2015), German horn player and composer * Ed Krol (born 1951), American internet pioneer and technology writer * George A. Krol (born 1956), American diplomat * Gerrit Krol (1934–2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer * {{interlanguage link|Gerrit Krol (politician)|fr|Gerrit Krol|fy|Gerrit Krol (politikus)|nl|Gerrit Krol (politicus)}} (born 1945), Dutch politician * Henk Krol (born 1950), Dutch journalist, publisher, and politician * Ian Krol (born 1991), American baseball pitcher * Jack Krol (1936–1994), American baseball coach and manager * Joe Krol (1915–1993), Canadian ice hockey player * Joe Krol (1919–2008), Canadian football player * John Krol (1910–1996), American Catholic cardinal * Katharine L. Krol, American radiologist * Leendert Krol (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player * Melvin Krol (born 1998), German football player * Mike Krol (born 1984), American musician and graphic designer * Petr Krol (born 1965), Czech weightlifter * Petra Krol (fl. 1970s), East German slalom canoeist * Ruud Krol (born 1949), Dutch football player and coach * Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1595–1674), Dutch Director-General of New Netherland * Thomas Krol (born 1992), Dutch speed skater * Torsten Krol, Australian novelist
==Król== '''Król''' ({{IPA|pol|krul}}) is a Polish surname meaning "king" and may refer to: * Aleksandra Król (born 1990), Polish snowboarder * {{interlanguage link|Artur Król|de||nl||pl|}} (born 1983), Polish racing cyclist * Jan Król (born 1950), Polish economist and politician * Joachim Król (born 1957), German actor * Kamil Król (born 1987), Polish football player * Krzysztof Król (born 1987), Polish football player * Marcin Król z Żurawicy (c. 1422–1460), Polish mathematician, astronomer, and physician * Paweł Król (born 1960), Polish football player * Piotr Marek Król (born 1974), Polish politician * Rafał Król (born 1989), Polish football player * Stanisław Król (1916–1944), Polish fighter pilot * Wacław Król (1915–1991), Polish military pilot * Wiesław Król (born 1938), Polish hurdler * Władysław Król (1907–1991), Polish football and ice hockey player * Zdzisław Król (1935–2010), Polish Catholic priest * Jolanta Wadowska-Król (1939–2023), Polish pediatrician
==Krol'== * {{interlanguage link|Michail Krol'|be|Міхаіл Барысавіч Кроль|de|Michail Krol|pl|Michaił Krol|ru|Кроль, Михаил Борисович}} (1879–1939), Soviet Belarusian neurologist * {{interlanguage link|Moisej Aaronovič Krol'|de|Moissei Aaronowitsch Krol|ru|Кроль, Моисей Ааронович|uk|Кроль Мойсей Ааронович}} (1862–1942), Ukrainian-Russian ethnologue, publisher and jurist
==See also== * Kroll * Krol Ko at Angkor, Cambodia * Krul
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Category:Dutch-language surnames Category:Polish-language surnames <!--Polish surname category is on the Król redirect page--> Category:Surnames derived from nicknames