Cleaver is a surname which may refer to:
People
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Anna Cleaver, triathlete from New Zealand
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Billy Cleaver
William Cleaver (15 September 1921 – 29 September 2003) was a Welsh international Rugby Union fly-half who played club rugby for Cardiff. He won 14 caps for Wales and was selected to play for the British Lions on the 1950 tour of Australia ...
(1921–2003), Welsh rugby union player
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Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), American writer and political activist
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Emanuel Cleaver
Emanuel Cleaver II (born October 26, 1944) is a United Methodist pastor and American politician who has represented in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005.
Cleaver represents a district that includes the southern three-fourths of Kans ...
(born 1944), U.S. Representative for Missouri and United Methodist pastor
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Euseby Cleaver
Euseby Cleaver (8 September 1745 – 10 December 1819) was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1789–1809) in Ireland and subsequently Archbishop of Dublin (1809-1819).
Life
He was of Buckinghamshire origin, the younger son of th ...
(1746–1819), Anglican Archbishop of Dublin
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Fred Cleaver (1885–1968), English footballer
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Gerald Cleaver (musician) (born 1963), African-American jazz drummer
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Gordon Cleaver
Gordon Neil Spencer 'Mouse' Cleaver, (27 April 1910 – 24 December 1994) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace (with 7 confirmed "kills") during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. After the war he played a role in develo ...
(1910–1994), British Second World War fighter ace and skier
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Harry Cleaver (born 1944), American Marxian economics retired professor
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Harry Cleaver (footballer) (1880–?), English footballer
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Hiram Cleaver (1801–1877), American politician from Pennsylvania
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Hughes Cleaver
Ellis Hughes Cleaver Jr. (12 September 1892 – 31 October 1980) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Burlington, Ontario and became a lawyer by career.
Biography
He was called to the bar in 1914 a ...
(1892–1980), Canadian politician
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Kathleen Cleaver (born 1945), American law professor
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Naomi Cleaver (born 1967), British design consultant and interior designer
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Richard Cleaver (1917–2006), Australian politician
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Skip Cleaver
Thornton John Cleaver Jr. (September 26, 1944 – December 1, 2022), better known as Skip Cleaver, was an American politician in the state of New Hampshire.
Early life
Cleaver was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 1944.
Educa ...
(1944-2922), American politician
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Solomon Cleaver Solomon Cleaver (1855–1939) was a Winnipeg Minister of religion, minister and storytelling, storyteller best known for his adaptation of Victor Hugo's ''Les Misérables'', published in 1935 as ''Jean Val Jean''. Cleaver was a well-known orator; an ...
(1855–1939), Canadian minister and storyteller
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Sue Cleaver (born 1965), English actress
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Val Cleaver
Arthur Valentine Cleaver OBE FRAeS (14 February 1917 – 16 September 1977) was a distinguished British rocket engineer. He co-authored a paper which discussed the possibilities and problems of nuclear rocket engines in 1948. After the Second W ...
(1917–1977), British rocket engineer
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William Cleaver
William Cleaver (1742–1815) was an English churchman and academic, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, and bishop of three sees.
Life
He was the eldest son of the Rev. William Cleaver, who wa ...
(1742–1815), English bishop and academic
Fictional characters
* The Cleavers, a family from the American television sitcom ''Leave It to Beaver'':
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June Cleaver, Theodore's mother
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Theodore Cleaver, the title character, a boy nicknamed "Beaver"
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Wally Cleaver
Wallace "Wally" Cleaver is a fictional character in the iconic American television sitcom '' Leave It to Beaver''. Wally is the thirteen-year-old son of archetypal 1950s suburban parents, Ward and June Cleaver and the older brother of the seven- ...
, Theodore's older brother
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Ward Cleaver, Theodore's father
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