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Crane

Crane or Cranes may refer to,

• Les Crane Announcer/TV Talk show host/interviewer
• Caprice Crane Screenwriter/Author/Producer
• Bob Crane (1928-1978), American DJ and actor, played Hogan in the sitcom Hogan's Heros
• Brian Crane, creator of the Pickles comic strip
• Charles Crane, mayor of Honolulu 1938 to 1941
• Cranes (band) (formed 1980s), British goth rock band
• Crane (bird), large long-necked birds
• Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting etc
• Crane (martial arts), crane style martial arts
• Crane, in the philosophy of Daniel Dennett, a material process which dispenses with the need for extrinsic explanations
• Crane Clan, of Samurai in the Legend of the Five Rings games
• Crane Fluid Systems, UK manufacturer of valves, fittings, etc
• Crane fly, family of insects
• Crane Paper Company, supplier of paper for US banknotes
• Crane School of Music, in Potsdam, New York
• Crane, Indiana, small town
• Crane, Missouri, small city
• Crane, Texas, small city
• Cranes, Band, English Alternative Rock Band
• Darla Crane, porn star
• Dody Crane, Canadian lawyer and New Democratic party candidate
• Frasier Crane, title character of the sitcom Frasier
• Hart Crane (1899-1932), American poet
• Ichabod Crane, protagonist in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Louis Crane, quantum gravity theorist
• Matt Crane (born 1967), American actor, noted for his part in the soap opera Another World
• Roy Crane (1901-1977), American cartoonist
• Phil Crane (born 1930), American politician, long serving Republican member of the US House of Representitives
• Stephen Crane (1871-1900), American author
• William M. Crane (1776-1846), US naval officer
• Winthrop M. Crane (1853-1920), governor of Massachusetts and US senator
• USS Crane (DD-109), Wickes class destroyer, named after William M. Crane
• Vincent Crane, co-founder of progressive rock group Atomic Rooster
• Walter Crane (1845-1915), English artist, part of the Arts and Crafts movement

See also,

• Crane shot, in motion pictures, a shot taken with a camera mounted on a crane
• Dallas Crane, alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia
• Eilon Engineering, manufacturer of crane scales [1]
• Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, located in southern Indiana, USA
• RON Crane Scales, manufacturer of crane scales [2]
• Toy Crane Machine, games of picking up a prize with a crane

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