Cleve, van Cleve and Van Cleve are surnames. Notable people with the surname include:
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Astrid Cleve
Astrid Maria Cleve von Euler (22 January 1875 – 8 April 1968) was a Swedish botanist, geologist, chemist and researcher at Uppsala University. She was the first woman in Sweden to obtain a doctoral degree of science.
Life
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(1875–1968), Swedish biologist, geologist, chemist and researcher, first woman in Sweden to obtain a doctorate in science
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Bastian Clevé
Bastian Clevé (born 1 January 1950, in Munich), is a German filmmaker and producer. He is Professor and Head of the Film Production-Department at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Biography
Clevé grew up in Hamburg. ...
(born 1950), German film director
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Benjamin Van Cleve
Benjamin Van Cleve (February 24, 1773 – November 29, 1821) was a pioneer settler of Dayton, Ohio in the United States. He held several offices in the town.
Benjamin Van Cleve was the oldest child of John and Catherine Benham Van Cleve of Monmout ...
(1773–1821), a pioneer settler of Dayton, Ohio
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Cecilia Cleve
Cecilia Cleve, née Dahlin (died 8 February 1819), was a pioneering Swedish librarian, considered by some to be the first female librarian in Sweden.
Cecilia Cleve was the sister of the fashionable furniture maker and designer Nils Dahlin. She ma ...
(died 1819), Swedish librarian
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Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve
Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve (July 1, 1819 – April 1, 1907) was an American women's suffrage advocate and social reformer during the early history of Minnesota, and the first woman elected to the Minneapolis School Board. She was marrie ...
(1819–1907), American women's suffrage advocate and social reformer
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Cornelius van Cleve
Cornelis van Cleve, Cornelis van Cleef or Cornelis van der Beke, nickname ''Sotte Cleve'' ('Mad Cleve') (1520 in Antwerp – 1567/1614)Leo van Puyvelde (1942)''The Flemish drawings in the collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle'' p. 1 ...
(1520–1567), Netherlandish painter
* Halfdan Cleve (1879–1951), Norwegian composer
* Hendrick van Cleve III (died 1589), painter and engraver born in Antwerp
* Horatio P. Van Cleve (1809–1891), Union general in the American Civil War
* James Van Cleve, football player in the United States, only the fourth known professional player
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Jan Van Cleef
Jan van Cleve (III) or Jan van Cleef (III) (6 January 1646 – 18 December 1716) was a Dutch-born Flemish painter who is known for his altarpieces, allegorical pictures and mythological scenes.Jim Van Cleve (born 1978), American musician, songwriter and producer
*John Cleve, a pseudonym of
Andrew J. Offutt
Andrew Jefferson Offutt V (August 16, 1934 – April 30, 2013) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and erotic fiction author. He wrote as Andrew J. Offutt, A. J. Offutt, and Andy Offutt. His normal byline, andrew j. offutt, has all his nam ...
(born 1934), American science fiction writer
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Joos van Cleve
Joos van Cleve (; also Joos van der Beke; c. 1485–1490 – 1540/1541) was a leading painter active in Antwerp from his arrival there around 1511 until his death in 1540 or 1541. Within Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, he combines the tr ...
(c. 1485–1540/41), Flemish painter, father of Cornelius
* Marten van Cleve (1520–1570), Flemish painter, brother of Hendrick and probably related to Joos
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Per Teodor Cleve
Per Teodor Cleve (10 February 1840 – 18 June 1905) was a Swedish chemist, biologist, mineralogist and oceanographer. He is best known for his discovery of the chemical elements holmium and thulium.
Born in Stockholm in 1840, Cleve earned his B ...
(1840–1905), Swedish chemist and geologist
* Richard Cleve, Canadian computer scientist
* Rudolf Cleve (1919–1997), highly decorated Luftwaffe officer of World War II
* Whitney L. Van Cleve (1922–1997), American college football player and coach
* Anders Cleve (1937–1985), Finnish writer