Kruger

'''Krüger''', '''Krueger'''{{refn|group=note|"In German spelling "ue" is used as equivalent to "ü".}}, '''Kreuger''' and '''Kruger''' (without the umlaut ü) are German surnames originating from ''Krüger'', meaning tavern-keeper in Low German and potter in Central German and Upper German, both associated with the Germanic word wikt:Krug, "jug".

Notable people with the surname include: {{TOC right}}

==People== * Adalbert Krueger (1832–1896), German astronomer * Alan Krueger (1960–2019), American economist * Alex Kruger (born 1963), English Olympic decathlete * Alma Kruger (1871–1960), American stage and film actress * Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist * Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971), South African writer * Ashlyn Krueger (born 2004), American tennis player * Barbara Kruger (born 1945), American conceptual artist * Bernhard Krüger (1904–1989), German SS officer and counterfeiter * Bob Krueger (1935–2022), American politician * Bradley Kruger (born 1988), Dutch cricketer * Carl Kruger (born 1949), American politician * Christiane Krüger (born 1945), German actress * Clifford Krueger (1918–1988), American politician * David Michael Krueger (born Peter Woodcock; 1939–2010), Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile * Danny Kruger (born 1974), British politician * Debbie Kruger (born 1962), Australian writer * Derek Krueger (born 2003), American freestyle skier * Diane Kruger (born 1976), German-American model and actress * Erwin Krüger (1915–1973), Nicaraguan singer and poet * Facundo Krüger (born 2000), Argentine footballer * Felix Krueger (1874–1948), German psychologist and philosopher * Frantz Kruger (born 1975), South African discus thrower * Franz Krüger (1797–1857), German painter of equestrian portraits * Fred Kruger, (1831–1888), German-born Australian photographer * Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official * Garnett Kruger (born 1977), South African cricketer * Gottfried Krueger, founder of Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey, US * Hans Krüger (1902–1971), German politician * Hardy Krüger (1928–2022), German actor * Hardy Krüger Jr. (born 1968), German actor * Harvey M. Krueger (1929–2017), American banker * Helen Barbara Kruger (1913–2006), American businesswoman * Heli Koivula Kruger (born 1975), Finnish athlete * Horst Krüger (1919–1999), German writer * 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 politician * Joseph Kruger ({{circa}} 1869–1927), American-Canadian businessman * Justin Kruger, American social psychologist * 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), American jurist from California * Liz Krueger (born 1957), American politician * Lon Kruger (born 1952), American basketball coach * Loren Kruger (born 1958), South African academic * Louis Krüger (born 1996), German politician * Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German javelin athlete * Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), American politician and academic * Michael Krüger (writer) (born 1943), German writer, publisher, and translator * Michael Krüger (footballer) (born 1954), German football player 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 * Paul Krüger (politician) (born 1950), German engineer and politician * 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 * Tim Kruger (1981–2025), German pornographic film actor, producer, and director * Vanessa Krüger (born 1991), German actress * Walter Krueger (1881–1967), American general * Walter Krueger (1892–1973), German general * Werner Krüger (1910–2003), German engineer * William Kent Krueger (born 1950), American novelist and crime writer

== Fictional characters == * Agent M. Kruger, or Agent 32 Alpha 21b,s the main antagonist of the 2013 sci-fi action film ''Elysium''. * Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, from the American television series ''Power Rangers S.P.D.'' * Biscuit Krueger, from the anime and manga series ''Hunter x Hunter'' * Eren Kruger, from the anime and manga series ''Attack on Titan'' * Doggie Kruger, from the tokusatsu series ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' * Fanzell Kruger, from the anime and manga series ''Black Clover'' * Freddy Krueger, the main antagonist from the American slasher series ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' * H. Maximillian Kruger, from the space combat series ''Wing Commander'' * ''Herbie Kruger'', a spy in John Gardner's novels. * Mr. Kruger, George Costanza's boss from the American sitcom ''Seinfeld'' * Natsuki Kruger, a character from the manga and anime ''My Otome'' * Victor Kruger, from the British fantasy-action film ''Highlander'' * Sebastian Kruger (Head of Coalescence) from Call Of Duty Black Ops 3.

== See also == * Krugerrand * Kruger National Park * Battle at Kruger, the video footage. * Kruger 60, a star in the constellation Cepheus * Kruger Inc. * Cruger (disambiguation) * Kluger (disambiguation) * Dunning–Kruger effect * Kreuger

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