Lacroix (surname)

Lacroix or La Croix is a French topographic surname meaning "the cross". It often referred to a person living near a market or roadside cross, or carrying a cross in a religious pageant. Related names include Cross, LaCrosse, and Delacroix.

Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People

 * Adon Lacroix, (1887–1975) Belgian Artist, Poet, and Muse, First Wife of the Artist Man Ray
 * Alphonse Lacroix, (ice hockey) silver medalist, 1924 Olympics
 * André Lacroix (businessman) (born 1960)
 * André Lacroix (ice hockey) (born 1945)
 * André Lacroix (tennis) (1908–1992)
 * Anne-Marie Lacroix (1732–1802), French writer
 * Antoine Lacroix (1863–1948), mineralogist and geologist
 * Caroline Lacroix (1883–1948), royal mistress
 * Charles de la Croix (1792–1869), missionary
 * Christian Lacroix (born 1951), fashion
 * Gérald Lacroix (born 1957), cardinal and archbishop of Quebec
 * Joe Betts-LaCroix (born 1962), computer industry
 * Léo Lacroix (footballer) (born 1992)
 * Lisa LaCroix, actress
 * Luc M. Lacroix
 * Marc Lacroix (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Maxence Lacroix, French association football player
 * Pat LaCroix (born 1938), musician and photographer
 * Paul Lacroix (1806–1884), author and journalist
 * Pierre Lacroix (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Remy LaCroix (born 1988), pornographic actress
 * Robert Lacroix (born 1940), professor of economics
 * Sébastien Lacroix (born 1983), Nordic Olympian skier
 * Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765–1843), French mathematician
 * Thibault Lacroix (born 1985), rugby union player
 * Thierry Lacroix (born 1967), rugby union player
 * Vincent Lacroix, former Quebec businessman, head of the Norbourg scandal

Fictional characters

 * Lucien LaCroix, character on Forever Knight.
 * Sebastian LaCroix, from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.
 * Sebastian ‘Bash’ Lacroix, from Anne with an E.
 * Eno LaCroix, a character from the webcomic Monsterkind.
 * Amelie Lacroix, a French sniper in the organization Talon from the Blizzard game Overwatch.