# Krol

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'''Krol''' is a surname of several possible origins.

It may be a [Dutch surname](/source/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](/source/Ed_Krol) (born 1951), American internet pioneer and technology writer
* [George A. Krol](/source/George_A._Krol) (born 1956), American diplomat
* [Gerrit Krol](/source/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](/source/Henk_Krol) (born 1950), Dutch journalist, publisher, and politician
* [Ian Krol](/source/Ian_Krol) (born 1991), American baseball pitcher 
* [Jack Krol](/source/Jack_Krol) (1936–1994), American baseball coach and manager
* [Joe Krol](/source/Joe_Krol_(ice_hockey)) (1915–1993), Canadian ice hockey player
* [Joe Krol](/source/Joe_Krol) (1919–2008), Canadian football player
* [John Krol](/source/John_Krol) (1910–1996), American Catholic cardinal
* [Katharine L. Krol](/source/Katharine_L._Krol), American radiologist
* [Leendert Krol](/source/Leendert_Krol) (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player
* [Melvin Krol](/source/Melvin_Krol) (born 1998), German football player
* [Mike Krol](/source/Mike_Krol) (born 1984), American musician and graphic designer 
* [Petr Krol](/source/Petr_Krol) (born 1965), Czech weightlifter
* [Petra Krol](/source/Petra_Krol) (fl. 1970s), East German slalom canoeist
* [Ruud Krol](/source/Ruud_Krol) (born 1949), Dutch football player and coach
* [Sebastiaen Jansen Krol](/source/Sebastiaen_Jansen_Krol) (1595–1674), Dutch Director-General of New Netherland
* [Thomas Krol](/source/Thomas_Krol) (born 1992), Dutch speed skater
* [Torsten Krol](/source/Torsten_Krol), Australian novelist

==Król==
'''[Król](/source/%3Awiktionary%3Akr%C3%B3l)''' ({{IPA|pol|krul}}) is a [Polish](/source/Polish_people) surname meaning "[king](/source/king)" and may refer to:
* [Aleksandra Król](/source/Aleksandra_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1990), Polish snowboarder
* {{interlanguage link|Artur Król|de||nl||pl|}} (born 1983), Polish racing cyclist
* [Jan Król](/source/Jan_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1950),  Polish economist and politician
* [Joachim Król](/source/Joachim_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1957), German actor
* [Kamil Król](/source/Kamil_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1987), Polish football player
* [Krzysztof Król](/source/Krzysztof_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1987), Polish football player
* [Marcin Król z Żurawicy](/source/Marcin_Kr%C3%B3l_z_%C5%BBurawicy) (c. 1422–1460), Polish mathematician, astronomer, and physician
* [Paweł Król](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Kr%C3%B3l_(footballer%2C_born_1960)) (born 1960), Polish football player
* [Piotr Marek Król](/source/Piotr_Marek_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1974), Polish politician
* [Rafał Król](/source/Rafa%C5%82_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1989), Polish football player
* [Stanisław Król](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Kr%C3%B3l) (1916–1944), Polish fighter pilot
* [Wacław Król](/source/Wac%C5%82aw_Kr%C3%B3l) (1915–1991), Polish military pilot 
* [Wiesław Król](/source/Wies%C5%82aw_Kr%C3%B3l) (born 1938), Polish hurdler
* [Władysław Król](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kr%C3%B3l) (1907–1991), Polish football and ice hockey player
* [Zdzisław Król](/source/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Kr%C3%B3l) (1935–2010), Polish Catholic priest
* [Jolanta Wadowska-Król](/source/Jolanta_Wadowska-Kr%C3%B3l) (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](/source/Kroll)
* [Krol Ko](/source/Krol_Ko) at Angkor, Cambodia
* [Krul](/source/Krul)

==References==
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{{surname|Krol}}

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Category:Dutch-language surnames
Category:Polish-language surnames
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Category:Surnames derived from nicknames

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