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De la Cruz, usually written as de la Cruz and commonly spelled dela Cruz in the Philippines, is a Spanish surname meaning "of the Cross". It may refer to:

People

• Apolinario de la Cruz (1815–1841), Filipino religious leader
• Bethania de la Cruz (born 1987), Dominican volleyball player
• Bryan De La Cruz (born 1996), Dominican baseball player
• Cacho de la Cruz (born 1937), Argentine-Uruguayan entertainer
• Carlos de la Cruz, Cuban-American chairman of CC1 Companies
• Claudia De la Cruz (born 1980/1981), American community organizer and activist
• David de la Cruz (born 1989), Spanish cyclist
• Elly De La Cruz (born 2002), Dominican baseball player
• Eulogio de la Cruz (1984–2021), Dominican baseball player
• Fernando de la Cruz (born 1971), Dominican baseball player
• Francisco Dela Cruz (1962–2019), Northern Mariana Islands politician
• Jerry De La Cruz (born 1948), American artist
• Jessica de la Cruz (born 1981), American politician
• José María de la Cruz (1799–1875), Chilean general and politician
• José de la Cruz (1746–1829), Filipino writer more popularly known as Huseng Sisiw
• Joshua Dela Cruz (born 1989), Filipino-American actor
• Juan de la Cruz (1542–1591), Spanish friar and poet
• Juan de la Cruz (basketball) (born 1954), Argentine-born Spanish pivot
• Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695), Mexican scholar, poet, and nun
• Magdalena de la Cruz (1487–1560), Spanish Franciscan nun of Cordova
• Melissa de la Cruz (born 1971), American author
• Monica De La Cruz (born 1974), American politician
• Nicolás de la Cruz (born 1997), Uruguayan footballer
• Oswaldo de la Cruz, Peruvian politician
• Ramón de la Cruz (1731–1794), Spanish neoclassical dramatist
• Tommy de la Cruz (1911–1958), Dominican baseball player
• Ulises de la Cruz (born 1974), Ecuadorian footballer
• Veronica De La Cruz (born 1980), Filipino-American television anchor
• Virginia de la Cruz, Argentine-Paraguayan actress

Fictional characters

• Cruz de la Cruz, a central character in John H. Ritter's 2003 novel The Boy Who Saved Baseball
• Ernesto de la Cruz, a character from the 2017 Pixar film, Coco
• Estela de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
• Mitch de la Cruz, a character from the animated series Get Blake!
• Montgomery “Monty” de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
• Guillermo de la Cruz, a vampire servant / hunter in the HBO series What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)

Music

• De La Cruz, an 80's-influenced hard rock band from Australia
• Juan de la Cruz Band, a 70's hard rock band from the Philippines

See also

• Caravaca de la Cruz, a town in Spain
• Puerto de la Cruz, a city on the island of Tenerife
• Juan dela Cruz, a demonym for Filipinos and one of the national personifications of the Philippines
• Delacroix
• Dellacroce
• Aroldis Chapman, maternal name de la Cruz, Cuban relief pitcher for the New York Yankees