Gröning or Groening is a German surname, and may refer to:Bruno Gröning (1906–1959), was a healer from Germany Matt Groening, American cartoonist, screenwriter and producer Oskar Gröning (1921–2018), was a German SS-Unterscharführer at Auschwitz concentration camp 1942–1944 Peter Gröning, former East German track cyclist Philip Gröning, German director, documentary film maker, and screenwriter