Cruse (surname)

Cruse is a surname of English origin.

There are many variant spellings, including Crewes, Crewis, Crews, Cruce, Cruise, Cruize, Crus, Cruwys, De Cruce and De Cruze.

People

 * Bruce Cruse (born 1967), Australian cricketer
 * Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff (born Cindy Cruse in 1963), singer-songwriter and the Director of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, United States
 * Colin Cruse (born 1951), former Australian rules footballer
 * Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008), Irish politician, writer, historian and academic.
 * Emmanuel Cruse (born 1968), French winemaker, a member of the Cruse family (see below)
 * Harold Cruse (1916–2005), social critic and teacher of African-American studies
 * Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919–1977), original author of the popular American syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise"
 * Hieronymous Cruse (Jeronimus Croase) (died 1687), a soldier and explorer for the Dutch East India Company in South Africa
 * Howard Cruse (1944–2019), American cartoonist
 * Howard Cruse (bishop) (1908–1979), Anglican Bishop of Knaresborough from 1965 to 1972
 * Jack Cruise (1915–1979), Irish comedian & actor
 * Susan Cruse, British television actress
 * Thomas Cruse (1857–1943), United States Army brigadier general awarded the Medal of Honor
 * Vicki Cruse (1967–2009), American aerobatic pilot and administrator
 * Cruse family, a family of Protestant winemakers from the Bordeaux region of France
 * Brian Cruse (born 199p), Afro House Dj-Producer,

Fictional characters

 * Matt Cruse, the main character and narrator in the Airborn novel series written by Kenneth Oppel