Cruce /ˈkruːz/ is a surname which today is mainly found in America, Australia, Canada, England, Ireland and Wales. It is a variant form of Cruwys[Cruys][Cruice][Cruise][deCruis]; there are many others.[1]
Notable people with this surname
edit- [Isaac Newton Cruce] 1735-1772, Belfast,Ireland-Charleston,South Carolina
- [Richard A. Cruce]1936-2018 Entrepreneur,Kentucky
- [Lee Cruce] 2nd Governor Oklahoma 1904-1908
- [Tom Cruise] 1960- American Actor
- Jill Cruwys (1943–1990), England cricketer
- Margaret Cruwys (1894–1968), Devon historian
- Robert Cruwys (1884–1951), cricketer
- Augustino de Cruce 1169 Norman Knight witnessed deed for Strongbow (Richard de Clare) Conquered Ireland
Fictional characters
edit- Cruwys Morchard, the alias of Clytie Potts in the 2006 novel A Darkling Plain
See also
edit- Cruwys (disambiguation), other meanings including places with this word in the name
References
edit- ^ "Cruwys One-Name Study". Guild of One-Name Studies. Retrieved 23 June 2014.