Crookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer Jason Crookes (born 1990), English rugby league player Joy Crookes (born 1998), British singer-songwriter Norman Crookes (born 1935), South African cricketer, father of Derek Ralph Crookes (1846–1897), English cricketer William Crookes (1832–1919), English chemist and physicist