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, English poet, playwright, journalist and author
- Alan Cross, Canadian radio broadcaster and author
- Alex Cross (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Alexander Cross, Welsh actor
- Amanda Cross, pen name of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American academic and author
- Amos Cross, American baseball player
- Andrew Cross (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Anne Haney Cross, American neurologist and neuroimmunologist
- Anthony Glenn Cross, English slavist
- Anthony John Cross, English cricketer
- Art Cross, American race car driver
- Arthur Henry Cross, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ben Cross, English actor
- Ben Cross (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- Benny Cross, English footballer
- Bernice Cross, American artist
- Billy Cross, American musician
- Billy Cross (American football), American football player
- Burton M. Cross, American politician
- Charles Cross (disambiguation), multiple people
- Chris Cross, English musician
- Christopher Cross, American musician
- Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
D–F
- Daniel Cross (filmmaker), Canadian documentary filmmaker and producer
- Daniel Cross (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- David Cross, 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), English musician
- Dennis Cross, American film and television actor
- Dolores Cross, American educator and university administrator
- Donna Cross, Australian academic and psychology researcher
- Donna Woolfolk Cross, American writer
- Dorothy Cross, British artist
- Douglas Cross, Australian politician
- Edith Cross, American tennis player
- Edward Cross (politician), American politician
- Edward E. Cross, American Army General
- Eliska Cross, French actress
- Emily Cross, American fencer
- Frank Cross (baseball), American baseball player
- Frank Leslie Cross, English theologian
- Frank Moore Cross, American scholar
G–I
- Garvin Cross, stuntman and actor
- George Lynn Cross, American educator
- Gillian Cross, English author
- Graham Cross, English-born footballer
- H. Morrey Cross, served as the International Commissioner of Scouts Canada
- Hardy Cross, American engineer
- Helen Cross (author), English author
- Helen Cross (politician), Australian politician
- Henri-Edmond Cross, French pointillist painter
- Howard Cross, American football player
- Howard Cross III, American football player
- Hugh Cross, British actor
- Hugh W. Cross, American politician
- Ian Cross (rugby league), Irish rugby footballer
- Irv Cross, American football player and commentator
J–N
- James Cross, British former diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by militants in 1970
- James Albert Cross, lawyer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada
- James B. Cross, American lawyer and politician
- James U. Cross, retired United States Air Force brigadier general and author
- Jane T. H. Cross, American author
- Ja'Quez Cross, American football player
- Jason Cross, American professional wrestler
- Jeff Cross (basketball), American basketball player
- Joan Cross, English singer
- John Keir Cross, Scottish writer
- John Kynaston Cross, British cotton spinner and Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Bolton
- Jonathan Cross (footballer), English footballer
- Joseph Cross (actor), American actor
- Karen Cross, English tennis player
- Kathryn Cross, English cricketer
- Kendall Cross (wrestler), American wrestler
- Kenna Cross, American politician from New Hampshire
- Kenneth Cross, Royal Air Force commander
- Kyra Cooney-Cross, Australian footballer
- Lave Cross, American baseball player
- Lloyd Cross, American physicist and holographer
- Malcolm Cross, Scottish rugby footballer
- Manfred Cross, Australian politician
- Marcia Cross, American actress
- Mark Cross (disambiguation)
- Martin Cross, British oarsman
- Merv Cross, Australian doctor and former rugby league footballer
- Mike Cross (disambiguation)
- Milton Cross, American radio announcer, opera expert
- Monte Cross, American baseball player
- Neil Cross, British novelist and scriptwriter
- Niki Cross, American footballer
- Nick Cross (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nicky Cross, English footballer
O–R
- Paul Cross (disambiguation)
- Peter Cross (disambiguation)
- Philip Cross, Irish murderer
- R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman and Conservative politician
- Randy Cross, American football analyst and former NFL lineman
- Richard Cross (disambiguation)
- Rob Cross (basketball), basketball coach
- Rob Cross, English darts player
- Robert Thomas Cross, English astrologer
- Roger Cross, Canadian actor
- Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet, English politician and diplomat
- Ronald Anthony Cross, American author
- Roy Cross (footballer), English footballer
- Rupert Cross, English jurist
- Ryan Cross, Australian rugby footballer
S–Z
- Shirley Gale Cross, American botanist, botanical illustrator, and conservationist
- Stan Cross, Australian strip and political cartoonist
- Steve Cross (footballer), English footballer
- Tara Cross-Battle, American volleyball player
- Terry M. Cross, American Coast Guard Admiral 2004–2006
- Tim Cross, retired British Army officer
- Tom Cross (politician), American politician
- Tom Cross (rugby), New Zealand rugby footballer
- Tom Peete Cross, American Celticist and folklorist
- Tracy L. Cross, American psychologist and academic
- Travis Cross, Canadian wrestler
- Ulric Cross, Trinidadian lawyer, diplomat and RAF navigator
- Veronica Ann Cross, English beauty queen
- Wilbur Cross, American author
- Wilbur Lucius Cross, American educator and politician
- William Cross (disambiguation)
- Zora Cross, 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