Kruk (surname)
Appearance
Kruk is a surname. The word means "raven" in Polish, Belarusian, and Ukrainian languages. It means crutch, handle, stool in Dutch.
The surname may refer to:
- Elżbieta Kruk (born 1959), Polish politician
- Frances Kruk, Polish-Canadian poet
- Herman Kruk (1897–1944), Polish-Jewish activist during World War II
- Isaiah Kruk, birth surname of Isaiah Shavitt, , Israeli-American theoretical chemist
- Janusz Kruk, (1946–1992), Polish singer, guitarist and composer
- John Kruk (born 1961), American baseball player
- Jonathan Kruk, master storyteller who regularly performs at Historic Hudson Valley events
- Joseph Kruk (1885−1972), Polish-Jewish politician
- Mariusz Kruk, Polish sprint canoer
- Pavel Kruk (born 1992), Belarusian association football player
- Petro Kruk (born 1985), Ukrainian sprint canoer
- Pieter van der Kruk (1941–2020), Dutch weightlifter and shot putter
- Pieter van der Kruk Jr. (born 1972), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
- Svetlana Kruk (born 1979), Belarusian beauty queen
Fictional, characters
[edit]- Frank Kruk, protagonist of the eponymous novel by Petras Cvirka