Cresswell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron Cresswell (born 1989), English footballer
- Addison Cresswell (1960âÂÂ2013), British talent agent
- Arthur Cresswell (1917âÂÂ2002), New Zealand cricketer, brother of Fen Cresswell
- Brad Cresswell, American radio broadcaster and former opera singer
- Chanel Cresswell (born 1990), English BAFTA award-winning actress
- Cresswell Cresswell (1794âÂÂ1863), English judge and politician
- D'Arcy Cresswell (1896âÂÂ1960), New Zealand poet and memoirist
- Daryn Cresswell (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
- Douglas Cresswell (1894âÂÂ1960), New Zealand historian and broadcaster
- Elijah Cresswell (1889âÂÂ1931), Scottish footballer
- Estcourt Cresswell (1745âÂÂ1823), English politician
- Fen Cresswell (1915âÂÂ1966), New Zealand cricketer
- Helen Cresswell (1934âÂÂ2005), British writer
- Ian Cresswell (born 1968), Australian composer
- Luke Cresswell (born 1963), English co-creator of dance percussion act Stomp
- Lyell Cresswell (1944âÂÂ2022), New Zealand-born composer based in Scotland
- Max Cresswell (1939âÂÂ2024), New Zealand philosopher and logician
- Peter Cresswell (immunologist) (born 1945), British immunologist
- Sir Peter Cresswell (judge) (1944âÂÂ2025), English High Court judge
- Richard Cresswell (born 1977), English footballer
- Richard Cresswell (MP) (1688âÂÂ1743) English Member of Parliament
- Thomas Estcourt Cresswell (1712âÂÂ1788), English Member of Parliament
- Tim Cresswell (born 1965), British geographer
- Warney Cresswell (1897âÂÂ1973), English footballer and football manager
- William Nichol Cresswell (1818âÂÂ1888), British-Canadian painter
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