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
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
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
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, 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
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
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 (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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