Conover is a surname of

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Conover Adam Conover (born March 2) is an American comedian, writer, voice actor, and television host. He created and hosted the half-hour truTV show ''Adam Ruins Everything'', based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of t ...

(born 1982), American stand-up comedian * Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855–1940), American author, lecturer, political activist and educator * Daniel Conover (1822–1896), American public servant political activist and industrialist *

David Conover David Conover (June 26, 1919 – December 21, 1983) was an author and documentary photographer who is credited with discovering Marilyn Monroe while taking photos for '' Yank'' magazine. While attached to the U.S. Army Air Forces' First Motio ...

(1919–1983), American author and photojournalist credited with discovering Marilyn Monroe * David G. Conover, American documentary film and television director * David O. Conover (born 1953), American marine biologist *

Henry Boardman Conover Henry Boardman Conover (January 18, 1892 – May 5, 1950) was an American soldier, salesman, and amateur ornithologist. Conover was born in Chicago, the son of Charles Hopkins Conover and his wife Delia Louise Boardman. He attended The Hill School ...

(1892–1950), American ornithologist *

Larry Conover Larner Somers Gardner Conover (May 21, 1894 – August 4, 1945) was a professional American football player who played during the early years of the National Football League (NFL). After attending high school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Conover ...

(1894–1945), early National Football League player *

Lloyd Conover Lloyd Hillyard Conover (June 13, 1923 – March 11, 2017) was an American chemist and the inventor of tetracycline. For this invention, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Conover was the first to make an antibiotic by chemica ...

(1923–2017), American inventor of tetracycline * Mark Conover (1960–2022), American long-distance runner and coach. *

Richard Field Conover Richard Field Conover (November 20, 1858 – June 5, 1930) was an American tennis player, lawyer and real estate manager. Life Conover was born in South Amboy, New Jersey, the son of Francis Stevens Conover and Helen Stockton Field. He was a ...

(1858–1930), American tennis player, lawyer and real estate manager * Scott Conover (born 1968), former National Football League player *

Simon B. Conover Simon Barclay Conover (September 23, 1840April 19, 1908) was an American physician and politician who served as a delegate to Florida's 1868 Constitutional Convention, state treasurer, state legislator, and U.S. Senator from Florida. He served ...

(1840–1908), Senator from Florida *

Ted Conover Ted Conover (born January 17, 1958)Ab ...

(born 1958), American writer *

Teresa Maxwell-Conover Teresa Maxwell-Conover (born Teresa Ryan; September 26, 1884 – September 1968) was an American actress in Broadway productions in the early 20th century. She was in motion pictures until the early 1940s, and was sometimes credited as Theresa ...

(1884–1968), American Broadway actress *

William Sheldrick Conover William Sheldrick Conover II (August 27, 1928 – October 7, 2022) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Conover was born in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Lake Forest High School in Lake Fore ...

II (1928–2022), Congressman *

Willis Conover Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and televisi ...

(1920–1996), American jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America

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