Cleve (surname)

Cleve or van Cleve is a surname. 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
• Cornelius van Cleve (1520–1567), painter
• Halfdan Cleve (1879–1951), Norwegian composer
• Jim Van Cleve (born 1978), American musician, songwriter and producer
• John Cleve, a pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt (born 1934), American science fiction writer
• Joos van Cleve (c. 1485–1540/41), Flemish painter, father of Cornelius
• 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
• James Van Cleve, football player in the United States, only the fourth known professional player
• Martin 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