The surname Kruse may refer to:
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Anine Kruse (born 1977), Norwegian music conductor
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August von Kruse
Major-General August von Kruse (1779 in Wiesbaden, Nassau (modern-day Germany) – January 1848), was a general in the army of the Duke of Nassau during the Napoleonic Wars and an experimental farmer in his retirement.
von Kruse organized the ...
(1779–1848), German general during the
Napoleonic Wars
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Frederik Vinding Kruse
Louis Frederik Vinding Kruse (1880–1963) was a Danish jurist. From 1914 to 1950 he was a professor at the school formerly known as '' Rets- og Statsvidenskabelige Fakultet'' (Jurisprudence and Political Science Faculty) (today known as the '' ...
(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
Kevin Michael Kruse (born 1972) is an American historian and a professor of history at Princeton University. His research interests include the political, social, and urban/suburban history of 20th-century America, with a particular focus on the ...
, American historian
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Max Kruse
Max Bennet Kruse (; born 19 March 1988) is a German professional footballer who last played as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.
Early years
Kruse was born in Reinbek, Kreis Stormarn, Schleswig-Holste ...
, several people
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Robbie Kruse (born 1988), Australian footballer
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Rüdiger Kruse
Rüdiger Kruse (born 10 June 1961) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 to 2021.
Education and early career
Kruse was born in Hamburg, West Germany. After attend ...
(born 1961), German politician
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Sigrid Kruse
Sigrid Maria Kruse (2 September 1867 – 19 September 1950) was a Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist. In addition to her teaching activities in Karlskrona, she strongly supported the suffrage movement, contributing articles to mag ...
(1867–1950), Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist
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Tom Kruse (inventor)
Hoveround is an American corporation that manufactures and distributes the Hoveround brand of power wheelchairs (also known as motorized wheelchairs) and sells scooters, lifts, ramps and power chair accessories.
The company, founded in 1992 by ...
, 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
George Thomas Kruse (2 February 1880 – 30 March 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
*Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this ...
(1880–1965), Australian footballer
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William F. Kruse
William F. Kruse (1894–1979) was an important head of the Young People's Socialist League (YPSL) in the 1910s. He was a member of the Socialist Party of America until 1921, acting as a leader of the party's Left Wing faction, loyal to the T ...
(1894–1952), American socialist journalist and functionary
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