Santa Cruz (surname)

Santa Cruz, or Santacruz, or de la Santacruz, are surnames of Spanish and Portuguese origin, evolving from Latin to medieval Castilian, Sancta Crux → Santa Cruz, referring to the holy cross, a symbol of Christianity. Family records are documented in Castile, Aragon, and Navarre during the XV century.

Notable people with this name

Arts and entertainment

• Abel Santa Cruz (1915–1995), major Argentine screenwriter
• Daniel Santacruz (born 1976), American musician, singer and record producer
• Francesc Santacruz i Artigas (fl. 1665–1721), Catalan sculptor
• Kendra Santacruz (born 1989), Mexican television actress
• Pedro Ferriz Santacruz (1921–2013), veteran radio and television presenter in Mexico

Sports

• Danilo Santacruz (born 1995), Paraguayan footballer
• Estéban Santa Cruz (1885–?), Cuban baseball player
• Hugo Santacruz (born 1989), Paraguayan footballer
• Javier Flores Santacruz (born 1986), Spanish footballer
• José Armando Santa Cruz (born 1980), a Mexican boxer
• Rafael Carlos Santacruz (born 1983), Spanish footballer
• Roque Santa Cruz (born 1981), Paraguayan footballer

Other people

• Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), Spanish admiral
• Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792–1865), president of Peru and Bolivia
• José Santacruz Londoño (1943–1996), a Colombian drug lord
• Lorenzo Carbonell Santacruz (1883–1968), mayor of Alicante, 1931–1936
• Manuel Santa Cruz Loidi (1842–1926), Spanish Carlist guerilla leader and missionary
• Manuel de Santa Cruz (1922–2019), pen-name of Alberto Ruiz de Galarreta Mocoroa, Spanish historian
• Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), Paraguayan saint

See also

• Cruz
• De la Cruz
• Santa Cruz (disambiguation)