Krug (surname)

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Krug is a German surname meaning jug, and therefore it is an occupational surname based on occupation of a jug/mug seller/manufacturer or of an innkeeper.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Krug (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Anita K. Krug, American legal scholar and academic administrator
• Arnold Krug (1849–1904), German composer
• Barbara Krug (born 1956), German athlete
• Charles Krug (1825–1892), founder of the first winery in Napa Valley, California
• Diederich Krug (1821–1880), German pianist and composer
• Edward A. Krug (1911–1979), American education historian
• Etienne Krug, Belgian physician and epidemiologist
• Frederick Krug (1855–1930), German founder of Krug Brewery and Krug Park in Omaha, Nebraska
• Hellmut Krug (born 1956), German football referee
• Jessica Krug, professor of history who revealed in 2020 that she had falsely pretended to have Afro-Caribbean heritage
• Johann-Joseph Krug (1800–1866), German founder of Champagne Krug (Champagnerhauses Krug)
• Judith Krug (1940–2009), American librarian
• Julius Albert Krug (1907–1970), American Secretary of the Interior under President Harry Truman
• Karl Wilhelm Leopold Krug (1833–1898), German botanist
• Lilly Krug (born 2001), German actress
• Manfred Krug (1937–2016), German writer and actor
• Marty Krug (1888–1966), German baseball player
• Mikhail Krug (1962–2002), Russian singer
• Róger Krug Guedes (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
• Shirley Krug (born 1958), American politician
• Spencer Krug (born 1977), Canadian musician
• Steve Krug (born 1950), a user-interface and user-experience designer
• Torey Krug (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Wilhelm Traugott Krug (1770–1842), German philosopher