Kretschmann is a German occupational surname literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the term Kretscham for village inn. Notable people with the surname include: Charlotte Kretschmann (1909–2024), German supercententarian Erich Kretschmann, German physicist Johannes Kretschmann (born 1978), German politician Steffen Kretschmann, German boxer Thomas Kretschmann, German actor Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948), German politician, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg (2011–2026)
See also Kretschmann cabinet (disambiguation), three governments of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (2011–2026) Kretschmann scalar, a quadratic scalar invariant in the theory of Lorentzian manifolds