Crump (surname)

Crump is a medieval English, Danish, Irish, French surname, meaning crippled man.

Crump is an ancient surname of noble Anglo-Norman origin. The name is a derivative of "Crompton", a name given for a medieval town near Shaw, England, for its "crumpled" geographical features.

The name was first given to a branch of descendants of Lord Gislebertus Venator, the "de Crompton" family. Gilbert, being a scion of Blois and cousin-German to the conqueror, was given dominion over the area as a palatine baron for his valiant support in the conquest of 1066.

The first person in the family to use this surname was Sir Piers de Crompton, who was born in 1161 and knighted in 1183 at the age of 22.

Other derivatives of this family name are speculated to include, but are not limited to: Crompe, Crumpton, Crumpe, Cromp, & Krump.

People with this name include

 * Barry Crump (1935–1996), a New Zealand writer
 * Benjamin Crump, an attorney
 * Brian Crump (born 1938), British cricketer
 * Bruce Crump (1957–2015), the longtime drummer with the rock band Molly Hatchet
 * Buck Crump, CC (1904–1989), a Canadian businessman
 * Charles Crump (1840-1923), English footballer, administrator, and referee
 * David Crump, Newell H. Blakely Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center
 * E. H. Crump, former mayor of Memphis
 * Edwin Samuel Crump (1882-1961), English civil engineer specialising in hydraulics
 * George Arthur Crump (1871–1918), a hotelier and golf course architect
 * George J. Crump, lawyer, Confederate officer, state legislator and U.S. Marshal in Arkansas
 * George William Crump (1786–1848), a member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Harry Crump (American football) (born 1940), a former American football fullback
 * Helen Crump, a fictional character on the American TV program The Andy Griffith Show
 * James Crump, a curator, writer, producer and director
 * Jason Crump (born 1975), an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider
 * Jerry K. Crump (1933–1977), a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War
 * John A. Crump, New Zealand-born infectious diseases physician and medical microbiologist
 * Josiah Crump (ca. 1838–1890), an American postal worker and politician
 * Kevin Crump, Australian murderer and rapist
 * Lavell Crump, birth name of American musician David Banner
 * Louis Crump (1919–2019), American lawyer and politician
 * Marty Crump, American behavioral ecologist
 * Mary Eliza Walker Crump (1857-1928), African-American singer
 * Phil Crump (born 1952), a former motorcycle speedway rider
 * Owen Crump, American screenwriter, film director, and producer
 * Pleasant Crump (1847–1951), last surviving Confederate soldier of the American Civil War
 * Richard Crump, a Canadian Football League running back
 * Robert Crump, an American cartoonist and musician
 * Rolly Crump (1930–2023), American designer and Disney Imagineer
 * Rousseau Owen Crump (1843–1901), U.S. businessman and politician from Michigan
 * S. Scott Crump, the inventor of fused deposition modeling (FDM) and co-founder of Stratasys, Inc.
 * Thomas Crump (1845–1907), an English cricketer
 * Wayne Crump (born 1948), American politician
 * William Crump (disambiguation)