Crutchfield is a surname of English origin, derived from a place-name that refers to a field containing a burial mound: Celtic cruc (burial mound; cf. Welsh crug) + Anglo-Saxon feld (field).^[1]

Notable people named Crutchfield include:

• Allison Crutchfield (active 2007–2016), US musician, twin sister of Katie Crutchfield
• Buddy Crutchfield (born 1976), US football player
• E. Bryant Crutchfield (active late 1970s), Trapper Keeper inventor
• David Crutchfield (1965–2002), Australian Rules football player
• Dwayne Crutchfield (born 1959), US American football player
• Finis Alonzo Crutchfield Jr. (1916–1987), US Methodist bishop
• James Crutchfield (1912–2001), US singer, pianist & songwriter
• James P. Crutchfield (born 1955), US mathematician & physicist
• Jan Crutchfield (1938–2012), US songwriter
• Jimmie Crutchfield (1910–1933), US professional Negro leagues baseball player
• Jerry Crutchfield (1934-2022), US country & pop record producer, songwriter & musician
• Johnnie Crutchfield (born 1947), US politician in Oklahoma
• Katie Crutchfield (active 2007–2020), US musician, twin sister of Allison Crutchfield
• Les Crutchfield (1916–1966), US screenwriter known for Escape (radio program)
• Linda Crutchfield-Bocock (born 1942), Canadian skier and luge
• Michael Crutchfield (born 1961), Australian politician of Victorian Legislative Assembly
• Nels Crutchfield (1911–1985), Canadian professional hockey player
• Robin Crutchfield (born 1952), US artist
• Shireen Crutchfield (born 1970), US actress
• Stapleton Crutchfield (1835–1865), Virginian officer in Confederate States army during US Civil War
• Thomas Crutchfield Sr. (1801–1850), mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA in 1849
• Ward Crutchfield (1928–2016, US politician of Tennessee Senate
• Will Crutchfield (born 1957), US conductor, musicologist
• William Crutchfield (1824–90), US politician

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