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Kranz (surname)
Kranz is a German language-derived surname; in German the word means wreath.
People bearing the name include:
- Ashley Kranz, winner of CMT Canada's "CMT Casting Call 2007"
- Bernhard Kranz, German highly decorated Hauptmann der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II
- Carl Frederick Kranz, German-born minister and teacher, founder of the German Evangelical Proseminary, founding president of Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois
- Fran Kranz, American actor
- Gene Kranz, American NASA flight director and manager
- George Kranz, German dance music singer and percussionist
- Hugo Kranz, German-born businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada
- Jacob ben Wolf Kranz, Jewish Lithuania (Belarus)-born preacher ( maggid)
- James P. Kranz Jr., American lawyer
- Ken Kranz, American NFL football player
- Markus Kranz, German football coach and former player
- Neal Kranz, Guam wrestler
- Paula Dean Broadwell (née Kranz), American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional
- Stanislaus Kranz, birth name of Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer
- Walther Kranz, German Classical philologist and historian of philosophy
Places include:
- Kranz Peak, a peak in the Queen Maud Mountains
- Kręcko (German: Kranz), a village in western Poland
Other uses include:
- Frankfurter Kranz, a cake specialty believed to originate from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Kranz anatomy, a characteristic leaf anatomy often possessed by C4 plants
- Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania, a 1978 Italian comedy film
Category:German-language surnames Category:Jewish surnames
Kranz
Kranz may refer to:
- Kranz (surname)
- Kranz Maduke, fictional character in Black Cat comic series