Cripps is a surname of English origin. It is an occupational surname for a pouch maker, derived from the Middle English word crippes "pouch". It may also be the metathesized form of Crisp. It may refer to:
Surname Alan Cripps (born 1930), Australian cricketer Andrew Cripps (born 1981), Australian politician Annabelle Cripps (born 1968), British swimmer Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952), Anglican priest and writer Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor (1852–1941), British politician Colin Cripps (born 1961), Canadian musician Cripps–Appiah–Edun family, international dynasty Elizabeth Cripps, British political philosopher Godfrey Cripps (1865–1943), South African cricketer Harry Cripps (1941–1995), English footballer Hayden Cripps (born 1990), New Zealand rugby union player Humphrey Cripps (1915–2000), British businessman and philanthropist Dame Isobel Cripps (1891–1979), British overseas aid organizer Jamie Cripps (born 1992), Australian rules footballer Jason Cripps (born 1976), Australian rules footballer Jeff Cripps, musical producer John Cripps (1927–2022), British–Australian horticulturalist Sir John Cripps (1912–1993), British journalist John Marten Cripps (1780–1853), English traveller and antiquarian Joseph Cripps (1765–1847), English businessman, banker and politician Kofi Cripps (born 2003), English rugby union player Kyllie Cripps, Australian sociologist Leslie Cripps (born 1977), Canadian rugby union player Lionel Cripps (1863–1950), Rhodesian politician Lucy Cripps (born 2001), Australian cricketer Marian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor (1878–1952), British anti-war activist Mick Cripps (born 1962), Australian musician Patrick Cripps (born 1995), Australian rules footballer Peggy Cripps (1921–2006), English children's author Sarah Cripps (1822–1892), New Zealand postmistress and midwife Sharon Cripps (born 1977), Australian sprinter Shirley Cripps (born 1935), Canadian politician Sir Stafford Cripps (1899–1952), British politician Thomas Cripps (1840–1906), American soldier Thomas Cripps (1932–2018), American film historian William Cripps (1805–1848), British politician William Harrison Cripps (1850–1923), British surgeon William Joseph Cripps (1841–1903), British writer on antique silver plate Winsome Cripps (1931–1997), Australian sprinter
Middle name
Amy Cripps Vernon (1869–1956), English children's author Eleanor Cripps Kennedy (1825–1913), Canadian businesswoman Louise Cripps Samoiloff (1904–2001), British-American writer, historian and journalist
See also Crips, American gang, founded in Los Angeles
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