Crutchfield (surname)

Crutchfield is a surname of English origin, derived from a place-name that refers to a field containing a burial mound: Celtic cruc (burial mound; cf. Welsh crug) + Anglo-Saxon feld (field).

Notable people named Crutchfield include:
 * Allison Crutchfield (active 2007–2016), US musician, twin sister of Katie Crutchfield
 * Buddy Crutchfield (born 1976), US football player
 * E. Bryant Crutchfield (active late 1970s), Trapper Keeper inventor
 * David Crutchfield (1965–2002), Australian Rules football player
 * Dwayne Crutchfield (born 1959), US American football player
 * Finis Alonzo Crutchfield Jr. (1916–1987), US Methodist bishop
 * James Crutchfield (1912–2001), US singer, pianist & songwriter
 * James P. Crutchfield (born 1955), US mathematician & physicist
 * Jan Crutchfield (1938–2012), US songwriter
 * Jimmie Crutchfield (1910–1933), US professional Negro leagues baseball player
 * Jerry Crutchfield (1934-2022), US country & pop record producer, songwriter & musician
 * Johnnie Crutchfield (born 1947), US politician in Oklahoma
 * Katie Crutchfield (active 2007–2020), US musician, twin sister of Allison Crutchfield
 * Les Crutchfield (1916–1966), US screenwriter known for Escape (radio program)
 * Linda Crutchfield-Bocock (born 1942), Canadian skier and luge
 * Michael Crutchfield (born 1961), Australian politician of Victorian Legislative Assembly
 * Nels Crutchfield (1911–1985), Canadian professional hockey player
 * Robin Crutchfield (born 1952), US artist
 * Shireen Crutchfield (born 1970), US actress
 * Stapleton Crutchfield (1835–1865), Virginian officer in Confederate States army during US Civil War
 * Thomas Crutchfield Sr. (1801–1850), mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA in 1849
 * Ward Crutchfield (1928–2016, US politician of Tennessee Senate
 * Will Crutchfield (born 1957), US conductor, musicologist
 * William Crutchfield (1824–90), US politician