# 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 (born 1952), 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, Australia 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, 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 (born 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), 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), a British former diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by militants in 1970
* James Albert Cross (1876–1952), a lawyer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada
* James B. Cross (1819–1876), American lawyer and politician
* James U. Cross (1925–2015), a 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 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
* Kathryn Cross (born 1991), English cricketer
* Kendall Cross (wrestler) (born 1968), American wrestler
* 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, Scottish rugby footballer
* Manfred Cross (born 1929), 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 Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
* 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
* 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 Chrononauts: Futureshock
* Rainie Cross, a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Sergeant Cross, a fictional character featured in the Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Need for Speed: Carbon video games

## Related surnames

* Crouch
* Croucher