Cleve (surname) explained
Cleve, van Cleve and Van Cleve are surnames. Notable people with the surname include:
- Astrid Cleve (1875 - 1968), Swedish biologist, geologist, chemist and researcher, first woman in Sweden to obtain a doctorate in science
- Bastian Clevé (born 1950), German film director
- Benjamin Van Cleve (1773 - 1821), a pioneer settler of Dayton, Ohio
- Brother Cleve, pseudonym of Robert Toomey (1955–2002), American musician and mixologist
- Cecilia Cleve (died 1819), Swedish librarian
- Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve (1819 - 1907), American women's suffrage advocate and social reformer
- Cornelius van Cleve (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
- Jan Van Cleef or Cleve (1646 - 1716), Dutch-born Flemish painter
- Jim Van Cleve (born 1978), American musician, songwriter and producer
- John Cleve, a pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt (1934–2013), American science fiction writer
- John Van Cleve, football player in the United States, only the fourth known professional player
- Joos van Cleve (c. 1485 - 1540/41), Flemish painter, father of Cornelius
- Marten van Cleve (1520 - 1570), Flemish painter, brother of Hendrick and probably related to Joos
- Per Teodor Cleve (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
- Zacharias Joachim Cleve (1820–1900), Finnish pedagogue
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