Greaves (surname)

Greaves is an English surname. ^{[1] [2]} Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Greaves, Australian rules football coach and former player
• Alex Greaves, British jockey
• Angie Greaves, British radio presenter in London
• Bob Greaves, British journalist, TV presenter and producer
• Charles Greaves, engineer
• Charles Sprengel Greaves, legal writer
• C. J. Greaves, American racing driver
• Damon Greaves (born 2000), Australian college football player
• Dan Greaves (athlete) (born 1982), British athlete
• Daniel Greaves (musician), Canadian rock vocalist and songwriter
• Danny Greaves (footballer), English former professional footballer
• Sir Edward Greaves, 1st Baronet (1608–1680), English royal physician
• Edward Greaves (Australian politician) (1910–1964), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Edward Greaves (MP) (1803–1879), English banker and Conservative politician
• Edward Evelyn Greaves (1940–2018), High Commissioner of Barbados to Canada
• Gary Greaves, American football player
• Genielle Greaves (born 1983), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines cricketer
• Ian Greaves (1942–2009), English footballer for Manchester United etc.
• Ida Greaves (1875–1954), Australian WWI matron
• Jane Greaves, British astronomy
• Jimmy Greaves (1940–2021), English footballer
• John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquary
• John Greaves (musician), British bass guitarist and composer
• John Edward Greaves (1846–1923), British vice-consul at Berdiansk, Russian Empire, founder of John E. Greaves and Co.
• John Ernest Greaves, Welsh slate mine owner and Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
• Johnny Greaves (boxer), English boxer
• Johnny Greaves (racing driver), American racetrack driver
• Johnny Greaves (rugby league), Australian rugby player
• Louise Archambault Greaves, filmmaker, co-producer, director with husband William Greaves
• Lucien Greaves (born c.1976), American social activist, a founder of the Satanic Temple
• Mark Greaves (born 1975), English football defender, played for Hull, Boston United etc.
• Melvyn Greaves (born 1941), British cancer biologist
• Nicholas Greaves (1605?–1673), English churchman, Dean of Dromore Cathedral, Co. Down
• Percy L. Greaves, Jr. (1906–1984), American economist and presidential candidate
• Philip Greaves (born 1931), Barbadian politician
• R.B. Greaves, R&B musician
• Sandra Greaves, Canadian judoka
• Shanae Greaves, (born 1993), Australian basketball player
• Thomas Greaves (footballer) (1888–1960), English football forward with Stoke 1908–11
• Thomas Greaves (musician) (fl. 1604)
• Thomas Greaves (orientalist) (1613–1676)
• Tommy Greaves (1892–19??), English football full back with Bury and Darlington 1911–28
• Tony Greaves, Baron Greaves (1942–2021), British Liberal Democrat politician
• Walter Greaves (artist) (1846–1930), artist and protégé of Whistler
• Walter Greaves (cyclist) (1907–1987), British cyclist who set the world record for distance ridden in a year
• Will Greaves, Canadian politician
• William Greaves, filmmaker
• William Michael Herbert Greaves, British astronomer

See also

• Grieve (surname)
• Grieves (surname)
• Graver (surname)
• Graves (surname)
• Greeves (surname)
• Grieves (surname)
• Grover (surname)
• Groover (surname)
• Groves (surname)
• Reeves (surname)
• Reeve (surname)

References

1. Sabine Baring-Gould (1913), Family Names And Their Story (2nd ed.)
2. "GREAVES", Webster's Unabridged Dictionary , 1913