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Academia

* Josef Kroll (1889–1980), German classical philologist and university rector * Judith F. Kroll, American college professor in California *

Wilhelm Kroll Wilhelm Kroll (; ; October 7, 1869 – April 21, 1939) was a German classicist who was a full professor at the Universities of Greifswald (1899–1906), Münster (1906–1913) and Breslau (1913–1935). Education and career Kroll was born in the ...

(1869–1939), German philologist

Entertainment

Jack Kroll John Kroll (''ca.'' 1926 – June 8, 2000) was an American drama and film critic. His career at ''Newsweek'' spanned 37 years—more than half the publication's existence. Biography Kroll was born in Manhattan. His mother was an Earl Carroll sho ...

(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 Natasha Kroll (1914–2004) was a display and production designer born in Moscow, who moved to Germany with her family in 1922. Most widely known for her production design at the BBC in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Kroll went on to design severa ...

(1914–2004), Moscow-born display and production designer in Germany *

Nick Kroll Nicholas Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for the FX (TV channel), FX comedy series ''The League'' (2009–2015), creating and starring in the Comedy Central series ''Kroll Show'' (20 ...

(born 1978), American actor and comedian, son of Jules Kroll *

William Kroll William Kroll (; 30 January 1901 – 10 March 1980) was an American violinist and composer. His most famous composition is ''Banjo and Fiddle'' for violin and piano. Biography William Kroll was born in New York City and died in Boston, Massac ...

(1901–1980), American violinist and composer

Religion

* Leopold Kroll (1874–1946), missionary bishop of the Missionary District of Liberia *

Una Kroll Una Margaret Patricia Kroll (nee Hill, 15 December 1925 – 6 January 2017) was a British nun, missionary doctor, priest, and campaigner for women's ordination. Early life Kroll was born in London, and grew up in Paris, Latvia, and London. Her ...

(1925-2017), British nun, missionary doctor, and campaigner for women's ordination *

Woodrow M. Kroll Woodrow Michael Kroll (born October 21, 1944) is an evangelical preacher and radio host. He was the president and Bible teacher for the international ''Back to the Bible'' radio and television ministry. He was president of Davis College (New York) ...

(born 1944), American evangelist, principal of the ''Back to the Bible'' radio ministry

Science

Kristen Kroll Kristen Kroll is an American developmental and stem cell biologist and Professor of Developmental biology, Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine. Her laboratory studies transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of bra ...

(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 The Kroll process is a pyrometallurgical industrial process used to produce metallic titanium from titanium tetrachloride. As of 2001 William Justin Kroll's process replaced the Hunter process for almost all commercial production. Process In the ...

Wolfgang Kroll Wolfgang Kroll (March 21, 1906 – February 28, 1992) was a physicist, born in Greifswald, northern Germany, who received his doctorate in physics from the University of Breslau in 1930. He spent the next few years in Leipzig conducting postdocto ...

(1906–1992), German physicist

Sports

Alex Kroll Alexander Stanley Kroll (November 23, 1937 – December 17, 2024) was an American professional football player and an advertising agency executive at Young & Rubicam, where he was CEO for ten years. Early life and football Kroll's father worke ...

(1937–2024), American gridiron football player and advertising agency executive * Bob Kroll (American football) (born 1950), American gridiron football player *

Gary Kroll Gary Melvin Kroll (born July 8, 1941) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1964 and 1969. He appeared in a total of 71 major-league games for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Me ...

(born 1941), American baseball player *

Klaus Kröll Klaus Kröll (born 24 April 1980) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. He specialized in the speed events of downhill and super-G and won the World Cup downhill season title in 2012. He competed in three Winter Olympics and th ...

(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 Ted J. Kroll (August 4, 1919 – April 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer. Early life Kroll was born in New Hartford, New York. He served in the United States Army during World War II, from January 1942 to November 1945, and earned thr ...

(1919–2002), American golfer * Valentina Kröll (born 2002), Austrian footballer

Writing

* Fredric Kroll (born 1945), American composer and writer * Harry Harrison Kroll (1888–1967), American writer, illustrator and English professor *

Jon Kroll Jon Kroll is an American producer, director, and writer who has worked in film and both scripted and non-scripted television. His work in television has been seen on a variety of broadcast and cable networks over the past 30 years. He is best know ...

, American producer, director, and writer * Pierre Kroll (born 1958), Belgian cartoonist and caricaturist * Steven Kroll (1941–2011), American children's book author

Other

Bob Kroll (police officer) Robert J. Kroll (born 1965) is an American former police officer and member of the Minneapolis Police Department. He was the president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the police union for the police department, from 2015 to 202 ...

(born c. 1965), American former police officer in Minneapolis * Colin Kroll (1984–2018), American businessman; co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia *

Eric Kroll Eric David Kroll (born October 23, 1946) is an American photojournalist, fetish photographer, erotica historian, and book editor. Work Eric Kroll's commercial work began in Taos, New Mexico in 1969, when he partnered with friend Sam Bruskin t ...

(born 1946), American photographer * Fred J. Kroll (1935–1981), American labor union leader * Hans Kroll (1898–1967), German career diplomat *

Heinrich Kroll ''Oberleutnant'' Henrich Claudius Kroll (3 November 1894 – 21 February 1930) Pour le Merite, Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Saxony's Albert Order Knight Second Class with Swords, Iron Cross First and Second Class, was ...

(1894-1930), German World War I flying ace * Henryk Kroll (born 1949), Polish politician, leader of German minority in Poland *

Jack Kroll (labor leader) Jack Kroll (June 10, 1885 – May 26, 1971) was a 20th-century London-born American labor leader. He served as vice president (1928–1966) of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACW) under Sidney Hillman, affiliated throughout with eithe ...

(1885–1971), London-born American labor leader * Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), German serial killer *

Jules Kroll Jules B. Kroll (born May 18, 1941) is an American businessman who is executive chair and co-founder of K2 Integrity. In 1972, he established Kroll, Inc. In 2004, Kroll was sold to Marsh & McLennan Companies for $1.9 billion. In 2009, Kroll fou ...

(born 1941), American businessman widely credited with founding the modern corporate investigations industry *

Lucien Kroll Lucien Kroll (13 March 1927 – 1 August 2022) was a Belgian architect. With his wife, Simone Kroll, he founded the Atelier d’Architecture Simone & Lucien Kroll. They are considered to be the founders—as early as 1960—of participatory arch ...

(1927–2022), Belgian architect * Nicholas Kroll (born 1954), British civil servant