Kroll Explained

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

Notable people with the surname include:

Academia

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 Kroll
William Kroll (1901–1980), American violinist and composer

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

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

Alex Kroll (born 1937), American gridiron football player and advertising agency executive
Bob Kroll (American football) (born 1950), American gridiron 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

Fredric Kroll (born 1945), American composer and writer
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

Bob Kroll (police officer) (born c. 1965), American former police officer in Minneapolis
Colin Kroll (1984–2018), American businessman; co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia
Eric Kroll (born 1946), American photographer
Fred J. Kroll (1935–1981), American labor union leader
Hans Kroll (1898–1967), German career 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