Cruz

Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin. It means “cross” in Spanish and Portuguese. The word "Cruz", as well as "Vera Cruz" ("True Cross") and "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross") are used as surnames and topological names.

Cruz refers to:

Persons

• Adolfo Cruz (contemporary), Argentine Formula One race car driver
• Alex Cruz (contemporary), American amateur astronomer
• Alexis Cruz (1974–), Puerto Rican-American actor
• Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792–1865), Bolivian, President of Peru and President of Bolivia
• Aurea Cruz (1982–), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Tony Sunshine (Antonio Cruz) , Puerto Rican R&B singer
• Bobby Cruz (1937–), Puerto Rican salsa singer and religious minister
• Brandon Cruz (1962–), American actor and musician
• Carlos Cruz also known as Teo Cruz (1937–1970), Dominican boxer
• Carmen Cruz is adult actress
• Celia Cruz (1924–2003), Cuban salsa singer
• Claudia Cruz (contemporary), Dominican Miss World contestant 2004
• Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Mexican actor
• Eva Cruz (1974–), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Flavio Cruz (1982–), Portuguese volleyball player
• Gemma Cruz, Former Miss International
• Iohana Cruz (1980–), Cuban diver
• Jacqueline Cruz Silva (1962–), Brazilian beach volleyball player
• Joaquim Cruz (1963–), Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medal winner
• José Cruz also known as Cheo Cruz (1947–), Puerto Rican baseball player
• José Cruz, Jr. (1974–), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Juan Cruz (1978–), Dominican baseball player
• Juan de la Cruz (1542–91), Spanish friar and poet
• Juan-Carlos Cruz (contemporary), celebrity chef
• Julio Cruz Argentina football striker
• Leo Cruz (1957–), Dominican boxing champion
• Magdalena de la Cruz (1487–1560), Spanish Franciscan nun of Cordova
• Monica Cruz (1977-), Spanish dancer and actress; sister of Penelope Cruz
• Nicky Cruz (1938–), Puerto Rican-American ex-gang leader and religious minister
• Nilo Cruz (1962–), Cuban-American playwright and Pulitzer prize winner
• Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist
• Penélope Cruz (1974–), Spanish actress
• Rayver Cruz (1989–), Filipino Actor/Dancer
• Roque Santa Cruz (1981–), Paraguayan football player
• Sheryl Cruz (contemporary), Filipino actress
• Taio Cruz (1983–), British singer
• Ulises de la Cruz (1974–), Ecuadorian football player
• Wilson Cruz (1973–), Puerto Rican-American actor
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun and poet
• Cruz Bustamante (1953–), American politician
• Vincent Cruz Karate instructor and author
• Cesar Jeronimo Cruz Chicano(1977-) Co-Founder of Latina/o Psychology Association AT SDSU

Fictional characters

• Soma Cruz, character in the video game CastleVania: Aria of Sorrow
• Cruz, Fighter from Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight for NY.
• Cruz de la Cruz, a central character in John H. Ritter's baseball novel and his family's verisimilitudinous Web site
• Maritza Cruz, police sergeant in the television drama Third Watch.
• _Girl_Meets_Girl_characters#Tomari_Kurusu A character from the anime and manga Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl. Her last name is from Cruz.
• Ramiro "Ram" Cruz, the main protagonist of the games Total Overdose and Chili Con Carnage.

Places

• Achadas da Cruz, parish in the district of Porto Moniz, Madeira, Portugal
• Cruz Bay, city on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Osvaldo Cruz, municipality and county in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
• Porto da Cruz, parish in the district of Machico, Madeira, Portugal
• Puerto de la Cruz, town in the Canary Islands, Spain
• Puerto La Cruz, coastal city in Anzoátegui state, Venezuela
• La Cruz, Chile
• La Cruz, Chihuahua, in Mexico
• La Cruz, Tamaulipas, in Mexico
• La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, in the Mexican state of Nayarit

Other

• Cruz, the 1998 Mexican film.
• Cruz Records, a record label
• Cruz Azul, Mexican football team
• Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Oswaldo Cruz Institute), biomedical research institute in Brazil
• Island of Vera Cruz, first name given by Brazil by early explorers
• Juan de la Cruz, name used in the Philippines similar to John Doe in the USA
• USS Point Cruz, escort aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy commissioned just after WWII
• Santa Cruz (Mumbai), suburb in Mumbai

See also

• De la Cruz surname page
• Santa Cruz page
• Veracruz (disambiguation page)