Last name Cleave (Cleave 
, 克里夫 
) , all around the world, is quite a rare surname. The family name Cleave is characteristic of Marshall Islands, where it is a common surname, Isle of Man, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Kenya. Much less frequently, Cleave is the forename as well as the last name.
| john cleave British Chartist leader, printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1790) |
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| arthur leslie cleave New Zealand photographer (1884 - 1963), NZ (b. 1884) |
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| arthur cleave British actor (1884-1939), GB (b. 1884) |
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| harley jones van cleave American zoologist (1886–1953), US (b. 1886) |
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mary l. cleave American engineer and NASA astronaut, US (b. 1947) |
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| thomas l. cleave British surgeon, GB (b. 1906) |
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| robert cleave cricketer (1911-1987), NZ (b. 1911) |
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| nathaniel m. van cleave (b. 1907) |
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chris cleave British writer, GB (b. 1973) |
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paul cleave New Zealand writer, NZ (b. 1974) |
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fran van cleave American author |
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ira van cleave American football coach, US |
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| maureen cleave British journalist (1934–2021), GB (b. 1934) |
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| william van cleave American presidential adviser, US (b. 1935) |
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| philip van cleave American gun rights advocate (b. 1952) |
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