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
• 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