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 (19602019), American economist

• Alex Kruger (born 1963), English Olympic decathlete

• Alma Kruger (1871–1960), American 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

Notes

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