Kraft (surname)

Kraft is a German surname that means "strength", "power". Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adam Kraft (c. 1455–1509), German sculptor
 * Anders Kraft (born 1968), Swedish journalist and news anchor
 * Antonín Kraft (1749–1820), Czech cellist and composer
 * Charles H. Kraft (born 1932), anthropologist
 * Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. (1924–2019), NASA flight director
 * Eric Kraft (born 1944), American author
 * Hannelore Kraft (born 1961), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
 * Herbert C. Kraft (1927–2000), American archaeologist
 * James L. Kraft (1874–1953), founder of Kraft Foods
 * Leo Kraft (1922–2014), American composer, author, and educator
 * Mary L. Kraft, American bioengineering professor
 * Milan Kraft (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
 * Nina Kraft (1968–2020), German triathlete
 * Norbert Kraft (born 1950), Canadian guitarist
 * Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980), Danish journalist and politician
 * Patrick Kraft, College athletic director
 * Rainer Kraft (born 1974), German politician
 * Randy Steven Kraft (born 1945), American serial killer
 * Robert Kraft (born 1941), American football executive
 * Robert Kraft (astronomer) (1927–2015), American astronomer
 * Stefan Kraft (born 1993), Austrian ski jumper
 * Thomas Kraft (born 1988), German football player
 * Tucker Kraft (born 2000), American football player
 * Victor Kraft (1880–1975), Austrian philosopher, member of the Vienna Circle
 * William Kraft (1923–2022), American composer