Cross (surname)

Cross is an English topographic surname for someone who lived on a road near a stone cross.

Notable persons with the surname Cross include:

By given name

A–C

• A.F. Cross (1863–1940), English poet, playwright, journalist and author
• Alan Cross, Canadian radio broadcaster and author
• Alex Cross (footballer) (1919–1998), Scottish footballer
• Alexander Cross (1903–1973), Welsh actor
• Amanda Cross, pen name of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (1926–2003), American academic and author
• Amos Cross (1860–1888), American baseball player
• Andrew Cross (footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer
• Anne Haney Cross (born 1956), American neurologist and neuroimmunologist
• Anthony Glenn Cross (born 1936), English slavist
• Anthony John Cross (born 1945), English cricketer
• Art Cross (1918–2005), American race car driver
• Arthur Henry Cross (1884–1965), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ben Cross (1947–2020), English actor
• Ben Cross (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
• Benny Cross (1898–1986), English footballer
• Bernice Cross (1912–1996), American artist
• Billy Cross (born 1946), American musician
• Billy Cross (American football) (1929–2013), American football player
• Burton M. Cross (1902–1998), American politician
• Charles Cross (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Cross (1952–2024), English musician
• Christopher Cross (born 1951), American musician
• Cory Cross (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player

D–F

• Daniel Cross (filmmaker), Canadian documentary filmmaker and producer
• Daniel Cross (footballer) (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
• David Cross (born 1964), American actor and comedian
• David Cross (artist), British artist
• David Cross (footballer born 1950), English footballer
• David Cross (footballer born 1982), English footballer
• David Cross (musician) (born 1949), English musician
• Dennis Cross (1924–1991), American film and television actor
• Dolores Cross (born 1938), American educator and university administrator
• Donna Cross, Australian academic and psychology researcher
• Donna Woolfolk Cross (born 1947), American writer
• Dorothy Cross (born 1956), British artist
• Douglas Cross (1892–1970), Australian politician
• Edith Cross (1907–1983), American tennis player
• Edward Cross (politician) (1798–1887), American politician
• Edward E. Cross (1832–1863), American Army General
• Eliska Cross (born 1986), French actress
• Emily Cross (born 1986), American fencer
• Frank Cross (baseball) (1873–1932), American baseball player
• Frank Leslie Cross (1900–1968), English theologian
• Frank Moore Cross (1921–2012), American scholar

G–I

• Garvin Cross (born 1970), stuntman and actor
• George Lynn Cross (1905–1998), American educator
• Gillian Cross (born 1945), English author
• Graham Cross (born 1943), English-born footballer
• H. Morrey Cross (1921–2008), served as the International Commissioner of Scouts Canada
• Hardy Cross (1885–1959), American engineer
• Helen Cross (author) (born 1967), English author
• Helen Cross (politician) (died 2022), Australian politician
• Henri-Edmond Cross (1856–1910), French pointillist painter
• Howard Cross (born 1967), American football player
• Howard Cross III (born 2001), American football player
• Hugh Cross (1925–1989), British actor
• Hugh W. Cross (1896–1972), American politician
• Ian Cross (rugby league) (born 1989), Irish rugby footballer
• Irv Cross (1939–2021), American football player and commentator

J–N

• James Cross (1921–2021), British former diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by militants in 1970
• James Albert Cross (1876–1952), lawyer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada
• James B. Cross (1819–1876), American lawyer and politician
• James U. Cross (1925–2015), retired United States Air Force brigadier general and author
• Jane T. H. Cross (1817–1870), American author
• Ja'Quez Cross (born 2002), American football player
• Jason Cross (born 1979), American professional wrestler
• Jeff Cross (basketball) (born 1961), American basketball player
• Joan Cross (1900–1993), English singer
• John Keir Cross (1914–1967), Scottish writer
• John Kynaston Cross (1832–1887), British cotton spinner and Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Bolton
• Jonathan Cross (footballer) (born 1975), English footballer
• Joseph Cross (actor) (born 1986), American actor
• Karen Cross (born 1974), English tennis player
• Kate Cross (born 1991), English cricketer
• Kendall Cross (wrestler) (born 1968), American wrestler
• Kenna Cross, American politician from New Hampshire
• Kenneth Cross (1911–2003), Royal Air Force commander
• Kyra Cooney-Cross (born 2002), Australian footballer
• Lave Cross (1866–1927), American baseball player
• Lloyd Cross, American physicist and holographer
• Malcolm Cross (1856–1919), Scottish rugby footballer
• Manfred Cross (1929–2024), Australian politician
• Marcia Cross (born 1962), American actress
• Mark Cross (disambiguation)
• Martin Cross (born 1957), British oarsman
• Merv Cross (1941–2023), Australian doctor and former rugby league footballer
• Mike Cross (disambiguation)
• Milton Cross (1897–1975), American radio announcer, opera expert
• Monte Cross (1869–1934), American baseball player
• Neil Cross (born 1969), British novelist and scriptwriter
• Niki Cross (born 1985), American footballer
• Nick Cross (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nicky Cross (born 1961), English footballer

O–R

• Paul Cross (disambiguation)
• Peter Cross (disambiguation)
• Philip Cross (1826–1888), Irish murderer
• R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914), British statesman and Conservative politician
• Randy Cross (born 1954), American football analyst and former NFL lineman
• Richard Cross (disambiguation)
• Rob Cross (basketball), basketball coach
• Rob Cross (born 1990), English darts player
• Robert Thomas Cross (1850–1923), English astrologer
• Roger Cross (born 1969), Canadian actor
• Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet (1896–1968), English politician and diplomat
• Ronald Anthony Cross (1937–2006), American author
• Roy Cross (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
• Rupert Cross (1912–1980), English jurist
• Ryan Cross (born 1979), Australian rugby footballer

S–Z

• Shirley Gale Cross (1915–2008), American botanist, botanical illustrator, and conservationist
• Stan Cross (1888–1977), Australian strip and political cartoonist
• Steve Cross (footballer) (born 1959), English footballer
• Tara Cross-Battle (born 1968), American volleyball player
• Terry M. Cross (born 1947), American Coast Guard Admiral 2004–2006
• Tim Cross (born 1951), retired British Army officer
• Tom Cross (politician) (born 1958), American politician
• Tom Cross (rugby) (1876–1930), New Zealand rugby footballer
• Tom Peete Cross (1897–1951), American Celticist and folklorist
• Tracy L. Cross (born 1958), American psychologist and academic
• Travis Cross (born 1980), Canadian wrestler
• Ulric Cross (1917–2013), Trinidadian lawyer, diplomat and RAF navigator
• Veronica Ann Cross (born 1950), English beauty queen
• Wilbur Cross (1918–2019), American author
• Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862–1948), American educator and politician
• William Cross (disambiguation)
• Zora Cross (1890–1964), Australian poet

Characters

• Aaron Cross, the main protagonist of the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy
• Alex Cross, a fictional character and the protagonist in the James Patterson Alex Cross series of novels
• Angela Cross, a fictional character from 2003 video game '
• Augustine Cross, a fictional character in Marvel Comics
• Carland Cross, a fictional character and the protagonist of the Carland Cross TV series and novels
• Cora Cross, a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Darren Cross, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Edna Cross, a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside
• Gina Cross, a fictional character in the Half-Life video game series
• Harry Cross, a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside
• Jack Cross, a fictional character from the comic book series of the same name
• James Cross, a fictional character in the TV series Callan
• Joe Cross, a fictional character in the 2025 film Eddington
• Kaleb Cross, the real name of the playable character Revenant in Apex Legends
• Noah Cross, a fictional character and villain in the 1974 film Chinatown
• Professor Cross, a fictional character and villain in the 2019 comic series
• Rainie Cross, a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Robert Cross, a fictional character and villain in the 2009 video game Prototype
• Sergeant Cross, a fictional character featured in the ' and ' video games

Related surnames

• Crouch
• Croucher

See also

• Crosse – alternate spelling