Krafft is a surname of Germanic origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Krafft Adam Kraft (or Krafft) (c. 1460?January 1509) was a German stone sculptor and master builder of the late Gothic period, based in Nuremberg and with a documented career there from 1490. It is not known where Kraft was born and raised; his hand ...

(1493–1558), German stone sculptor * Barbara Krafft (1764–1825), Austrian painter * Charles Wing Krafft (fl. c. 2000), American artist * David von Krafft (1655–1724), German-Swedish painter *

Friedrich Krafft Friedrich Krafft (February 21, 1852 in Bonn – June 3, 1923 in Heidelberg) was a German chemist. He studied with Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, Rudolf Clausius and Gerhard vom Rath. In colloidal chemistry, the Krafft temperature ...

(1852–1923), German chemist *

Hugues Krafft Hugues Krafft (1853 – 1935) was a photographer born in Paris. He travelled around the world, and visited Japan in 1882–1883. He left numerous quality photographs of the period. He was among the first to use instantaneous photography in Japa ...

(1853–1935), French photographer * Johann Peter Krafft (1780–1856), German painter *

Karl Ernst Krafft Karl Ernst Krafft (10 May 1900 – 8 January 1945) was a Swiss astrologer, born in Basel. He worked on the fields of astrology and graphology., Retrieved 2013-5-30. Astrology career After studying in the University of Basel and Geneva, he gradua ...

(1900–1945), Swiss astrologer *

Katia and Maurice Krafft Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft (née Conrad; April 17, 1942 – June 3, 1991) and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft (March 25, 1946 – June 3, 1991), were French volcanologists who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, in Japan, on June ...

(1942–1991 and 1946–1991), French volcanologists *

Laura Krafft Laura Krafft is a comedic writer and actress. An ImprovOlympic and Second City alum, she is a former staff writer for ''The Colbert Report''. Writing assignments *''Call Me Kat'' (2021) *''The Colbert Report'' (2006-2008) Bust Magazine Columnis ...

, American comedian writer and actress * Manfred Krafft (1937–2022), German football player and manager *

Per Krafft the Elder Per Krafft the Elder (16 January 1724 – 7 November 1793) was a Swedish portraitist. He was the father of the artists Per Krafft the Younger and Wilhelmina Krafft. Early life Per Krafft was born in Arboga, and studied in Uppsala, where he in ...

(1724–1793), Swedish painter * Per Krafft the Younger (1777–1863), Swedish painter * Vic Krafft (1919–1991), American professional basketball player * Wilhelmina Krafft (1778–1828), Swedish painter * Wolfgang Ludwig Krafft (1743–1814), German astronomer and physicist *

Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen (24 November 1862 – 21 February 1953) was a Bavarian Army general in World War I. He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Bavarian Army before World War I and commanded the elite Alpenkorps, the Im ...

(1862–1953), German army general in WW1 *

Richard von Krafft-Ebing Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work ''Psychopathi ...

(1840–1902), German psychiatrist

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