Cranston

Cranston, Cranstoun or Cranstone is a Scottish surname originating in a clan that lived around Roxburgh in the Scottish Borders. It is a minor clan but has its own tartan and clan brooch. Notable people with the surname include:

Real people

Alan Cranston (1914–2000), American politician from California
Andrew Cranston (born 1969), Scottish painter
Alistair Cranston Former Scottish rugby union player
Bryan Cranston (born 1956), American actor
Catherine Cranston (1849–1934), also known as Kate Cranston or Miss Cranston, tea room proprietor
Earl Cranston (1840–1932), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Edwin Cranston, professor of Japanese at Harvard University
Emily Cranston, Canadian chemist
John Cranston, colonial governor of Rhode Island
Ken Cranston (1917–2007), former English cricketer
Kyle Cranston (born 1992), Australian Decathlete, 2017 World University Games Decathlon Champion
Lefevre James Cranstone (1822–1893), English artist
Mary Cranston Mason (1846–1932), social reformer and temperance leader
Mary Rankin Cranston (died 1931), American librarian, non-fiction writer, sociological engineer
Maurice Cranston (1920–1993), British philosopher and political scientist
Ross Cranston (born 1948), British lawyer and politician, member of Parliament for Dudley
Samuel Cranston, colonial governor of Rhode Island
Tim Cranston (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
Tom Cranston (footballer) (1891–1916), Scottish footballer
Thomas George Cranston (1877–1954), Irish chess player
Toller Cranston (1949–2015), Canadian figure skater and artist

Fictional characters

Billy Cranston, a character from the Power Rangers universe
Lamont Cranston, a crime-fighting vigilante from the 1930s series The Shadow
Kirk Cranston, a fictional character on the NBC daytime soap opera Santa Barbara
Rachel Cranston, a female character on the television series NCIS
Chuck Cranston, the lowlife boyfriend of Ariel Moore in the movie Footloose

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