Crouch is a
family name. It is an Anglo-Saxon name and derives from someone who lived by a cross.
People with the family name Crouch
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Andraé Crouch
Andraé Edward Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor. Referred to as "the father of modern gospel music" by contemporary Christian and gospel music profess ...
(1942–2015), American gospel musician
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Anna Maria Crouch
Anna Maria Crouch (20 April 1763 – 2 October 1805), often referred to as Mrs Crouch, was a singer and stage actress in the London theatre. She was (briefly) a mistress of George, Prince of Wales.
Biography
Born Anna Maria Phillips, she firs ...
(1763–1805), English actress and mistress of George, Prince of Wales
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Bill Crouch (1910s pitcher)
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Bill Crouch (1940s pitcher)
William Elmer Crouch (August 20, 1907 – December 26, 1980) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1939), Philadelphia Phillies (1941), and St. Louis Cardinals (1941 and 1945). The , right-hander was a nativ ...
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Blake Crouch
William Blake Crouch (born October 15, 1978) is an American author best known for his '' Wayward Pines Trilogy'', which was adapted into the 2015 television series '' Wayward Pines''.
Early life and education
Crouch was born near the town of S ...
(born 1978), American author
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Colin Crouch
Colin John Crouch, (born 1 March 1944) is an English sociologist and political scientist. He coined the post-democracy concept in 2000 in his book '' Coping with Post-Democracy''. Colin Crouch is currently Emeritus Professor at the University ...
, British professor of sociology
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David Crouch British politician
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David Crouch (historian)
David Bruce Crouch, (born 31 October 1953) is a Welsh historian and academic. From 2000 until his retirement in 2018 he was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Hull.
Academia
He graduated in history from the former University C ...
Medieval historian
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Dennis Crouch
Dennis David Crouch (born April 30, 1975 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American patent attorney who worked for McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (MBHB) in Chicago, Illinois, until 2007.Dennis Crouch''Thank you MBHB, Hello Missouri! ...
(born 1975), American legal academic best known as author of patent law blog ''Patently-O''
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Dennis Crouch (bassist) Dennis Crouch (born January 19, 1967) is an American double bassist raised in Strawberry, Arkansas, United States.
He came from a musical family and started playing bass when he was eight years old. In 1996 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Two ye ...
(born 1967), American upright bassist
* Eliza Emma Crouch (1836–1886), birth name of English courtesan
Cora Pearl
Cora Pearl (born Eliza Emma Crouch; December 1836 – 8 July 1886) was an English courtesan or cocotte of the French demimonde who became most well known during the period of the Second French Empire.
Early life
Eliza Emma Crouch was born in Ply ...
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Eric Crouch
Eric Eugene Crouch (born November 16, 1978) is a former American football quarterback. He also is a TV sports analyst and recreational equipment vendor.
Crouch played college football for the University of Nebraska. In 2001 Crouch won the Heisma ...
, American football player
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Frederick Crouch, English composer and cellist
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Gabriel Crouch
Gabriel Crouch is a British baritone, choral conductor, and record producer.
Early life
Gabriel Crouch was born on 19 September 1973. Musically inclined since the age of eight, he joined the choir of Westminster Abbey. He became the Head Choris ...
, English baritone and former member of King's Singers
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Jack Crouch (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jan Crouch
Janice Wendell Crouch () (née Bethany; March 14, 1938 – May 31, 2016) was an American religious broadcaster. Crouch and her husband, Paul, founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1973, along with Jim Bakker. She, along with her ...
, wife of Paul Crouch, and co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network
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Jared Crouch
Jared Crouch (born 5 March 1978) is a former Australian football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL), who is colloquially known as "Crouchie" to Swans fans and the media. He currently serves as a development ...
, Australian rules football player
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John Crouch (disambiguation), multiple people
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Lionel Crouch (1886–1916), British solicitor
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Leonard C. Crouch (1866–1953), New York judge
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Nigel Crouch, English footballer
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Paul Crouch
Paul Franklin Crouch /kraʊtʃ/ (March 30, 1934 – November 30, 2013) was an American television evangelist. Crouch and his wife, Jan, founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1973; the company has been described as "the world’s l ...
, (1934–2013) founder of the largest Christian Television Network, Trinity Broadcasting Network
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Paul Crouch Jr. (born 1959), American Christian broadcaster
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Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 42 times by the England national team between 2005 and 2010, scoring 22 goals for his country during that time, and ...
(born 1981), English footballer
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Robert Crouch (1904–1957) British Member of Parliament
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Roger K. Crouch
Roger Keith Crouch (born September 12, 1940) is an American scientist and astronaut who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997.
Personal
Born September 12, 1940, in Jamestown, Tennessee, Crouch currently resides ...
, US payload specialist, with considerable space flight experience
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Sandra Crouch
Sandra Crouch (born July 1, 1942) is an American gospel music performer, drummer and songwriter.
Musical career
Crouch won a Grammy Award in 1984 for "Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female" for the 1983 album, "We Sing Praises," and was nominate ...
, US gospel musician
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Stanley Crouch
Stanley Lawrence Crouch (December 14, 1945 – September 16, 2020) was an American poet, music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist, and biographer. He was known for his jazz criticism and his 2000 novel ''Don't the Moon Look ...
(1945–2020), American music critic
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Suzanne Crouch
Suzanne Crouch (born February 27, 1952) is an American politician who has served as the 52nd lieutenant governor of Indiana since 2017. She previously served as the 56th state auditor of Indiana. She is a candidate for Governor of Indiana in 202 ...
, representative in the Indiana House of Representatives
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Tracey Crouch
Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch (born 24 July 1975) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, she gained the seat from Labour's Jonathan S ...
, British Conservative Member of Parliament
Fictional
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Barty Crouch Senior, fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling
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Barty Crouch Jr., fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling
See also
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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 ...
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Croucher
References
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