Crerar
Crerar is a Scottish surname. The original name is the Scots version of the Gaelic criathar.
The surname Crerar was first found in Inverness and the surrounding Scottish highlands, where the Crerar's held a family seat from ancient times.People
- Duncan MacGregor Crerar, Scottish poet.
- Finlay Crerar, RAF officer
- Harry Crerar, Canadian World War II commander.
- John Crerar, Scottish gamekeeper and composer.
- John Crerar, American industrialist.
- Peter Crerar, Scots-Canadian civil engineer.
- Thomas Crerar, Canadian politician.
Places
- Crerar, Ontario, a neighborhood of Hamilton, Ontario named for the Canadian general Harry Crerar.
- John Crerar Library, a library operated by the University of Chicago named for the American industrialist John Crerar.
