Krieger (German, 'warrior') is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Adam Krieger Adam Krieger (7 January 1634 – 30 June 1666) was a German composer. Born in Drezdenko, Driesen, Neumark, he studied organ (instrument), organ with Samuel Scheidt in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle. He succeeded Johann Rosenmüller as organist at Lei ...

(1634–1666), German Baroque composer *

Albert Krieger Albert Joseph "Al" Krieger (November 4, 1923 – May 14, 2020) was an American criminal defense lawyer, most prominently for figures in organized crime and drug trafficking, as well as for a number of Oglala Lakota activists during criminal pro ...

(1923–2020), American attorney *

Ali Krieger Alexandra Blaire Krieger (born July 28, 1984) is an American soccer player for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's ...

, American soccer player *

Andreas Krieger Andreas Krieger (born 20 July 1965 in East Berlin) is a German former shot putter who competed on the women's East German athletics team at SC Dynamo Berlin as Heidi Krieger. He was systematically and unknowingly doped with anabolic steroids ...

(born 1966), German athlete *

Andreas Frederik Krieger Andreas Frederik Krieger (4 October 1817, Kolbjørnsvik – 27 September 1893) was a Danish politician, government minister, professor of law and supreme court judge. He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849, ...

(1817–1893), Danish politician *

Byron Krieger Byron Lester Krieger (July 20, 1920 – November 8, 2015) was an American foil, sabre and épée fencer. Krieger represented the United States in the Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne, and in the 1951 Pan American Games where he ...

(1920–2015), American Olympic fencer * Cornell Krieger, American soccer player *

Earl Krieger Earl Carlton "Irish" Krieger (August 30, 1896 – November 10, 1960) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and official in football and basketball. He was the third head football coach at B ...

(1896–1960), American college sports coach *

Eduard Krieger Eduard Franz Krieger (16 December 1946 – 20 December 2019) was an Austrian international footballer. Club career Krieger started his professional career at Austria Wien before moving abroad in 1975 to enjoy a very successful period at Ernst H ...

(1946–2019), Austrian footballer *

Eduardo Krieger Eduardo Moacyr Krieger (born June 27, 1928, Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian physician, physiologist and scientific leader, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Life Krieger was born to a family of German origins, i ...

(born 1928), Brazilian physician * Gerhard Johannes Krieger, German engineer *

Hans Krieger Hans Krieger (13 March 1933 – 9 January 2023) was a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet. Life Born in Frankfurt, Krieger studied German and Romance studies in Frankfurt, Mun ...

(born 1933), German writer *

Harold G. Krieger Harold G.A. Krieger (October 3, 1926 – April 22, 1995) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. Krieger was born in New Ulm, Minnesota. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Kriger received in bachelor's degree from ...

(1926–1995), American politician and judge * Helmut Krieger (born 1958), Polish shot putter *

Henry Krieger Henry Krieger (born February 9, 1945 in New York City) is an American musical theatre composer. He most notably wrote the music for the Broadway shows ''Dreamgirls'' (1981, with lyrics and book by Tom Eyen), ''The Tap Dance Kid'' (1983), and ''S ...

(born 1945), American composer * Holly Krieger, American mathematician * Johan Cornelius Krieger (1683–1755), Danish architect * Johann Krieger (1651–1735), German Baroque composer and brother to Johann Philipp *

Johann Nepomuk Krieger Johann Nepomuk Krieger (4 February 1865, Wiesenbach, Bavaria, Unterwiesenbach – 10 February 1902, Sanremo) was a draftsman and selenography, selenographer who produced detailed hand-drawn maps of the lunar surface at his Italian observatory. ...

(1865–1902), Bavarian selenographer *

Johann Philipp Krieger Johann Philipp Krieger (also ''Kriger'', ''Krüger'', ''Krugl'', and ''Giovanni Filippo Kriegher''; baptised 27 February 1649; died 7 February 1725) was a German people, German Baroque composer and organist. He was the elder brother of Johann Krieg ...

(1649–1725), German Baroque composer * Joseph Krieger (born 1986), Australian-rules footballer *

Kurt Krieger Kurt Ferdinand Krieger (September 16, 1926 – August 16, 1970), nicknamed "Dutch", was an Austrian-born American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in three Major League Baseball games for the St. Louis Cardinals ...

(1926–1970), Austrian-American baseball player *

Leonard Krieger Leonard Krieger (28 August 1918 – 12 October 1990) was an American historian who paid particular attention to Modern Europe, especially Germany. He was influential as an intellectual historian, and particularly for his discussion of historicism. ...

(1918-1990), American historian *

Louis Charles Christopher Krieger Louis Charles Christopher Krieger (11 February 1873 – 31 July 1940) was an American mycology, mycologist and botanical illustrator who was considered the finest painter of North American fungi. Personal life Born in Baltimore, Maryland on ...

(1873–1940) American mycologist and illustrator *

Martin Harvey Krieger Martin Harvey Krieger (born March 10, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American physicist, author, and emeritus professor with decades of teaching in public policy and urban planning. He is known for his research on mathematical models of urban ...

(born 1944), American physicist and professor of urban planning and public policy *

Mike Krieger Michel Krieger (born March 4, 1986) is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram along with Kevin Systrom, and served as its CTO. Instagram expanded from a few million users to 1 billion monthly active users ...

(born 1986), Brazilian-American entrepreneur and Instagram co-founder *

Murray Krieger Murray Krieger (November 27, 1923 – August 5, 2000) was an American literary critic and theorist. He was a professor at the University of Minnesota, the University of Iowa from 1963, and then the University of California, Irvine. In 1999, t ...

(1923–2000), American literary critic *

Pascal Krieger Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, Frenc ...

(born 1945), Swiss martial artist * Robby Krieger (born 1946), American guitarist * Solly Krieger (1909–1964), American boxer *

Tyler Krieger Tyler Bram Krieger (born January 16, 1994) is an American former professional switch-hitting baseball second baseman and outfielder.Ulrich Krieger Ulrich Krieger (born 1962 in Freiburg) is a German contemporary composer, performer, improviser and experimental rock musician based in Los Angeles. Krieger's artistic work spans a broad field from contemporary classical composition and free impro ...

(born 1962), German musician *

Wolfgang Krieger Wolfgang Krieger (born 3 June 3, 1940, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a German mathematician, specializing in analysis. Krieger studied mathematics and physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München from 1959, where he obtained his doctorate ...

(born 1940), German mathematician

Fictional characters

* Artix von Krieger, a character from multiple '' Artix Entertainment'' video games. * Courtney A. Krieger, a character from ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' * Dr. Algernop Krieger, head of the ISIS applied research department in ''Archer'' (TV series) Swiss-language surnames German-language surnames Swiss-German surnames Surnames from nicknames {{Warrior-surname