What is "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

Delacroix is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 146 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Delacroix is named for the French painter Eugène Delacroix, who lived from 1798 to 1863.