Oliver (surname)
Oliver is a surname derived from the Old French personal name Olivier. The Oliver surname seems to be French Norman in origin. The Scottish Oliver family was a sept of the Scotland Highlands' powerful Clan Fraser of Lovat.People
B
- Barret Oliver, American actor
- Bernard M. Oliver, eminent American scientist and SETI advocate
- Bob Oliver, baseball player
- Branden Oliver, American football player
- Brian Oliver, multiple people
C
- Carl Oliver, Bahamian sprinter and Olympic medallist
- Catriona Oliver, Australian Olympic rower
- Chad Oliver, science-fiction novelist
- Christian Oliver, German actor
- Craig Oliver, multiple people
- Craig Oliver, Downing Street Director of Communications and former BBC media executive
D
- Dale Oliver, American composer
- Damien Oliver, Australian jockey
- Daniel Oliver, British botanist
- Darren Oliver, baseball pitcher
- David Oliver , American actor
- David Oliver, American athlete
- Dean Oliver
- Dean Oliver , player for Sheffield United
- Deanna Oliver, American actress
- Des Oliver, New Zealand rugby union player
- Donald Oliver, Canadian Senator
- Don Oliver, New Zealand weightlifter
- Don Oliver , New Zealand rugby union player
- Drew R. Oliver earliest promoter of wind energy in California's San Gorgonio Pass area
E
- Ed Oliver , American football player
- Edna May Oliver, American character actress
- Emma Oliver, English artist
F
- Farquhar Oliver, Canadian politician
- Francis Wall Oliver, British botanist
- Frank Oliver , Canadian politician
- Frank Oliver , New Zealand rugby player
- Frank A. Oliver, New York Congressman
- Frank L. Oliver, Pennsylvania politician
G
- Gene Oliver, American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball.
- Geoffrey Oliver, British admiral
- George Borg Olivier, Maltese Prime Minister
- George Guy Oliver, American Film Actor
- George T. Oliver, American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician
- Glynis Oliver, artist and colorist in the comics industry
H
- Harry Oliver, American humorist
- Harry Oliver , Canadian
- Henry Francis Oliver, Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Naval officer
I
- Ian Oliver, former chief police officer, now an international consultant for the United Nations
- Isaac Oliver French-born English portrait miniature painter
- Isaiah Oliver, American football player
J
- Jack Edward Oliver, British cartoonist
- Jackie Oliver, Formula One driver
- James Harrison Oliver, a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
- James Michael Yorrick Oliver, Lord Mayor of London from 2001 to 2002
- Jamie Oliver,, British celebrity chef
- Jamie Oliver, of Lostprophets
- Jimmy Oliver, basketball player
- Joe Oliver , catcher
- Joe "King" Oliver. African-American jazz musician and bandleader
- Joe Oliver, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
- John Oliver and farmer in British Columbia, Canada
- John Oliver, British political comedian
- John Ertle Oliver,, American scientist
- Jools Oliver; née Juliette Norton, wife of British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
- Joseph Oliver, mayor of Toronto 1908–1909
- Josh Oliver, American football player
- Jovan Oliver, Serbian nobleman and autonomous ruler
- Juan García Oliver, Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary
L
- Laureen Oliver, New York political activist
- Laurence Olivier, Actor
M
- Madge Oliver, British artist
- Martha Capps Oliver, American poet, hymnwriter
- Martin Oliver
- Mary Oliver, American poet
- Meg Oliver, TV news anchor
- Melvin Oliver, football player
- Michael Oliver, Canadian academic leader
- Michael Oliver, American actor
- Michael Oliver, Scottish football player and manager
- Michael Oliver, Lord Mayor of London
- Michael Oliver, founder of the Republic of Minerva
- Michael Oliver
N
- Nancy Oliver, American playwright and screenwriter
- Nate Oliver, American baseball player
- Neil Oliver, Scottish historian
- Neil Oliver, English footballer
- Nicole Oliver, Canadian actress
- Norman Oliver, rugby league footballer of the 1960s
O
- Oliver , American pop singer
P
- Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
- Paul Oliver, British architectural historian
- Paul Ambrose Oliver, American Civil War Union general and Medal of Honor recipient
- Peter Oliver , English miniaturist painter
- Peter Raymond Oliver, Law Lord
R
- Robert Don Oliver, British naval officer
- R. W. Oliver, the first chancellor of the University of Kansas
- Rachel Oliver, New Zealand international football player
- Raymond Oliver, Parisian restaurateur
- Reggie Oliver, English playwright
- Revilo P. Oliver, American professor, conspiracy theorist and white supremacist
- Richard Martin fitz Oliver, actually Richard Martyn, Irish politician
- Robert Oliver
- Roland Oliver, professor of African history
S
- Sally Oliver, English actress
- Sheila Y. Oliver, New Jersey legislator
- Simon Oliver, British comic book writer
- Solomon Oliver Jr., United States federal judge
- Stephen Oliver, pseudonym of English writer William Andrew Chatto
- Sir Stephen Oliver, retired British judge
- Stephen Oliver, American actor
- Stephen Oliver, British composer
- Stephen Oliver, retired Anglican bishop
- Professor Stephen Oliver, British biologist and biochemist
- Steven Oliver, former Australian rules footballer
- Susan Oliver, American actress and aviator, noted for appearing in Star Trek
- Sy Oliver, American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
T
- Tom Oliver, Australian actor
- Thomas Oliver , Canadian businessman and political figure
- Thomas Oliver , the last Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts
- Tony Oliver, American voice actor
- Troy Oliver, musician-songwriter
V
- Vaughan Oliver, British graphic designer
- Vic Oliver, Austrian actor-comedian; Winston Churchill's son-in-law
W
- W. H. Oliver, New Zealand poet-historian
- Walter Oliver, New Zealander ornithologist
- William Oliver, multiple people
- Winslow Oliver, National Football League running back