Krol
Krol is a surname of several possible origins.
It may be a Dutch surname. It originally was a nickname of someone with curly hair (krul still means "curl" in Modern Dutch).[1]
The name may also be a simplification of the Polish surname Król, the Belarussian/Ukrainian surname Krol', both literally meaning "king", or the German surname Kroll.
Notable people with the surname include:
Krol
- Bernhard Krol (1920–2015), German horn player and composer
- Ed Krol (born 1951), American internet pioneer and technology writer
- George A. Krol (born 1956), American diplomat
- Gerrit Krol (1934–2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer
- Gerrit Krol (politician) (born 1945), Dutch CDA politician
- Henk Krol (born 1950), Dutch journalist, publisher, and politician
- Ian Krol (born 1991), American baseball pitcher
- Jack Krol (1936–1994), American baseball coach and manager
- Joe Krol (1915-1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joe Krol (1919–2008), Canadian Football League player
- John Krol (1910–1996), American Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Louisa John-Krol, Australian folk/pop musician
- Melvin Krol (born 1998), German football forward
- Petra Krol (fl. 1970s), East German slalom canoeist
- Ruud Krol (born 1949), Dutch footballer and coach
- Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1595–1674), Dutch Director-General of New Netherland
- Thomas Krol (born 1992), Dutch speed skater
- Torsten Krol, Australian novelist
Król
Król (Polish pronunciation: [krul]) is a Polish surname meaning "king" and may refer to:
- Aleksandra Król (born 1990), Polish snowboarder
- Artur Król (born 1983), Polish racing cyclist
- Jan Król (born 1950), Polish economist and politician
- Joachim Król (born 1957), German actor of Polish descent
- Kamil Król (born 1987), Polish football striker
- Krzysztof Król (born 1987), Polish football defender
- Marcin Król z Żurawicy (c. 1422–1460), Polish mathematician, astronomer, and physician
- Paweł Król (born 1987), Polish football defender
- Piotr Marek Król (born 1974), Polish politician
- Rafał Król (born 1989), Polish football midfielder
- Stanisław Król (1916–1944), Polish fighter pilot
- Wacław Król (1915–1991), Polish military pilot
- Wiesław Król (born 1938), Polish hurdler
- Zdzisław Król (1935–2010), Polish Roman Catholic priest
Krol'
- Michail Krol' (1879–1939), Soviet Belorussian neurologist
- Moisej Aaronovič Krol' (1862–1942), Ukrainian-Russian ethnologue, publisher and jurist
See also
References
This page lists people with the surname Krol.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.