Cleve (surname)
Cleve, van Cleve and Van Cleve are surnames. Notable people with the surname include:
- Astrid Cleve, Swedish biologist, geologist, chemist and researcher, first woman in Sweden to obtain a doctorate in science
- Bastian Clevé, German film director
- Benjamin Van Cleve, a pioneer settler of Dayton, Ohio
- Cecilia Cleve, Swedish librarian
- Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve, American women's suffrage advocate and social reformer
- Cornelius van Cleve, Netherlandish painter
- Halfdan Cleve, Norwegian composer
- Hendrick van Cleve III, painter and engraver born in Antwerp
- Horatio P. Van Cleve, Union general in the American Civil War
- James Van Cleve, football player in the United States, only the fourth known professional player
- Jan Van Cleef or Cleve, Dutch-born Flemish painter
- Jim Van Cleve, American musician, songwriter and producer
- John Cleve, a pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt, American science fiction writer
- Joos van Cleve, Flemish painter, father of Cornelius
- Marten van Cleve, Flemish painter, brother of Hendrick and probably related to Joos
- Per Teodor Cleve, Swedish chemist and geologist
- Richard Cleve, Canadian computer scientist
- Rudolf Cleve, highly decorated Luftwaffe officer of World War II
- Whitney L. Van Cleve, American college football player and coach
- Anders Cleve, Finnish writer
