Kroll

Kroll or Kröll is a German, Anglo-Saxon, and Scottish surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

Academia

• Josef Kroll (1889–1980), German classical philologist and university rector
• Judith F. Kroll, American college professor in California
• Wilhelm Kroll (1869–1939), German philologist

Entertainment

• Jack Kroll (c. 1928 – 2000), American drama and film critic
• Leon Kroll (1884–1974), American painter
• Lucy Kroll (1909–1997), American theatrical and literary agent
• Natasha Kroll (1914–2004), Moscow-born display and production designer in Germany
• Nick Kroll (born 1978), American actor and comedian, son of Jules
• William Kroll (1901–1980), American violinist and composer

Religion

• Leopold Kroll (1874–1946), missionary bishop of the Missionary District of Liberia
• Una Kroll (1925–2017), British nun, missionary doctor, and campaigner for women's ordination
• Woodrow M. Kroll (born 1944), American evangelist, principal of the Back to the Bible radio ministry

Science

• Kristen Kroll (born c. 1967), American developmental and stem cell biologist
• Norman Myles Kroll (1922–2004), American theoretical physicist
• William Justin Kroll (1889–1973), Luxemburger metallurgist, inventor of the Kroll process
• Wolfgang Kroll (1906–1992), German physicist

Sports

• Alex Kroll (1937–2024), American football player and advertising agency executive
• Bob Kroll (American football) (born 1950), American football player
• Gary Kroll (born 1941), American baseball player
• Klaus Kröll (born 1980), Austrian alpine ski racer
• Paul Kroll, American boxer
• Richard Kröll (1968–1996), Austrian alpine skier
• Robert Kroll (born 1972), German tennis player
• Steve Kroll (born 1997), German footballer
• Sylvio Kroll (born 1965), German gymnast
• Ted Kroll (1919–2002), American golfer
• Valentina Kröll (born 2002), Austrian footballer

Writing

• Fredric Kroll (1945–2026), American-German composer, writer and editor
• Harry Harrison Kroll (1888–1967), American writer, illustrator and English professor
• Jon Kroll, American producer, director, and writer
• Pierre Kroll (born 1958), Belgian cartoonist and caricaturist
• Steven Kroll (1941–2011), American children's book author

Other

• Bob Kroll (police officer) (born c. 1965), American police officer in Minneapolis
• Colin Kroll (1984–2018), American businessman
• Eric Kroll (born 1946), American photographer
• Fred J. Kroll (1935–1981), American labor union leader
• Hans Kroll (1898–1967), German diplomat
• Heinrich Kroll (1894-1930), German World War I flying ace
• Henryk Kroll (born 1949), Polish politician, leader of German minority in Poland
• Jack Kroll (labor leader) (1885–1971), London-born American labor leader
• Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), German serial killer
• Jules Kroll (born 1941), American businessman widely credited with founding the modern corporate investigations industry
• Lucien Kroll (1927–2022), Belgian architect
• Nicholas Kroll (born 1954), British civil servant

See also

• Krol
• Croll