Craig (surname)

For other uses, see Craig.

Craig is a surname, derived from the Scottish Gaelic creag. The word craig (Anglicised to crag) refers to a small, rocky hill in Scottish English.

Notable people sharing this surname

• Alfred M. Craig (1832-1911), American jurist
• Alisa Craig, a pen name of Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005)
• Allan Craig (born 1904), Scottish footballer
• Allen Craig (born 1984), American Major League baseballer
• Angie Craig (born 1972), American politician
• Amanda Craig (born 1959), British author
• Ann Craig, English silversmith
• Caroline Craig (born 1975), Australian actress
• Charles C. Craig (1865-1944), American jurist and legislator
• Charlotte Craig (born 1991), American Taekwondo practitioner
• Daniel Craig (born 1968), English actor
• Daniel F. Craig (1875-1929), American military officer
• David Craig (author), pseudonymous British author publishing in 2005
• Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), English theatre practitioner
• Elijah Craig (died 1808), American preacher
• Elizabeth Craig (writer) (1883–1980), British chef
• Elizabeth Craig, New Zealand politician
• Elizabeth A. Craig, American biochemist and geneticist
• Sir Ernest Craig, 1st Baronet (1859–1933), British Conservative Party politician
• Frank Barrington Craig (1902-1951), British artist
• Fred Craig (footballer) (born 1881), played for Plymouth Argyle
• F. W. S. Craig (1929–1989), Scottish politician
• Gordon A. Craig (1913–2005), Scottish-American historian
• Harmon Craig (1926–2003), American geochemist
• Hector Craig (1775-1842), Congressman from New York
• Irwin Craig (died 1970), American juror
• James Craig (disambiguation)
• Jenny Craig (born 1932), American entrepreneur
• Joe Craig (disambiguation)
• John Craig (disambiguation)
• John Manson Craig (1896–1970), Scottish soldier
• Judy Craig (born 1946), American singer
• Larry Craig (born 1945), American politician
• Locke Craig (1860–1925), American politician
• Lyman C. Craig (1906-1974), American chemist
• Malin Craig (1875–1945), American general
• Mary Lynde Craig (1834-1921), American writer, teacher, attorney, activist
• Michael Craig (Louisiana judge) (born 1968), American judge
• Mikey Craig (born 1960), British DJ and musician
• Neil Craig (born 1956), Australian rules footballer and coach
• Oliver Craig, British archaeologist
• Paco Craig (born 1965), American football player
• Philip Craig (disambiguation)
• Ralph Craig (1889–1972), American track and field athlete
• Richard Craig (1877–1966), Canadian politician
• Robert Craig (disambiguation)
• Rod Craig (1958–2013), American baseball player
• Roger Craig (American football) (born 1960), American football player
• Roger Craig (baseball) (born 1930), American baseball player
• Ryan Craig (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ryan Craig (playwright) (born 1972), British playwright
• Stephen Craig (bobsleigh) (born 1967), Australian bobsledder
• Steven Craig (born 1981), Scottish footballer
• Tommy Craig, (born 1950), Scottish footballer
• Thomas Craig (actor) (born 1962), English actor
• Thomas Craig (poet) (c.1538-1608), Scottish jurist and poet
• Thomas Dixon Craig (1842–1905), Canadian politician
• Walter H. Craig (1880-1937), American politician
• Wendy Craig (born 1934), English actress
• W. G. Craig (1818-1886), British locomotive engineer
• William Craig (logician) (born 1918), American logician
• William Craig (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1924), Northern Irish politician
• William Lane Craig (born 1949), American philosopher
• William Marshall Craig (died 1827), English painter
• Winston Craig (born 1995), American football player
• Yvonne Craig (1937–2015), American actress

Notable fictional characters sharing this surname

• John Craig (fictional agent), hero of spy thrillers by James Munro
• Kim Craig, from the television series Kath and Kim
• Brett Craig, from the television series Kath and Kim
• Dr. Mark Craig, from the television series St. Elsewhere

See also

• Craig (given name)