Krug (surname)

Krug is a German surname meaning jug, and therefore it is an occupational surname based on occupation of a jug/mug seller/manufacturer or of an innkeeper. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adam Krug (born 1991), American professional ice hockey player
 * Arnold Krug (1849–1904), German composer
 * Barbara Krug (born 1956), German athlete
 * Brian Krug (born 1976), Inventor of the self-cleaning bottle cap
 * Charles Krug (1825–1892), founder, first winery in Napa Valley, California
 * Diederich Krug (1821–1880), German pianist and composer
 * Edward A. Krug (1911–1979), American education historian
 * Etienne Krug, Belgian physician and epidemiologist
 * Frederick Krug (1855–1930), German founder of Krug Brewery and Krug Park in Omaha, Nebraska
 * Hellmut Krug (born 1956), German football referee
 * Jessica Krug, professor of history who revealed in 2020 that she had falsely pretended to have Afro-Caribbean heritage
 * Johann-Joseph Krug (1800–1866), German founder of the Champagne Krug (Champagnerhauses Krug)
 * Judith Krug (1940–2009), American librarian
 * Julius Albert Krug (1907–1970), American Secretary of the Interior under President Harry Truman
 * Karl Wilhelm Leopold Krug (1833–1898), German botanist
 * Manfred Krug (1937–2016), German writer and actor
 * Marty Krug (1888–1966), German baseball player
 * Mikhail Krug (1962–2002), Russian singer
 * Róger Krug Guedes (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
 * Shirley Krug (born 1958), American politician
 * Spencer Krug (born 1977), Canadian musician
 * Torey Krug (born 1991), American professional ice hockey player
 * Wilhelm Traugott Krug (1770–1842), German philosopher