Kruger

Krüger, Krueger or 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 Krug, "jug".

Notable people with the surname include:

People

 * Adalbert Krueger (1832–1896), German astronomer
 * Alan Krueger (1960–2019), American economist
 * Alex Kruger (born 1963), English Olympic decathlete
 * Alma Kruger (1871–1960), American stage and film actress
 * Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist
 * Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971), South African writer
 * 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
 * Clifford Krueger (1918–1988), American politician
 * David Michael Krueger (born Peter Woodcock; 1939-2010), Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
 * Debbie Kruger (born 1962), Australian writer
 * 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, born Johan Friedrich Carl Kruger, (1831–1888) was a German-born Australian photographer
 * Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi official
 * Garnett Kruger (born 1977), South African cricketer
 * Gottfried Krueger, founder of the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey, US
 * Hans Krüger (1902–1971), German politician
 * Hardy Krüger (1928–2022), German actor
 * Harvey M. Krueger (1929-2017), former CEO of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and vice chairman of Lehman Brothers
 * Helen Barbara Kruger (1913–2006), American businesswoman
 * Heli Koivula Kruger (born 1975), Finnish track and field athlete
 * 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 minister of justice and the police
 * Joseph Kruger (c. 1869–1927), American-Canadian businessman
 * 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), Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
 * Liz Krueger (born 1957), American politician
 * Lon Kruger (born 1952), American college basketball coach
 * Louis Krüger (born 1996), German politician
 * Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German javelin athlete
 * Maynard C. Krueger (1906–1991), American politician and academic
 * Michael Krüger (footballer) (born 1954), German footballer 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
 * 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
 * Vanessa Krüger (born 1991), German actress
 * Walter Krueger (1881–1967), US Army 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.