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

In Middle Low German during the Late Middle Ages, Kramer meant "travelling merchant". The meaning later changed to "merchants trading with different rather small things".

People with this name

A

• Aaron Kramer (1921–1997), American poet, essayist, and translator
• Adolf Kramer (1871–1934), Silesian German chess master
• Alex Kramer (1903–1998), Canadian songwriter
• Amanda Kramer (born 1960s), American musician
• Andreas Kramer (born 1997), Swedish middle-distance runner
• Ann-Kathrin Kramer (born 1966), German writer and actress
• Annemarie Kramer (born 1975), Dutch sprinter
• Alisha Kramer (born 1990), American physician and health activist
• Arlene Kramer Richards (born c. 1935), American psychoanalyst
• Arnold Kramer (1882–1976) was an American folk artist
• Arthur Kramer (1927–2008), American lawyer
• Arthur F. Kramer, American neuroscientist
• Arvid Kramer (born 1956), American basketball player

B

• Barry Kramer (born 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 (born 1957), U.S. (Maryland) politician
• Bert Kramer (1934–2001), American actor
• Bill Kramer (born 1965), U.S. (Wisconsin) politician
• Billy J. Kramer (born 1943), British merseybeat singer
• Boaz Kramer (born 1978), Israeli wheelchair tennis player
• Bob Kramer (born c. 1957), American knifesmith
• Bryan Jared Kramer (born 1974), Member of Parliament for Madang Open, Papua New Guinea
• Bryan Jeffrey Kramer, American social media businessman
• Burton Kramer (born 1932), Canadian graphic designer and artist

C

• Cecilie Breil Kramer (born 1987), Danish football goalkeeper
• Charles Kramer (politician), (1879–1943), Californian politician
• Charles Kramer (economist) (1907–1992), American economist, spy for the Soviet Union in the 1940s
• Charles Kramer (attorney) (1916–1988), lawyer from New York
• Charles Kramer (producer) (born 1970s), American television producer
• Chiel Kramer (born 1992), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Chris Kramer (actor) (born 1975), Canadian television actor
• Chris Kramer (born 1988), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Christian Kramer (?–1834), German composer and musician at the British court
• Christina Kramer (born c. 1963), Canadian Slavic linguist
• Christoph Kramer (born 1991), German footballer
• Clare Kramer (born 1974), American actress

D

• Daniel Kramer (born 1977), American stage and opera director
• David Kramer (singer) (born 1951), South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director
• David Kramer (soccer) (born 1972), American soccer goalkeeper
• David J. Kramer, United States Assistant Secretary of State for democracy, human rights, and labor, 2008–2009
• Dawn Kramer (born 1945), American choreographer and dancer
• Dean Kramer (born 1952), American pianist
• Denise Kramer-Scholer (born 1910, date of death unknown), Swiss fencer
• Dennis Kramer (1992–2023), German-American basketball player
• Dick Kramer (born 1972), Dutch cricketer
• Dieter Kramer (born 1959), German footballer
• Don Kramer (born 1969), American comics artist
• Don Kramer (politician) (born 1940), American politician
• Doug Kramer (born 1983), Filipino basketball player
• Doug Kramer (American football) (born 1998), American football player

E

• Eddie Kramer (born 1941), South African audio engineer and producer
• Edith Kramer (1916–2014), Austrian artist
• Edmond Kramer (1906–1945), Swiss footballer
• Edna Kramer (1902–1984), American mathematician
• Edward E. Kramer (born 1961), American editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror works
• Eiling Kramer (1914–1999), Canadian Politician
• Eitan Kramer (born 1978), American Vert Skater
• Eliyahu Kramer “Vilna Gaon” (1720–1797) Lithuanian Rabbi, the genius of Vilna
• Eric Allan Kramer (born 1962), American actor
• Erik Kramer (born 1964), American football quarterback
• Erwin Kramer (1902–1979), German politician

F

• Felix Kramer (born 1949), American founder of CalCars
• Ferdinand Kramer (1898–1985), German architect and functionalist designer
• Francisco Villagrán Kramer (1927–2011), Guatemalan legal scholar and politician
• Frank Kramer (artist) (1905–1993), American artist and illustrator
• Frank Kramer (director) (1925–2018), a pseudonym of the Italian film director Gianfranco Parolini
• Frank Kramer (footballer, born 1972) (born 1972), German football player and coach
• Frank Louis Kramer (1880–1952), American cyclist and United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee
• Franz Kramer (1865–1924), United States Navy sailor

G

• Garret Kramer (born c. 1962), American mental performance coach
• George Kramer (philatelist), American philatelist
• George W. Kramer (1848–1938), American architect
• Georges Kramer (1898-?), Swiss football player and coach
• Gordon Kramer (1921–1989), Australian rules footballer
• Gorni Kramer (1913–1995), Italian songwriter, musician, and band leader
• Greg Kramer (1961–2013), British-born Canadian author, actor, director, and magician
• Gustav Kramer (1910–1959), German zoologist and ornithologist

H

• Haije Kramer (1917–2004), Dutch chess master and theoretician
• Harry Kramer (announcer) (1911–1996), American radio and television announcer
• Harry Kramer (German artist) (1925–1997), German artist
• Harry Kramer (American artist) (born 1939), American artist
• Heinrich Kramer a.k.a. Heinrich Institor (c. 1430 – 1505), Alsatian churchman and inquisitor
• Heinz Kramer (1925–1965), German sports shooter
• Hilaria Kramer (born 1967), Swiss jazz trumpeter and composer
• Hilton Kramer (1928–2012), American art critic

I

• Ida Kramer, (1877/1878 – 1930), American actress
• Iris Kramer (born 1981), German motorcycle trials rider

J

• Jack Kramer (baseball) (1918–1995), American baseball pitcher
• Jack Kramer (American football) (1919–1978), American football player
• Jack Kramer (1921–2009), American tennis player
• Jacob Kramer (1892–1962), Ukrainian-born painter in England
• Jana Kramer (born 1983), American actress
• Jane Kramer (born 1938), American journalist
• Jason Kramer (born c. 1970), American radio personality
• Jeffrey Kramer (born 1945), American film and television actor and producer
• Jens Kramer Mikkelsen (born 1951), Danish mayor of Copenhagen
• Jeroen Kramer (born 1967), Dutch photographer
• Jerry Kramer (born 1936), American professional football player
• Jessy Kramer (born 1990), Dutch team handball player
• Jim Kramer (born 1958), American Scrabble player
• Joan Whitney Kramer (1914–1990), American singer and songwriter
• Joel Kramer (born 1955), American basketball player
• Joey Kramer (born 1950), American drummer with the musical group Aerosmith
• John Kramer (darts player) (born 1956), American darts player
• John R. Kramer (1937–2006), American law educator
• Jolly Kramer-Johansen (1902–1968), Norwegian composer
• Jonathan Kramer (1942–2004), American composer and music theorist
• Joris Kramer (born 1996), Dutch footballer
• Josef Kramer (1906–1945), German commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp executed for war crimes

K

• Kane Kramer (born 1956), British inventor and businessman
• Ken Kramer (born 1942), American politician
• Kenny Kramer (born 1943), American stand-up comedian, on whom the Seinfeld character Cosmo Kramer was based
• Kent Kramer (born 1944), American professional football player
• Kent A. Kramer (born 1961), Iowan politician
• Kieran Kramer, American romance novelist

L

• Lance Kramer, an animation director on The Simpsons
• Larry Kramer (1935–2020), American dramatist, author and gay rights activist
• Larry Kramer (American football) (1942–2014), American football player and coach
• Larry Kramer (legal scholar) (born 1958), American legal scholar, dean of Stanford Law School
• Lawrence Kramer (musicologist) (born 1946), American musicologist
• Lawrence Francis Kramer (born 1933), American politician, two-time Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
• Leah Kramer, American craftster, author, website programmer
• Leonie Kramer (1924–2016), Australian academic and commentator
• Leopold Kramer (1869–1942), Austrian stage and film actor
• Lloyd Kramer (born 1947), American filmmaker
• Louis Kramer (1848–1922), American baseball executive
• Louise Kramer (1923–2020), American sculptor
• Lud Kramer (1932–2004), U.S. politician in Washington State

M

• Mandel Kramer (1916–1989), American TV actor and voice actor
• Marcia Kramer (born 1948), American journalist
• Mariska Kramer (born 1974), Dutch triathlete
• Mark Kramer (jazz pianist) (born 1945), American jazz musician
• Mark Kramer (born 1958), American alternative rock musician and producer
• Mark Kramer (journalist), Mark William Kramer, an American journalist, author, professor, and editor.
• Martin Kramer (born 1954), American author on Islam and Arab politics
• Mary Kramer (born 1935), American (Iowa) politician
• Matt Kramer (musician) (born 1968), American singer formerly with rock band Saigon Kick
• Matt Kramer (wine writer), American wine writer
• Matthew Kramer (born 1959), American philosopher at the University of Cambridge
• Max Kramer (1903–1986), German scientist, developed Ruhrstahl X-4 missile (1943–1945)
• Michael Kramer (astronomer) (born 1967), German astronomer and astrophysicist
• Michael Kramer (narrator), American audiobook narrator
• Michael Eric Kramer, American film actor
• Michiel Kramer (born 1988), Dutch footballer
• Mike Kramer (born 1955), American football coach

N

• Nathaniel Kramer (born 1961), American filmmaker
• Nicole Kramer (born 1962), American swimmer

O

• Orin Kramer (born c. 1945), American hedge fund manager
• Oscar Kramer (1935–2010), Argentine film producer

P

• Pascale Kramer (born 1961), Swiss author
• Paul J. Kramer (1904–1995), American biologist and plant physiologist.
• Paul Kramer (1933–2020), U.S. (New Jersey) politician
• Perry Kramer (born 1959), U.S. motocross racer
• Peter Kramer (physicist) (born 1933), German physicist
• Peter Kramer (priest), German priest convicted of child abuse
• Peter D. Kramer (born 1948), American psychiatrist
• Philip Taylor Kramer (1952–1995), American physicist and bassist with the musical group Iron Butterfly
• Piet Kramer (1881–1961), Dutch architect

R

• Rachel Kramer (born 1980), Dutch singer
• Rachel Kramer Bussel (born 1975), American erotica writer
• Randy Kramer (born 1960), American baseball pitcher
• Regine Kramer (born 1993), German pole vaulter
• Rene Kramer (born 1987), German ice hockey player
• Rhonda Kramer, American air traffic reporter
• Richard Kramer (judge) (born 1947), American superior court judge
• Richard Kramer (writer) (born 1952), American screenwriter, novelist and television producer
• Richard J. Kramer (born 1963), American CEO of Goodyear Tire Co.
• Robert Kramer (1939–1999), American film director, screenwriter and actor
• Roger Kramer (b.~1939), Canadian football player
• Ron Kramer (1935–2010), American football player
• Rona E. Kramer (born 1954), Maryland politician
• Ronald Kramer (business) (born c. 1959), American businessman
• Roy Kramer, American college football coach and athletics administrator
• Rudolf Kramer (1886–?), Austrian road racing cyclist
• Rudolf Kramer (poultry expert) (1844–1904), German poultry expert
• Ruth Kramer (1926 –2015), All-American girls professional baseball league player

S

• Samuel Noah Kramer (1897–1990), Ukraine-born American historian and assyriologist
• Sarah Kramer (born 1968), Canadian cookbook author
• Shalom Kramer (1912–1978), Israeli essayist, editor, and literary critic
• Sherry Kramer, American playwright
• Shlomo Kramer, Israeli information technology entrepreneur
• Sidney B. Kramer (1915–2014), American publishing executive and literary agent
• Sidney Kramer (1925–2022), American (Maryland) politician
• Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), American movie director and producer
• Stefan Kramer (impressionist) (born 1982), Chilean impressionist, actor, comedian and announcer
• Stella Kramer (born 1989), German handball player
• Stepfanie Kramer (born 1956), American actress and singer
• Steve Kramer (basketball) (born 1945), American basketball player
• Steve Kramer (actor) (born 1948), American voice actor
• Susan Kramer (born 1950), English politician, Liberal Democrat member of parliament
• Sven Kramer (born 1986), Dutch speed skater

T

• Theodor Kramer (1897–1958), Austrian poet
• Theodore L. Kramer (1847–1910), American Civil War soldier
• Thomas Kramer (born 1957), German-born real estate developer and venture capitalist
• Tim Kramer (1952 or 1958 – 1992), American porn star
• Tom Kramer (born 1968), American baseball pitcher
• Tommy Kramer (born 1955), American football quarterback
• Tosca Kramer (1903–1976), New Zealand-born American violinist and violist
• Trey Kramer (born 1988), American football player

V

• Vjekoslav Kramer (born 1976), Bosnian television chef

W

• Walter R. Kramer (1914–1995), U.S. badminton champion
• Wayne Kramer (guitarist) (born 1948), American musician with the group MC5
• Wayne Kramer (filmmaker) (born 1965), South African screenwriter and film director
• Wilhelm Kramer (1801–1876), German otologist
• Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer (died 1765), German-born Austrian Hungarian botanist, physician and military surgeon
• William M. Kramer (1920–2004), American rabbi and art collector
• Wolfgang Kramer (born 1942), German game designer

Y

• Yep Kramer (born 1957), Dutch speed skater

Fictional people

• Bernard Kramer, founder of 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
• Jens Kramer, character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
• John Kramer (Saw), a fictional character in the Saw film series; also known as Jigsaw
• Lisa Kramer, a character played by Debra Messing in the 2004 American romantic comedy film Along Came Polly
• Margaux Kramer, a character played by Ami Foster in the television sitcom Punky Brewster
• 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
• Ted, Joanna, and Billy Kramer, characters in the 1979 American drama film Kramer vs. Kramer portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, and Justin Henry

Kramers

• Hendrik Anthony "Hans" Kramers (1894–1952), Dutch physicist, known for Kramers' law, Kramers' opacity law, Kramers theorem, Kramers–Heisenberg formula, Kramers–Kronig relations, and Kramers–Wannier duality.