Cruse is a surname of

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

origin. There are many variant spellings, including Crewes, Crewis, Crews, Cruce, Cruise, Cruize, Crus, Cruwys, De Cruce and De Cruze.

People

* Bruce Cruse (born 1967), Australian cricketer *

Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff Cindy Lerae Cruse-Ratcliff (born May 18, 1963) is a singer-songwriter who serves as the senior worship leader at the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Early life Cruse was born, Cindy Lerae Cruse, on May 18, 1963, in Odessa, Texas while she g ...

(born Cindy Cruse in 1963), singer-songwriter and the Director of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, United States * Colin Cruse (born 1951), former Australian rules footballer *

Conor Cruise O'Brien Donal Conor David Dermot Donat Cruise O'Brien (3 November 1917 – 18 December 2008), often nicknamed "The Cruiser", was an Irish diplomat, politician, writer, historian and academic, who served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1973 ...

(1917–2008), Irish politician, writer, historian and academic. * Emmanuel Cruse (born 1968), French winemaker, a member of the Cruse family (see below) *

Harold Cruse Harold Wright Cruse (March 8, 1916 – March 26, 2005) was an American academic who was a social critic and teacher of African American studies at the University of Michigan until the mid-1980s. ''The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual'' (1967) ...

(1916–2005), social critic and teacher of African-American studies * Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919–1977), original author of the popular American syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise" * Hieronymous Cruse (Jeronimus Croase) (died 1687), a soldier and explorer for the Dutch East India Company in South Africa *

Howard Cruse Howard Cruse (May 2, 1944 – November 26, 2019) was an American alternative cartoonist known for the exploration of gay themes in his comics. First coming to attention in the 1970s during the underground comix movement with ''Barefootz'', he wa ...

(1944–2019), American cartoonist *

Howard Cruse (bishop) John Howard Cruse (known as Howard; 15 February 1908 – 11 April 1979) was Bishop of Knaresborough from 1965 to 1972. Cruse was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and studied for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford before Curate, curacies at ...

(1908–1979), Anglican Bishop of Knaresborough from 1965 to 1972 *

Jack Cruise Jack Cruise (15 August 1915 – 4 May 1979) was a famous Irish comedian and actor, who performed in and wrote many shows in the Royal and Olympia theatres in Dublin. Early life Born in Phibsboro, Dublin to Michael Cruise (b. Colchester, Essex ...

(1915–1979), Irish comedian & actor *

Susan Cruse Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

, British television actress *

Thomas Cruse Thomas Cruse (December 29, 1857 – June 8, 1943) was a brigadier general in the United States Army who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action on July 17, 1882, at the Battle of Big Dry Wash, Arizona. An 1879 graduate of ...

(1857–1943), United States Army brigadier general awarded the Medal of Honor * Vicki Cruse (1967–2009), American aerobatic pilot and administrator * Cruse family, a family of Protestant winemakers from the Bordeaux region of France * Brian Cruse (born 199p), Afro House Dj-Producer,

Fictional characters

* Matt Cruse, the main character and narrator in the ''Airborn'' novel series written by Kenneth Oppel

References

External links

The Cruse/Cruwys one-name study
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People

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