Crisp (surname)

Crisp is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Benjamin Crisp (1808–1901), New Zealand carrier, temperance reformer and character.
• Bob Crisp (1911–1994), South African cricketer.
• Charles Frederick Crisp (1845–1896), a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
• Charles R. Crisp (1870–1937), U.S. politician.
• Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp (1979– ), baseball center fielder.
• Donald Crisp (1882–1974), English film actor.
• Finlay Crisp (1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist.
• Fiona Crisp (born 1966), British photographer.
• Frank Crisp (1843–1919), English lawyer and microscopist.
• George Crisp (1911–1982), Welsh footballer who played for Coventry City.
• Hank Crisp (1896–1970), American college sports coach.
• Harold Crisp (1874–1942), Australian judge
• Henry Crisp (by 1505–75), English landowner and politician.
• Hope Crisp (1884–1950), English tennis player, first winner of Wimbledon mixed doubles.
• Jack Crisp (born 1993), Australian rules football player at the Brisbane Lions.
• James Crisp (born 1982), British Paralympic swimmer.
• James Crisp (cricketer) (1927–2005), Welsh cricketer
• Joy Crisp, American planetary geologist specializing in Mars geology.
• Mary Dent Crisp, American feminist and Republican Party official
• Michael Douglas Crisp (born 1950), Australian botanist
• N. J. Crisp (1923–2005), British television writer, dramatist and novelist.
• Nathaniel Crisp (1762–1819), British prankster and baptizer.
• Nicholas Crisp (c. 1599–1666), English Royalist and Member of Parliament
• Nigel Crisp, Baron Crisp (born 1952), British civil servant.
• Norman Crisp (1923–2005), English television writer.
• Quentin Crisp (1908–1999), English writer, artist's model, actor.
• Quentin S. Crisp (born 1972), British SF writer.
• Ruth Crisp (1918–2007), crossword compiler.
• Samuel Crisp (1707–1783), English dramatist
• Stephen Crisp (1628–1692), English Quaker activist and prolific writer.
• Terry Crisp (1943– ), Canadian ice hockey centerman.
• Thomas Crisp (1876–1917), English skipper, won VC.
• Tobias Crisp (1600–1643), English clergyman and reputed antinomian.
• William Crisp (1842–1910), English missionary priest who worked in South Africa.

See also:

• Crisp (disambiguation)