# Kruger

Krüger, Krueger, Kreuger‘’’’ or 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
* Clifford Krueger (1918–1988), American politician
* David Michael Krueger (born Peter Woodcock; 1939–2010), Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
* Debbie Kruger (born 1962), Australian writer
* 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, born Johan Friedrich Carl Kruger, (1831–1888) was a German-born Australian photographer
* Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official
* Garnett Kruger (born 1977), South African cricketer
* Gottfried Krueger, founder of the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey, US
* Hans Krüger (1902–1971), German politician
* Hardy Krüger (1928–2022), German actor
* Harvey M. Krueger (1929–2017), former CEO of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and vice chairman of Lehman Brothers
* Helen Barbara Kruger (1913–2006), American businesswoman
* Heli Koivula Kruger (born 1975), Finnish track and field athlete
* 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 minister of justice and the police
* Joseph Kruger (c. 1869–1927), American-Canadian businessman
* 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), Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
* Liz Krueger (born 1957), American politician
* Lon Kruger (born 1952), American college basketball coach
* Louis Krüger (born 1996), German politician
* Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German javelin athlete
* Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), American politician and academic
* Michael Krüger (footballer) (born 1954), German footballer 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 (born 1950), German engineer and politician (CDU)
* 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), US Army 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.