Kruse
The surname Kruse may refer to:
- Anine Kruse (born 1977), Norwegian music conductor
 - August von Kruse (1779–1848), German general during the Napoleonic Wars
 - Frank Kruse, German sound engineer
 - Frederik Vinding Kruse (1880–1963), Danish jurist
 - George Kruse (1880–1965), Australian footballer
 - Kai Kruse (born 1991), German former cyclist and rower
 - Käthe Kruse (1883–1968), German dollmaker
 - Kevin M. Kruse, American historian
 - Max Kruse, several people
 - Michael Kruse (judge) (born 1948), chief justice of the High Court of American Samoa
 - Michael Kruse (politician) (born 1983), German politician
 - Robbie Kruse (born 1988), Australian footballer
 - Rüdiger Kruse (born 1961), German politician
 - Sigrid Kruse (1867–1950), Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist
 - Tom Kruse (inventor), inventor of the Hoveround, a type of electric wheelchair
 - Tom Kruse (mailman) (1914–2011), Australian mailman, featured in documentary The Back of Beyond
 - William F. Kruse (1894–1952), American socialist journalist and functionary
 - Wulf Traugott Kruse (1936–2025), German politician