Crerar

Crerar is a Scottish surname. The original name is the Scots version of the Gaelic criathar meaning Sievewright. The Crerars are a sect of Clan Macintosh, and the name originated in Perthshire.



People

 * Duncan MacGregor Crerar (1836–1916), Scottish poet
 * Finlay Crerar (1904-1965), RAF officer
 * George Crerar (1914–1987), President of the SRU and Scottish sportsman
 * Harry Crerar (1888–1965), Canadian World War II commander
 * John Crerar (1750–1840), Scottish gamekeeper and composer
 * John Crerar (1827–1899), American industrialist
 * Leila Crerar, actress
 * Peter Crerar (1785–1856), Scots-Canadian civil engineer
 * Pippa Crerar (born 1976), British journalist
 * Thomas Crerar (1876–1975), Canadian politician

Places

 * Crerar, Ontario, a neighborhood of Hamilton, Ontario named for the Canadian general Harry Crerar
 * John Crerar Library, a library operated by the University of Chicago named for the American industrialist John Crerar

Other

 * Crerar Hotels, Scottish hotel chain