Stroop is a Dutch language, Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include: * John Ridley Stroop (1897–1973), American psychologist, after whom the Stroop effect was named * Jürgen Stroop (1895–1952), German SS commander responsible for the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto; executed for war crimes * Paul D. Stroop (1904–1995), officer of the United States Navy and a naval aviator

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