Kruse
Kruse is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Kruse is a Low German form of the name Krause and is more common in the north, especially in East Friesland and Schleswig-Holstein .
variants
- Cruse
- Latinized : Crusius
- von Kruse, see Kruse (noble family)
Name bearer
A.
- Albert Kruse (1892 – after 1951), religious (Franciscan), missionary in Brazil and ethnographic author
- Alfred Kruse (1912 – after 1970), German economist and university professor
- Almut Kruse , maiden name of Almut Kottwitz (* 1952), German engineer, civil servant and politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen)
- Andreas Kruse (* 1955), German gerontologist
- Andreas Theodor Kruse (1787–1873), German businessman, politician and local researcher
- Anja Kruse (* 1956), German actress
- Annemarie von Jakimow-Kruse (1889–1977), German painter
- August von Kruse (1779–1848), German general
- August Kruse (* 1941), Russian bishop
- Axel Kruse (author) (* 1963), German author
- Axel Kruse (* 1967), German soccer player
B.
- Benjamin Kruse (* 1978), German soccer player
- Bernd Kruse (1940–2018), German rower
- Bernhard Kruse (1879–1955), German trade unionist
- Bjørn Howard Kruse (* 1946), Norwegian composer and jazz musician
- Bruno Kruse (1855–1934), German sculptor
C.
- Christian Kruse (historian) (1753–1827), German historian and educator
- Christian Kruse (businessman) (1818–1898), head of the Kiel city council, honorary citizen of Kiel
- Christian Kruse (artist) (1876–1953), Swedish artist
- Christiane Kruse (art historian, 1954) (* 1954), German art historian
- Christiane Kruse (art historian, 1961) (* 1961), German art historian
- Claus-Robert Kruse (* 1948), German musician, arranger, composer and music producer
D.
- Dirk Kruse (* 1964), German journalist and writer
E.
- Edvard Kruse (1900–1968), Greenland councilor, catechist, poet, artist and journalist
- Edward H. Kruse (1918–2000), American politician
- Elin Kruse (* 1993), Faroese soccer player
- Elke Kruse (* 1958), German drummer
- Elke Kruse (educational scientist) (* 1967), German educational scientist, social pedagogue and university teacher
- Else Kruse (1889–1971), German politician (KPD)
- Enevold Kruse (1554–1621), Danish nobleman
- Ernst Kruse (historian) (1862 – after 1895), German teacher, historian and university professor
- Ernst Kruse (soldier) (1915–1944), German soldier
- Ernst Christian Kruse (1764–1846), German preacher and historian
- Ernst Christian Carl Kruse (1837–1900), German doctor and politician
- Eva Kruse (* 1978), German jazz bassist
F.
- Ferdinand Kruse (1921–2002), German politician (CDU)
- Francis Kruse (1854–1930), German lawyer and politician
- Frank Kruse (* 1968), German sound designer
- Franziska Kruse (* 1982), German actress
- Fred Kruse , German author, physicist and IT specialist
- Friedrich Kruse (physician) (1896–1981), German pediatrician
- Friedrich Ferdinand Heinrich Kruse (also Fritz Kruse ; 1874–1945), German captain
- Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse (1790–1866), German historian
- Fritz Kruse (businessman) (1881–1946), German businessman and nutrition reformer
G
- Georg Kruse (1830–1908), German actor and writer
- Georg Richard Kruse (1856–1944), German music researcher
- Gertraude Kruse (* 1939), German politician (SPD)
- Gottschalk Kruse (1499–1540), German theologian and reformer
H
- Hans Kruse (local history researcher) (1882–1941), Westphalian local history researcher, teacher and director of the Siegerland Museum and the Siegen City Archives
- Hans Kruse (legal scholar) (1921–1990), German legal scholar
- Hans EB Kruse (1891–1968), German businessman and politician, Senator in Hamburg
- Hans-Henning Kruse (1940-2017), German journalist
- Hans Jakob Kruse (1929–2014), German manager and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Hans-Jürgen Kruse (also Jürgen Kruse ; * 1935), German cameraman
- Hans-Stefan Kruse (* 1940), German diplomat
- Harald Kruse (1923–1988), German composer and pianist
- Heinrich Kruse (1815–1902), German writer and journalist
- Heinrich Kruse (civil servant) (* 1891), Deputy Commander of the Ordnungspolizei in the Higher Presidium of Münster
- Heinrich Kruse (politician) (* 1946), German politician (CDU)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Kruse (1931–2019), German lawyer and legal scholar
- Heinz Kruse (1940-2008), German singer (tenor)
- Hellmut Kruse (1926–2018), German entrepreneur
- Helmut Kruse (archaeologist) (1908–1999), German archaeologist and lawyer
- Helmut Kruse (church musician) (1936–2009), German church musician
- Helmut Kruse (landscape architect) , 20th century, German landscape gardener
- Henning Kruse (bell founder) (before 1532 – after 1562), German bell and gun founder
- Henning Kruse (journalist) , German journalist
- Hermann Kruse (Latinized Crispinus ; † 1599), German clergyman
- Hermann Kruse (painter) (1864 – after 1925), German painter
- Hero Kruse († 1952), German administrative lawyer
- Hinrich Kruse (1916–1994), German writer and radio play author
- Horst Kruse (historian) (* 1930), German historian
- Horst Kruse (refrigeration engineer) (* 1932), German refrigeration engineer and university professor
- Horst H. Kruse (* around 1930), German Anglicist, Americanist and university professor
I.
- Ida Kruse (* 1996), German rower
- Ingrid von Kruse (* 1935) German photographer
- Iris Kruse (* 1970), German Germanist and university professor for didactics of German literature
- Iven Kruse (1865–1926), German poet and writer
J
- Jan Kruse (actor, 1943) (* 1943), Swedish actor
- Jan Kruse (comic book author) (* 1946), Dutch comic book author
- Jan Kruse (film producer) (* 1969), German film producer
- Jan Kruse (linguist) (* 1971), German linguist and translator
- Jan Kruse (special effects artist) (* 1974), German special effects artist
- Jan Kruse (actor, II) , actor
- Jens-Martin Kruse (* 1969) German Evangelical-Lutheran chief pastor
- Joachim Kruse (pastor) (1604–1640), pastor
- Joachim von Kruse (1912–1993), farmer and author
- Joachim Kruse (art historian) (* 1929), German art historian and museum director
- Joachim Kruse (psychologist) (* around 1968), German psychologist and university professor
- Jochen Kruse (* 1955), German journalist
- Johann Kruse (lay brother) († after 1345), German lay brother
- Johann Kruse (councilor) († 1598), German businessman and politician, councilor in Lübeck
- Johann Kruse (politician) († 1926), German politician (SPD)
- Johann Kruse (witch researcher) (1889–1983), German teacher and folklorist
- Johann Christian Kruse (1818–1898), German politician
- Johann Jakob Kruse (1809–1873), German educator
- Johannes Kruse (clergyman) († around 1528), German clergyman , prior of Appingen
- Johannes Kruse (Rector) († after 1531), German theologian and university professor
- John Kruse (art historian) (1865–1914), Swedish art historian
- John Kruse (author) (1921-2004) British author
- Jörn Kruse (* 1948), German economist and university professor
- Joseph Anton Kruse (* 1944), German literary scholar
- Jürgen Kruse (bell founder) († after 1547), German bell founder
- Jürgen Kruse (director) (* 1959), German theater director
- Jürgen Kruse (lawyer) (* 1959), German lawyer and university professor
- Jürgen Kruse (musician) (* 1971), German pianist
- Jürgen D. Kruse-Jarres (* 1937), German physician
- Jürgen Elert Kruse (1709–1775), German educator and author
- Jutta Kruse (* 1940), German table tennis player
K
- Kai Kruse (* 1991), German paracyclist
- Karl Kruse (entrepreneur) (1925–2019), German entrepreneur and company founder
- Karl Bernhard Kruse (1952–2020), German building historian and curator
- Karl Friedrich von Kruse (1737–1806), German civil servant in Nassau-Usingen
- Karl-Kristian Kruse (* 1974), Greenlandic politician (Siumut)
- Käthe Kruse (1883–1968), German doll maker
- Käthe Kruse , pseudonym of Elke Kruse (* 1958), German musician and artist
- Kuno Kruse (* 1953), German journalist and author
L.
- Lara-Mersini Kruse (* 1998), German actress
- Lauritz Kruse (1778–1839), German-Danish writer
- Lenelis Kruse-Graumann (* 1942), German psychologist
- Line Kruse (musician) (* around 1972), Danish violinist
- Line Kruse (actress) (* 1975), Danish actress
- Line Damkjær Kruse (* 1988), Danish badminton player
- Ludwig Kruse (1881 – after 1952), German bank manager
- Lukas Kruse (* 1983), German soccer player
M.
- Maren Kruse (* 1957), German politician (SPD)
- Margot Kruse (1928–2013), German Romanist
- Marlen Kruse (* 1990), German actress
- Marquard Kruse von Sande , German knight and head coach
- Martin Kruse (* 1929), German theologian and clergyman, bishop in Berlin-Brandenburg
- Matthias Werner Kruse (1919–2007), German writer
- Max Kruse (sculptor) (1854–1942), German sculptor
- Max Kruse (author) (1921-2015), German writer
- Max Kruse (soccer player) (* 1988), German soccer player
- Michael Kruse (* 1983), German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
- Monika Kruse (* 1971), German DJ and music producer
N
- Norbert Kruse (Germanist, 1942) (* 1942), German Germanist, language didactic and university professor in Weingarten
- Norbert Kruse (chemist) (* 1950), chemist and university professor
- Norbert Kruse (Germanist, 1954) (* 1954), German Germanist, German didactic specialist and university professor in Kassel
O
- Olaf Kruse (* 1961), German biologist, biochemist and university professor
- Oliver Kruse (* 1965), German artist
- Oskar Kruse (also Oskar Kruse-Lietzenburg ; 1847–1919), German painter
- Otto Kruse (* 1948), German psychologist
- Otto Friedrich Kruse (1801–1880), German teacher of the deaf and dumb
P
- Patrick Rupert-Kruse (* 1976), German media scientist and university professor
- Paul Kruse (* 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Peter Kruse (journalist) (1938–2019), German journalist and editor-in-chief
- Peter Kruse (1955–2015), German psychologist
- Peter Kruse (cartoonist) , German cartoonist and illustrator
- Peter Jochen Kruse (1929-2007), German lawyer and politician (FDP)
R.
- Robbie Kruse (* 1988), Australian soccer player
- Rolf Kruse (physician) (1928–2010), German physician and medical historian
- Rolf Kruse (politician) (* 1940), German politician (CDU)
- Rüdiger Kruse (* 1961), German politician (CDU)
- Rüdiger Hans Kruse (* 1961), German genealogist and author
- Rudolf Kruse (* 1952), German computer scientist and mathematician
S.
- Sigrid Kruse (* 1941), German writer
- Stefan Kruse , German American football player
- Susanne Kruse (* 1986), German journalist and news anchor
T
- Tatjana Kruse (* 1960), German writer
- Theodor Kruse (* 1948), German politician (CDU)
- Thomas Kruse (soccer player) (* 1959), German soccer player
- Thomas Kruse (historian) (* 1961), German ancient historian and papyrologist
- Tim Kruse (* 1983), German soccer player
- Timm Kruse (* 1970), German writer and TV journalist
- Tobias Kruse (* 1898), Greenland State Councilor
U
- Uve Jens Kruse , pseudonym of Broder Christiansen (1869–1958), German philosopher and linguist
V
- Volker Kruse (* 1954), German sociologist
W.
- Walter Kruse (doctor) (also Walther Kruse ; 1864–1943), German hygienist and bacteriologist
- Walter Kruse (artist) (1912–1999), German sculptor
- Waltraut Kruse (1925–2019), German politician, mayor of Aachen
- Werner Kruse (art historian) (1886–1968), German art historian
- Werner Kruse (composer) (1910–2005), Swiss pianist and composer
- Wichmann Kruse (1464–1534), German legal scholar and theologian
- Wiebke Kruse (around 1605–1648), Danish mistress of King Christian IV.
- Wilhelm Kruse (1887–1960), German sculptor
- Wolf Dieter Kruse (1924–2018), German entrepreneur and President of Gesamttextil
- Wolfgang Kruse (* 1957), German historian and university professor
- Wulf Traugott Kruse (* 1936), German theologian and politician (FDP)