Beaver (surname)

Beaver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bev Beaver (1947–2025), Mohawk Canadian athlete
• Beverly Barton (1946–2011), American author born Beverly Marie Beaver
• Black Beaver (1806–1880), Delaware / Lenape chief, guide, rancher
• Bruce Beaver (1928–2004), Australian poet
• David Beaver, American linguist and philosopher
• Diane E. Beaver, American lawyer and United States Army officer
• Edmund Beaver (1911–1993) Australian rugby league footballer
• Francis Beaver (1824–1887), Australian politician
• Fred Beaver (1911–1980) American painter
• Hugh Beaver (1890–1967) British engineer and businessman
• Isidor George Beaver (1859–1934), Australian architect
• Jack A. Beaver (1918–2012), American politician
• Jack Beaver (1900–1963), British film score composer
• James A. Beaver (1837–1914), Pennsylvania governor
• Jim Beaver (born 1950), American actor
• Josh Beaver (born 1993) Australian swimmer
• Justin Beaver (born 1984), American football player
• Kevin Beaver (born 1977) American criminologist and academic
• King Beaver (d. 1769 or 1771) Lenape tribal chief
• Martin Beaver (born 1967), Canadian violinist
• Olga Beaver (1942–2012), Czech-American mathematician
• Paul Beaver (1926–1975) American musician
• Philip Beaver (1766–1813), Royal Navy officer
• R. Perry Beaver (1938–2014), American Muscogee leader
• Roger A. Beaver, biologist who studied Nepenthes pitcher plants
• Ryan Beaver (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
• Samson Beaver (1877–1908), Canadian explorer
• Sandy Beaver (1883–1969), American football player
• Sigourney Beaver, (born 1992) American female impersonator
• Tessa Beaver (1932–2018), English painter and illustrator
• Wilfred Beaver (1897–1986), British flying ace
• William Beaver (disambiguation), several people

• William H. Beaver (1940–2024), accounting researcher and educator
• William T. Beaver (1933–2020), American medical researcher and educator

See also

• Beaver (disambiguation)#Fictional characters
• Beavers (surname)
• Julian Beever (born c. 1959), British chalk artist