# Crandall

Crandall is an English surname. It is likely a geographic feature name deriving from the Anglo-Saxon, "crundel," meaning hollow, ravine, or water-course.

## Notable people with the surname

* Bradley Crandall (1927–1991), radio personality, US
* Bruce Perry Crandall (born 1933), soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, US
* Charles Henry Crandall (1858–1923), author and poet, US
* Charles M. Crandall (1826–1867), physician and politician, US
* Charles Martin Crandall (1833–1905), inventor and toymaker, US
* Del Crandall (1930–2021), baseball player and manager, US
* Duane Crandall (born 1946), politician, Canada
* Elizabeth Walbert Crandall (1914–2005), academic, US
* Ella Phillips Crandall (1871–1938), nurse, US
* Geno Crandall, basketball player with Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. US
* Harrison R. Crandall (1887–1970), photographer and painter, US
* Harry Crandall (1879–1937), businessman, US
* J'aime Crandall (born 1982), ballet dancer, US
* James Otis Crandall (1887–1951), baseball player, US
* Jesse Armour Crandall (1834–1920), inventor and toymaker, US
* John Crandall (1609–1676), early settler of Rhode Island, US
* John Gardner Crandall Jr. (1931–2008), American football coach, US
* Joseph Crandall (ca 1761–1858), Baptist minister and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
* Keith A. Crandall (born 1965), computational biologist, bioinformaticist, and population geneticist, US
* Lauren Crandall (born 1985), field hockey player, US
* Lee Saunders Crandall (1887–1969), ornithologist and General Curator of Bronx Zoo, US
* Louis Eugene Crandall (1929–2016), printer and entrepreneur, US
* Lucien Stephen Crandall (1844–1889), inventor, US
* Lynn Crandall (1888–1964), civil engineer, US
* Martin Lesley Crandall (born 1975), keyboardist, US
* Michael Grain Crandall (born 1940), mathematician, US
* Orson Leon Crandall (1903–1960), soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, US
* Prudence Crandall (c. 1803 – 1890), schoolteacher and activist, US
* Rachel Crandall Crocker (born 1958), psychotherapist and transgender activist
* Reed Leonard Crandall (1917–1982), illustrator of comic books and magazines, US
* Richard Crandall (1947–2012), computer scientist and physicist, US
* Robert Lloyd Crandall (born 1935), businessman, US
* Rodolph Crandall (1832–1922), politician and soldier, US
* Roland Crandall (1892–1972), animator, US
* Stephen Harry Crandall (1920–2013), professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, US

### Fictional characters

* Captain Crandall, leader of Teamo Supremo
* Lt. Rip Crandall, character played by Jack Lemmon in The Wackiest Ship in the Army
* Lt. Dolores Crandall, character in Operation Petticoat
* Lennart Crandall, character in Johnny Cool
* Bob "Lightnin'" Crandall, character played by Bob Steele in Lightnin' Crandall
* Corky Crandall, character in sitcom Makin' It
* Sam Crandall, character in The FBI Story
* George Crandall (disambiguation), multiple characters
* Ellen Crandall, character played by Dorothy Neuman in Perry Mason, episode #44 "The Case of the Curious Bride"
* Jack Crandall, character played by Dwayne Hickman in My Dog, The Thief
* Sheriff Vic Crandall, character played by Barry Kelley in sitcom Petticoat Junction
* Sheriff Lucky Crandall, character played by Russell Hayden in A Tornado in the Saddle
* Sir Crispin Crandall, character played by Harris Yulin, The Blacklist, episode "Sir Crispin Crandall
* Monte Crandall, character played by James Ellison in The Ghost Goes Wild
* Lawrence and Betty Crandall, characters played by Harry Hayden and Donna Martell in Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
* Jim Crandal, character played by James Britton in The Yesterday Machine