title: Kroger (surname)
text: # Kroger (surname)
  
  Kroger is a German surname, a variant of Krüger or a spelling of Kröger without diacritics. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Bernard Kroger (1860–1938), American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets
  * Chris Kroger (born 1968), American ski mountaineer
  * Harry Kroger, American physicist and electrical engineer
  * Helen Kroger (born 1959), former Australian politician
  * Henry Kroger (1906–1987), Australian cricketer
  * Jacob Kroger (died 1594), German goldsmith working for Anne of Denmark
  * John Kroger (born 1966), Oregon politician
  * Lona Cohen (1913–1992), Soviet spy known by the alias Helen Kroger
  * Max Kroger (1899–1989), Australian rules footballer
  * Michael Kroger (born 1957), businessman and a powerbroker within the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia
  * Mike Kroger (born 1951), American former politician
  * Morris Cohen (spy) (1910–1995), known by the alias Peter Kroger
  * William S. Kroger (1906–1995), psychiatrist and authority on hypnotism, hypnotherapy, and psychosomatic medicine
  
  ## Fictional
  
  * Charles Kroger, a character in the police TV drama Monk
  