De la Cruz
De la Cruz, usually capitalized as de la Cruz, is a Spanish surname meaning "of the Cross". It may refer to:
People[]
- Apolinario de la Cruz (1815–1841), Filipino religious leader
- Bethania de la Cruz (born 1987), Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Cacho de la Cruz (born 1937), Argentine-Uruguayan entertainer
- Carlos de la Cruz, Cuban-American chairman of CC1 Companies
- David de la Cruz (born 1989), Spanish cyclist
- Eulogio de la Cruz (1984-2021), Dominican Republic baseball player
- Francisco Dela Cruz (1962-2019), Northern Mariana Islands politician
- Jerry De La Cruz (born 1948), American artist
- Jessica de la Cruz (born 1981), American politician
- José María de la Cruz (1799–1875), a Chilean general and politician
- José de la Cruz (1746–1829), a Filipino writer more popularly known as Huseng Sisiw
- Juan de la Cruz (1542–91), Spanish friar and poet
- Joshua Dela Cruz (born 1989), Filipino-American actor known for Blue's Clues & You!
- Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695), a Mexican scholar, poet, and nun
- Magdalena de la Cruz (1487–1560), Spanish Franciscan nun of Cordova
- Melissa de la Cruz (born 1971), an American author
- Oswaldo de la Cruz, a Peruvian politician
- Ramón de la Cruz (1731–1794), a Spanish neoclassical dramatist
- Tommy de la Cruz (1911–1958), a Dominican Republic Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ulises de la Cruz (born 1974), an Ecuadorian footballer
- Veronica De La Cruz (born 1980), a Filipino-American television anchor
- (born 1992), a Filipino- Evangelist (The Joy of Serving God )
Fictional characters[]
- Cruz de la Cruz, a central character in John H. Ritter's 2003 novel The Boy Who Saved Baseball
- Ernesto de la Cruz, a character from the 2017 Pixar film, Coco
- Estela de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Mitch de la Cruz, a character from the animated series Get Blake!
- Montgomery “Monty” de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Guillermo de la Cruz, a vampire servant / hunter in the HBO series What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)
Music[]
- De La Cruz, an 80's-influenced hard rock band from Australia
- Juan de la Cruz Band, a 70's hard rock band from the Philippines
See also[]
- Caravaca de la Cruz, a town in Spain
- Puerto de la Cruz, a city on the island of Tenerife
- Juan de la Cruz, a demonym for Filipinos
- Delacroix
- Dellacroce
- Aroldis Chapman, maternal name de la Cruz, Cuban relief pitcher for the New York Yankees
Categories:
- Surnames
- Spanish-language surnames