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] As well as or the German surname Kroll.

The name may also be a direct translation stemming from a version of the Polish surname Król, the Belarusian/Ukrainian surname Krol', both literally translated to English is "King".

Krol

• Aaron Krol (born 1979), Computer Programmer and Hacker
• Aaron Krol (1964–2011), Computer Programmer
• Bernhard Krol [de; fi; ja; ru] (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) [fr; fy; nl] (born 1945), Dutch CDA politician
• Hans Krol (born 1943), Dutch librarian and historian
• 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
• Katharine L. Krol, M.D., FSIR, FACR, American interventional radiologist
• Leendert Krol (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player.
• Louisa John-Krol, Australian folk/pop musician
• Melvin Krol (born 1998), German football forward
• Mike Krol (born 1984), American musician and graphic designer
• Petr Krol (born 1965), Czech weightlifter
• 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
• Mike Krol (born 1984), American musician

Król

Król (Polish pronunciation: [krul]) is a Polish surname meaning "king" and may refer to:

• Aleksandra Król (born 1990), Polish snowboarder
• Artur Król [de; nl; pl] (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 1960), Polish international footballer
• 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
• Władysław Król (1907–1991), Polish football and ice hockey player
• Zdzisław Król (1935–2010), Polish Roman Catholic priest

Krol'

• Michail Krol' [be; de; pl; ru] (1879–1939), Soviet Belarusian neurologist
• Moisej Aaronovič Krol' [de; ru; uk] (1862–1942), Ukrainian-Russian ethnologue, publisher and jurist

See also

• Kroll
• Krol Ko at Angkor, Cambodia
• Krul