Cleaver (surname)
Cleaver is a surname which may refer to:
People
- Anna Cleaver, New Zealand triathlete
- Sir Anthony Cleaver, British engineer and businessman
- Billy Cleaver, Welsh rugby union player
- Eldridge Cleaver, American writer and political activist
- Emanuel Cleaver, U.S. Representative for Missouri and United Methodist pastor
- Euseby Cleaver, Anglican Archbishop of Dublin
- Fred Cleaver, English footballer
- Gerald Cleaver (musician), African-American jazz drummer
- Gordon Cleaver, British Second World War fighter ace and skier
- Harry Cleaver, American Marxian economics retired professor
- Harry Cleaver, English footballer
- Hiram Cleaver, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Hughes Cleaver, Canadian politician
- Kathleen Cleaver, American law professor
- Naomi Cleaver, British design consultant and interior designer
- Richard Cleaver, Australian politician
- Skip Cleaver, American politician
- Solomon Cleaver, Canadian minister and storyteller
- Sue Cleaver, English actress
- Val Cleaver, British rocket engineer
- William Cleaver, English bishop and academic
Fictional characters
- The Cleavers, a family from the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver:
- *June Cleaver, Theodore's mother
- *Theodore Cleaver, the title character, a boy nicknamed "Beaver"
- *Wally Cleaver, Theodore's older brother
- *Ward Cleaver, Theodore's father