Cranston, Cranstoun or Cranstone is a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
surname
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originating in a clan that lived around
Roxburgh in the
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
. It is a minor clan but has its own
tartan
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and clan brooch. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as a President of the World Federalist Association from 1949 to 1 ...
(1914–2000), American politician from California
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Andrew Cranston
Andrew Cranston (born 22 July 1969) is a Scottish painter. His work has been reviewed and discussed in various publications such as The Guardian and The Spectator.
Personal life
Andrew Cranston was born on 22 July 1969 in Hawick in the Scottis ...
(b. 1969), Scottish painter
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Bryan Cranston (b. 1956), American actor
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Catherine Cranston (1849–1934), also known as Kate Cranston or Miss Cranston, tea room proprietor
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Earl Cranston (1840–1932), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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Edwin Cranston, professor of Japanese at Harvard University
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Emily Cranston, Canadian chemist
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John Cranston, colonial governor of Rhode Island
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Ken Cranston
Kenneth Cranston (20 October 1917 – 8 January 2007) was an English amateur cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and eight times for England, in 1947 and 1948. He retired from playing cricket to concentrate on his career as ...
(1917-2007), former English cricketer
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Kyle Cranston
Kyle Cranston (born 3 September 1992) is an Australian athlete competing in the combined events. He won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In addition, he competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast finishing fifth.
His fa ...
(b. 1992), Australian Decathlete, 2017 World University Games Decathlon Champion
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Lefevre James Cranstone (1822–1893), English artist
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Maurice Cranston (1920–1993), British philosopher and political scientist
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Ross Cranston
Sir Ross Frederick Cranston (born 23 July 1948) is a professor of Law at London School of Economics and a retired High Court judge. He is also a former British Labour Party politician, and served as the Member of Parliament for Dudley North betw ...
(b. 1948), British lawyer and politician, member of Parliament for Dudley
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Samuel Cranston
Samuel Cranston (1659–1727) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the first quarter of the 18th century. He held office from 1698 to 1727, being elected to office 30 times (twice in 1698), and served as g ...
, colonial governor of Rhode Island
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Tim Cranston (b. 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
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Tom Cranston (footballer) (1891–1916), Scottish footballer
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Thomas George Cranston (1877–1954), Irish chess player
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Toller Cranston (1949–2015), Canadian figure skater and artist
Fictional characters:
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Billy Cranston, a character from the ''Power Rangers'' universe
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Lamont Cranston
The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...
, a crime-fighting vigilante from the 1930s series, ''The Shadow''
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Kirk Cranston, a fictional character on the NBC daytime soap ''Santa Barbara''
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Rachel Cranston, a female character on the ''NCIS''
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Chuck Cranston, the lowlife boyfriend of Ariel Moore in the movie ''
Footloose
Footloose may refer to:
* ''Footloose'' (1984 film), a musical film
** ''Footloose'' (1984 soundtrack)
** "Footloose" (song), performed by Kenny Loggins
* ''Footloose'' (2011 film), a remake of the 1984 film
** ''Footloose'' (2011 soundtrack) ...
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Surnames of British Isles origin