Editing Chris Cross (section)

{{short description|English bass guitarist (1952–2024)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name           = Chris Cross
| image          = 090430--chris cross.jpg
| caption        = Cross in 2009
| image_size     = 
| birth_name     = Christopher Thomas Allen
| alias          = Chris St. John
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1952|07|14|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Tottenham]], London, England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2024|03|25|1952|07|14|df=y}}
| death_place    = 
| instrument     = {{hlist|Bass|keyboards}}
| genre          = {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]|[[art rock]]|[[post-punk]]|[[synth-pop]]|[[glam rock]]}}
| occupation     = Musician
| years_active   = {{hlist|1973–1989|2009–2013}}
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Stoned Rose|[[Tiger Lily (UK band)|Tiger Lily]]|[[Ultravox (band)|Ultravox]]}}
}}

'''Christopher Thomas Allen''' (14 July 1952 – 25 March 2024), known professionally as '''Chris Cross''',<ref name=mclaughlin/> was an English musician, best known as the [[Bassist|bass guitarist]] in the [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Ultravox]]. After starting his music career with Stoned Rose, a band in [[Preston, Lancashire]], he was one of the founding members of the band [[Tiger Lily (band)|Tiger Lily]] in April 1974, before the band was renamed [[Ultravox]]! over two years later. The band's most successful single, "[[Vienna (Ultravox song)|Vienna]]", was released in 1981.

Cross left Ultravox in 1989, several years after the band's studio album ''[[U-Vox]]'' was released in 1986. He rejoined the band after their revival in 2009 with a tour, and Ultravox released ''[[Brilliant (album)|Brilliant]]'', another studio album, three years later. Cross died in 2024 at the age of 71.