Cresson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elliott Cresson (1796 – 1854), American philanthropist Warder Cresson (1798 – 1860), later known as Michael Boaz Israel, American religious zealot and proto-Zionist Ezra Townsend Cresson (1838 – 1926), American entomologist William Penn Cresson (1873 – 1932), American architect, author, diplomat and husband of sculptor Margaret French Cresson Ezra Townsend Cresson Jr. (1876–1948), American entomologist, see Ezra Townsend Cresson Jr. on Wikispecies Margaret French Cresson (1889–1973), American sculptor and wife of William Penn Cresson Myra Cresson (born 1904), social worker in Singapore Édith Cresson (born 1934), French politician Loris Cresson (born 1998), Belgian motorcycle racer