Kraft (surname)

Kraft is a German surname that means "strength", "power".[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Kraft (c. 1455–1509), German sculptor
• Anders Kraft (born 1968), Swedish journalist and news anchor
• Antonín Kraft (1749–1820), Czech cellist and composer
• Charles H. Kraft (born 1932), anthropologist
• Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. (1924–2019), NASA flight director
• Eric Kraft (born 1944), American author
• Hannelore Kraft (born 1961), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Herbert C. Kraft (1927–2000), American archaeologist
• James L. Kraft (1874–1953), founder of Kraft Foods
• Leo Kraft (1922–2014), American composer, author, and educator
• Milan Kraft (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
• Nina Kraft (1968–2020), German triathlete
• Norbert Kraft (born 1950), Canadian guitarist
• Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980), Danish journalist and politician
• Patrick Kraft, College athletic director
• Rainer Kraft (born 1974), German politician
• Randy Steven Kraft (born 1945), American serial killer
• Robert Kraft (born 1941), American football executive
• Robert Kraft (astronomer) (1927–2015), American astronomer
• Stefan Kraft (born 1993), Austrian ski jumper
• Thomas Kraft (born 1988), German football player
• Tucker Kraft (born 2000), American football player
• Victor Kraft (1880–1975), Austrian philosopher, member of the Vienna Circle
• William Kraft (1923–2022), American composer