Cram (surname)
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Cram is a surname, and may refer to
- Cleveland Cram, an American CIA station chief and CIA historian
- Donald J. Cram, a Nobel-prize-winning chemist
- George F. Cram, a map-maker and publisher
- George Henry Cram, a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War
- Haldane Rodger Cram, a Canadian civil engineer
- Ralph Adams Cram, an American architect
- Steve Cram, a British middle-distance runner
- Thomas J. Cram, a topographical engineer in the Union Army during the Civil War
- Cram, guitarist and vocalist for the rock band Honest Engine
Donald J. Cram, Haldane Rodger Cram, and Ralph Adams Cram were related; they descended from a Peter Cram who emigrated in 1820 with family from Comrie, Scotland to become farmers in the vicinity of what is now Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.
The Cram surname may have derived from van Kram, a German surname.
