Cross (surname)

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

Notable persons with the surname Cross include:

A–C

 * A.F. Cross (1863–1940), English poet, playwright, journalist and author
 * Alan Cross, Canadian radio broadcaster and author
 * Alex Cross (footballer) (1919–1998), Scottish footballer
 * Alexander Cross (1903–1973), Welsh actor
 * Amanda Cross, pen name of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (1926–2003), American academic and author
 * Amos Cross (1860–1888), American baseball player
 * Andrew Cross (footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer
 * Anne Haney Cross (born 1956), American neurologist and neuroimmunologist
 * Anthony Glenn Cross (born 1936), English slavist
 * Anthony John Cross (born 1945), English cricketer
 * 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 (1898–1986), 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 (artist), British artist
 * David Cross (footballer born 1950), English footballer
 * David Cross (footballer born 1982), English footballer
 * David Cross (musician) (born 1949), English musician
 * Dennis Cross (1924–1991), American film and television actor
 * Dolores Cross (born 1938), American educator and university administrator
 * Dorothy Cross (born 1956), British artist
 * Douglas Cross (1892–1970), Australian politician
 * Edith Cross (1907–1983), 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 (1921–2021), a British former diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by militants in 1970
 * James Albert Cross (1876–1952), 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 (footballer) (born 1975), English footballer
 * Joseph Cross (actor) (born 1986), American actor
 * Karen Cross (born 1974), English tennis player
 * Kathryn Cross (born 1991), English cricketer
 * Kendall Cross (wrestler) (born 1968), American wrestler
 * Kenneth Cross (1911–2003), Royal Air Force commander
 * Kyra Cooney-Cross (born 2002), Australian footballer
 * 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 (1941–2023), 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
 * Nick Cross (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nicky Cross (born 1961), English footballer

O–R

 * Paul Cross (disambiguation)
 * Peter 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 (born 1947), American Coast Guard Admiral 2004–2006
 * Tim Cross (born 1951), retired British Army officer
 * Tom Cross (politician) (born 1958), American politician
 * Tom Cross (rugby) (1876–1930), 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 (born 1950), English beauty queen
 * Wilbur Cross (1918–2019), American author
 * Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862–1948), American educator and politician
 * William Cross (disambiguation)
 * Zora Cross (1890–1964), Australian poet

Characters

 * Aaron Cross, the main protagonist of the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy
 * Alex Cross, a fictional character and the protagonist in the James Patterson Alex Cross series of novels
 * Angela Cross, a fictional character from 2003 video game Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * 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
 * Edna Cross, a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'"
 * Gina Cross, a fictional character in the Half-Life video game series
 * Harry Cross, a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside
 * Jack Cross, a fictional character from the comic book series of the same name
 * James Cross, a fictional character in the TV series Callan
 * Kaleb Cross, the real name of the playable character Revenant in Apex Legends
 * Noah Cross, a fictional character and villain in the 1974 film Chinatown
 * Professor Cross, a fictional character and villain in the 2019 comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
 * 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

Related surnames

 * Crouch
 * Croucher