Cleaver (surname)
Cleaver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anna Cleaver, triathlete from New Zealand
- Cleaver Bunton, Australian politician
- Billy Cleaver, Welsh rugby union player
- Eldridge Cleaver, American writer and political activist
- Emanuel Cleaver, U.S. Representative for Missouri and United Methodist pastor
- Euseby Cleaver, Anglican Archbishop of Dublin
- Gerald Cleaver , African-American jazz drummer
- Gerald B. Cleaver, physics associate professor at Baylor University
- Gordon Cleaver, British Second World War fighter ace and skier
- Harry Cleaver, economics associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin
- Hughes Cleaver, Canadian politician
- Kathleen Neal Cleaver, American professor of law
- Naomi Cleaver, British design consultant and interior designer
- Richard Cleaver, Australian politician
- Solomon Cleaver, Canadian minister and storyteller
- Sue Cleaver, English actress
- Val Cleaver, British rocket engineer
- William Cleaver, 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
