Kranz is a German language-derived surname; in German the word means wreath.
People 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 pree2sident of Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois Fran Kranz (born 1981), American actor Gene Kranz (born 1933), 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 (1923–2017), American NFL football player Markus Kranz (born 1969), German football coach and former player Oswald Kranz (born 1953), Liechtenstein politician Paula Dean Broadwell (née Kranz), American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional Stanislaus Kranz, birth name of Stanley Cortez, an American cinematographer Walther Kranz (1884–1960), German Classical philologist and historian of philosophy Werner Kranz (born 1965), Liechtenstein politician
Places Kranz Peak, a peak in the Queen Maud Mountains Kręcko (German: Kranz), a village in western Poland Kranzburg, town in South Dakota
Other
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
References
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