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Kramer /ˈkreɪmər/ is an occupational surname of Dutch or Low German origin ( [ˈkraːmər]) or it is derived from the High German surname Krämer ( [ˈkʁɛːmɐ] or [ˈkʁeːmɐ]).

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In Middle Low German in the Late Middle Ages, Kramer only referred to a traveling merchant. The meaning later changed to "merchants trading with different, rather small things".

A

  • Aaron Kramer (1921-1997), American poet, essayist, and translator
  • Alex Kramer (1903–1998), Canadian songwriter
  • Ann-Kathrin Kramer (b. 1966), German writer and actress
  • Anne-marie Kramer (b.1974) Sociologist and Academic
  • Annemarie Kramer (b. 1975), Dutch sprinter
  • Arnold Kramer (1882–1976) was an American folk artist
  • Arthur Kramer (1927-2008), American lawyer
  • Arthur F. Kramer, American neuroscientist
  • Arvid Kramer (b. 1956), American basketball player

    • B

  • Barry Kramer (b. 1942), American basketball player and jurist
  • Barry Kramer, former editor and occasional host of Game Grumps
  • Ben Kramer (1913–99), American basketball player
  • Benjamin F. Kramer (b. 1957), American (Maryland) politician
  • Bert Kramer (1934-2001), American actor
  • Bill Kramer (b. 1965), American (Wisconsin) politician
  • Bill Kramer (fund raiser), American fund raiser
  • Billy J. Kramer (b. 1943), British merseybeat singer
  • Boaz Kramer (b. 1978), Israeli wheelchair tennis player
  • Burton Kramer (b. 1932), Canadian graphic designer and artist

    • C

  • Charles Kramer, (1879–1943), Californian politician
  • Charles Kramer (1906-?), American economist, spy for the Soviet Union in the 1940s
  • Charles Kramer (1916-1988), American lawyer from New York
  • Chiel Kramer (b. 1992), Dutch football goalkeeper
  • Chris Kramer (b. 1988), American basketball player
  • Christina Kramer, Canadian Slavic linguist
  • Christoph Kramer (b. 1991), German footballer
  • Clare Kramer (b. 1974), American actress

    • D

  • Daniel Kramer (b. 1977), American stage and opera director
  • David Kramer (born 1951), South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director
  • David Kramer (born 1972), American soccer goalkeeper
  • David J. Kramer, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 2008–2009
  • Dean Kramer (b. 1952), American pianist
  • Doug Kramer (b. 1983), Filipino basketball player

    • E

  • Eddie Kramer (b. 1941), South African audio engineer and producer
  • Edith Kramer (b. 1916), Austrian artist
  • Edmond Kramer (1906-?), Swiss footballer
  • Edna Kramer (1902-1984), American mathematician
  • Edward E. Kramer (b. 1961), American editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror works
  • Eiling Kramer (1914–1999), Canadian Politician
  • Eric Allan Kramer (b. 1962), American actor
  • Erik Kramer (b. 1964), American football quarterback
  • Erwin Kramer (1902-1979), German politician

    • F

  • Felix Kramer (b. 1949), American founder of CalCars
  • Ferdinand Kramer (1898-1985), German architect and functionalist designer.
  • Frank Kramer (1905-1993), American artist and illustrator
  • Frank Kramer (b. 1925), a pseudonym of the Italian film director Gianfranco Parolini
  • Frank Kramer (b. 1972), German football player and coach
  • Frank Louis Kramer (1880-1952), American cyclist and United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee

    • G

  • George W. Kramer (1848-1938), American architect
  • Georges Kramer (1898-?), Swiss football player and coach
  • Gorni Kramer (1913–1995), Italian songwriter, musician, and band leader
  • Greg Kramer (1961-2013), British-born Canadian author, actor, director, and magician

    • H

  • Haije Kramer (1917-2004), Dutch chess master and theoretician
  • Harry Kramer (1911–1996), American radio and television announcer
  • Harry Kramer (1925–1997), German artist
  • Harry Kramer (b. 1939), American artist
  • Heinrich Kramer a.k.a. Heinrich Institor (c. 1430–1505), Alsatian churchman and inquisitor
  • Hilton Kramer (1928–2012), American art critic

    • J

  • Jack Kramer (1918-1995), American baseball pitcher
  • Jack Kramer (1919-1978), American football player
  • Jack Kramer (1921-2009), American tennis player
  • Jacob Kramer (1892-1962), Ukrainian-born painter in England
  • Jana Kramer (b. 1983), American actress
  • Jane Kramer (b. 1938), American journalist
  • Jeroen Kramer (b. 1967), Dutch photographer
  • Jerry Kramer (b. 1936), American professional football player
  • Jessy Kramer (b. 1990), Dutch team handball player
  • Jim Kramer (b. 1958), American Scrabble player
  • Joan Whitney Kramer (1914-1990), American singer and songwriter
  • Joel Kramer (b. 1955), American basketball player
  • Joey Kramer (b. 1950), American drummer with the group Aerosmith
  • Jonathan Kramer (1942-2004), American composer and music theorist
  • Josef Kramer (1906–1945), German commander of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

    • K

  • Kane Kramer (b. 1956), British inventor and businessman
  • Ken Kramer (b. 1942), American politician
  • Kenny Kramer (b. 1943), American stand-up comedian, on whom the Seinfeld character Cosmo Kramer was based
  • Kent Kramer (b. 1944), American professional football player

    • L

  • Lance Kramer, an animation director on The Simpsons
  • Larry Kramer (b. 1935), American dramatist, author and gay rights activist
  • Larry Kramer (b. 1942), American football player and coach
  • Larry Kramer (b. 1958), American legal scholar, dean of Stanford Law School
  • Lawrence Francis Kramer, American politician, two-time Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
  • Leonie Kramer (b. 1924), Australian academic and commentator
  • Leopold Kramer (1869-1942), Austrian stage and film actor
  • Lud Kramer (1932-2004), American politician in Washington State

    • M

  • Marcia Kramer (b. 1948), American journalist
  • Mariska Kramer (b. 1974), Dutch triathlete
  • Mark Kramer (b. 1945), American jazz musician
  • Mark Kramer (b. 1958), American alternative rock musician and producer
  • Martin Kramer (b. 1954), American author on Islam and Arab politics
  • Mary Kramer (b. 1935), American (Iowa) politician
  • Matt Kramer (b. 1968), American singer formerly with rock band Saigon Kick
  • Matt Kramer, American wine writer
  • Matthew Kramer (b. 1959), American philosopher at the University of Cambridge
  • Max Kramer (1903–1986), German scientist, developed Ruhrstahl X-4 missile (1943–1945)
  • Michael Kramer (astronomer) (b. 1967), german astronomer and astrophysicist, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Manchester and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Bonn
  • Michael Kramer, American audiobook narrator
  • Michael Eric Kramer, American film actor
  • Michiel Kramer (b. 1988), Dutch footballer
  • Mike Kramer (b. 1955), American football coach

    • O

  • Oscar Kramer (1935-2010), Argentine film producer

    • P

  • Paul Kramer (b. 1933), American (New Jersey) politician
  • Perry Kramer (b. 1959), American Motocross racer
  • Peter Kramer (b. 1933), German physicist
  • Peter Kramer, German priest convicted of child abuse
  • Peter D. Kramer (b. 1948), American psychiatrist
  • Philip Taylor Kramer (1952–1995), American physicist and bassist with the group Iron Butterfly
  • Piet Kramer (1881-1961), Dutch architect

    • R

  • Rachel Kramer (b. 1980), Dutch singer
  • Rachel Kramer Bussel (b. 1975),
  • Rene Kramer (b. 1987), German ice hockey player
  • Richard Kramer (b. 1947), American superior court judge
  • Richard Kramer (b. 1952), American screenwriter, novelist and television producer
  • Robert Kramer (1939-1999), American film director, screenwriter and actor
  • Roger Kramer (b.~1939), Canadian football player
  • Ron Kramer (1935-2010), American football player
  • Ronald Kramer (b. ~1959), American businessman
  • Roy Kramer, American college football coach and athletics administrator

    • S

  • Samuel Noah Kramer (1897–1990), Ukraine-born American historian and Assyriologist
  • Sarah Kramer (b. 1968), Canadian cookbook author
  • Sherry Kramer, American playwright
  • Sidney Kramer (b. 1925), American (Maryland) politician
  • Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), American movie director and producer
  • Stepfanie Kramer (b. 1956), American actress and singer
  • Steve Kramer (b. 1945), American basketball player
  • Steve Kramer (b. 1948), American voice actor
  • Steve Kramer (b. 1966), American Green Party politician
  • Susan Kramer (b. 1950), English politician, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament
  • Sven Kramer (b. 1986), Dutch speed skater

    • T

  • Thomas Kramer (b. 1957), German-born real estate developer and venture capitalist
  • Tom Kramer (b. 1968), American baseball pitcher
  • Tommy Kramer (b. 1955), American football quarterback
  • Tosca Kramer (1903-1976), New Zealand-born American violinist and violist
  • Trey Kramer (b. 1988), American football player
  • Theodor Kramer (1897-1958), Austrian poet

    • W

  • Walter R. Kramer (1914–1995), U.S. badminton champion
  • Wayne Kramer (b. 1948), American musician with the group MC5
  • Wayne Kramer (b. 1965), South African screenwriter and film director
  • Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer (–1765), German-born Austrian Hungarian botanist, physician and military surgeon
  • Wolfgang Kramer (b. 1942), German game designer

    • Y

  • Yep Kramer (b. 1957), Dutch speed skater

    • Fictional people

  • Bernard Kramer, founder of the corporation Kramer Associates in Robert Sobel's alternate history novel For Want of a Nail
  • Chas Kramer, a character played by Shia LaBeouf in the 2005 film Constantine (film)
  • Cosmo Kramer, a character in the television series Seinfeld
  • John Kramer, a fictional character in the Saw film series
  • Lisa Kramer, a character played by Debra Messing in the 2005 film Along Came Polly
  • Michael Kramer (play), name of a drama by Gerhart Hauptmann from 1900 and the name of the main character
  • Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker, a character in the 1977 American comedy film The Kentucky Fried Movie
  • Rex Kramer, a character in the 1980 American comedy film Airplane!
  • Tromp Kramer, Afrikaner Detective in James McClure's Kramer and Zondi novels

    • References

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