The surname Kruse may refer to:
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Anine Kruse
Anine Susanne Kruse Skatrud (born 1 November 1977 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician and choral conductor, the daughter of Professor of Music Gro Shetelig and the composer Bjørn Kruse, sister of actress and singers Jannike and Benedik ...
(born 1977), Norwegian music conductor
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August von Kruse (1779–1848), German general during the
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
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Frederik Vinding Kruse (1880–1963), Danish jurist
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Käthe Kruse
Käthe Kruse, born Katharina Simon (17 September 1883, in Dąbrowa, Opole County, Dambrau – 19 July 1968, in Murnau am Staffelsee) was a notable pioneer of German doll-making and went on to establish manufacturing principles which persist to this ...
(1883–1968), German dollmaker
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Kevin M. Kruse, American historian
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Max Kruse, several people
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Robbie Kruse
Robbie Thomas Kruse ( ; ; born 5 October 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who last played as a forward for Melbourne Victory and the Australia national team. He played his junior football with Albany Creek in the Pine Rivers dis ...
(born 1988), Australian footballer
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Rüdiger Kruse (born 1961), German politician
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Sigrid Kruse (1867–1950), Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist
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Tom Kruse (inventor), inventor of the Hoveround, a type of electric wheelchair
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Tom Kruse (mailman)
Esmond Gerald "Tom" Kruse MBE (28 August 1914 – 30 June 2011) was a mail carrier on the Birdsville Track in the border area between South Australia and Queensland. He became known nationally as the result of John Heyer's 1954 film ''The Back ...
(1914–2011), Australian mailman, featured in documentary ''The Back of Beyond''
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George Kruse (1880–1965), Australian footballer
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William F. Kruse (1894–1952), American socialist journalist and functionary
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