Cruse (surname)
Cruse is a surname of English origin.
There are many variant spellings, including Crewes, Crewis, Crews, Cruce, Cruise, Cruize, Crus, Cruwys, De Cruce and De Cruze.
People
- Bruce Cruse, Australian cricketer
- Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff, singer-songwriter and the Director of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, United States
- Colin Cruse, former Australian rules footballer
- Emmanuel Cruse, French winemaker, a member of the Cruse family
- Harold Cruse, social critic and teacher of African-American studies
- Heloise Bowles Cruse, original author of the popular American syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise"
- Hieronymous Cruse, a soldier and explorer for the Dutch East India Company in South Africa
- Howard Cruse, American cartoonist
- Howard Cruse (bishop), Anglican Bishop of Knaresborough from 1965 to 1972
- Jack Cruise, Irish comedian & actor
- Thomas Cruse, United States Army brigadier general awarded the Medal of Honor
- Vicki Cruse, American aerobatic pilot and administrator
- Cruse family, a family of Protestant winemakers from the Bordeaux region of France
Fictional characters
- Matt Cruse, the main character and narrator in the Airborn novel series written by Kenneth Oppel