Kruk (surname)

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Kruk is a surname. The word means "raven" in Polish, Belarusian, and Ukrainian languages. It means crutch, handle, stool in Dutch.

The surname may refer to:

* Elżbieta Kruk (born 1959), Polish politician
* Frances Kruk, Polish-Canadian poet
* Herman Kruk (1897–1944), Polish-Jewish activist during World War II
* Isaiah Kruk, birth surname of Isaiah Shavitt, , Israeli-American theoretical chemist
* Janusz Kruk, (1946–1992), Polish singer, guitarist and composer
* John Kruk (born 1961), American baseball player
* Jonathan Kruk, master storyteller who regularly performs at Historic Hudson Valley events
* Joseph Kruk (1885−1972), Polish-Jewish politician
* Mariusz Kruk, Polish sprint canoer
* Pavel Kruk (born 1992), Belarusian association football player
* Petro Kruk (born 1985), Ukrainian sprint canoer
* Pieter van der Kruk (1941–2020), Dutch weightlifter and shot putter
* Pieter van der Kruk Jr. (born 1972), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
* Svetlana Kruk (born 1979), Belarusian beauty queen

## Fictional, characters[edit]

* Frank Kruk, protagonist of the eponymous novel by Petras Cvirka

## See also[edit]

* All pages with titles containing Kruk
* Krük
* Kreuk

Surname list

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Family names derived from the word "raven"/"crow"/"rook"

Germanic|

* North Germanic: Ravn
* West Germanic: De Raaf, Raaf, Raab, Raabe, Rabe, Raven

Romance|

* Latin: Corvus
* French: Corbeau
* Iberian: Cuervo, Corvo
* Italian: Corvo, Corbo

Slavic|

* East Slavic: Voron, Vorona, Voronov, Voronin
* South Slavic: Gavran
* West Slavic: Havran, Havránek, Gawron, Kruk, Wrona

Other|

* Baltic: Krauklis, Varnas
* Estonian: Vares
* Finnish: Korppi, Varis
* Hungarian: Holló, Varjú

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