Kroll

Kroll or Kröll is a German, Anglo-Saxon, and Scottish surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

Academia

 * Josef Kroll (1889–1980), German classical philologist and university rector
 * Judith F. Kroll, American college professor in California
 * Wilhelm Kroll (1869–1939), German philologist

Entertainment

 * Jack Kroll (c. 1928 – 2000), American drama and film critic
 * Leon Kroll (1884–1974), American painter
 * Lucy Kroll (1909–1997), American theatrical and literary agent
 * Natasha Kroll (1914–2004), Moscow-born display and production designer in Germany
 * Nick Kroll (born 1978), American actor and comedian, son of Jules Kroll
 * William Kroll (1901–1980), American violinist and composer

Religion

 * Leopold Kroll (1874–1946), missionary bishop of the Missionary District of Liberia
 * Una Kroll (1925-2017), British nun, missionary doctor, and campaigner for women's ordination
 * Woodrow M. Kroll (born 1944), American evangelist, principal of the Back to the Bible radio ministry

Science

 * Kristen Kroll (born c. 1967), American developmental and stem cell biologist
 * Norman Myles Kroll (1922–2004), American theoretical physicist
 * William Justin Kroll (1889–1973), Luxemburger metallurgist, inventor of the Kroll process
 * Wolfgang Kroll (1906–1992), German physicist

Sports

 * Alex Kroll (born 1937), American gridiron football player and advertising agency executive
 * Bob Kroll (American football) (born 1950), American gridiron football player
 * Gary Kroll (born 1941), American baseball player
 * Klaus Kröll (born 1980), Austrian alpine ski racer
 * Paul Kroll, American boxer
 * Richard Kröll (1968–1996), Austrian alpine skier
 * Robert Kroll (born 1972), German tennis player
 * Steve Kroll (born 1997), German footballer
 * Sylvio Kroll (born 1965), German gymnast
 * Ted Kroll (1919–2002), American golfer
 * Valentina Kröll (born 2002), Austrian footballer

Writing

 * Fredric Kroll (born 1945), American composer and writer
 * Harry Harrison Kroll (1888–1967), American writer, illustrator and English professor
 * Jon Kroll, American producer, director, and writer
 * Pierre Kroll (born 1958), Belgian cartoonist and caricaturist
 * Steven Kroll (1941–2011), American children's book author

Other

 * Bob Kroll (police officer) (born c. 1965), American former police officer in Minneapolis
 * Colin Kroll (1984–2018), American businessman; co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia
 * Eric Kroll (born 1946), American photographer
 * Fred J. Kroll (1935–1981), American labor union leader
 * Hans Kroll (1898–1967), German career diplomat
 * Heinrich Kroll (1894-1930), German World War I flying ace
 * Henryk Kroll (born 1949), Polish politician, leader of German minority in Poland
 * Jack Kroll (labor leader) (1885–1971), London-born American labor leader
 * Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), German serial killer
 * Jules Kroll (born 1941), American businessman widely credited with founding the modern corporate investigations industry
 * Lucien Kroll (1927–2022), Belgian architect
 * Nicholas Kroll (born 1954), British civil servant