Delacroix
Delacroix is a French surname that derives from de la Croix ("of the Cross"). Notable people with the surname include:
- Caroline Delacroix (1883–1945), French-Romanian mistress of Leopold II of Belgium
- Charles-François Delacroix (1741–1805), French ambassador to the Netherlands
- Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), French Romantic artist
- Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan (1795–1858), French Jesuit preacher and author
- Hiroyuki Sakai from Iron Chef, referred to as the Delacroix of French cuisine.
- Jean-François Delacroix (1753–1794), French revolutionary politician
- Léon Delacroix (1867–1929), Belgian statesman
- Michel Delacroix (painter) (1933–), French painter
- Michel Delacroix (politician), Belgian politician
Fictional characters:
- Eduard Delacroix, character from the serial novel The Green Mile and its film adaptation
- Marie Delacroix, character from the video game System Shock 2
- Monique Delacroix Bond, mother of James Bond
- Victor Delacroix, character from the video game Chaos Legion
- Yvette Delacroix, character from the video game The Dagger of Amon Ra
- The Delacroix family, from The Lottery
See also
- de la Croix
- Delacroix Island, Louisiana, USA
- 10310 Delacroix, asteroid
- Delacroix metro station, in Brussels, Belgium
- Musée national Eugène Delacroix, art museum in Paris, France
- Delcroix, a surname
- Dellacroce
- de la Cruz
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