Crain (surname) explained

Crain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Rance Crain (born 1938) publisher, Crain Communications, Inc..

• Clayton Crain, comic book artist
• Dunham Jones Crain (1831–1908), New York politician and diplomat
• Floyd H. Crain (1929–2023), American politician
• Hartwell Crain (1900-1981), American politician
• Jeanne Crain (1925–2003), actress
• Jesse Crain (born 1981), baseball player
• Joel Burditt Crain (1813–1887), Sergeant Major to Sam Houston
• John L. Crain, president of Southeastern Louisiana University
• Kurt Crain (1964–2012), American football player
• Oleta Crain (1913–2007), African-American military officer, federal civil servant
• Robert Crain (1865–1928), American lawyer and farmer
• Samantha Crain (born 1986), American musician
• Thomas C. T. Crain (1860–1942), New York County D.A.
• William C. Crain (1798–1865), New York politician