Crane (surname)

Crane is a surname and may refer to:

People

• Andy Crane (b. 1964), English radio and television presenter
• Arnold Crane, art collector
• Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955), American teacher and politician
• Barry Crane (1927-1985), American television producer and director and bridge player
• Ben Crane (b. 1976), American professional golfer
• Bob Crane (1928–1976), American DJ and actor, played Hogan in the sitcom Hogan's Heroes
• Brian Crane, American cartoonist, creator of the Pickles comic strip
• Bruce Crane (1857-1937) American tonalist painter
• Caprice Crane (b. 1974), American screenwriter, author, and producer
• Charles Crane, former mayor of Honolulu (1938–41)
• Charles Howard Crane (1885–1952), American architect
• Charles Richard Crane (1858–1939), American philanthropist
• Cheryl Crane (b. 1943), daughter of actress Lana Turner
• Dan Crane (b. 1936), former member of the US House of Representatives
• David Crane (disambiguation), several people
• E. J. Crane, American chemist and editor of Chemical Abstracts 1915-1958
• Ed Crane (disambiguation), several people including the lead character of the 2001 film The Man Who Wasn't There
• Frederick E. Crane (1869–1947), Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals
• George W. Crane (1901–1995), psychologist, physician, and syndicated newspaper columnist
• Hart Crane (1899–1932), American poet
• Harry Crane (1914-1999), American comedy writer
• Hewitt Crane (1927–2008), pioneer computer scientist
• Horace Richard Crane (1907–2007), American physicist
• Israel Crane (1774–1858), American businessman
• John Crane (disambiguation), several people
• Jordan Crane (comics) (b. 1973), American comics creator
• Jordan Crane (rugby union) (b. 1986), English rugby union player
• Joseph Halsey Crane (1782–1851), American soldier and attorney
• Laurence Crane (b. 1961), English composer
• Les Crane (1933–2008), American announcer and talk show host
• Louis Crane, quantum gravity theorist
• L. Stanley Crane (1915-2003), American railroad executive
• Mary Crane (disambiguation), Canadian politician
• Matt Crane (b. 1967), American actor, noted for his part in the soap opera Another World
• Nicholas Crane (d. by 1590), Puritan minister
• Nicholas Crane (b. 1954), British cartographer, explorer and broadcaster
• Nicky Crane (1959–1993), British neo-Nazi activist
• Peter Crane (b. 1954), former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
• Phil Crane (b. 1930), American politician, long serving Republican member of the US House of Representatives
• Richard T. Crane (1832–1912), Chicago industrialist
• Robert Crane (disambiguation), several people
• Ronald Crane (1886–1967), American literary critic and historian
• Roy Crane (1901–1977), American cartoonist
• Sarah Crane (b. 1972), Australian opera soprano
• Simon Crane (b. 1960), British stuntman
• Stephen Crane (1871–1900), American author
• Stephen Crane (delegate) (1709–1780), American politician
• Susanne Crane (b. 1966), American artist
• Thomas Crane, 19th. century British Army officer
• Thomas Frederick Crane (1844–1927), American folklorist, academic and lawyer
• Vincent Crane (1943–1989), founder of rock group Atomic Rooster
• Walter Crane (1845–1915), English artist, part of the Arts and Crafts movement
• Whitfield Crane (b. 1968), American musician
• William Crane (politician) (1785–1853), Canadian merchant and judge
• William M. Crane (1776–1846), US naval officer
• Winthrop M. Crane (1853–1920), governor of Massachusetts and US senator

Fictional characters

• Crane family from the TV soap opera Passions
  • Alistair Crane
  • Ethan Crane
  • Fancy Crane
  • Fox Crane
  • Julian Crane
• Characters in the American sitcom Frasier
  • Frasier Crane, also in Cheers
  • Martin Crane, father of Frasier and Niles
  • Niles Crane, younger brother of Frasier
• Denny Crane, a lawyer on the TV series Boston Legal
• Ichabod Crane, the main protagonist in the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Jonathan Crane or Scarecrow, a comic book villain in the Batman series by DC Comics
• Marion Crane, a character in the film Psycho and (called Mary Crane) in the novel on which the film was based
• Master Crane, a character from the animated movie Kung-Fu Panda
• Rebecca Crane, a fictional character in the Assassin's Creed franchise's modern storyline
• Seneca Crane, a character in the novel The Hunger Games

See also

• Crane (disambiguation)