Strunk is a German surname, originating from the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...

word ''strunc'' and the

Middle Low German Middle Low German or Middle Saxon (autonym: ''Sassisch'', i.e. " Saxon", Standard High German: ', Modern Dutch: ') is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle Ages and has been documented i ...

word ''strunk''/''stronk'' meaning "stump", "stem of a cabbage plant", and "stalk", which was used as a nickname for "a short, stout, ungainly person"; it was also used as "a topographic name for someone who lived in an area with tree trunks" or a vegetable field. There are 2105 people with this surname in Germany, mostly in the west of the country. As of 2010, there were 8129 people in the United States with this surname. A spelling variant of the surname is Strunck, with 337 bearers in Germany.

Strunk

Amos Strunk Amos Aaron Strunk (January 22, 1889 – July 22, 1979) was a center fielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1908 through 1924. A member of four World Series champion teams, Strunk batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Philadelphia ...

(1889–1979), American baseball player *

Amy Adams Strunk Amy Adams Strunk (born September 29, 1955) is an American businesswoman best known as the controlling owner of the National Football League's Tennessee Titans. The daughter of the late owner Bud Adams, Strunk owns half of the Titans franchise, wi ...

(born 1955), American businesswoman * (1844–1922), abbot of

Oelenberg Abbey Oelenberg Abbey ( la, Abbatia B.M.V. de Oelenberg; french: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Oelenberg; gsw, Kloschter vum Eelabarg) is a Trappist monastery located in Reiningue near Mulhouse, France. It has been an important place of worship in Alsace since ...

* (1935–2009), German educator * (1883–1952), German politician *

Heinz Strunk Heinz Strunk, legal name Mathias Halfpape (born 17 May 1962) is a German novelist, humorist musician, actor and member of Hamburg-based comedy trio Studio Braun. Strunk’s comedy ranges from goofy prank calls to biting political and cultural ...

(born 1962), German novelist, humorist musician and actor * (1882–1933), German educator and politician * (born 1980), German chemist and university professor *

Jud Strunk Justin Roderick Strunk Jr. (June 11, 1936 – October 5, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter and comedian. Biography Early years Born in Jamestown, New York, United States, he was raised in Buffalo, New York, where as a small boy his sh ...

(1936–1981), American singer-songwriter and comedian * (1930–2018), German linguist and Indo-Europeanist * (born 1949), German installation and photo artist * (born 1974), German playwright and director * (born 1990), German actor and musician *

Oliver Strunk William Oliver Strunk (March 22, 1901 – February 24, 1980) was an American musicologist. Charles Rosen called him one of the most influential American musicologists of the 1930s–1960s.Rosen, Charles. "The Discipline of Philology: Oliver Strunk ...

(1901–1980), American musicologist * (1909–1972), German SS ''Hauptscharführer'' * (1929–2020), German psychiatrist, psychotherapist and university professor * (1941–2023), German Protestant theologian * Roger Lawrence Strunk, popularly known as

Rod Lauren Roger Lawrence "Rod" Strunk (March 20, 1941 – July 11, 2007), popularly known as Rod Lauren, was an American actor and singer. As an actor, he worked mostly in television, appearing in single episodes of '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Comba ...

(1941–2007), American actor and singer * (d. 1937), German journalist and war correspondent * (born 1952), German footballer *

William Strunk Jr. William Strunk Jr. (July 1, 1869 – September 26, 1946) was an American professor of English language, English at Cornell University and author of ''The Elements of Style'' (1918). After revision and enlargement by his former student E. B. White, ...

(1869–1946), American professor and author **

Strunk & White ''The Elements of Style'' is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary p ...

(The Elements of Style), a style guide to writing American English

Strunck/Strungk

* (1878–1962), German politician * (born 1970), German art historian * Delphin Strungk (or Strunck, 1600/1601–1694), German composer and organist * Erich Strunck, a Nazi German spy in the United States, of the Duquesne Spy Ring * James E. Strunck (1910–1988), American lawyer, politician, and judge * (born 1954), German footballer *

Nicklas Strunck Nicklas Strunck Jakobsen (; born 17 August 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Esbjerg fB. Youth career Strunck started his career with Ølstykke, but after being demoted to the second team, his father, Kenn S ...

(born 1999), Danish footballer *

Nicolaus Adam Strungk Nicolaus Adam Strungk (christened 15 November 1640 in Braunschweig – 23 September 1700 in Dresden) was a German composer and violinist. Life Nicolaus Adam was the son of the organist Delphin Strungk. He studied organ under his father, then a ...

(or Strunck, 1640–1700), German composer and violinist

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Strunck/Strungk

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