title: Crosthwait
text: # Crosthwait
  
  Crosthwait is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * David Crosthwait (1898–1976), African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer
  * Irwin Crosthwait (1914–1981), Canadian painter
  * Joseph Crosthwait (1681–?), English astronomer
  