Crittenden is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander P. Crittenden (1816–1870), 19th-century attorney and politician in California; nephew of John J. Crittenden; grandson of John Crittenden Sr. Dorothea Crittenden (1915–2008), Canadian deputy minister for the Ministry of Community and Social Services Eugenia Crittenden Luallen (née Blackburn; born 1952), former Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky Flora D. Crittenden (1924–2021), American educator and civil rights activist in Virginia turned politician George B. Crittenden (1812–1880), U.S. Army officer Joe Crittenden (born 1944), Cherokee Nation politician John Crittenden Sr. (1754–1809), U.S. Army officer and politician John J. Crittenden (1787–1863), American politician John Crittenden Watson (1842–1923), admiral of the U.S. Navy; grandson of John J. Crittenden Paul Crittenden (born 1958), former Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) politician Robert Crittenden (1797–1834), American lawyer and Arkansas politician Robert Crittenden Newton (1840–1877), American lawyer, politician, and Confederate Colonel from Arkansas Shawn Crittenden, Cherokee Nation politician Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1819–1893), American lawyer, politician and U.S. Army general Thomas Theodore Crittenden (1832–1909), U.S. Army officer and politician Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. (1863–1938), Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, from 1907 to 1910 Thomas Turpin Crittenden (1825–1905), U.S. Army officer William Logan Crittenden (1823–1851), U.S. Army officer who fought in the Mexican–American War
Freddie Crittenden (born 1994), American track hurdler Howie Crittenden (1933–2013), American basketball player Monreko Crittenden (1980–2015), American football offensive lineman Nick Crittenden (born 1978), English footballer Ray Crittenden (born 1970), American football wide receiver
Billy Crittenden, vocalist with the Nashville vocal quartet, 4 Runner Dianne Crittenden (1941–2024), American casting director Jennifer Crittenden (born 1969), American screenwriter and producer Kate Sara Chittenden (1856–1949), Canadian and U.S. professor of music, music school founder, and piano teacher Lisa Crittenden (born 1962), Australian actress Melodie Crittenden (born 1968), American country and Christian music artist Spencer Crittenden, American assistant writer for the TV series, Great Minds with Dan Harmon T. D. Crittenden (1878–1938), American silent film actor
Oscar Crittenden (1887–1954), Australian retailer Gary Crittenden (born 1953), American financial manager, former private equity executive, and retail bank executive
Stephen Crittenden (born 1963), leading religion journalists and broadcaster from Australia William Crittenden (1908–2003), fifth Bishop of Erie in The Episcopal Church, between 1952 and 1973
Ann Crittenden Coleman (née, Crittenden; pen name, Mrs. Chapman Coleman; 1813–1891), American 19th-century author Christopher Crittenden (1902–1969), American historian Danielle Crittenden (born 1963), Canadian-American author and journalist Edwin Butler Crittenden, (1915–2015), American architect, late of Anchorage, Alaska Eugene C. Crittenden (1880–1956), president of (i) the Philosophical Society of Washington (1922) and (ii) Optical Society of America (1932) Inez Crittenden (1887–1918), leader of the "Hello Girls", the U.S. Telephone Corps in France during World War I Katharine Crittenden (1921–2010), American historic preservationist from Alaska Lee Crittenden, Lena Crittenden, pennames of Lela E. Buis, American fiction writer, playwright, poet, and artist Nick Crittenden (writer), British writer Patricia McKinsey Crittenden (born 1945), American psychologist Peter Crittenden, British lichenologist Robyn Crittenden, American attorney from the state of Georgia Victoria Crittenden, (born 1956) is an American academic and management consultant
Javaris Crittenton (born 1987), American, former NBA player who served a prison sentence for a conviction of involuntary manslaughter
See also Javaris Crittenton, basketball player