Carver
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[edit] People
- Bob Carver, American physicist and audio equipment designer
- Caroline Carver (born 1959), thriller writer, award winner and adventurer
- Dante Carver (born 1977), American actor
- George Washington Carver (1864–1943), American botanist and inventor
- Jeffrey Carver (born 1949), American science fiction author
- Jesse Carver (1911–2003), English football player and club manager
- John Carver (c. 1576–1621), first governor of Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts)
- John Carver (footballer) (born 1965), English football coach
- Jonathan Carver (1710–1780), American explorer
- Lisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), writer and transgressive artist
- Martin Carver (born 1941), English archaeologist
- Michael Carver, Baron Carver (1915–2001), British soldier and Chief of the General Staff
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988), American short story writer and poet
- Robert Carver (composer), Scottish composer
- Robert Carver (painter) (c. 1730–1791), Irish painter
- Carver Mead (born 1934), U.S. computer scientist
- Thomas Nixon Carver (1865–1961), American economist
[edit] Characters
- The Carver (Nip/Tuck), mysterious serial rapist/killer/attacker from the TV series Nip/Tuck
- Elliot Carver, villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies
- Ellis Carver, police officer in HBO drama The Wire
- Holden Carver, character in the comic book series Sleeper
- Jack Carver, protagonist in the first-person shooter game Far Cry
- Jim Carver, police officer in long-running British police drama The Bill
- Paris Carver, wife to the villain in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies
- Rex Carver, British private eye in books by Victor Canning
- Rosie Carver, character in the James Bond film Live and Let Die
- Zeus Carver, black activist and John McClane's partner in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance
[edit] Places
In the United States:
- Carver, Massachusetts
- Carver, Minnesota
- Carver, Oregon
- Carver (Richmond, Virginia)
- Carver Center for Arts and Technology, public high school in Towson, Maryland
[edit] Other meanings
- Carver (automobile)
- Carver (crater), lunar crater
- Carving knife
- CARVER matrix, a target prioritization method
- Carver Yachts, a powerboat company located in Pulaski, Wisconsin in the United States
- Carver (film), a 2008 horror film directed by Franklin Guerrero, Jr.
- Carver (novel), the fifth novel of the Samuel Carver series by Tom Cain
- Carver (play), a radio drama by the Scottish composer and writer John Purser
[edit] See also
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