Cruse is a surname of English origin. There are many variant spellings, including Crewes, Crewis, Crews, Cruce, Cruise, Cruize, Crus, Cruwys, De Cruce and De Cruze. People Bruce Cruse (born 1967), Australian cricketer Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff (born Cindy Cruse in 1963), singer-songwriter and the Director of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, United States Colin Cruse (born 1951), former Australian rules footballer Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008), Irish politician, writer, historian and academic. Emmanuel Cruse (born 1968), French winemaker, a member of the Cruse family (see below) Harold Cruse (1916–2005), social critic and teacher of African-American studies Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919–1977), original author of the popular American syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise" Hieronymous Cruse (Jeronimus Croase) (died 1687), a soldier and explorer for the Dutch East India Company in South Africa Howard Cruse (1944–2019), American cartoonist Howard Cruse (bishop) (1908–1979), Anglican Bishop of Knaresborough from 1965 to 1972 Jack Cruise (1915–1979), Irish comedian & actor Susan Cruse, British television actress Thomas Cruse (1857–1943), United States Army brigadier general awarded the Medal of Honor Vicki Cruse (1967–2009), American aerobatic pilot and administrator Cruse family, a family of Protestant winemakers from the Bordeaux region of France Fictional characters Matt Cruse, the main character and narrator in the Airborn novel series written by Kenneth Oppel See also Cruise (name) Cruse (disambiguation) References External links The Cruse/Cruwys one-name study English-language surnames de:Cruse fr:Cruse