Krupa (surname)

Krupa is a surname of Slavic origin, meaning "barley", usually found in Polish, Slovak, and eastern German regions.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Krupa (born 1952), Polish footballer
• Aleksander (Olek) Krupa (born 1947), Polish film and television actor
• Alfred Krupa Sr. (1915-1989), Silesia born painter, inventor and sportsman
• Dawid Krupa (born 1980), Polish cyclist
• Emil Krupa-Krupinsky (1872-1924), German portrait painter, genre painter and graphic artist
• Gene Krupa (1909–1973), Polish-American jazz drummer, bandleader and composer
• Jacek Krupa (born 1955), Polish politician
• Jakub Krupa (born 1985), Czech handball player
• Jeroen Krupa (born 2003), German footballer
• Joanna Krupa (born 1979), Polish-American model and actress
• Joe Krupa (1933–2011), American football player
• Joan Krupa, American educator, administrator, and member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Killi Krupa Rani (born 1965), member of the Indian Parliament
• Krystyna Krupa (born 1939), Polish Olympic volleyball player
• Monika Krupa (born 1977), Poland chess Woman Grandmaster
• Paweł Krupa (born 1989), Polish handball player
• S. E. Krupa Rao (1939–1993), Indian pastor of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
• Stefania Krupa (1909–1981), Polish Olympic gymnast
• Tomáš Krupa (born 1972), Czech tennis player and coach
• Urszula Krupa (born 1949), Polish politician
• Władysław Krupa (1899–1969), Polish footballer