Kramer (surname)

Kramer is an occupational surname of Dutch or Low German origin  or is derived from the High German surname Krämer ( or ).

In Middle Low German during the Late Middle Ages, Kramer meant "travelling merchant". The meaning later changed to "merchants trading with different rather small things".

A

 * Aaron Kramer (1921–1997), American poet, essayist, and translator
 * Adolf Kramer (1871–1934), Silesian German chess master
 * Alex Kramer (1903–1998), Canadian songwriter
 * Amanda Kramer (born 1960s), American musician
 * Andreas Kramer (born 1997), Swedish middle-distance runner
 * Ann-Kathrin Kramer (born 1966), German writer and actress
 * Annemarie Kramer (born 1975), Dutch sprinter
 * Alisha Kramer (born 1990), American physician and health activist
 * Arlene Kramer Richards (born c. 1935), American psychoanalyst
 * Arnold Kramer (1882–1976) was an American folk artist
 * Arthur Kramer (1927–2008), American lawyer
 * Arthur F. Kramer, American neuroscientist
 * Arvid Kramer (born 1956), American basketball player

B

 * Barry Kramer (born 1942), American basketball player and jurist
 * Barry Kramer, former editor and occasional host of Game Grumps
 * Ben Kramer (1913–99), American basketball player
 * Benjamin F. Kramer (born 1957), U.S. (Maryland) politician
 * Bert Kramer (1934–2001), American actor
 * Bill Kramer (born 1965), U.S. (Wisconsin) politician
 * Billy J. Kramer (born 1943), British merseybeat singer
 * Boaz Kramer (born 1978), Israeli wheelchair tennis player
 * Bob Kramer (born c. 1957), American knifesmith
 * Bryan Jared Kramer (born 1974), Member of Parliament for Madang Open, Papua New Guinea
 * Bryan Jeffrey Kramer, American social media businessman
 * Burton Kramer (born 1932), Canadian graphic designer and artist

C

 * Cecilie Breil Kramer (born 1987), Danish football goalkeeper
 * Charles Kramer (politician), (1879–1943), Californian politician
 * Charles Kramer (economist) (1907–1992), American economist, spy for the Soviet Union in the 1940s
 * Charles Kramer (attorney) (1916–1988), lawyer from New York
 * Charles Kramer (producer) (born 1970s), American television producer
 * Chiel Kramer (born 1992), Dutch football goalkeeper
 * Chris Kramer (actor) (born 1975), Canadian television actor
 * Chris Kramer (born 1988), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Christian Kramer (?–1834), German composer and musician at the British court
 * Christina Kramer (born c. 1963), Canadian Slavic linguist
 * Christoph Kramer (born 1991), German footballer
 * Clare Kramer (born 1974), American actress

D

 * Daniel Kramer (born 1977), American stage and opera director
 * David Kramer (singer) (born 1951), South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director
 * David Kramer (soccer) (born 1972), American soccer goalkeeper
 * David J. Kramer, United States Assistant Secretary of State for democracy, human rights, and labor, 2008–2009
 * Dawn Kramer (born 1945), American choreographer and dancer
 * Dean Kramer (born 1952), American pianist
 * Denise Kramer-Scholer (born 1910, date of death unknown), Swiss fencer
 * Dennis Kramer (1992–2023), German-American basketball player
 * Dick Kramer (born 1972), Dutch cricketer
 * Dieter Kramer (born 1959), German footballer
 * Don Kramer (born 1969), American comics artist
 * Don Kramer (politician) (born 1940), American politician
 * Doug Kramer (born 1983), Filipino basketball player
 * Doug Kramer (American football) (born 1998), American football player

E

 * Eddie Kramer (born 1941), South African audio engineer and producer
 * Edith Kramer (1916–2014), Austrian artist
 * Edmond Kramer (1906–1945), Swiss footballer
 * Edna Kramer (1902–1984), American mathematician
 * Edward E. Kramer (born 1961), American editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror works
 * Eiling Kramer (1914–1999), Canadian Politician
 * Eitan Kramer (born 1978), American Vert Skater
 * Eliyahu Kramer “Vilna Gaon” (1720–1797) Lithuanian Rabbi, the genius of Vilna
 * Eric Allan Kramer (born 1962), American actor
 * Erik Kramer (born 1964), American football quarterback
 * Erwin Kramer (1902–1979), German politician

F

 * Felix Kramer (born 1949), American founder of CalCars
 * Ferdinand Kramer (1898–1985), German architect and functionalist designer
 * Francisco Villagrán Kramer (1927–2011), Guatemalan legal scholar and politician
 * Frank Kramer (artist) (1905–1993), American artist and illustrator
 * Frank Kramer (director) (1925–2018), a pseudonym of the Italian film director Gianfranco Parolini
 * Frank Kramer (footballer, born 1972) (born 1972), German football player and coach
 * Frank Louis Kramer (1880–1952), American cyclist and United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee
 * Franz Kramer (1865–1924), United States Navy sailor

G

 * Garret Kramer (born c. 1962), American mental performance coach
 * George Kramer (philatelist), American philatelist
 * George W. Kramer (1848–1938), American architect
 * Georges Kramer (1898-?), Swiss football player and coach
 * Gordon Kramer (1921–1989), Australian rules footballer
 * Gorni Kramer (1913–1995), Italian songwriter, musician, and band leader
 * Greg Kramer (1961–2013), British-born Canadian author, actor, director, and magician
 * Gustav Kramer (1910–1959), German zoologist and ornithologist

H

 * Haije Kramer (1917–2004), Dutch chess master and theoretician
 * Harry Kramer (announcer) (1911–1996), American radio and television announcer
 * Harry Kramer (German artist) (1925–1997), German artist
 * Harry Kramer (American artist) (born 1939), American artist
 * Heinrich Kramer a.k.a. Heinrich Institor (c. 1430 – 1505), Alsatian churchman and inquisitor
 * Heinz Kramer (1925–1965), German sports shooter
 * Hilaria Kramer (born 1967), Swiss jazz trumpeter and composer
 * Hilton Kramer (1928–2012), American art critic

I

 * Ida Kramer, (1877/1878 – 1930), American actress
 * Iris Kramer (born 1981), German motorcycle trials rider

J

 * Jack Kramer (baseball) (1918–1995), American baseball pitcher
 * Jack Kramer (American football) (1919–1978), American football player
 * Jack Kramer (1921–2009), American tennis player
 * Jacob Kramer (1892–1962), Ukrainian-born painter in England
 * Jana Kramer (born 1983), American actress
 * Jane Kramer (born 1938), American journalist
 * Jason Kramer (born c. 1970), American radio personality
 * Jeffrey Kramer (born 1945), American film and television actor and producer
 * Jens Kramer Mikkelsen (born 1951), Danish mayor of Copenhagen
 * Jeroen Kramer (born 1967), Dutch photographer
 * Jerry Kramer (born 1936), American professional football player
 * Jessy Kramer (born 1990), Dutch team handball player
 * Jim Kramer (born 1958), American Scrabble player
 * Joan Whitney Kramer (1914–1990), American singer and songwriter
 * Joel Kramer (born 1955), American basketball player
 * Joey Kramer (born 1950), American drummer with the musical group Aerosmith
 * John Kramer (darts player) (born 1956), American darts player
 * John R. Kramer (1937–2006), American law educator
 * Jolly Kramer-Johansen (1902–1968), Norwegian composer
 * Jonathan Kramer (1942–2004), American composer and music theorist
 * Joris Kramer (born 1996), Dutch footballer
 * Josef Kramer (1906–1945), German commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp executed for war crimes

K

 * Kane Kramer (born 1956), British inventor and businessman
 * Ken Kramer (born 1942), American politician
 * Kenny Kramer (born 1943), American stand-up comedian, on whom the Seinfeld character Cosmo Kramer was based
 * Kent Kramer (born 1944), American professional football player
 * Kent A. Kramer (born 1961), Iowan politician
 * Kieran Kramer, American romance novelist

L

 * Lance Kramer, an animation director on The Simpsons
 * Larry Kramer (1935–2020), American dramatist, author and gay rights activist
 * Larry Kramer (American football) (1942–2014), American football player and coach
 * Larry Kramer (legal scholar) (born 1958), American legal scholar, dean of Stanford Law School
 * Lawrence Kramer (musicologist) (born 1946), American musicologist
 * Lawrence Francis Kramer (born 1933), American politician, two-time Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
 * Leah Kramer, American craftster, author, website programmer
 * Leonie Kramer (1924–2016), Australian academic and commentator
 * Leopold Kramer (1869–1942), Austrian stage and film actor
 * Lloyd Kramer (born 1947), American filmmaker
 * Louis Kramer (1848–1922), American baseball executive
 * Louise Kramer (1923–2020), American sculptor
 * Lud Kramer (1932–2004), U.S. politician in Washington State

M

 * Mandel Kramer (1916–1989), American TV actor and voice actor
 * Marcia Kramer (born 1948), American journalist
 * Mariska Kramer (born 1974), Dutch triathlete
 * Mark Kramer (jazz pianist) (born 1945), American jazz musician
 * Mark Kramer (born 1958), American alternative rock musician and producer
 * Mark Kramer (journalist), Mark William Kramer, an American journalist, author, professor, and editor.
 * Martin Kramer (born 1954), American author on Islam and Arab politics
 * Mary Kramer (born 1935), American (Iowa) politician
 * Matt Kramer (musician) (born 1968), American singer formerly with rock band Saigon Kick
 * Matt Kramer (wine writer), American wine writer
 * Matthew Kramer (born 1959), American philosopher at the University of Cambridge
 * Max Kramer (1903–1986), German scientist, developed Ruhrstahl X-4 missile (1943–1945)
 * Michael Kramer (astronomer) (born 1967), German astronomer and astrophysicist
 * Michael Kramer (narrator), American audiobook narrator
 * Michael Eric Kramer, American film actor
 * Michiel Kramer (born 1988), Dutch footballer
 * Mike Kramer (born 1955), American football coach

N

 * Nathaniel Kramer (born 1961), American filmmaker
 * Nicole Kramer (born 1962), American swimmer

O

 * Orin Kramer (born c. 1945), American hedge fund manager
 * Oscar Kramer (1935–2010), Argentine film producer

P

 * Pascale Kramer (born 1961), Swiss author
 * Paul J. Kramer (1904–1995), American biologist and plant physiologist.
 * Paul Kramer (1933–2020), U.S. (New Jersey) politician
 * Perry Kramer (born 1959), U.S. motocross racer
 * Peter Kramer (physicist) (born 1933), German physicist
 * Peter Kramer (priest), German priest convicted of child abuse
 * Peter D. Kramer (born 1948), American psychiatrist
 * Philip Taylor Kramer (1952–1995), American physicist and bassist with the musical group Iron Butterfly
 * Piet Kramer (1881–1961), Dutch architect

R

 * Rachel Kramer (born 1980), Dutch singer
 * Rachel Kramer Bussel (born 1975), American erotica writer
 * Randy Kramer (born 1960), American baseball pitcher
 * Regine Kramer (born 1993), German pole vaulter
 * Rene Kramer (born 1987), German ice hockey player
 * Rhonda Kramer, American air traffic reporter
 * Richard Kramer (judge) (born 1947), American superior court judge
 * Richard Kramer (writer) (born 1952), American screenwriter, novelist and television producer
 * Richard J. Kramer (born 1963), American CEO of Goodyear Tire Co.
 * Robert Kramer (1939–1999), American film director, screenwriter and actor
 * Roger Kramer (b.~1939), Canadian football player
 * Ron Kramer (1935–2010), American football player
 * Rona E. Kramer (born 1954), Maryland politician
 * Ronald Kramer (business) (born c. 1959), American businessman
 * Roy Kramer, American college football coach and athletics administrator
 * Rudolf Kramer (1886–?), Austrian road racing cyclist
 * Rudolf Kramer (poultry expert) (1844–1904), German poultry expert
 * Ruth Kramer (1926 –2015), All-American girls professional baseball league player

S

 * Samuel Noah Kramer (1897–1990), Ukraine-born American historian and assyriologist
 * Sarah Kramer (born 1968), Canadian cookbook author
 * Shalom Kramer (1912–1978), Israeli essayist, editor, and literary critic
 * Sherry Kramer, American playwright
 * Shlomo Kramer, Israeli information technology entrepreneur
 * Sidney B. Kramer (1915–2014), American publishing executive and literary agent
 * Sidney Kramer (1925–2022), American (Maryland) politician
 * Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), American movie director and producer
 * Stefan Kramer (impressionist) (born 1982), Chilean impressionist, actor, comedian and announcer
 * Stella Kramer (born 1989), German handball player
 * Stepfanie Kramer (born 1956), American actress and singer
 * Steve Kramer (basketball) (born 1945), American basketball player
 * Steve Kramer (actor) (born 1948), American voice actor
 * Susan Kramer (born 1950), English politician, Liberal Democrat member of parliament
 * Sven Kramer (born 1986), Dutch speed skater

T

 * Theodor Kramer (1897–1958), Austrian poet
 * Theodore L. Kramer (1847–1910), American Civil War soldier
 * Thomas Kramer (born 1957), German-born real estate developer and venture capitalist
 * Tim Kramer (1952 or 1958 – 1992), American porn star
 * Tom Kramer (born 1968), American baseball pitcher
 * Tommy Kramer (born 1955), American football quarterback
 * Tosca Kramer (1903–1976), New Zealand-born American violinist and violist
 * Trey Kramer (born 1988), American football player

V

 * Vjekoslav Kramer (born 1976), Bosnian television chef

W

 * Walter R. Kramer (1914–1995), U.S. badminton champion
 * Wayne Kramer (guitarist) (born 1948), American musician with the group MC5
 * Wayne Kramer (filmmaker) (born 1965), South African screenwriter and film director
 * Wilhelm Kramer (1801–1876), German otologist
 * Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer (died 1765), German-born Austrian Hungarian botanist, physician and military surgeon
 * William M. Kramer (1920–2004), American rabbi and art collector
 * Wolfgang Kramer (born 1942), German game designer

Y

 * Yep Kramer (born 1957), Dutch speed skater

Fictional people

 * Bernard Kramer, founder of Kramer Associates in Robert Sobel's alternate history novel For Want of a Nail
 * Chas Kramer, a character played by Shia LaBeouf in the 2005 film Constantine (film)
 * Cosmo Kramer, a character in the television series Seinfeld
 * Jens Kramer, character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
 * John Kramer (Saw), a fictional character in the Saw film series; also known as Jigsaw
 * Lisa Kramer, a character played by Debra Messing in the 2004 American romantic comedy film Along Came Polly
 * Margaux Kramer, a character played by Ami Foster in the television sitcom Punky Brewster
 * Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker, a character in the 1977 American comedy film The Kentucky Fried Movie
 * Rex Kramer, a character in the 1980 American comedy film Airplane!
 * Tromp Kramer, Afrikaner Detective in James McClure's Kramer and Zondi novels
 * Ted, Joanna, and Billy Kramer, characters in the 1979 American drama film Kramer vs. Kramer portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, and Justin Henry

Kramers

 * Hendrik Anthony "Hans" Kramers (1894–1952), Dutch physicist, known for Kramers' law, Kramers' opacity law, Kramers theorem, Kramers–Heisenberg formula, Kramers–Kronig relations, and Kramers–Wannier duality.