Crutchfield (surname)

Crutchfield is a surname of English origin, derived from a place-name that refers to a field containing a burial mound: Celtic cruc (burial mound; cf. Welsh crug) + Anglo-Saxon feld (field).

Notable people named Crutchfield include:

• Alexander Crutchfield, American businessman
• Allison Crutchfield, American musician
• Buddy Crutchfield, American football player
• David Crutchfield, Australian football player
• Dwayne Crutchfield, American football player
• Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr., American Methodist bishop
• James Crutchfield, St. Louis barrel-house piano player
• James A. Crutchfield, American writer
• James P. Crutchfield, American mathematician and physicist
• Jan Crutchfield, American songwriter
• Jimmie Crutchfield, 1930s American Negro league baseball player
• Jerry Crutchfield, American country and pop record producer, songwriter, and musician
• Johnnie Crutchfield, Oklahoma politician
• Katie Crutchfield, American musician
• Les Crutchfield, American screenwriter
• Linda Crutchfield-Bocock, Canadian skier and luger
• Michael Crutchfield, Australian politician
• Nels Crutchfield, Canadian professional hockey player, 1934 season
• Robin Crutchfield, American artist
• Shireen Crutchfield, American actress
• Stapleton Crutchfield, Virginian officer in the Confederate States army during the American Civil War
• Thomas Crutchfield, 1849 mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Ward Crutchfield, Tennessee politician
• Will Crutchfield, American conductor
• William Crutchfield, 19th-Century American politician