Oliver (surname)

Oliver is a surname derived from the Old French personal name Olivier. The Oliver surname seems to be French Norman in origin. The Scottish Oliver family was a sept of the Scotland Highlands' powerful Clan Fraser of Lovat.

This article is about the surname Oliver. For first name, see Oliver (given name). For other uses, see Oliver (disambiguation).

People

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  • Carl Oliver (born 1969), Bahamian sprinter and Olympic medallist
  • Catriona Oliver (born 1980), Australian Olympic rower
  • Chad Oliver (1928–1993), science-fiction novelist
  • Christian Oliver (born 1972), German actor
  • Craig Oliver (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Craig Oliver (born 1969), Downing Street Director of Communications and former BBC media executive

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  • Ian Oliver, former chief police officer, now an international consultant for the United Nations
  • Isaac Oliver (c. 1565–1617) French-born English portrait miniature painter
  • Isaiah Oliver (born 1996), American football player

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  • Jack Edward Oliver (1942–2007), British cartoonist
  • Jackie Oliver (born 1942), Formula One driver
  • James Harrison Oliver (1857–1928), a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
  • James Michael Yorrick Oliver, Lord Mayor of London from 2001 to 2002
  • Jamie Oliver, (born 1975), British celebrity chef
  • Jamie Oliver (musician), of Lostprophets
  • Jimmy Oliver (born 1969), basketball player
  • Joe Oliver (baseball player) (born 1965), catcher
  • Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938). African-American jazz musician and bandleader
  • Joe Oliver (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
  • John Oliver (British Columbia politician) and farmer in British Columbia, Canada
  • John Oliver (comedian), British political comedian
  • John Ertle Oliver, (1923–2011), American scientist (aka Jack Oliver)
  • Jools Oliver; née Juliette Norton, wife of British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
  • Joseph Oliver (mayor), mayor of Toronto 1908–1909
  • Josh Oliver (born 1997), American football player
  • Jovan Oliver (ca. 1310–1356), Serbian nobleman and autonomous ruler
  • Juan García Oliver (1901–1980), Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary

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  • Oliver (singer) (1945–2000), American pop singer (né William Oliver Swofford)

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  • Robert Don Oliver (1895–1980), British naval officer
  • R. W. Oliver, the first chancellor of the University of Kansas
  • Rachel Oliver, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
  • Raymond Oliver (1909–1990), Parisian restaurateur
  • Reggie Oliver (born 1952), English playwright
  • Revilo P. Oliver (1908–1994), American professor, conspiracy theorist and white supremacist
  • Richard Martin fitz Oliver, actually Richard Martyn (c. 1602–1648), Irish politician
  • Robert Oliver (disambiguation)
  • Roland Oliver (1923–2014), professor of African history

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  • Vaughan Oliver (1957–2019), British graphic designer
  • Vic Oliver (1898–1964), Austrian actor-comedian; Winston Churchill's son-in-law

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  • W. H. Oliver (1925–2015), New Zealand poet-historian
  • Walter Oliver (1883–1957), New Zealander ornithologist
  • William Oliver (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Winslow Oliver (born 1973), National Football League running back
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