Krüger, Krueger, 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:

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 ( 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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