Crenshaw is a toponymic surname for people from the Lancashire village of Cranshaw, derived from the Old English words cran(uc) "crane" and sceaga "grove, thicket". Notable people with the surname include:
Ander Crenshaw (born 1944), American politician
Anderson Crenshaw (1783–1847), American jurist
Barclay Crenshaw (born 1971), stage name Claude VonStroke, American music producer
Ben Crenshaw (born 1952), American professional golfer
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson (born 2001), American football player
Caroline A. Crenshaw, American lawyer
C. C. Crenshaw (1883–1940), American politician
Chris Crenshaw (born 1986), American baseball player and coach
Claude J. Crenshaw (1918–1972), American Air Force officer and flying ace
Craig Crenshaw (born 1962), American general
Dan Crenshaw (born 1984), American politician
Dave Crenshaw (born 1975), American author
David Crenshaw Barrow Jr. (1852–1929), American professor and administrator
Evan Crenshaw (born 2004), American football player
George Crenshaw (born 1960), American racing driver
George L. Crenshaw (1855–1937), American real estate developer and banker
George Webster Crenshaw (1913–2007), cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Belvedere
James L. Crenshaw (born 1934), American Biblical professor
Jesse Crenshaw (1946–2026), American politician from Kentucky
John Crenshaw (1797–1871), American landowner and slave trader
John Bascom Crenshaw (1861–1942), American athlete
John T. Crenshaw (1820–1863), American soldier
Jonathan Crenshaw (1972–2023), American artist and homeless man
Joni Crenshaw (born 1979), American basketball coach
Kimberlé Crenshaw (born 1959), American lawyer
Leon Crenshaw (1943–2008), American football player
Marshall Crenshaw (born 1953), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Martha Crenshaw (born 1945), American professor
Marvin Crenshaw (born 1952), American football player
Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully (1925–2003), American women's rights activist
Mary Mayo Crenshaw (1875–1951), American writer
Matt Crenshaw (born 1978), American basketball player and coach
Mic Crenshaw (born 1970), American recording artist
Pauline Smith Crenshaw (1878–1956), American historian and socialite
Robert Crenshaw, American drummer
Roberta Crenshaw (1914–2005), American philanthropist
Walter H. Crenshaw, American politician
Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. (born 1956), American judge
Willis Crenshaw (born 1941), American football player
Fictional characters:
Peter Crenshaw, a character from the Three Investigators juvenile detective book series
David Crenshaw, player character of Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
Mindy Crenshaw, fictional character on the American sitcom Drake & Josh