Craven (surname)
Craven is a surname that can be of English or Irish origin. In England it is a topographical surname associated with the medieval kingdom or shire of Craven situated in West and North Yorkshire. The area was first written about in the doomsday book and is associated with the Celtic kingdom of dunnoting also known as the kingdom of Craven. In Ireland, Craven is the anglicisation of o'crabhain, the descendant of crabhan, a Sept associated with the Ui maine tribe of Connaught, Ireland.
Craven is the surname of:
- Avery Craven (1885–1980), American historian
- Beverley Craven (born 1963), British singer and songwriter
- Danie Craven (1910–1993), South African rugby union player, national coach, rugby administrator, academic and author
- Danny Craven (born 1967), former Australian rules footballer
- Danny Craven (rugby league) (born 1991), English rugby league player
- Greg Craven (academic) (born 1958), Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University
- Greg Craven (teacher), climate change activist known for YouTube viral video
- Henry Thornton Craven (1818–1905), English actor and dramatist
- Joan Craven (1897-1979), English photographer
- James Craven (disambiguation)
- John Craven (disambiguation)
- Joseph Craven (disambiguation)
- Kyle Craven (born 1989), American internet celebrity
- Lyndley Craven (1945–2014), Australian botanist
- Margaret Craven (politician) (born 1944), American state senator in Maine
- Margaret Craven (writer) (1901–1980), American author
- Matt Craven (born 1956), Canadian actor
- Murray Craven (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
- Peter Craven (1934–1963), English motorcycle racer
- Peter Craven (literary critic), Australian writer
- Philip Craven (born 1950), British sports administrator, president of the International Paralympic Committee
- Ricky Craven (born 1966), American NASCAR driver
- Robert Craven (born 1955), American politician
- Thomas Tingey Craven (rear admiral) (1808–1887), United States Navy officer who served in the Civil War
- Thomas Tingey Craven (US Navy admiral) (1873–1950), United States Navy officer who served in World Wars I and II, grandson of the above
- Tunis Craven (1813–1864), U.S. naval officer, brother of Thomas Tingey Craven
- T.A.M. Craven (1893–1972), U.S. naval officer and FCC commissioner
- Wes Craven (1939–2015), American film director
- William Craven (disambiguation)
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