Craig is a surname, derived from either the Scottish Gaelic creag or the Irish carraig, both meaning rock. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. The word craig (Anglicised to crag) refers to a small, rocky hill in Scots and Scottish English. Anglicisation or anglicization (see -ise vs -ize) is a process of conversion of verbal or written elements of any other language into a more comprehensible English Scots ( The Scots leid) refers to Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland and Northern Scottish English is the variety of English spoken in Scotland, also called Scottish Standard English.
It may refer to:
- Amanda Craig (born 1959), British author
- Daniel Craig (born 1968), English actor
- Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), English theatre practitioner
- Elijah Craig (died 1808), American preacher
- Elizabeth Craig (1883-1980), British chef
- F. W. S. Craig (1929-1989), Scottish politician
- Gordon A. Craig (1913-2005), Scottish-American historian
- Harmon Craig (1926-2003), American geochemist
- James Craig (VC), Scottish soldier
- James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Northern Irish politician
- James Henry Craig (1748-1812), British military officer
- Jim Craig (born 1957), American hockey player
- Joe Craig (born 1980), British author
- John Craig (1663-1731), Scottish mathematician
- John Manson Craig (1896-1970), Scottish soldier
- Judy Craig (born 1946), American singer
- Larry Craig (born 1945), American politician
- Locke Craig (1860-1925), American politician
- Malin Craig (1875-1945), American general
- Mikey Craig (born 1960), British DJ and musician
- Philip Craig (1933-2007), American author
- Philip Craig (footballer) (born 1985), Northern Irish soccer player
- Ralph Craig (1889-1972), American track and field athlete
- Robert C. Craig (1921-1990), American psychologist and educationalist
- Roger Craig (born 1960), American football player
- Roger Craig (baseball) (born 1930), American baseball player
- Ryan Craig (born 1972), British playwright
- Ryan Craig (hockey) (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Thomas Craig (c. Amanda Craig (born 1959 is a British Novelist Craig studied at Bedales School and Cambridge and works as a Journalist. Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968 is an English Actor. Edward Gordon Craig ( 16 January 1872 – 29 July 1966) sometimes known as Gordon Craig was a English modernist Theatre Elijah Craig (1738 &ndash May 18, 1808) was an entrepreneur and Baptist preacher in the state of Kentucky. Elizabeth Josephine Craig, MBE, FRSA ( 16 February 1883 &ndash 7 June 1980) was a British food writer Journalist Frederick Walter Scott Craig ( December 10, 1929 - March 23, 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of reference Gordon Alexander Craig ( November 13, 1913 &ndash October 30, 2005) was a Scottish-American historian of German, Swiss Harmon Bushnel Craig ( March 15, 1926 &ndash March 14, 2003) was a American chemist James Craig VC (1824 - 1861 was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy James Craig 1st Viscount Craigavon, Bart, PC ( 8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940) was a prominent Irish unionist General Sir James Henry Craig KB ( Gibraltar 1748 &ndash 12 January 1812 London) was a British military officer Jim Craig may refer to Jim Craig (footballer (born 1943 Scottish footballer one of the Lisbon Lions Jim Craig (Australian footballer, Joe Craig (born 31 December 1980 in London) is an English children's Novelist and Musician. John Craig (1663&ndash October 11, 1731) was a Scottish Mathematician. John Manson Craig VC ( March 5, 1896 &ndash February 19, 1970) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, Larry Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American politician from the state of Idaho. Locke Craig ( 16 August 1860 9 June 1925) was the Democratic governor of the U Malin Craig ( August 5, 1875 &ndash July 25, 1945) was a United States Army general. Mikey Craig (born Michael Emile Craig 15 February 1960, in Hammersmith, London) was a former DJ who became the Bassist Philip Craig ( Dec 10, 1933 - May 8, 2007) was a writer known for his Martha's Vineyard mysteries Philip Craig (born April 25 1985 in Craigavon, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish professional footballer currently Ralph Cook Craig ( June 21, 1889 &ndash July 21, 1972) was an American athlete, winner of the sprint double at the Dr Robert C Craig ( March 9, 1921 - March 25, 1990) was a professor in the department of Counseling Educational Psychology and Special Education Roger Lee Craig (born February 17 1930 in Durham North Carolina) is a former Pitcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Ryan Craig (born 1972) is a British playwright He began writing for the theatre in 1996 with The Sins of Dalia Baumgarten and Happy Savages. Ryan Craig (born January 6, 1982 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian Professional Ice hockey Thomas Craig may refer to Tommy Craig, the Scottish footballer born 1950 Sir Thomas Craig (poet, (1538-1608 Scottish jurist and poet 1538-1608), Scottish jurist and poet
- Wendy Craig (born 1934), English actress
- W. G. Craig, British locomotive engineer
- William Craig (logician) (born 1918), American logician
- William Craig (politician) (born 1924), Northern Irish politician
- William Lane Craig (born 1949), American philosopher
- Yvonne Craig (born 1937), American actress
Fictional characters
Wendy Craig (born 20 June 1934) is a BAFTA Award winning English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms William Grindley Craig was Chief mechanical engineer of the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway from 1854-1859 William Craig (born 1918 is Emeritus professor of Philosophy at University of California Berkeley in Berkeley, California. __FORCETOC__ William (Bill Craig (b 2 December 1924) is a Northern Ireland Politician best known for forming the Ulster Vanguard William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American Philosopher, Theologian, New Testament Historian, and Yvonne Joyce Craig (born May 16, 1937 in Taylorville Illinois) is an American actress best known as Batgirl from John Craig is the name of an exceptionally competent tough-minded British agent who is the fictional hero of four superior spy thrillers written in the late 1960s and early Kimberly Diane "Kim" Craig is a Fictional character in the Australian sitcom Kath & Kim, portrayed by Gina Riley. Brett Craig is a Fictional character on the satirical comedy Television series, Kath & Kim.
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