The surname Kruse may refer to:
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Anine Kruse
Anine Susanne Kruse Skatrud (born 1 November 1977 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician and choral conductor, the daughter of Professor of Music Gro Shetelig and the composer Bjørn Kruse, sister of actress and singers Jannike and Benedikte ...
(born 1977), Norwegian music conductor
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August von Kruse (1779–1848), German general during the
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
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Frederik Vinding Kruse (1880–1963), Danish jurist
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Käthe Kruse
Käthe Kruse, born Katharina Simon (17 September 1883, in Dambrau – 19 July 1968, in Murnau am Staffelsee) was a notable pioneer of German doll-making and went on to establish manufacturing principles which persist to this day. Her original dol ...
(1883–1968), German dollmaker
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Kevin M. Kruse
Kevin Michael Kruse (born 1972) is an American historian and a professor of history at Princeton University. His research interests include the political, social, and urban/suburban history of 20th-century America, with a particular focus on the ...
, American historian
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Max Kruse
Max Bennet Kruse (; born 19 March 1988) is a German professional footballer who last played as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.
Early years
Kruse was born in Reinbek, Kreis Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstei ...
, several people
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Robbie Kruse
Robbie Thomas Kruse ( ; ; born 5 October 1988) is an Australian professional Association football, footballer who last played as a Forward (association football), forward for Melbourne Victory FC, Melbourne Victory and the Australia national ass ...
(born 1988), Australian footballer
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Rüdiger Kruse (born 1961), German politician
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Sigrid Kruse (1867–1950), Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist
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Tom Kruse (inventor), inventor of the Hoveround, a type of electric wheelchair
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Tom Kruse (mailman)
Esmond Gerald "Tom" Kruse MBE (28 August 1914 – 30 June 2011) was a mail carrier on the Birdsville Track in the border area between South Australia and Queensland. He became known nationally as the result of John Heyer's 1954 film '' The ...
(1914–2011), Australian mailman, featured in documentary ''The Back of Beyond''
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George Kruse (1880–1965), Australian footballer
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William F. Kruse (1894–1952), American socialist journalist and functionary
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