Driver (surname)
Driver is an English occupational surname[1] meaning the driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plough, or of loose cattle.[2] It is recorded since the thirteenth century.[1]
List of People with the surname Driver
- Adam Driver (born 1983), American actor
- Alexander Gooch and Alice Driver (both died 1558), English Protestant martyrs
- Andrew Driver (born 1987), English professional footballer
- Arthur Driver (1909 1981), Australian engineer, army officer and public servant
- Betty Driver (1920–2011), English singer, actress and author
- Bruce Driver (born 1962), Canadian ice-hockey player
- Charles Henry Driver (1832–1900), British architect
- Chris Driver (born 1981), English entertainer
- Danny Driver (born 1977), British classical pianist
- Danny Driver (born 1977), American business man and music producer.
- Donald Driver (born 1975), American football player
- Godfrey Rolles Driver (1892–1975), English orientalist
- James G. Driver (1889–1975), American college basketball coach
- Jeremiah Driver (1861–1946), English cricketer
- Jon Driver (1962–2011), British psychologist and neuroscientist
- Jonty Driver (born 1939) is a South African anti-apartheid activist, former political prisoner, educationalist, poet and writer.
- Michael B. Driver (1868–1942), American politician
- Minnie Driver (born 1970), English actress and singer
- Moses Driver, Fijian police officer
- Nancy Driver (1933-2009), better known as Nancy Walters, American model, actress, and minister
- Oliver Driver (born 1974), New Zealand actor and director
- Paddy Driver (born 1934), South African motorcyclist and racing driver
- Richard Driver (1829–1880), Australian solicitor, politician and cricket administrator
- Ryan Driver (born 1979), English cricketer
- Samuel Rolles Driver (1846–1914), English biblical scholar
- Sara Driver (born 1945), American filmmaker
- Toby Driver (born 1978), avant-garde musician, founder of Kayo Dot
- William Driver (1803–1886), American ship's captain who coined the phrase "Old Glory" for the U.S. flag
- William J. Driver (1873–1948), American politician from Arkansas
- William L. Driver (1883–1941), American football coach for Washburn University, Mississippi, TCU and UC Davis
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See also
- Driver
References
- P. H. Reaney (edited by R. M. Wilson) (1997). A Dictionary of English surnames. Oxford University Press.
- Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press.
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