Kramer (surname)

Kramer is a surname, Template:Pron-en, related to the German surname Krämer or Dutch Kramer (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɛːmɐ] or [ˈkʁeːmɐ]).

The name derived from the old German appellation krâmer for the profession of travelling merchants in the Late Middle Ages, the meaning later changed to "merchants trading with different, rather small things".

People with this name

• Alexander Kramer, New Zealand visual effects artist
• Billy J. Kramer (1943–), British merseybeat singer
• Burton Kramer (1932–), Canadian graphic designer and artist
• Charles Kramer, (20th century), American economist, spy for the Soviet Union in the 1940s
• Charles Kramer (politician), (1879–1943), Californian Representative
• Christina Kramer, (contemporary), University of Toronto Professor of Slavic and Balkan languages
• Clare Kramer (1974–), American actress
• David Kramer (1951–), South African singer
• Eddie Kramer (1941–), audio engineer and producer, worked with musical groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
• Edward E. Kramer (1961–), American editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror works
• Eiling Kramer (1914–1999), Canadian Politician
• Erik Kramer (1964–), Former NFL & CFL quarterback
• Gorni Kramer (1913–1995), Italian songwriter, musician, and band leader
• Felix Kramer, founder of CalCars
• Heinrich Kramer a.k.a Heinrich Institor (c. 1430–1505), Alsatian churchman and inquisitor
• Hilton Kramer (1928–), art critic
• Jack Kramer (tennis player) (John Albert Kramer) (1921–), American champion tennis player
• Jana Kramer (1983–), American actress
• Jerry Kramer (1936–), American professional football player
• Joey Kramer (1950–), American musician with the group Aerosmith
• Joseph A. Kramer III (1980–), American Famous Chef
• Josef Kramer (1906–1945), German commander of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
• Kenny Kramer (1943–), real-life model for the character of Cosmo Kramer in the sitcom Seinfeld
• Kent Kramer (1944–), American professional football player
• Larry Kramer (1935–), American dramatist, author and gay rights activist
• Dame Leonie Kramer, (1924–) Australian academic and commentator
• Mark Kramer (jazz pianist), (1945-) American jazz musician from Philadelphia
• Mark Kramer (1958–), American alternative rock musician, producer and founder of the record label Shimmy Disc, known professionally as Kramer
• Martin Kramer (1954–), American author on Islam and Arab politics
• Max Kramer (1903–1986), German scientist, developed Ruhrstahl X-4 missile (1943-1945)
• Michiel Kramer (1988–), Dutch footballer
• Nick A. Kramer (1972–), Actor, musician, juggler.
• Peter D. Kramer (contemporary), American psychiatrist and author
• Philip Taylor Kramer (1952–1995), American physicist and musician with the group Iron Butterfly
• Samuel Noah Kramer (1897–1990), historian
• Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), American movie director and producer
• Stefan Kramer Solé (1982–), Chilean comedian and impersonator
• Susan Kramer (1950–), English politician, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament
• Sven Kramer (1986–), Dutch speed skater
• Stepfanie Kramer (1956–), American actress and singer
• Tommy Kramer, former American football quarterback
• Wayne Kramer (filmmaker) (1965–), South African screenwriter and film director
• Wayne Kramer (guitarist) (1948–), American musician with the group MC5
• Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer (–1765), German-born Austrian Hungarian botanist, physician and military surgeon
• Wolfgang Kramer, (1942–) German game designer
• Yep Kramer, (1957–), Dutch speed skater

Fictional people

• Bernard Kramer, founder of the corporation Kramer Associates in Robert Sobel's alternate history novel For Want of a Nail
• Cosmo Kramer, a character in the television series Seinfeld
• John Kramer, a fictional character in the Saw film series
• Tromp Kramer, Afrikaner Detective in James McClure's Kramer and Zondi novels

See also

• Krämer (Kraemer)
• Cramer
• Kremer, Cremer