Cross (surname)

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Cross is an English topographic surname for someone who lived on a road near a stone cross.

Notable persons with the surname Cross include:

By given name[]

A–C[]

• Alan Cross, Canadian radio broadcaster and author
• Alex Cross (footballer) (1919–1998), Scottish footballer
• Alexander Cross (1903–1973), Welsh actor
• A.F. Cross (1863–1940), English poet, playwright, journalist and author
• Amanda Cross, pen name of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, an American academic and author
• Amos Cross (1860–1888), American baseball player
• Anthony John Cross (born 1945), English cricketer
• Anthony Glenn Cross (born 1936), English slavist
• Art Cross (1918–2005), American race car driver
• Arthur Henry Cross (1884–1965), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ben Cross (1947–2020), English actor
• Ben Cross (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
• Benny Cross (born 1898), English footballer
• Bernice Cross (1912–1996), American artist
• Billy Cross (born 1946), American musician
• Billy Cross (American football) (1929–2013), American football player
• Burton M. Cross (1902–1998), American politician
• Charles Cross (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Cross (born 1952), English musician
• Christopher Cross (born 1951), American musician
• Cory Cross (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player

D–F[]

• Daniel Cross (filmmaker), Canadian documentary filmmaker and producer
• Daniel Cross (footballer) (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
• David Cross (born 1964), American actor and comedian
• David Cross (footballer born 1950), English footballer
• David Cross (footballer born 1982), English footballer
• David Cross (musician) (born 1949), English musician
• David Cross (artist), British artist
• Dolores Cross, American educator and university administrator
• Douglas Cross (1892–1970), Australian politician
• Dorothy Cross (born 1956), British artist
• Edith Cross, American tennis player
• Edward Cross (politician) (1798–1887), American politician
• Edward E. Cross (1832–1863), American Army General
• Eliska Cross (born 1986), French actress
• Emily Cross (born 1986), American fencer
• Frank Cross (baseball) (1873–1932), American baseball player
• Frank Leslie Cross (1900–1968), English theologian
• Frank Moore Cross (1921–2012), American scholar

G–I[]

• Garvin Cross, stuntman and actor
• George Lynn Cross (1905–1998), American educator
• Gillian Cross (born 1945), English author
• Graham Cross (born 1943), English-born footballer
• H. Morrey Cross (born 1921-2008), served as the International Commissioner of Scouts Canada
• Hardy Cross (1885–1959), American engineer
• Helen Cross (author) (born 1967), English author
• Helen Cross (politician), Australian politician
• Henri-Edmond Cross (1856–1910), French pointillist painter
• Howard Cross (born 1967), American football player
• Hugh Cross (1925–1989), British actor
• Hugh W. Cross (1896–1972), American politician
• Ian Cross (rugby league) (born 1989), Irish rugby footballer
• Irv Cross (1939–2021), American football player and commentator

J–N[]

• James Cross, a British former diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by militants in 1970
• James Albert Cross, a lawyer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada
• James B. Cross (1819–1876), American lawyer and politician
• James U. Cross (1925–2015), a retired United States Air Force brigadier general and author
• Jane T. H. Cross (1817–1870), American author
• Jason Cross (born 1979), American professional wrestler
• Jeff Cross (basketball) (born 1961), American basketball player
• Joan Cross (1900–1993), English singer
• John Kynaston Cross (1832–1887), British cotton spinner and Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Bolton
• Jonathan Cross (born 1975), English footballer
• Joseph Cross (actor) (born 1986), American actor
• Kathryn Cross (born 1991), English cricketer
• Karen Cross (born 1974), English tennis player
• Kendall Cross (wrestler) (born 1968), American wrestler
• Kenneth Cross (1911–2003), Royal Air Force commander
• Lave Cross (1866–1927), American baseball player
• Lloyd Cross, American physicist and holographer
• Malcolm Cross, Scottish rugby footballer
• Manfred Cross (born 1929), Australian politician
• Marcia Cross (born 1962), American actress
• Mark Cross (disambiguation)
• Martin Cross (born 1957), British oarsman
• Merv Cross, Australian doctor and former rugby league footballer
• Mike Cross (disambiguation)
• Milton Cross (1897–1975), American radio announcer, opera expert
• Monte Cross (1869–1934), American baseball player
• Neil Cross (born 1969), British novelist and scriptwriter
• Niki Cross (born 1985), American footballer
• Nicky Cross (born 1961), English footballer

O–R[]

• Paul Cross (disambiguation)
• Philip Cross (1826–1888), Irish murderer
• R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914), British statesman and Conservative politician
• Randy Cross (born 1954), American football analyst and former NFL lineman
• Richard Cross (disambiguation)
• Rob Cross (basketball), basketball coach
• Rob Cross (darts player) (born 1990), English darts player
• Robert Thomas Cross (1850–1923), English astrologer
• Roger Cross (born 1969), Canadian actor
• Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet (1896–1968), English politician and diplomat
• Ronald Anthony Cross (1937–2006), American author
• Roy Cross (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
• Rupert Cross (1912–1980), English jurist
• Ryan Cross (born 1979), Australian rugby footballer

S–Z[]

• Shirley Gale Cross (1915–2008), American botanist, botanical illustrator, and conservationist
• Stan Cross (1888–1977), Australian strip and political cartoonist
• Steve Cross (footballer) (born 1959), English footballer
• Tara Cross-Battle (born 1968), American volleyball player
• Terry M. Cross, American Coast Guard Admiral 2004–2006
• Tim Cross (born 1951), retired British Army officer
• Tom Cross (politician) (born 1958), American politician
• Tom Cross (rugby) (born 1876), New Zealand rugby footballer
• Tom Peete Cross (1897–1951), American Celticist and folklorist
• Tracy L. Cross (born 1958), American psychologist and academic
• Travis Cross (born 1980), Canadian wrestler
• Ulric Cross (1917–2013), Trinidadian lawyer, diplomat and RAF navigator
• Veronica Ann Cross, English beauty queen
• Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862–1948), American educator and politician
• Wilbur Cross, American author
• William Cross (disambiguation)
• Zora Cross (1890–1964), Australian poet

Characters[]

• Aaron Cross, the main protagonist of the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy
• Angela Cross, a fictional character from 2003 video game Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
• Alex Cross, a fictional character and the protagonist in the James Patterson Alex Cross series of novels
• Augustine Cross, a fictional character in Marvel Comics
• Carland Cross, a fictional character and the protagonist of the Carland Cross TV series and novels
• Cora Cross, a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Darren Cross, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Gina Cross, a fictional character in the Half Life video game series
• Jack Cross, a fictional character from the comic book series of the same name
• James Cross, a fictional character in the TV series Callan
• Noah Cross, a fictional character and villain in the 1974 film Chinatown
• Rainie Cross, a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Sergeant Cross, a fictional character featured in the Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Need for Speed: Carbon video games

Surname list

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