Cleaver (surname)
Appearance
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