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

Writing

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

See also

Surname list
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