Cleaver (surname)

Cleaver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anna Cleaver, triathlete from New Zealand
• Cleaver Bunton (1902–1999), Australian politician
• Billy Cleaver (1921–2003), Welsh rugby union player
• Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), American writer and political activist
• Emanuel Cleaver (born 1944), U.S. Representative for Missouri and United Methodist pastor
• Euseby Cleaver (1746–1819), Anglican Archbishop of Dublin
• Gerald Cleaver (musician) (born 1963), African-American jazz drummer
• Gerald B. Cleaver, physics associate professor at Baylor University
• Gordon Cleaver (died 1994), British Second World War fighter ace and skier
• Harry Cleaver (born 1944), economics associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin
• Hughes Cleaver (1892–1980), Canadian politician
• Kathleen Neal Cleaver (born 1945), American professor of law
• Naomi Cleaver (born 1967), British design consultant and interior designer
• Richard Cleaver (1917-2006), Australian politician
• Solomon Cleaver (1855–1939), Canadian minister and storyteller
• Sue Cleaver (born 1965), English actress
• Val Cleaver (1917-1977), British rocket engineer
• William Cleaver (1742–1815), English bishop and academic

Fictional characters

• The Cleavers, a family from the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver:
  • June Cleaver, a principal character
  • Theodore Cleaver, the fictional title character
  • Wally Cleaver
  • Ward Cleaver