De la Cruz
| De la Cruz | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | "Of the Cross" |
| Language(s) of origin | Spanish |
| Related names | da Cruz, Dellacroce, Delacroix |
De la Cruz is a Spanish surname meaning "Of the Cross". Notable people with the surname include:
- Bethania de la Cruz (born 1987), Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Carlos de la Cruz, chairman of CC1 Companies
- Eulogio de la Cruz (born 1984), baseball player
- Jerry De La Cruz (born 1948), an American artist
- José María de la Cruz (1799–1875), a Chilean general and politician
- José de la Cruz (1746–1829), a Filipino writer more popularly known as Huseng Sisiw
- Juan de la Cruz (1542–91), Spanish friar and poet
- Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695), a scholar, poet and nun
- Magdalena de la Cruz (1487–1560), Spanish Franciscan nun of Cordova
- Melissa de la Cruz (born 1971), an American author
- Oswaldo de la Cruz, a Peruvian politician
- Ramón de la Cruz (1731–1794), a Spanish neoclassical dramatist
- Tommy de la Cruz (1911–1958), a Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ulises de la Cruz (born 1974), an Ecuadorian footballer
- Veronica De La Cruz (born 1980), a Filipino-American television anchor
Fictional characters:
- Cruz de la Cruz, a central character in John H. Ritter's baseball novel and his family's verisimilitudinous Web site
Music
- De La Cruz, an 80's influenced hard rock band from Australia, who made their debut in 2013 with the album Street Level
See also
- Caravaca de la Cruz, a town in Spain
- Puerto de la Cruz, a city on the island of Tenerife
- Juan de la Cruz, a demonym for Filipinos
- Delacroix
- Dellacroce
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