Craig (name)
Craig is an originally local masculine given name and family name , which occurs today in the entire English-speaking area.
Origin and meaning
The first name Craig is taken from a Scottish family name, which in turn was derived from the Gaelic creag meaning "rock, cliff" and originally referred to a person who lived near a rock or a cliff.
Name bearer
family name
- Alexander Kerr Craig (1828-1892), American politician
- Alec Craig (1884–1945), Scottish actor
- Amanda Craig (born 1959), British writer
- Andrónico Luksic Craig (* 1954), Chilean businessman
- Angie Craig (* 1972), American politician
- Bryan Craig (* 1991), American actor
- Carl Craig (* 1969), American musician
- Charles Craig (actor) (1877–1972), American film actor
- Charles Craig (singer) (1919–1997), English opera singer (tenor)
- Charles Craig (actor, 1932) (born 1932), film actor
- Charles Craig (athlete) (born 1942), American triple jumper
- Charlie Craig (1938–2011), American musician
- Charmaine Craig (* 1970), American actress and writer
- Daniel Craig (* 1968), British actor
- David Craig (soccer player, 1921) (1921-1994), English soccer player
- David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley (born 1929), British Air Force officer, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, member of the House of Lords
- David Craig (soccer player, 1944) (born 1944), Northern Irish soccer player
- David Craig (soccer player, 1969) (born 1969), Scottish soccer player
- David Parker Craig (1919-2015), Australian chemist
- Dean Craig (1929-2001), Italian screenwriter and director, see Piero Regnoli
- Dean Craig (born 1974), British screenwriter
- Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), British actor, director, set designer and theater theorist
- Eli Craig (* 1972), American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor
- Elijah Craig (1743-1808), American priest
- Elizabeth Craig (cook) (1883–1980), Scottish cook and journalist
- Elizabeth Craig (dancer) (1902–1989), American dancer, partner of Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Elizabeth Craig (rower) (born 1957), Canadian rower
- Emily Craig (* 1992), British rower
- FWS Craig (1929–1989), British electoral researcher
- Francis Craig (1900–1966), American pianist, composer and band leader
- George Craig (Sports Official) (1914–1996), Secretary General of the New Zealand NOK
- George Henry Craig (1845–1923), American lawyer and politician
- George N. Craig (1909–1992), American politician
- Georgena Craig (* 1942), British middle-distance runner
- Gordon A. Craig (1913–2005), American historian of Scottish origin
- Gordon Y. Craig (1925-2014), Scottish geologist
- HAL Craig (1921–1978) Irish screenwriter and journalist
- Hardin Craig (1875–1968), American literary scholar
- Harmon Craig (1926–2003), American geochemist and oceanographer
- Harrison Craig (* 1994), Australian pop singer
- Hector Craig (1775–1842), American politician
- Ian Craig († 2014), Australian cricketer
- James Craig (architect) (1739–1795), Scottish architect and town planner
- James Craig (General) (1818–1888), American politician and general
- James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940), Northern Irish politician
- James Craig (actor) (1912–1985), American actor
- James Henry Craig (1748–1812), British officer and colonial administrator
- Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (* 1944), British Chartered Accountant
- Jim Craig (rugby player) ( James Hampden Craig ; 1895-1959), Australian rugby league player and coach
- Jim Craig (soccer player) ( James Philip Craig ; * 1943), Scottish soccer player
- Jim Craig (ice hockey player) ( James Downey Craig ; born 1957), American ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
- John Craig (clergyman) (1512? –1600), Scottish clergyman
- John Craig (mathematician) (1663–1731) Scottish mathematician
- John Craig (actor) (born 1928), American actor
- John Craig (athlete) (born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runner
- John Craig (Author) , Canadian children's author
- John Manson Craig (1896–1970), Scottish soldier
- Jonny Craig (* 1986), Canadian-American rock musician
- Judy Craig (born 1946), American singer
- Kami Craig (* 1987), American water polo player
- Larry Craig (* 1945), American politician
- Locke Craig (1860-1925), American politician
- Lyman C. Craig (1906-1974), American chemist
- Malin Craig (1875–1945), American general
- Megan Craig (* 1992), New Zealand squash player
- Megan Craig (basketball player) (* 1993), Australian basketball player
- Michael Craig (born 1928), Scottish actor
- Michael Craig-Martin (* 1941), British artist
- Mike Craig (* 1971), Canadian ice hockey player
- Mikey Craig (* 1960), British DJ and bassist in the band Culture Club, see Culture Club
- Mimmo Craig (1925-1916), Italian actor
- Mira Craig (* 1982), Norwegian-American singer
- Nell Craig (1891-1965), American actress
- Nick Craig (* 1990), New Zealand ice hockey player
- Ralph Craig (1889–1972), American track and field athlete
- Robert Craig (politician) (1792-1852), American politician
- Robert Craig (track and field athlete) (born 1969), track and field athlete, Norfolk Island
- Robert C. Craig (1921–1990), American psychologist and educator
- Robert Hunter Craig (1839-1913), British politician
- Robert Theodore Craig (1902–1986), American dentist and botanist
- Roger Craig (born 1960), American football player
- Ryan Craig (playwright) (born 1972), British playwright
- Ryan Craig (ice hockey player) (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Samuel Alfred Craig (1839–1920), American politician
- Stephen Craig (* 1960), Irish artist
- Stuart Craig (* 1942), British production designer
- Thomas Craig (fl. 1934), American botanist
- Tony Craig (actor) (born 1958), actor from Trinidad and Tobago
- Tony Craig (musician) , British musician
- Tony Craig (director) , film director
- Tony Craig (soccer player) (born 1985), English soccer player
- Torrey Craig (* 1990), American basketball player
- Wallace Craig (1876–1954), American experimental psychologist and behaviorist
- Wendy Craig (born 1934), British actress
- William Craig (logician) (1918-2016), American logician
- William Craig (politician) (* 1924), Northern Irish politician
- William Craig (author) (1929–1997), American author and historian
- William Craig (swimmer) (born 1945), American swimmer
- William Benjamin Craig (1877–1925), American lawyer and politician
- William Lane Craig (* 1949), American Christian apologist and philosopher
- Yvonne Craig (1937-2015), American actress
First name
- Craig Bellamy , Welsh football player
- Craig Blomberg , American theologian
- Craig Breedlove , American racing car driver
- Craig Cannonier , Bermudian politician
- Craig David , British singer and songwriter
- Craig Hill (actor) , American actor
- Craig Hosmer , American politician
- Craig T. James , American politician
- Craig Jones , British motorcycle racer
- Craig Morton , American football player
- Craig Nicholls , Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Craig Osborne , English pool player
- Craig Parker , New Zealand actor
- Craig Reichert , Canadian ice hockey player
- Craig Reynolds , American computer graphic artist
- Craig Stevens (swimmer) , Australian swimmer
- Craig Streu , Canadian-German ice hockey player
- Craig Thomson , Scottish soccer player
- Craig Lamar Traylor , American actor
- Craig Ziadie , American-Jamaican soccer player