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'Craig' is a male given name or surname, derived from either the Scottish Gaelic ''creag'' or the Irish ''carraig'', both meaning ''rock''. The word ''craig'' (Anglicised to ''crag'') refers to a small, rocky hill in Scots and Scottish English.
It may also refer to:

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Geography
Scotland
United States
People with Craig as a surname
Cuisine
Film and television
Literature
Military
Music
Politics
Religion
Science and higher education
Sport
Fictional characters
Other uses
See also

Geography


Scotland


Abbey Craig, a hill near Stirling, location of the Wallace National Monument

Ailsa Craig, an island in the Firth of Clyde
United States


Craig, Alaska

Craig, Colorado

Craig, Iowa

Craig, Missouri

Craig, Nebraska

Craig Air Force Base, near Selma, Alabama

Craig County, Oklahoma

Craig County, Virginia

Craig Key, Florida, in the Florida Keys

Craig Seaplane Base, Alaska

Fort Craig, New Mexico

People with Craig as a surname


Cuisine


Elizabeth Craig, MBE (1883-1980), One of the most renowned British celebrity chefs of the 20th Century
Film and television


Daniel Craig (born 1968), English actor, latest to portray secret agent James Bond

★ ''Gordon Craig'', Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), English actor

Gordon A. Craig, Scottish-American historian

Wendy Craig (born 1934), English actress

Yvonne Craig (born 1937), U.S. actress
Literature


Amanda Craig (born 1959), British novelist, author of ''A Vicious Circle'' and ''In a Dark Wood''

Philip Craig (born 1933), American mystery writer

Ryan Craig (born 1972), British play-writer

★ ''Webster Craig'', Eric Frank Russell (1905-1978), English science fiction author
Military


James Henry Craig (1748-1812), British military officer and colonial administrator

James Craig (VC), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1855

John Manson Craig (1896-1970), Scottish soldier

Malin Craig (1875-1945), U.S. general
Music


Judy Craig (born 1946), U.S. singer

Mikey Craig (born 1960), DJ and musician
Politics


F. W. S. Craig (1929-1989), Scottish Unionist politician, analyst of elections and compiler of reference books

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

Larry Craig (born 1945), U.S. politician

Locke Craig (1860-1925), U.S. politician

★ Sir Thomas Craig (c.1538-1608), Scottish jurist and poet

William Craig (born 1924), Northern Irish politician
Religion


Elijah Craig (died 1808), Baptist preacher from Kentucky

William Lane Craig (born 1949), Christian apologist and philosopher
Science and higher education


John Craig (1663-1731), Scottish mathematician

Robert C. Craig (1921-1990), U.S. psychologist and educationalist

W. G. Craig, British locomotive engineer

William Craig (logician), U.S. logician
Sport


Jim Craig (born 1957), U.S. hockey player

Philip Craig (footballer) (born 1985), Northern Irish footballer (soccer)

Ralph Craig (1889-1972), U.S. track and field athlete

Roger Craig (baseball) (born 1930), U.S. baseball player and manager

Roger Craig (born 1960), U.S. football player

Ryan Craig (hockey) (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player

Fictional characters



Craig (South Park), recurring South Park character

John Craig (fictional agent), British secret agent who is the fictional hero of four spy thrillers written in the late 1960s and early 1970s by James Munro

Craig Valentine, ''Shortland Street'' Character

Other uses



Craig Media Inc., a Canadian communication company

★ ''The Craig Machine'', 2005 album by musician Stephen Lynch, which includes a track called ''Craig Christ'' (the fictional brother of Jesus Christ)

Craig (brand name), a defunct brand of audio equipment

See also



Crag and tail

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